Bradford Bandits BMX Racing Club

Slight date change for this seasons RATR, the Bradford date was a typo. Should of read 23rd Jan 2027. Get yourselves booked on for round 1 NOW!!!

Grab your diaries.... here's the dates you need to keep free 😀🥰

Buy tickets – The Race Around The Region 26/27 Round 1 - Barnesbury BMX – Sports Pavilion, Gallagher Park, Bedlington The Race Around The Region 26/27 Round 1 - Barnesbury BMX – Sports Pavilion, Gallagher Park, Bedlington, Sun 20 Sep 2026 - The New RATR Winter Series kicks off in style early this year with Round 1 At Barnesbury BMX Track in Bedlington. Expect all the normal Race Around the Region antics.  This ...

British Championships Day 1 update. The Bandits had a truly remarkable day at the British Champs. From 22 entries, 21 riders qualified for the knockout stages, we had 12 semifinalists, 10 top-ten finishes, 8 A-finalists, and 2 second place finishes. Many of the younger riders were genuine novices, and fairly new to the sport. As well the genuine speed and skill on show, there was also warrior spirit with one of our cruiser riders racing with an injury but still making semifinals, and one of our novices crashing but being cleared by the medics just in time to get on the gate for his 1/8 final.
This could be the most consistent set of results we’ve had as a club, and are a testament to the hard work put in by EVERYONE involved in the club over the last few years - track, infrastructure, structured coaching program, welfare, funding, volunteers, family, friends and links with other clubs and cycling organisations.
Best of luck to Evie, Martin, Nigel, Oliver, Owen and Yusuf who are all racing 20” today!

Another great session lead by our volunteer coaches, taking the ‘Intro’ and Level 1 riders through the skills needed to ride the track effectively.

This week’s race report shout out has to go to our incredible team of volunteers at Bradford Bandits BMX Club 💚💚💚
We usually focus on rider achievements because they are all amazing, but for our relatively small club in West Yorkshire, this was one of the biggest and most successful Regional events we’ve ever hosted.
Behind the scenes, countless hours have been spent fundraising, coordinating, organising, and putting the finishing touches to our brand new start gate just in time for Sunday’s racing. The dedication and hard work from our volunteers made the whole event possible.
After weeks of planning for the inevitable Yorkshire rain, we suddenly found ourselves making a last minute dash to the supermarket’s freezer aisle to stock up on cold drinks and ice lollies instead! We’ve now discovered that BMX riders are capable of consuming record breaking numbers of ice lollies and still coming back for more!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended, supported the event, shared the laughs, cooled us down with water gun crossfire, and helped keep spirits high throughout the day. We may have all finished a little sunburnt, but our hearts were certainly full.
Well done, Team Bradford Bandits. You should all be incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

There’s a major incident M62 J20-22, some people could be delayed getting to Bradford.