August 24/12 14:55 pm - Online Registration Open for BMX Nationals & Canada Cup Final

Posted by Editoress on 08/24/12
 

The 2012 Canadian BMX Championships are just one week away, and Canada’s top domestic event for BMX will bring the best adrenaline seekers to Abbotsford, BC.

Online registration is open Here.

The two-day event is slated for Friday, August 31st, and features the Time Trial and seeding runs. Saturday, September 1st, offers the action-packed BMX motos. Canada’s best riders will be battling for top domestic titles and the coveted Maple Leaf Jersey awarded to the Canadian Champions in each Junior and Elite categories.

Olympian Tory Nyhaug (Coquitlam, BC) will be defending his two titles won at the 2011 Championships, in both the Time Trial and the BMX race. Nyhaug will be racing in front of his home crowd, on the track he used training for World Cups and Olympic Games. Also watch for Connor McCormack (Vernon, BC) and Jim Brown (Airdrie, AB), two top contenders along with Nyhaug.

On the women side, Sabrina Millman (Cochrane, AB) will be hoping to defend her 2011 titles. Millman also took both titles in the Time Trial and the BMX race.

In addition to the BMX races for Junior and Elite race, the Canadian BMX Championships will bring sport enthusiasts from age 5 all the way to 45+ age categories, challenging for Canadian Challenge titles.

The event in Abbotsford will be held at the Abbotsford BMX Club's redesigned track, which includes the Supercross Start Ramp, Canada’s only UCI SuperCross ramp in Canada.

The event in Abbotsford also includes the fifth and final race of the Canada Cup BMX race, on Sunday, September 2nd.