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Plans to build a £20m BMX cycling arena in Manchester, which would also serve as a training base for 2012 British Olympic athletes, have been agreed. The facility, with seats for up to 4,500 people around a 100m by 70m track, would be built in a car park at the existing Velodrome at Sportcity.
The government promised to build the centre after pulling plans to build the UK's first "supercasino" at the site.

Formula Europe's Steven Wong and Niklas Laustsen are both sent to the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland. Their National Federations find it a good way to prepare their riders for the 2009 Worlds in Adelaide, Australia. They will spend five months at the WCC under the guidance of UCI coach Hervé Krebs. During their camp, they will compete in several rounds of the 2009 European BMX Championships Series and at least the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 8th and 9th May. Niklas is stoked to return to the UCI Centre to prepare for his World Cup debut in his home country.

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We posted the pro results and report about the Lake Perris National BMX race earlier this week but we saw this photo on Dale Holmes' website which got us excited.

The rainy race in California had Stephen Murray's son Seth on the starting gate for the first time. And guess what, he hit the podium first try! Free Agent didn't waste any time and picked up Seth straight away and also the Murray's got some good support from the ABA, Fly and MJT over the weekend.

That photo actually tells it all and we just had to borrow it from DaleHolmes.com (Thanks Dale).

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SINZ Racing is proud to announce the arrival of the all new Stealth Carbon Pro Lite and Expert 20” and 24” BMX Race Forks. The all newly designed SINZ Stealth Carbon Expert and Pro Lite race forks are available in 4 different sizes, Expert Fork - 20 X 1”, 24 x 1” and Pro Lite in 20 x 1 1/8th, and 24 x 1 1/8th. All feature a redesigned fork body utilizing improved carbon technology to help 

The 2009 NBL Competition Congress was a success in many ways and this year's event drew record attendance. More than 225 NBL track directors, clerks, state commissioners and volunteers, along with the NBL Staff and Board of Directors, came together for a weekend of learning, sharing and networking. To empower tracks with more knowledge on how to run and promote their own successful local programs, NBL hosted a wide variety of seminars throughout the three-day gathering. Topics included Local Promotions, Track Building and Maintenance, Refereeing, Clerking, and Medical Training. Each volunteer who attended Congress walked away with valuable information to take back to their own local programs. In addition to a learning experience, Congress has a long-standing tradition of recognizing the outstanding efforts of past and present volunteers who have helped build and lead the organization. 

The American Bicycle Association hosted the SO. CAL. Nationals this past weekend, February, 6-8 in Lake Perris, CA. This weekend was a test to see who the hard-core BMX racer were. Mother nature threw us curve was some rain, wind, mud, and cooler temps for the weekend. But, that didn't stop the BMX faithfull. The riders, families, fans, and industry still showed up in full force to an amazing 221 motos! Thanks to the efforts of the Lake Perris BMX crew and the weather savvy ABA BMX national crew the show would go on!

The NBL Coyote Nationals, held at the popular Estrella Mountain BMX track in Goodyear, Arizona, continues to grow and has become a must-race event on the West coast NBL circuit. It was also the season opener for the NBL Elite Series and a larger-than-expected turnout that included Olympic medalists, National stars and fast amateurs, raced their way around the smooth and fast course. Under sunny skies west of Phoenix Arizona, the Coyote National featured more than 80 motos of great racing action to kick off the 2009 ‘League of Champions’ Elite Series.

ELITE MEN
1st Joey Bradford
2nd Maris Strombergs
3rd Randy Stumpfhauser
4th Martijn Scherpen
5th Nic Long
6th Danny Caluag
7th David Herman
8th Khalen Young

ELITE WOMEN
1st Dominique Daniels
2nd Arielle Martin
3rd Stephanie Barragan
4th Ashley Verhagen 

AA Pro
1 Mike Day
2 Barry Nobles
3 Travis Ohrazda
4 David Herman
5 Joey Bradford
6 Khalen Young
7 Tyler Brown
8 Randy Stumpfhauser

Girls Pro
1 Dominique Daniels
2 Brooke Crain
3 Stephanie Barragan
4 Arielle Martin
5 Taylor Walcott
6 Kaila Sweeney