Anyone remember old-school BMX @ Strathclair? I do :)

A little story to follow the pictured Sault Star clipping from 1987 (or 1988, can't quite remember how the seasons worked):

My rival and I eventually arrived in Ajax & Newmarket later that year to do battle at the provincials. IIRC, when all was said and done, Brad ended up first overall and I second (I've got the number plate to prove it!) in our age & class.

We weren't the only SSM'ers that kicked butt down there either! Check the trophy shot: that was all of us at either of those southern Ontario tracks. It was a motorhome full of us, with at least two chaperone fathers, one of which being my own pictured in yellow holding up our 'club banner', and on the track, in the 'dad class' 💪.

Not pictured, nor mentioned in the article, was the considerable amount of effort from all our parents on practice and race nights at Strathclair (entrance off Old Garden River Road). One of those parents was my dearest mother, as was the Mrs. MacIntosh mentioned in the article.

Unfortunately, either the next season or the one after, BMX stopped in SSM. Can't recall why. Too bad... we were pretty good! But I'm super grateful for the 3-4 years we had; they taught me how to push myself.