Official BMX #5 "Riders Chart". Are you in there?

[SaMAlex]

I found very old copy of Official BMX (issue 5). There is no date anywhere in it but its gotta be very early 80s. Toward the back there is a Riders Chart and it crossed my mind that there may well be some RAD members in there. Are you in there?

[billstup]

I see Rattys name in there

[bmxmatt1974]

ratty in the 15's, got to be 81 i think then. no doubt he will correct me

[Longun]

I was thinking 82, Nicky Matthews was in my age group and I'd have been in the 14s in 82 assuming that's based on age at 1st Jan. 

[RATTY]

I am in there twice because of a ukbmx officials fook up!! He spelt my name wrong at two meets, despite me asking him to change it, so it cost me placings in the final table.
I think I finished in 14th place in the end if they had added the points up properly, this was the 1981 points table Matt.

[Twatty]

Its 80 or 81. The way your age groups was decided changed in 82 I think, and you see in these rankings that Craig Scoffield & Jason Maloney are in different classes. Post 81, they raced in te same group, (my age group). Good to see some old friends mentioned in there also...

[Twatty]

Notice Carl Alford in there also Ratty. Not quite sure how I got home after beers with you, him & the others the other Saturday, made it back to Farnham somehow though...

Matt F.

[RATTY]

Was a good night Matt, we will have to do it again soon mate, I never knew Carl back then so it was good to chat the other night.

[wildwood1971]

I knew i kept seeing the name Carl Alford on a number of threads here and there, and keep thinking i'm sure it must be the same lad that i knew of as a kid. Then when i saw the farhnam comments above i figured it must be the same person - i remember doing a BMX display in Aldershot and Farnham back in the early 80's with carl and a few other locals - tim march and andy ruffel if i remember correctly came down to do a display and signing session. Can't remember what year but i would have been a cheeky mouthy thing on a GT pro with Red Skyways - carl would have been a year or two older than me - but i defo remember doing a display at our school and i remember walking to school with him - what a small world it is

Happy days indeed

[dayyo]

Spotted my name in the 9`s (Chris Day) i think that its the rankings for 1981.

[richboy]

2 of my m8s are in the 13s, lee halveson and scott ringrobe which should read ringrose. both canvey roadrunners, scott only raced for 1 season,im sure he would have done blinding if he stuck at it longer. he was absoulute pukka motocross rider. i still see him about ill have to see if his old supergooses are still in his garage. all 4 of em. lost all contact with lee yrs ago. bought my old diamond back of him, remember it like yesterday. and im now 40