Local BMX Star on Track for Oz
July 26th, 2025
Local BMX star, Eliza French (15), will be travelling to Brisbane, Australia next year as a member of the GB BMX team at the World Championships.
Eliza, from Bradley Stoke, has been racing since 2020 as a member of the Bristol Jets BMX club based at Patchway and in 2024 was signed by the BRE Racing Team, a national BMX team.
She progressed through the South-West Regional series and in 2024 took part in the National Series for the first time, finishing 13th. As a result, she qualified to represent GB at the World Championships in Copenhagen in late July/early August 2025 where she was just about to head off to as we went to print on this edition!
In 2025 Eliza has raced in three major race series and has made great progress, which is testament to all the hard work she puts in in training and development. Eliza participated in the ‘Deep South’ Winter series between October and March. This was her first time in this series, and she finished in 1st place in the Girls 15-16 age group.
Eliza then took part in the South region summer series having won the South West region three years in a row. The South region races typically have twice the number of entrants, visit a number of National-level tracks and also put her against girls who she will race in the National Series. She finished in 3rd place in the South series, against stiff competition.
In the 2025 British Cycling National Series, Eliza has made fantastic progress. At the start of the season her objective for the year was to make an ‘A’ final at some point, having never achieved this in 2024. Well, she made the ‘A’ final at the very first attempt in round 1 and kept going, making the ‘A’ on two further occasions across the 10 rounds! 2025 also saw her take her first moto (heat) win, a feat she then repeated two more times! She finished the National series in 7th place overall, up from 13th last year and consequently has qualified to represent GB again, this time in the 2026 BMX World Championships in Brisbane!
Eliza has also been invited to join the British Cycling BMX Talent Development Pathway Regional School of Racing.
Although the holidays are approaching, there will be no rest for Eliza as after her first World Championship in Copenhagen this month, she will still have the British Championships, South West Championships and South Championships to go. Next year’s aim is to try her luck in the UCI European series!
Eliza currently trains on track three times a week with qualified coaches, goes to a local gym several times a week before school and has race meetings around the country most weekends.
Eliza is a Year 10 student at Abbeywood Community School where she is studying for her GCSEs. Amongst other subjects, she is taking a BTEC in Sport and hopes to make a career in a sports-related profession. She is also a budding musician and a talented young drummer.
Good luck over the summer Eliza – we look forward to hearing how you get on!
If any local firm or individual would consider sponsoring Eliza to assist her journey to Australia in 2026, we would be delighted to hear from you! Please contact Laurence French at [email protected] or phone 07973 271827.
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