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1. JUNE 2012 Club Newsletter BRAUNTON BMX CLUB to Braunton BMX Club’s newsletter. We distribute one of these every couple of months, informing you of things that are happening with the Club, Community and BMX in general. Welcome Results & Future Fixtures Member of the Week The trophy is awarded by the coaches, Chris and Mark, to the member who has made most effort during the training sessions. The trophy has disappeared! If you have the trophy at home could you please return it so we can continue with Member of The Week. National Rounds 4 & 5 Perry Park, Birmingham 21st & 22nd April 2012 Leah Chapple – Rd 4 motos 3rd, 7th, 3rd. 8th in the A final. Rd 5 motos 4th, 5th, 4th. 6th in the A final. Sam Major – Rd 4 motos 8th, 7th, 6th. Came off in the quarter final. Rd 5 motos 8th, 4th, 6th. 8th in the quarter final. Richard Chapple – Rd 4 motos 4th, 3rd, 4th. 3rd in the final. Rd 5 motos 4th, 3rd, 4th. 4th in the final. Will Nethacott – motos 7th, 5th and 7th. South West Regional - Bristol - 29th April 2012 Leah Chapple – motos – 2nd, 1st, 1st. 1st in final. Harrison Pascoe – White – motos – 2nd, 4th, 5th. 5th in final. Sam Major – motos – 5th, 4th, 4th. 4th in the A final. Sam Hommell – motos 1st, 1st, 7th. 1st in A final. Chris Pascoe – White – motos dns, 7th, 2nd. 2nd in A final. Ben Searles – motos 6th, 5th, 4th. 4th in final. Richard Chapple – motos 3rd, 2nd, 3rd. 2nd in A final. Novices –Ben Northcott – motos 2nd, 1st, 1st. 1st in A final. Hayden Murray – motos 8th, 8th, 8th. 6th in final. Charlie Fewings – motos 4th, 5th, 7th. 6th in final. WELL DONE to all riders, particularly those who raced for the first time. A great experience and some brilliant results. South West Regional - Duchy – 13th May 2012Finals Results are as follows: Leah Chapple 2nd, Sam Major 4th, Harrison Pascoe-White 8th, Ben Searles 8th, Will Nethacott 4th, Chris Pascoe-White 8th, Sam Hommell 1st and Richard Chapple 1st. Novices:Hayden Murray 7th with Charlie Fewings riding well too. Braunton FC Open Day We have a stand and are doing a demonstration on 23rd June 2012. Any ideas or volunteers to help will be gratefully received. Keep this date free … Race Shirts Here’s the Club Race Shirt. They’ve been designed especially for us by Duncan at Custom Cow. They’ll be £33.00. They’re great quality, wash really well and are selling out fast. Ask at Training for sizes. Please forward any ideas / articles for the newsletter or website to Katie. 50 The Brittons, BRAUNTON, North Devon, EX33 2HF Contact: Katie Major – Secretary Email: brauntonbmx.club@hotmail.co.uk Website: brauntonbmxclub.org.uk

2. Sale or exchange IMPORTANT – INSURANCE - Please be aware that Club Members are not insured under the Club’s Public Liability Insurance. Our insurance only covers visitors and Committee. In order to be properly insured, Members need to take out a British Cycling Membership. Ask at Training for details, as the BC memberships are free for Club Members for the first year. However, you do need to apply for the membership for the insurance to be valid. 2 x full upper body armours for sale. Age 7 – 9 years and 10 – 12 years. £20 each. Really good condition. Contact Mark for details. This area is for you to advertise any kit / equipment you may have for sale or would like to exchange … Contact Katie via email or any of the Committee with your information. British Cycling News WORLD CHAMPS, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, UK. 24th – 27th May Day 1 - Ross Cullen - Great Britain - triumphed in the Boys 10 category, beating Maxime Bondu of France and Yuichi Masuda of Japan who finished 2nd and 3rd. Also for Great Britain, Bethany Shriever, 2nd in the Girls 13 category behind Japan’s Sae Hatakeyama, Emma Jeffers came 3rd in the Girls 8 and Ethan Crake and Luke Rossiter were 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Boys 9. Day 2 - Great Britain’s Liam Phillips gained a personal best result to take silver in the time-trial Superfinal. Shanaze Reade also led until the last ride, with Caroline Buchanan of Australia denying Reade and Connor Fields - USA - taking the elite men’s title. Charlotte Green finished 7th in the junior women’s Superfinal. Day 3 – Both Great Britain's Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade both crashed out. Liam Phillips broke his collarbone, falling heavily over his handlebars on the opening straight, in the first qualifying moto. Australian Sam Willoughby claimed the world title. Three-time elite women’s world champion Reade was at the front when she slipped in the quarter-finals. Both Reade and Phillips had qualified second fastest on day 2 and Reade won all three of the qualifying motos. The title went to France's Magalie Pottier. Tre Whyte narrowly missed out on the top four qualifying spots in the elite men, finishing 6th. Grant Hill ended 8th in his heat. Charlotte Green got to Friday’s Superfinal and went to the junior women’s final – 8th in her first world championship. Day 4 - Anthony Revell won Cruiser Men 40-44 title. AGM (Annual General Meeting) 2nd July 2012. The Aggi. 7.30pm start. At the AGM we will need to re-elect our Committee Officers. This means that all current Committee Officers shall 'stand down' and the positions shall be re-elected for. The Club cannot run without a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Club Welfare Officer (CWO). If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else please inform the Club in any of the usual ways, by midnight of Sunday 17th June 2012. There are links to the job descriptions for the Officers Roles on the AGM 2012 page of the website, for you to find out exactly what the job would involve. Meetings are currently held on an ad hoc basis, as and when there are specific items needing discussion. This may change in the future, with the new Committee. Meetings are generally held in The Aggi on a Wednesday night (although this can change) and they start at 7.30 pm. NB If you are nominating someone else, they must have been given prior notice and be willing to take on the position. Name ‘Bike Boy’ I have given ‘Bike Boy’ the same name as a very well known BMX Racer. Here’s a clue – it’s a female!!! Get your entry (with your name on) back to the Club by 31st July. All correct entries will be placed ‘in a hat’ and the winner picked at random. The winner will receive a free training session. April’s winner was Hayden Murray – well done!!! Competition 50p to enter Please forward any quick and easy fundraising ideas or website to Katie