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***Upgrading the BMX track*** Brainstorming and planning day Saturday 11th October Friends of Overtoun Park are hoping to apply for funding to upgrade the BMX track. The track is currently in very poor condition and several of the jumps are beginning to crumble. Several young BMXers approached the group asking for help in improving the track and would like to include a new skatepark. We held a planning session in the track to give the riders the opportunity to discuss their concerns with a track builder and Councillors Robert Brown and Gerard Killen. The pictures below show what the riders liked and disliked about the track and how they would like the track to look. The red dots indiciate 'dislike', the green dots indicate 'like'. The bikers generally like the shape of the track but the surface is the main concern. They also discussed getting the jumps and the berms shaped properly.
Very little has changed - the first double to be changed to a step up, the triple to become a table. The main improvement would be the surface and shaping of the jumps. The 2 red tracks are to be improved for the dirt bikes.
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What happens next?Since the planning day, Friends of Overtoun Park have been working to get the process started.
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BMX Summer Programme 2014
A big thank you to Radworx coaches for a fabulous summer programme - helped along by glorious summer weather. Thanks to the Black Poppy and its customers for their £300 donation. Thank you to other individuals, who wish to remain anonymous, for donating to the programme.
Hope you enjoy looking through the gallery below. There are some really good jumps
Hope you enjoy looking through the gallery below. There are some really good jumps