THE Hinterland BMX Club continues to smash goals on the track, after recently placing 7th out of 39 clubs at the South-East Queensland Shootout Series, with 14 riders placing in the top eight.
Club secretary Jaclyn Smith said it was a great effort from all 46 riders from the club who participated, particularly for a small club compared to others which had around 100 riders.
She also highlighted some standout players from the club, who achieved great things during the Shootout Series.
“Eva Natalier and Noah Cook participated in the superclass division for the first time, which can be more competitive, placing 4th and 5th respectively and Eva also placed 3rd in the 15 year old girls division,” she said.
“Jeff Williams won the 50-54 year old men cruiser division, Keriann Reissenberger came 2nd in the 50-54 women and Rory Upshall came 3rd in the eight-year-old boys.
“Jett Cortina and Roman Ojeda placed 4th in the eight-year-old and 10-year-old boys respectively, and Alby Flanagan, Eli Smith, Jason Zinetti, Bryn Upshall, Sarah Reissenberger and Koben Vesey placed in the top eight of their divisions.”
Jaclyn told GC&M News that the club has a big few weeks ahead of them, hosting the state championships from their Mooloolah track on June 25, which anyone can come along and watch.
“We are very excited to be hosting the event, with a competition at Bayside the day before, which will get us ready for the big day,” she said.
“Anyone from the community can come down to our home tracks and watch the races if they’d like to, its free for the public to come and spectate.”
The club also recently announced the installation of new LED lights on their track is finally complete, improving safety for riders.
“We’ve been fundraising for our new LED lights for three years now, which COVID managed to slow down and cause prices to skyrocket,” she said.
“We recently got a community gambling grant for a little over $20,000 to help get us over the line and complete the lighting.
“The project cost $40,000 total, and it will improve vision for our riders at night time and safety for them when they are on the tracks. It will certainly be well received once it’s all plugged in.”
