British BMX Hall of Fame 2022
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Congratulations, Geth Shooter! Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
In 1984 at the age of 16, Geth was picked up by Nottingham’s Bunnies Bikes GT. Geth was making a name for himself, but his real break-out came at the 1984 NBMXA National at Ribby Hall. Geth battled with GT Factory rider Scott Williams, and they both crashed out going for the win, but it was apparent there was a new sheriff in town. Geth ended the season as NBMXA National Champion. In 1985 Geth Joined the new Pro Class, he proved he was the real deal, by securing the No.2 pate behind Andy Ruffell, however, the real highlight was Geth’s historic win at the Kellogg’s TV Series against riders…
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Congratulations, Carole Gosling! Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
Carole Gosling was born into the cycling world as her grandfather started the family’s bicycle business, Edwardes Cycles, in 1908. In fact, she lived above the family bicycle shop for the first ten years of her life and her grandfather, Harold, known as Jack, was a championship-winning track racer. When BMX came along in the early 80s, Carole’s son Clive got his first BMX and shortly after they were racing at Buckmore Park, where Carole took her first job, taking the car park fees. She quickly moved into a role that she did for many years where she was one of the infamous UKBMX finish line ladies. Then in 1985,…
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Congratulations to the late Neil Ruffell. Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
Neil Ruffell started his BMX Career in racing in 1983, but that didn’t last long, after he spent many weekends at Rom Skatepark, he realized his true calling was Freestyle. His big break came when he joined the Skyway Freestyle team with Craig Campbell and traveled the world doing Freestyle shows and kicking his brother’s ass on the ramps. You could say he had a Love / Hate relationship with the British Freestyle Association in the mid-80s, being disqualified and courting controversy. But the truth was he was way more interested in doing legendary airs at Southsea King of The Skateparks comps and riding his legendary homemade ramps at Mission…
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Congratulations, Malcolm & Sue Jarvis! Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
Malcolm and Sue Jarvis are legends of our sport, and for good reason. It all started in 1978 when a friend mentioned this new thing called BMX in the states, within days Malcolm was on a plane to California and met with the Legendary Skip Hess, Scot Breithaupt and Bob Haro. Deals were done and one of the very first BMX tracks were built in Malcolm and Sue’s back garden for their 5 kids to ride on. By 1979 The Jarvis’s spent months posting BMX info to 400 media stations and the phone didn’t stop ringing. By 1980 Ammaco were bringing in 1000’s of Mongoose bikes, Sue Jarvis was managing…
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Congratulations, Lisa Wright! Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
Based out of Middlesbrough in the North East, Lisa Wright was one of the most dominant female riders of the late 80’s and early 90’s. She won every major title in the UK, winning multiple National titles in both UKBMX and NBMXA alongside British Championships the Winner of the Champion of Champions and the FIAC World Champion in 1988. Lisa spent most of her career riding for the Titan Factory team and was best known for her ‘come from the back’ style to take multiple titles both home and abroad. Lisa had some incredible battles in the Supergirls class with former World Champion, Luli Adeyemo and together they took Supergirls racing to new heights…
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Congratulations to Jamie Bestwick. Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
Jamie burst onto the UK freestyle scene in the sports centre BFA contests of the late 80s, airing ridiculously high on the narrowest of quarter-pipes, often in unfeasibly tight shorts and questionable knitted sweaters! As vert riding transitioned over to half-pipes Jamie’s prowess really began to stand out. Maybe having a ramp to ride in a local pub car park in Derby helped! His distinctive smooth style included doing his lip-tricks and tailwhip airs in the opposite direction – something that developed into his ability to flow all over a vert ramp like a set of trails. Despite holding down a full-time engineering career in the 90s, Jamie held his…
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Congratulations to Alan Woods. Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
It’s difficult for a Wigan lad to call Alan Woods a pioneer of BMX, for me Alan IS BMX, it’s almost inconceivable to imagine where BMX would be in the North of England if it wasn’t for this man. Someone somewhere should compile a list of National Champions that have come from this little town. It’s crazy. All because of the energy, passion, and foresight of Alan Woods. Alan’s an undoubted Legend of the sport. Dylan Clayton would not have gone racing if it wasn’t for Alan Woods, imagine that, where would BMX be? Even when considering current riders like Kyle Evans, and Paddy Sharrockk, would they have started racing…
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Congratulations, Sarah-Jane Nichols! Inducted into the British BMX Hall Of Fame
Pre-BMX Prior to racing BMX both her brother, Michael, and she were involved in Schoolboy Motocross, generally both finishing middle of the pack. BMX Career 1981 – Started her journey into BMX racing and had a first place at a Southampton race meeting. 1982 – UK BMX – Junior girls No. 1 1983 – NBMXA No. 1NBMXA British ChampionJag World Championships Burbank USA – 4th 1984 – NBMXA No. 1UK BMX No. 1Champion of Champions Winner.Kellogg’s Overall WinnerEuropean Champion 1985 – UK BMX No. 1Kellogg’s Overall WinnerEuropean Champion 1986 – NBMXA British ChampionUK BMX No. 1European Champion 1987 – World ChampionNBMXA British ChampionEuropean ChampionAlso inducted into the NBMXA Hall of…
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Congratulations to the late David Maw. Inducted into The British BMX Hall Of Fame
We have lots of stories and background on David’s life and career in BMX the Maw family has kindly shared with us and we will post in due time but for now let’s look at his amazing resume of results from his time in BMX. 1981 Age 3Started racing part way through the season 1981 Age 4No.2 in UK BMX National SeriesNo.2 in UK BMX Regionals 1982 Age 5UK BMX National ChampionUK BMX Regional ChampionWon Anglo American Cup – Redditch, England 1983 Age 6UK BMX National ChampionNBMXA British ChampionUK BMX Regional ChampionNo.5 (rode up an age) in World Championships – Slagharen, Holland 1984 Age 7World Champion – Nagoya, JapanUK BMX…
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Congratulations, Stephen Murray! Inducted into The British BMX Hall of Fame
Stephen and his brother Martin grew up in the Northeast of England and began racing BMX in November 1983 at just 3 years old. By the time he was 16, Stephen had been British Champion 9 times, European runner up twice, and also made two World Championship finals, in the 6 & under expert class in Slough 1986 and 10 years later in 16 expert in Brighton. Along the way, he rode for some of the most iconic teams to ever come out of the UK. GT, the mighty Titan team run by his mum and dad, Cyclecraft, UGP, Robinson, and Haro. However, his real passion was dirt jumping, and…