🍃 Starting with a Clean-Up

I had a fantastic first session with GoodGym Bexley, helping at Bexley Bike Club's family bike day, and really enjoyed getting involved. It was lovely meeting Sarah and Johnny, and working alongside the amazing Bexley Bike Cub coaches and Access Sport team, a charity dedicated to helping young people access and enjoy sport.

Before the children arrived, we started with a litter pick around the pump track, helping to keep the area safe for riders and tidy. Then we turned to clearing puddles from the track itself.

🪖 Getting Ready to Ride

Once the children arrived, we helped them get ready by fitting helmets and other safety equipment, making sure everyone was comfortable and prepared for the activities ahead. It was great to meet the children and see their excitement as they got ready to take part.

🚧 Cones, Limbo & Lots of Smiles

Sarah and I were in charge of one of the activity stations, where the children completed a fun obstacle course. They weaved around cones and ducked under a limbo bar, showing lots of enthusiasm, determination, and confidence. It was brilliant to watch them challenge themselves while having so much fun.

🛹Taking on the Ramps

After the obstacle course, the children moved on to the ramps to continue developing their bike skills. The kids were all fantastic throughout the session, listening well, encouraging each other, and giving everything a go.

Finally, the riders moved on to the pump track and we were stationed at various points in case of falls and to give lots of encouragement.

⭐Looking Ahead

Overall, it was a really positive experience. Seeing the impact that Bexley Bike Club and Access Sport has on helping young people get involved in sport was inspiring, and I can't wait to get back in the saddle for the next session! 😊

Thank you to everyone that came today to help such a lovely morning!

Hot-footing it to Martens Grove Pump Track after parkrun, we were back in action helping Bexley Bike Club with their free community BMX session this morning.

Johnny was riding high on the pump track, spotting as the children tackled the dips and bumps. Meanwhile, Sarah was in the skills area, setting up the limbo bar, moving ramps and positioning cones to create a course for riders to weave under, over and around. She then switched gears to camera duties, capturing plenty of action shots for the bike club to use on social media.

It was brilliant to see riders of all ages and abilities giving it a go. Some of the children were fearless, whizzing around the track with confidence. Others took things at a steadier pace, but everyone got stuck in and had a wheel-y good time.

The sessions are now taking a break until next spring, when we're looking forward to getting back in the saddle and lending a hand once again.

... and there were certainly plenty of children eager to jump on a bike at Bexley Primary School's summer fair today, where we were supporting Bexley Bike Club's fantastic BMX skills sessions.

Our role was to welcome families, help parents register their children and invite them to make a £1 donation to school funds, and get the excited young riders kitted out with the right-sized helmets and bikes.

Once everyone was ready, we supervised the warm-up area, making sure each child felt confident using their brakes and steering before heading onto the main course.

Then it was over to the coach, who guided the riders around a fun obstacle course featuring ramps and even a see-saw!

There were lots of smiles as the children tackled each new challenge and grew in confidence with every lap. Some came back to do it all again!

It was a brilliant way to spend a couple of hours supporting a local school and community club and helping young people build new skills.

If you're looking for a fun, flexible way to give back in the local community, why not join us at a future GoodGym task?

We had a lovely sunny time with Bexley Bike Club this morning, helping out at their free BMX session for local children.

We signed in participants, laid out cones and obstacles, spotted for accidents on the pump track, and took photos for the Club's social media feeds.

The kids were brilliant, some total beginners and others totally confident, but all loving it.

Kam couldn't resist the opportunity to get on a bike for a couple of laps. Very impressive!

We'll be back again next month... come along to support this fantastic community initiative (and give BMX a go if you want to!).

This morning we were supporting Bexley Bike Club at their brilliant community BMX pump track session for kids.

We gave the area a good tidy up so everything was looking wheel-y good and in top gear for the young riders to enjoy.

Once the hard graft was done, we couldn’t resist hopping on the bikes for a few snaps, striking our best “tour de pose” moments!

As for taking on the pump track ourselves… let’s just say we didn’t want the kids’ skills to put us to shame!

All in all, a tyre-rific morning supporting the next generation of riders 🚲.

On 5 July 2021, GoodGym Bexley headed to the brand-new BMX Pump Track in Martens Grove Park, to give it a thorough tidy ahead of its official opening by the Mayor next day. In the drizzle we collected fallen leaves and picked up litter, leaving the track looking ship-shape for its big debut. As this was during the COVID 19 pandemic, we kept socially-distanced throughout, of course!

This morning we were back at the track, this time in the fog, getting it ready for Bexley Bike Club's free community session (supported by Access Sport), giving local children the chance to get into BMX cycling.

While the coaches ran a warm-up and skills drills on the neighbouring sports court, we worked alongside two other volunteers to sweep away the soggy autumn leaves and scoop up the puddles after Storm Claudia passed through last night.

It was a full-on workout, but 45 minutes later we were rewarded by seeing the young cyclists zooming around the track we'd just finished preparing.

The monthly sessions will resume in March next year and we hope to keep coming back to support them. Watch this space 🚲.