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Next Practice - Monday, July 6 (new 5:30-6pm, Mountain Bikes) (6-7pm, New Riders with 9yrs.&under) (7-8pm, Experienced Riders with 10yrs.&over) *new memberships, renewels & MTBX registration accepted every Monday

Our Next Race - Wednesday, July 8 signup 6-6:30pm *Please note that there is NO racing on Wed. July 1 'Canada Day'

MTBX Series starts July 8

June30 Sponsor news from Venture Gear, check it HERE

A 4 minute 'Rattler' video from the president http://www.kelownabmx.com/photos/videos/2009RattlerVideo.wmv

June26-28 Vernon BMX hosted the Rattler Nationals. The club was well prepared with a great track, on course spectator area & good food. 15 pros battled for the $4G purse. Tons of Kelowna riders helped fill the 82 motos for Saturdays big race. Congrats to all the new riders that entered & thanks to the whole Vernon crew for hosting such a great event.

June24 Rain in the late afternoon only helped the tracks condition & by race time the sun was shining on the 101 riders. It was full track or no track for 4 year old 'Sean' our 77th new rider of the season. 'The Wrecking Crew' won tonights honor in our Local Team Series. See everybody in Vernon this weekend.

June21 Our 2nd annual 'Father's Day' Trophy race ran very well with 80 riders taking home shiny hardware. 2 new riders & a few extra dads joined the motos. Local Race Series is updated. Practice hard this week, the seasons 1st National race in Vernon is coming up.

June 17 A light early drizzle proved to be benifical to the track for our 13th race of the season. 103 riders in 23 motos included our 3 new members & 2 from Vernon. Team 'Cyclepath' took tonights win while 'XMB' regains top stop in our local team standings. Come by & win your dad a trophy at Sundays race.

June16. The MTBX Challenge Series is born. See more details HERE

Jun10. Evading the turbulant weather, we had a beautiful evening at the track. 118 riders showed their stuff. 5 achievement certificates were awarded, trophies went out to our 3 new riders & volunteer mr. Glen H. won $87 in the 50/50. Special thanks to Jason Rock for his wiring skills. Team 'Ozone' holds their new lead over 'XMB' in the Local Race Series.

Jun8. Our Double point "Race For Life" saw 67 riders take part, $1005 was collected in race fees for the BC Children's Hospital. Keep collecting donations & remember to hand in your envelopes by the last race in June. Colouring contest winners will be announced during Wednesdays race. Local Race Series is updated. New rider & R.F.L. fundraiser Lucas Everett (left) went to visit his best buddy Aiden this weekend who is being treated at the BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver.

Jun3. A beautiful, warm, sunny, exciting evening of racing. Still hot from the Provincial weekend 125 riders packed 24 motos with full gates for the 5, 8 & 9 novices, 9 inters & 11 experts. Thanks to all the volunteers for setup, track prep, watering, signup, staging, motos, concession, bbqing, start gate, finishline, corner marshals, officiating, announcing, first aid, awards, takedown & cleanup. Keep collecting funds & bring your friends to race at Sundays "Race For Life". Local Race Series is updated.

May - what happened . . .

May30. Our Provincial qualifier ran like butter in 30+degree heat. Congrats to the 100 locals that tested their skills against the 77 out-of-towners for Provincial Points (36 riders from Vernon, 20 Penticton, 11 Kamloops, 8 Langley & 2 from Squamish) It was a great show, 40 more than last year. All the clubs recorded higher rider counts this weekend & that's largley due to the great support that our Kelowna keeners have shown at all the tracks. Spectator Colleen K. took home $181 in 50/50 plus Venture Gear certificates, Cyclepath generously donated a Redline Flight to be raffled at the BC Finals in September (start buying tickets now!). With double points being earned you'll see big changes in our Local Race Series. 'XMB' inched out 'O-zone' in our team series followed by 'Wrecking Crew' & 'Team Kelowna' in fourth.

May27. Finally a beautiful spring evening, perfect for racing. 8 out of towners uped the rider count to 135 plus 5 doing the 1/2 track loaded the 31 motos. A few b'day celebrations with Big Joe sharing his big cake. 8 yr.old novice Brendan R. collected $86+$20 Venture Gear certificate from the 50/50 draw. Local Race Series is updated.

May20. Dispite the surrounding dark stormy skies, the track recieved only a trace of wind & rain. Motos were posted at 6:35 with no changes for the 111 riders. A Red Deer rider & some Vernon members joined the lineup and young Jagger H. won the $76, 50/50 pot.

Thanks again to the dedicated crew at Okanagan Racing for their priceless racing photography. See their shots under photos to the left or click on their link to the right.

May16. Some BMXers joined the march in the annual Rutland May Day Parade.

May15. Sponsors News - Venture Gear CHECK IT

May13. What more can be said than "winter racing in May". A huge Thank you to all the volunteers & a special applause to our gate emergency repair team. Congrats to all you new riders & the 13 entries in our MTBMX demonstration trophy race. 129 riders crammed the 28 motos for our 6th race of the season.

May9&10. Nick Goertzen Racing Clinic saw 57 riders over 2 days under sunny skies.

May7. Kelowna BMX 'Open Public' meeting, great ideas & input swirled around the room, still moving forward & wanting to improve.

May6. Rain drizzled & the track got faster. 120 riders showed up disregarding the dark, cloudy skies to complete the 27 motos of racing. Local Connor McCormack won top spot in the pro-am cash race. Our 'team series' began, check out the standings along with the riders Local Race Series. Race clinic this weekend.

May1. Local, long time rider 16yr.old Connor McCormack was recognized for his achievements in BMX last night at the 34th annual Civic & Community awards banquet. Connor was 1 of only 3 finalists up for the 2008 athelete of the year. Congratulations !

April - what happened . . .

Apr29. 4 riders shy of a new club record, 133 participated in the 29 motos. Some Penticton & Vernon riders joined in the racing action. Thanks to the new parent that volunteered, every bit helps with the set-up & races.

Apr22. The temperature dropped as racing heated up. Some more new keeners gave racing a try & the 2 half trackers... did half the track. 118 riders filled the 26 motos - 2 groups of 8 novices & full gates for the 7 novice & 11 intermediates. Young Mr.Green won over $50 in the 50/50 draw. Next week is the last early signup(5:30-6pm). In May we change our time later to a 6-6:30 signup time.

Apr15. Things rolled along smoother for our second race night. Top district riders from 08' received recognition & nice award jackets. Racing began at 6:40 for the 111 riders. A few more first timers & 3 Vernon riders joined the excitment. Local Race Series is updated. * a few riders were absent from this BC04 top district riders photo.

Lets support VernonBMX at their first race of the season -Tuesday,April 14 signup6-6:30pm

Apr9. What a night ! now our first race is in the boooks. With a few first night complications & delays we started the season with a bang. 113 riders in 23 motos dropped the gate on a beautiful April evening. First time riders received a trophy & seasoned veterans remembered the thrill of racing.

Apr6. Many new riders showed up for the seasons first scheduled practice.

Apr4. Work Party Success! great volunteer turn out, the track is open & ready to ride.

Track work party! Saturday, April 4 starting at 9am till . . . Everyone is invited to lend a hand raking, sweeping, watering . . . BBQ lunch for volunteers

See all the Canadian ABA multi-point races, click HERE for a veiw

Mar24. The Kelowna BMX program qualified for the 2008 Children's Fitness Tax Credit. Tax receipts are only available upon request. Please include your childs full name along with the parent or guardians full name in your email request to eoyen@shaw.ca

Mar20. Last nights open public meeting had great attendance, ideas & enthusiasm. We're gearing up!