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BEGINNER BMX COACH CLASS MAY 26th

A beginner BMX Coach course is being run in Shepparton on Saturday May 26. This is a 1-day course with assessment completed on the

day. If assessed competent, participants leave qualified to coach basic BMX skills unsupervised on a BMX track. Follow this link for more details

This course is now open for anyone interested. For online bookings go to:

https://sitedesq.imgstg.com/multi/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&MultiID=301&OrgID=1636

$120. This is a 1-day course with assessment completed on the day. If assessed competent,

participants leave qualified to coach basic BMX skills unsupervised on a BMX track.

A prerequisite is a First Aid qualification. Bryan Kennedy BMXV Coaching Director bryan.kennedy@bmxv.com.au

BMXV STRATEGIC PLAN 2012 - 2015 – SHAPING OUR SPORT BY CHOICE, NOT BY CHANCE

Following a consultation process that included member survey’s, website and face book feedback opportunities along with strategic

planning workshops,  BMXV and our appointed facilitator are glad to release the draft copy of BMXV Strategic Plan 2012-2015.

Whilst there will always be different priorities at various times across the sport, BMXV hope we all take pride in our new direction and

share the desire to work together to ensure BMX Victoria is the best it can be, in “promoting excellence from gate to finish” Read further here

Please feel to leave feedback via the link below

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKZTVV8

Please download Strategic Plan PDF here

BMX VICTORIA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 19th MAY 2012

The BMX Victoria 2012 Annual General Meeting will be held in conjunction with a BMXV Council Meeting on Saturday 19th May.

The meeting will commence at 2pm and will be held at the Knox BMX Club. All BMX Victoria affiliated clubs are urged to have representation

at the meetings.

Further details about the AGM are available as a Word document here or a PDF and to download a copy of the nomination form

go to ‘Forms

For the minutes of the last Council meeting (September 2011) follow this link

 

BMX VICTORIA STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOPS_REPORT

BMX Victoria and key stakeholders along with their appointed Strategic Planning facilitator have conducted the first three workshops to

develop the future direction of BMX in Victoria.

The first session set “The big picture” to understand the background and context for this review. It provided a strategic overview and lay

groundwork for the future sessions.

The following sessions worked on the organisation’s vision and mission statements along with key performance areas that BMXV will

focus on. These key performance areas will be the foundation of the BMXV action plan that will set the future of the sport in Victoria.

As part of this open and transparent process, please look at the Vision and Mission statement  and feel free to comment and offer suggestions.

These will be tabled and discussed in future workshops. Please visit the link below

BMXV Vision Mission & Values

BMX Victoria would like to thank you for your input and interest. Please send comments to:

Chris Ball _ Cycling Victoria BMX Manager chris.ball@cycling.org.au

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL VICTORIANS GOING TO THE 2012 NATIONAL TITLES

All Victorian riders (or entrants) competing at the National Titles at Mt Gambier, and clubs with members going should follow this link

for important information including the role of the Victorian State Representative there, and more background information about

the event.

 

BMX VICTORIA STRATEGIC PLAN WORKSHOP

BMX Victoria and key stakeholders along with their appointed Strategic Planning facilitator conducted the first workshop to

develop the future direction of BMX in Victoria. The first of many sessions set “The big picture” The goal being to understand the

background and context for this review and to provide a strategic overview and lay groundwork for the future sessions.

The session also incorporated results from the strategic plan survey which everybody had the opportunity to complete and submit. The

strategic planning working group would like to thank all those who took part. These results will be released shortly via the BMXV website.

As part of this open and transparent process please look at the workshop documents and notes and feel free to comment and offer

suggestions; these will be tabled and discussed in future workshops. Contact details below

BMXV strategic planning workshop worksheets 1 to 5-1                 BMX Victoria strategic planning workshop notes

BMX Victoria thank you for your input and interest.

Send comments to Chris Ball _ Cycling Victoria BMX Manager chris.ball@cycling.org.au

 

VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT 2012-2013 INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Applications for Individual Athlete Scholarships are invited from Victorian athletes with outstanding performance records at national

and/or international level in sports that are currently not a VIS Tier 1 Program. For more information read here.

BMX Victoria Junior State Series supports National Breast Cancer Foundation for the 2012 Series

The BMX Victoria Junior State Series is proudly  supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation for the 2012 Series.

The NBCF logo is to be added to award plates to promote increased awareness of breast cancer research.

Gold coin donation boxes will be at registration at forthcoming events; 100% of donations will go directly to  NBCF

 

BMXV 2011 AWARDS

The CYCLING VICTORIA, BMX VICTORIA 2011 Awards were held at the Wheelers Hill International  on Saturday night 4th February.The BMXV winners were:

Victorian Rider of the year -                            Josh Callan

Senior rider of the year-                                  Tom Siinmaa

Junior rider of the year -                                   Matthew White

Most Improved Female rider (under 16) -  Emily Richardson

Vet (30+) Rider of the Year -                            Greg Siinmaa

John Walczuk , services to BMX Victoria -  Chris Ball

John Grigg official of the year -                      Steve Hunter

Congratulations to the winners. Also on the night, Life Memberships of BMX Victoria were presented to Simon Anderson and Brian Lacey.

 

STATE JUNIOR SERIES 2012 RULES & ENTRY FORM

The Series rules for the 2012 BMXV Junior State Series and entry form are available under ‘2012 Events’ (see the

first round on 26th February). BMXV’s coordinator for the series is Graham King who can be contacted

at StateSeries@bmxv.com.au

 

Cycling Victoria, BMX Victoria and the Australian Sports Commission join forces

Cycling Victoria, BMX Victoria and the Australian Sports Commission have joined forces to introduce a Grass Roots

BMX program aimed at schools.

Click here to read a Press Release from Chris Ball, Cycling Victoria’s BMX Manager regarding this exciting initiative.

 

BMXV CLUB CONTACT DETAILS

With the expansion of database services being rolled out by Cycling Australia (BMX Australia) it is increasingly important that

CA/BMXA have up to date contact information for all their member clubs, and soon when online membership starts it will be

even more important. Please would all BMXV Clubs fill out a copy of the 'BMXA CLUB OFFICE BEARERS,CONTACT DETAILS' form

which is available for download from this site under ‘Forms’ and send a copy to Cycling Australia. Also under ‘Forms’ is a

‘BMXV Club Contacts Update’ form which should be returned to us, for example, when there have been changes to your Club

Committee. Please remember that if your Club’s banking details change, the BMXV Treasurer accounts@bmxv.com.au needs

to be informed to facilitate reimbursement of online entry money.

 

Availability of online entry for clubs: Please read the attached information regarding the availability of online entries for clubs.

Victorian Race Numbers: All Victorian riders have allocated race numbers. Please check out yours in the list attached on the Administration page and

make sure you ride with it.

Working With Children Checks: All volunteers in our sport need to have passed a Working With Children Check (WWCC), . It is both a legal

requirement and a requirement of our Insurers that all our volunteers and officials have passed their WWCC by 30th June 2010. The time to apply is now.  The

best place to get information is at the Victorian Government website www.justice.vic.gov.au/workingwithchildren

 

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