Rotorua BMX meeting to be boosted by visitors

Club members in action at the Rotorua BMX Club championships and Have A Go day. 19 April 2015 Rotorua Daily Post photograph by Stephen Parker. RGP 20Apr15 - FAST AND FURIOUS: Members of the BM

Rotorua BMX Club will host its traditional February meeting at the Te Ngae Rd track tomorrow."We run it in line with the Bike Festival because we see it as a very good fit," said club president Kylee Stevens.

Some years, but not this, the meeting has had national championship qualifying status. But a qualifying meeting in Tauranga today is likely to boost numbers for tomorrow's event with riders looking for two days of competition over the weekend.

"Numbers are not huge like they sometimes are - there will be 300-plus in Tauranga - but we are still looking at 120-150 riders."

With plenty of new members this year, as well as the out-of-town competition Stevens is unsure which locals are likely to do well, but there should be plenty of them on show.

"The club's growing, which is fantastic, Wednesday and Thursday nights at the club have been pumping," she said.

Racing will be across the full range of age classes, from under-5 and upwards, with strong competition likely in the 11 and 13 age groups.

Warmup starts at 9am with racing due to get under way about 11am.

With the BMX track due to move to Waipa, Stevens said this could be the last February meeting at the track.