Got a load of info from Steve Rooke about various goings on at Redditch:

"Update on Redditch loads going down. We should be open sometime next week for 2006 as I have only just received funding to get the park open again. we should be doing a lot of maintenance work over the next few weeks clearing up and fixing vandalism as usual. for this season we have a new jump box with street course alterations to suit and micro ramp. I'll send you some pics in the near future.

If you remember a while back we said we want to develop the Redditch Wheels Project further concrete park and indoor well it looks like things are going to start moving on that with the additional bonus of a BMX race track and trails, which is looking like the first stage of development and moving along very quickly thanks to it being in the next Olympics n youth and community sport development and all that. Because of this funding for this sort of thing is available. Benn Thombs is heading the project along with about 12 others including, Scott Beaumont, Jai Kemp BMX racing coach n old Worcester local, Si Patten (AKA Jester) who got Bearwood together and now of Decent World.co.uk fame and old school race stars Tim Print and Gary O' Connor who's mom n dad ran Supertune BMX shop in Studley in the early eighties. The initial idea was presented to the council leisure director and manager who are now behind it 100%. A new BMX club Redditch Premiers in honour of the old BMX club and track has been formed.

This won't all happen overnight but it seems to have the same enthusiasm as when we were first campaigning for the skatepark, also there seems to be a lot of support from the BMX race community as there is no facilities for this in the midlands. The overall aim is to include floodlights, club house, gym, mini BMX museum, fence to keep out minimotos and joy riders."