Mighty 11s is back for 2022

The Trans-Tasman cultural exchange is back in 2022, with dates and qualification events locked in for the new year.

For the past thirty (30) years, the Mighty 11’s Junior Test Team has been a cultural exchange with New Zealand and Australia.

The Mighty 11s began thirty years ago in Brisbane after a rider from Ipswich BMX club was tragically killed in a car accident, and his mother gave the club a trophy to be used in his memory,

The club committee decided to hold an invitational meet for a junior class, as the trophy honoured the rider who was eleven at the time of the accident. Whilst discussing the event options, it was reported one committee member said, “it can’t be in June, my son will be twelve!”

As a result, three ages were put into a hat and the number 11 was drawn out, thus it was the birth of the Mighty 11s.

Out of a close friendship between the President of Ipswich BMX Club, Neville Gray, and New Zealand's Errol Nelson, a Trans-Tasman BMX exchange was developed.

Their vision was a cultural exchange trip along with BMX racing. The exchange was timed to happen with the Mighty 11s meeting, which then combined to create a Mighty 11s experience.

Riders at the 2021 Test Event at Hawkesbury BMX Club

The Mighty 11s Experience

There are two parts to the Mighty 11s experience:

• Mighty 11s Test Team
• Mighty 11s Memorial Class

The Mighty 11s Test team is a cultural exchange with BMX NZ, with a male and a female team from each country competing against each other to win the Toshiba Cup (boys) and Troy Fisher Cup (girls).

The Mighty 11s Memorial Class is for all 11-year-old boys and girls to race together to determine the overall Mighty 11 rider.

For all information on the 2022 Mighty11s, click here