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        Cornwall BMX Club Athletes Compete in DK


        Gold Cup Championship Finals



        By Victoria Klassen                   second moto,” explained Rylan about
                                              his Sunday race. “I didn’t make the
             ornwall BMX  racers Rylan  main  on  Sunday,  but  I  finished  the
        CAdams 14, Carter Jackson 14,  season with a #2 Gold Cup plate.”
        and  Sam  Drouin  13,  competed  in     Carter earned a fifth place ranking
        the DK Gold Cup Championship
                                              in the 14 intermediate class. He was
        Finals in Long Island, New  York,     on  fire  on  Sunday  with  a  second
        in October.  Over 650 athletes from   place  podium  finish.  Sam  was  in  a
        all over the northeastern United
                                              competitive  group  of  13-year-olds
        States  and  Canada attended  this    in the elite class and finished in third
        competition hoping to win a coveted   place  in  Friday’s  race.  He  finished
        Gold Cup number plate.
                                              the weekend with a seventh place
          “That’s one of the things that  overall rank.
        makes this series so exciting and       In order to qualify for DK Gold
        competitive,” explained Cornwall      Cup Championship Finals, these
        BMX Club president, Dan Drouin.
                                              young athletes had to compete in at
        “The Gold Cup plates are only         lease two regional qualifying events.
        awarded to the top three riders in    Cornwall was selected as one of six
        each category.”                       Canadian cities to host a regional
          Rylan,    who      had    podium    qualifying event this year.
        finishes  at  the  Ontario  Provincial   For more information about BMX
        Championship, had a strong start to   racing visit the Cornwall BMX Club
        the competition. Rylan placed second
                                              webpage at cornwallbmx.ca or at
        in Friday’s pre-race and second in
                                              www.facebook.com/CBMXClub.
        Saturday’s finals in the novice class.   The club can also be contacted via
          “I  was  sitting  in  first,  but  then  e-mail at info@cornwallbmx.ca or   Left to right; Expert Class racer Sam “The Skunk” Drouin [13], Novice
        I slipped and crashed hard in the  by phone at 613-662-1790.                Class  racer  Stylin’  Rylan  Adams  [14]  and  Intermediate  Class  racer
                                                                                    Carter Jackson [14] showing off their weekend haul.   Photo Submitted

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