Biking Dirty article 21 December 2011

 

Exciting new BMX club and track in Ratoath

 

 

We had the chance to talk to Shay McNally and Eamonn Wyer from the next exciting BMX track in Ratoath Co.Meath. Ratoath is 10 minute drive from Blanchardtown and now boasts the best BMX tracks in the country. In the last two months alone three new BMX tracks have opened starting with Ratoath then an indoor track in Cherry Orchard and the most recent is Tullamore. This has sparked BMX fever the last 20 years have seen the racing scene fall away to nothing but with hard work and dedication of old veterans and massive help from local communities has seen a great new future for Irish BMX. With the World Champs being held in Birmingham and fast approaching its time to get an Irish team.

 

It’s a great way of getting the Xbox generation kids out and finds a new rush which will help in health and fitness. The Ratoath BMX track is fantastic and is great for membership costing under €50.00 per year. We have to say when we were out at the track we were amazed at just how much the local community were getting involved and supporting the new club. If it’s getting people out and doing something together for the better good of kids, sports and the community well that’s as good as it gets in the mad times we live in.

 

Let’s get to it if you’re talking BMX in Ireland you at some stage will come across these two men Shay and Eamo have been rocking BMX since the first time skinny jeans were cool. 20 years on skinny jeans look is back and so are these two Guys and with a vengeance. Shay and Eamo were part of the original BMX boom in the eighties and raced BMX at Superclass level and it’s safe to say they know a thing or two about it.

 

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