The Trax mountain bike and BMX club are delighted to invite the local community of Tottenham and London, the wider bike community and all our members, friends and family to the official launch of The Lordship Loop bike park on Saturday Dec 3rd.

Lordship Loop is the exciting new 391 metre long pump track' style trail loop suitable for both mountain bikes and BMX in Lordship Recreation Grounds in Tottenham, London.

Event: Lordship Loop Mountain bike and BMX track launch
Date and time: Saturday 3rd December at 10am
Meeting Location: Broadwater Farm Community centre, Adams Road, Tottenham, London
N17 6HE (next door to the bike track)

The Itinerary is a fun packed day:

• 10.00am-11.00am The Trax Annual General Meeting and nominations and votes for committee roles. Volunteer opportunities and awards ceremony.

• 11.00am Official opening of Lordship Loop
  • Rowan Sorrell and his Back on Track team will be there to anoint the virgin track for its first ride to show how the loop can be ridden

• 12.00pm We will run two sessions to let the youth use it first (only right). First are 8 – 10 year olds and then 11 – 16 year olds.

• 13.00pm open to all.

Loads on around the event like…

• London Cycling Campaign (LCC) funded Dr Bike session.

• Community and bike stalls.
  • Evans Cycles bikes
    • Including a  lucky dip (BMX top prize). All proceeds to club funds
  • Mountain Bike Rider Magazine
  • International Mountain Bike Association
  • Lordship Rec Users Forum
  • Friends of Lordship Rec

• Games and fun coaching activities going on all day.

• Face painting (All proceeds to club funds so nobody leaves until their face is painted)

“This much anticipated launch brings both a much needed community run facility for youth in Tottenham. The whole bike world and the local community are coming together to make this a sustainable venture. The launch heralds a new era of mountain biking as it is brought to a new generation of riders in an  urban setting. Hopefully the first of many, we welcome all to come and celebrate this historic day.” Daniel Mintz Chair of The Trax

The Trax are delighted to announce our affiliation with the IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) and their massively useful award of a tool grant as their kind support to ensure the loops and the clubs sustainability. The tools will be awarded on the day by Mark McClure, chairman of IMBA-UK.  To find out more about the work of IMBA-UK or to join as an affiliate check out www.imba.org.uk

Evans Cycles will be supporting the track launch with a stall flaunting some of their latest offerings as well as raffling a 2012 BMX, various accessories and bike servicing with all proceeds going to the Lordship Loop and Trax club. Facilitating cycling and making it accessible to all is something Evans Cycles are passionate about and proactive in; “it’s a fantastic privilege to be involved in such a valued community project, and we look forward to creating a longer term relationship with the scheme" Leon, Evans Cycles Crouch End, Store Manager.’

If you are interested in setting up a stall in the hall, or donating prizes for our launch activities or sponsoring our awards etc then please get in touch.

The bike world comes to the local Tottenham community on Dec 3^rd. Join in the fun. www.thetrax.co.uk

daniel_mintz@yahoo.co.uk 07990577206

Notes to editors:

Lordship Loop: The "Lordship Loop" is created within open areas of woodland and the design is a big long 'pump track' style trail loop which is ridden individually and is very skills and feature intensive. It will cover a looped distance of 391metres which will be made from re-used earth bunds from recycled earth from the park and surfaced with aggregates to provide a fun year round riding facility. Designed as a singletrack experience it will be made up of rollers, berms, roller doubles and step-up jumps and will be rollable by all abilities but with more challenging jumps for experienced riders. The track is open all year. The project is delivered by specialist bike track builders Back on Track and Rowan Sorrell which will be managed by the Council's Recreation Team. Haringey Council will be responsible for maintaining the facility through the Lordship Recreation Ground's 10-year Management and Maintenance Plan. The Trax will help ensure long term sustainability by developing a bank of volunteers with bike track building and maintenance skills to undertake ongoing repairs and maintenance working with the council.

The Trax: is the off road cycling club of Lordship Recreation Grounds and Tottenham. It is a British Cycling Go Ride club and affiliated to the CTC. We are based in Lordship Recreation Ground (the Rec), in Tottenham.  Please contact Daniel Mintz. 07990577206 daniel_mintz@yahoo.co.uk www.thetrax.co.uk.

Lordship Recreation Users Forum: The Lordship Loop is part of a much bigger project to regenerate the park. The project is managed by the Council, and overseen by the Lordship Rec Users Forum made up of different park user groups, the council and architects. The Lordship Rec Users forum chair is Dave Morris dmorris@onetel.com and the project officer Luisa Baker at Haringey council is Luisa.baker@haringey.gov.uk.

Back on Track is a highly specialised company offering services to clients looking to develop and build mountain bike trails, bmx tracks and skills development areas. Back on Track can offers clients initial consultation, feasibility studies and reports, through to comprehensive design and build services in all aspects of off-road cycling. They aim to create trails that are sustainable, complement their environment and provide an exciting ride whilst encouraging riders to enjoy the natural beauty of the outdoors.

They have extensive experience of working with public sector clients, Local Authorities, Forestry Commission and private contracts, working to CDM regulations. Their highly skilled and well trained staff are all expert riders in their own right, as well as proud trail designers and builders. With over 50 years riding experience within the company, including 9 years competitive experience on the UCI mountain bike world cup circuit, our expertise is second to none. Rowan can be contacted on rowan@back-on-track.org www.back-on-track.org.

IMBA-UK supports mountain biking in the UK & Ireland, and defends rights of way for MTBs. They work to keep trails and public access open for mountain biking by:

·         supporting volunteer trail work;

·         cooperating with trail user groups, land managers and public bodies;

·         encouraging responsible riding.

They are a non-profit group, funded entirely by our members.