The Grand Forks BMX Club hosted bikers from across the province this past weekend at the annual provincial championship race.

The 40-something BMXers from Grand Forks raced against the likes of teams from Vernon and Kelowna and the event was a success.

"This race is part of a series; all the BMX clubs in B.C. host one of these once a year," explained Dave Carlyle, local BMX club president.

"There are about 14 or 15, and they are where riders accumulate points towards provincial titles."

The local club has grown significantly over last year, with about 10 new members, and the provincial championship has followed suit.

"We grew significantly," Carlyle said when asked about this year's event.

"We had 30 motos - which means we ran 30 races three times - so we had 90 races (on Sunday), yesterday was 26 and 21 or 22 Friday night, so that's steady growth for us over last year."

Carlyle estimates at Sunday of last year's event, which is always the biggest day, there were 25 motos.

"We saw a little under 20 per cent growth over last year which in these tough times, it's tough to get people to travel and spend money to get there kids here. It was really successful for us."

Amongst the medal winners, Linden Webster-Krist, who took second in the 5 Novice event, had a good time.

"I'm feeling pretty good," Webster-Krist said. "I just like how we get to just pedal and pedal."

Carlyle says the event was a success and visitors from out of town had similar sentiments as they were impressed with the event and all the things Grand Forks had to offer.

"It's great," said Dean Knopf, treasurer of Vernon's BMX club. "We're having fun river tubing and the track is nice, smooth and fast. It's a great show and the volunteers are great."

There was one scary moment when a member of the local club fell on the track and hit his head and blacked out on Saturday at the 41-45 cruiser class event.

Lyndon Schiewe had to be taken to hospital on a stretcher but didn't seem much worse for the wear.

"I made a silly mistake on the rhythm section," Schiewe explained the day after.

"My bike started to flop and I fell on my side."

He said he suffered a concussion and while he still had a headache, he even thought about racing on Sunday.

However, he said that he got his points for the provincials already and decided to rest.

Carlyle said that the weekend event helps the club earn enough money to make it through the rest of the year and it also benefited Grand Forks as well.

"This is our contribution to Grand Forks," said the Grand Forks club's president.

"We drew in 130 riders this weekend and their families. A lot came Thursday and stayed three nights, and they spend money and contribute to Grand Forks."

"It's our effort to give back. We're thankful we can have the track here and the city gives us property to do this," he said.