Merton Saints BMX Club

CONGRATULATIONS to all our Merton Saint riders that raced the 7th round of the South Region BMX series last Sunday in Bournemouth! 🪽

SHOUTOUT to our 7-8s category riders Molly and Enid for getting 🥈 and 🥉 in their races! 🏁

Our clubs results are:
Finley 2nd
Emmeline 4th (BX)
Molly 2nd
Iris 4th
Enid 3rd
William 5th
Michael 5th
Alex 6th
James B 8th
Elis 1st (BX)

(BX)* are B-finals

Next up will be the British Championships in Manchester 🙌

Wishing all our Merton Saint riders the best of luck today at the 7th round of the South Series in 🙌

Let’s go team! 💪

Our last week of Summer Camps is coming right up! We are excited for one last week of hard work and fun! 🙌

Just a reminder that our gate is currently not working BUT that doesn’t mean we aren’t able to work on our technique with other tasks! So don’t you worry, there will still be loads of work to do in both camps.

Link in bio! 🔗

This week’s camps! ✨ We’re starting our new block of Summer Camps again on Tuesday and Thursday, starting with our popular Jump Camp (if you want to take your jump technique to the next level) and then Manual & Wheelie Camp (if you want to really learn the basics and the advanced techniques to have a longer flat manual and gain speed in the track) 🙌

Book via the link in our bio!

Our second week of Summer Holiday Camps will be:

Gates Camp on Tuesday 28th July
Race-Craft Camp on Thursday 30th July

Limited spaces available! Follow the bit.ly link or the link in our bio to book.

Next week we will go back to Jump, Manual & Wheelie camps. Don’t leave it too late to book onto our most popular sessions!

Hope to see you soon 🙌

(A reminder that we take riders of all skill levels and ages as long as they are able to ride the track unassisted. There will be something for everyone)

Molly is one of our toughest riders, she’s been rocking it at a National level this year and bagging some medals every round in the ‘Female 7’ category! 🏆

‘Molly has Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) which means she has to use supplementary oxygen at racing. She spent over 6 months in hospital when she was younger, which makes her achievements in BMX, even more impressive - a lap for her is like 5 for a normal racer, and we’re super proud of her!’ - quote from her parents ✨

We wish her the best of luck in Rnd 8 of the tomorrow 👏

Also, shoutout to our Merton coaches &

The Summer Holiday Camps are NOW live in our Merton Saints Website! 🌿 x 🪽

Join us if you want to take your skills to the next level 🙌

(Don’t delay, sessions tend to sell out quickly 🫣)

Link in bio 🔗

(Reposting as there was a typo mistake on last post, it’s 28th & 30th July instead of August for Gates and Race-craft, the website is correct)

Want to enjoy riding at your own pace? Come and join us Sundays at our Pay & Play, 2PM - 4PM! 🪽

Essential to book in advance as some Sundays we have birthday parties and therefore, there won’t be any pay & play.

Book via the bit.ly/all-sessions link or via the link in our bio 🙌

It is with immense sadness that I have to share the devastating news that our wonderful Gates coach, Craig Mufundisi, passed away over the weekend.

We are all completely heartbroken. Craig was a truly special person who was loved by everyone who knew him. He always radiated positivity and humour.

Craig was the longest-serving member of the Club, having been part of Merton Saints since the track was founded. He was a hugely talented rider, and we have many happy memories of him riding and our road trips to races. Our Gates sessions will never be the same without him.

I have known Craig for over ten years, since Imogen first started BMX at just six years old. He always looked out for her, and for all the riders at the Club. Watching the impact he had on so many riders and families over the years has been incredible. He was only 24 years old.

As many of you know, Craig suffered severe burns in a fire at his flat just before Christmas. Although he faced a long recovery, he had been doing well, and it was wonderful to see him back with everyone again at the Regional we hosted two weeks ago. He was so happy to see everyone again. This news has therefore come as a complete and sudden shock to us all.

We are all going to miss him terribly. Our thoughts are with Craig’s family and everyone who loved him at this incredibly difficult time.

Please do share your pictures and stories of Craig, we would all love to see and hear these, and I can share them with his family.