Cove Bmx

📣 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TOMORROW! 🚲

We’ll be looking for volunteers to help on and off the track tomorrow.

The canteen will only be selling lollies and drinks 🥤.

If you can spare some time to help, we’d really appreciate it!

DO WE HAVE SA’S BEST JUNIOR SPORTS COACH IN BMX?

The Advertiser is searching for SA’s Best Junior Sports Coach for 2026, and we’d love to see our BMX coaches recognised.

Our sport relies heavily on coaches who give their time week after week — helping young riders learn new skills, build confidence, improve their race craft and keep progressing on the track.

From the newest riders learning the basics through to experienced racers chasing their next goal, good coaches play a huge part in every rider’s BMX journey.

If there’s a coach within our BMX community who has made a difference to your child, your family or our riders, this is a great opportunity to put their name forward.

Nominations close Wednesday 16 September.

👉 Nominate here:
https://form.123formbuilder.com/6971439/SAs-Best-Junior-Sports-Coach-2026

Let’s make sure the people putting in the hours for junior BMX get the recognition they deserve.

SA STATE SERIES ROUND 3 – GAWLER SUPPORTER RECAP

What a day for the Cove Cannons at Round 3 of the SA BMX State Series at Gawler!

There was plenty of great racing across the club, from our Mini Wheelers and Sprockets right through to Challenge, Cruiser and Superclass — and some outstanding results along the way.

🥇 CLASS WINS
• Tyler Hunt – 13 Boys
• O’Hara Rattigan – 14 Girls
• Olivia Smyth – 15 Girls
• Jake Hillyard – 30–34 Men
• Steven Atkins – 50–54 Men
• Mia Williams – 8 Girls
• Caleb Newby – 9 Boys
• Ethan Fenton – Cruiser 11–12 Boys
• Steven Atkins – Cruiser 50–54 Men
• Preston Murray – Superclass Men
• Sharon Watson – Superclass Women

🥈 2ND PLACE
• Mason Smith – 8 Boys
• Ethan Fenton – 12 Boys
• Leo Richardson – 13 Boys
• Will Keenihan – 14 Boys
• O’Hara Rattigan – Junior Superclass Women

🥉 3RD PLACE
• Alycia Babs – Junior Superclass Women

More strong results
4th – Maxton St John, 10 Boys
4th – Jax Hodgson, 13 Boys
4th – John Hunt, 45–49 Men
4th – Olivia Smyth, Junior Superclass Women
4th – Jye Harvey, Superclass Men

5th – Mason Atkins, 8 Boys
5th – Harry Faulkner, 10 Boys

6th – Walter Herbert, 8 Boys
6th – Max Smyth, Cruiser 11–12 Boys

7th – Riley Lawrence, Superclass Men
8th – Marshall Walker-Roller, 12 Boys
9th – Max Smyth, 12 Boys

💙 SPROCKETS
A big well done to our Sprockets:
• Lucy Smith
• Navrin St John
• Lincoln Le
• Eli Hodgson
• Max Le
• William Smith
• Addison Johnstone

💚 MINI WHEELERS
And our youngest Cannons getting amongst the State Series action:
• Mason Hillyard
• Patrick Hillyard
• Harlow Johnstone
• Hazel Le

Some particularly impressive double-class performances too — Steven Atkins taking two class wins, Ethan Fenton with a 1st and 2nd, O’Hara Rattigan with a 1st and 2nd, and Olivia Smyth with a 1st and 4th.

Congratulations to every Cannon who raced, and thanks to all of the families, those who transported tents, all the officials and volunteers, especially our locals that stepped up and helped make another State Series round happen.

Thanks of course to Gawler BMX Club for hosting Round 3. 👏

If anyone is willing to assist with transporting the club tents to/from Gawler please message us by Friday evening.

READY TO TRY SOMETHING NEW?

If you’ve been enjoying racing at your home club, why not make the next step and give a State Series round a go?

Entries for the next round at Gawler BMX Club close in ONE WEEK, and we’d especially love to see some of our newer riders giving it a try.

You don’t need to be one of the fastest riders at the club. You don’t need years of racing experience. State Series racing is simply an opportunity to visit another track, line up with some different riders and experience a bigger race meeting.

For our newer families, it can seem like a big jump from a clubby but once you’ve done your first one, you’ll know exactly what to expect next time.

And you certainly won’t be going alone. There’ll be plenty of familiar faces from our clubs there racing, helping and cheering you on.

If you can race a clubby, you can have a go at a State Series round.

📍 Next round: Gawler, Sun 23rd August
📅 Entries: https://entryboss.cc/races/28853

Have a chat to us at the track if you’re unsure about entering, classes or what happens on race day. We’d love to help more of our newer riders experience their first State Series event.