Thrills and spills at inter-club BMX final in Queensburgh

Lines were drawn in the sand of the BMX tracks as the year of racing got off to a great start with club racers settling old scores and laying out challenges in the final inter-club meet.

Rylee Van Heerden, 8, and Ashron o'Conner, 11, enjoy some down time before the racing at Queensbrugh BMX Club. PHOTOS: Evelyn Morris

OVERCAST conditions and a few drops of rain didn’t dampen the spirits of riders or club supporters at Queensburgh BMX Track on Sunday when the third and final leg of the interclub champs took place.

Despite a late start, the racing went smoothly with each of the three races before the finals, seeming to rush by as fast as the riders on the track who were looking in good shape.

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A few tumbles off bikes didn’t halt proceedings much and there were no serious mishaps, but plenty of competitive racing between riders who have been coming up against each other over the past two legs of the inter-club champs this month.

The first leg was raced at Giba on Saturday 2 February, the second leg at the home track of the 2018 champs, Pietermaritzburg, with Queensburgh hosting the final leg which would ultimately decide the outcome of the hotly contested champs.

At the end of the day’s racing, both trophies went back to Pietermaritzburg with Queensburgh’s A team being only five points shy of being the winners.

Sunday, 3 March will see the first leg of the KZN points racing at Queensburgh BMX Club.

Christopher Axford and Jourdain Oosthuizen taking a breather after a hotly contested race.

Queensburgh BMX Club rider, Kayla Eggar on the track in the final race of the inter-club champs on Sunday.

Rylee Van Heerden relaxing before the racing began at Queensburgh BMX Club. PHOTO: Evelyn Morris

Giba BMX Club’s Connor Terblanche took to the air during the warm-up laps before racing began yesterday’s inter-club champs held at Queensburgh BMX Club.

Liam Oosthuizen of BMX surveys the track before racing began at Sunday’s interclub BMX champ finals.

Quinn St John Ward showing concentration during his race in the 7-8-years male expert class.

Rylee Van Heerden, 8, with Paige Muller before the racing began at Queensburgh BMX Club.

Jad Currie and Zaid Stofberg showed each other some stiff competition on the track at Queensburgh BMX Club on Sunday as they battled to beat each other in every race.

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