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Bridge City Sliders, Hamilton (2026)

02/05/2026

Team BCS boys and our wildcard homies ran round three of the BCS club series yesterday at our Hamilton jam, this round was 10.5 open class and another wildcard round, wildcards continuing fine form and taking it out again! We had young shredder Boston (wildcard) claiming the top spot and getting the win over Floyd (Trendsetters) in the final, again big ups boys awesome display of driving on point and well deserved.

Wrapping up the podium was Team BCS driver Eric grabbing his first podium spot to date taking out 3rd place with some smooth consistent driving throughout the day and battles so well done Buddman.

Again mean as turnout with 20 drivers yesterday so thanks heaps to all the boys that turned up, awesome jams hangs and battles throughout the day and we really appreciate the support.

Top qualifiers this round were:
Q1 Haydn HGRC (Team BCS)
Q2 Danimal Brittan (Team BCS)
Q3 Jimi van Garderen (Team BCS)

Championship standings after round 3:

1st Simon Carden - 123
2nd Jimi van Garderen - 120
3rd Daniel Brittan - 104
4th Geordan Breitler - 101
5th Shane Gunn - 91
6th Eric Budd - 82
7th Andrew Roycroft - 72
8th Andrew Peters - 62
9th Justin Rose - 62
10th DeJaey Cooper - 44
11th Mark Rose - 38
12th Jason Blunsdon - 36
13th Kurt Fredericks - 8
14th Pete Horner - 6
15th Matt Clifford - 2

26/04/2026

MANAWATU RC DRIFT CHAMPS 2026

A handful of Team BCS set off on tour over the weekend down to Palmerston North for the Manawatu rc drift champs.

Firstly we want to give a massive thanks to Vinny & Terry and all the organisers and everyone else who attended and travelled afar to make this event possible, super fun event and one we always look forward to attending so again what a awesome weekend away with the team and all the other boys we get to catch up with.

Results wise not the most successful for the team but nonetheless a epic weekend away, we had Jimi van Garderen picking up 2nd place in the restricted class, and also Jimi picking up 2nd place in the show and shine. Massive congratulations to him and also to all the other winners throughout the comp, you guys definitely put it on so big ups to you all.

Again lastly thanks to all the event organisers, all the judges that helped out, the comp winners and everyone who attended and made this event possible.
And to our boys cheers for making the trip down and making it a weekend to remember this weekend is always one to look forward to with the vibes and good times we have and this one was no different lol so shot boys!

22/03/2026

Team BCS boys held our second round of the 2026 bcs club series yesterday at our Hamilton jam, this was a 17.5 restricted class round, again another awesome day with the boys good jams and battles had on a super fun track layout.

We had Simon taking the win in the final against Danimal in second place with Jimi rounding up the podium in third place.
Cheers to all the boys for a awesome day and here’s looking forward to round 3 (that being a wildcard round again)

Top qualifiers this round were:
Q1 Jimi van Garderen
Q2 Andrew Peters
Q3 Geordan Breitler

Championship standings after round 2:

1st Simon Carden - 89
2nd Jimi van Garderen - 83
3rd Geordan Breitler - 81
4th Daniel Brittan - 76
5th Andrew Peters - 62
6th Shane Gunn - 59
7th Justin Rose - 50
8th Andrew Roycroft - 42
9th Eric Budd - 40
10th Mark Rose - 28
11th DeJaey Cooper - 22
12th Jason Blunsdon - 22
13th Matt Clifford - 2

21/02/2026

Team BCS boys and wildcards kicked off the new season for the 2026 BCS CLUB SERIES yesterday at our Hamilton jam.
This year we have changed it up a little bit again and have introduced wildcard rounds to include drivers from other clubs to participate in a few rounds of the championship series this year. Although wildcard entrants will not be part of the team BCS points system or receive team BCS club trophies they can still join in making it more fun for all and get them bragging rights. This year again we are running six rounds in the championship and the points system this year will run as follows, (wildcards will not receive points in the championship standing)
Each round places will get :

1st - 50 points
2nd - 46 points
3rd - 42 points
4th - 38 points
5th - 36 points
6th - 34 points
7th - 32 points
8th - 30 points
9th - 28 points
10th - 26 points
11th - 24 points
12th - 22 points
13th - 20 points
(2 points less per place onwards)

Top qualifiers (Each round)
1st - 3 points
2nd - 2 points
3rd - 1 point

We had a outstanding turnout for the first round (24 Drivers) and results went the way of our wildcards. we had Codee (Trendsetters) taking the win over fellow team mate Floyd (Trendsetters) Rounding up the podium was Team BCS driver Geordan taking out 3rd place over Jimi.

Top qualifiers this round was:

1st Simon Carden - Team BCS
2nd Jade (wildcard) - Manjiklan
3rd Shane Gunn - Team BCS

Now for the standings after round 1:

1st Codee (wildcard)
2nd Floyd (wildcard)
3rd Geordan Breitler - 42 points
4th Simon Carden - 39 points
5th Jimi van Garderen - 38 pointts
6th Shaz (wildcard)
7th Tudor (wildcard)
8th Daniel Brittan - 30 points
9th Jade (wildcard)
10th Shane Gunn - 27 points
11th Andrew Peters - 24 points
12th De Jaey Cooper - 22 points
13th Tank (wildcard)
14th Tony (wildcard)
15th Justin Rose - 16 points
16th Andrew Roycroft - 14 points
17th Boston (wildcard)
18th Eric Budd - 10 points
19th Devon (wildcard)
20th Kahu (wildcard)
21st Mark Rose - 4 points
22nd Matt Clifford - 2 points
23rd Kurt Fredericks - 0 points
24th Jason Blunsdon - 0 points

Massive thanks again to all the boys that turned up making for a awesome first round and here’s looking forward to the rest of the 2026 season, bring it on!!!

29/11/2025

2025 TEAM BCS CLUB SERIES

Well were done and dusted with another season wrapped up, yesterday we had our final round for the championship club series and it didn’t disappoint, this year it came right down to the wire and literally down to the last battle of the year to determine the podium places with only a few points between 2nd - 4th, that being said again what a awesome year it’s been in a tight championship club series.
Congratulations again to all our boys!!
Also a special mention needs to go out to Jimi for 4 x consecutive titles in a row.

Now for the final results for the season:

🏆 Jimi van Garderen - 286
🥈 Shane Gunn - 232
🥉Tudor Stefan Turcu - 228
4th Simon Carden - 225
5th Geordan Breitler - 180
6th Andrew Peters - 168
7th Andrew Roycroft - 157
8th Floyd Byers-Shaw - 142
9th Eric Budd - 138
10th Daniel Brittan - 134
11th Tank Tikle - 124
12th De Jaey Cooper - 78
13th Kurt Fredericks - 72
14th Boston (wildcard) - 34
15th Zane (wildcard) - 32
16th Justin Foley - 30
17th Matt Clifford - 30
18th Justin (wildcard) -28
19th Aidan (wildcard) - 24
20th Jontay (wildcard) - 22
21st Mark (wildcard) - 20
22nd Troy (wildcard) - 18

Now we also ran our last round for the season 17.5 class in which we had Shane Gunn (Gunner) taking the win in the final against Jimi, rounding up the podium was Tudor in 3rd, those results determined the final club series results so was certainly a exciting day of battles and results.
Top qualifiers this round were
Q1 - Simon
Q2 - Jimi
Q3 - Tudor

Congrats to Gunner for the clutch play
when needed most to secure a final round win and clinching second in championship
Congrats again Gunner 👏🏼

Apologies about the long post, but lastly we stuck to our tradition and got some pictures of the clubs collective trophies from events throughout the year, quite a few missing but this is our last opportunity for the year to do so.

Again thank you all for the outstanding season and support throughout the year boys and to anyone else who has attended our events too it means alot to us so cheers again.
- Team BCS

27/10/2025

Team BCS held our fifth and penultimate round of the 2025 club series over the weekend, this was open class round, was a lil down on the numbers of usual boys but we still made it work and had a good comp, we had Jimi taking the win in the final against Simon, rounding up the podium this round was Geordan picking up third place. With one round to go the race for second and third is close in the championship.

Top qualifiers this round were:
Q1 Jimi van Garderen
Q2 Simon Carden
Q3 Andrew Peters

Championship standings after round 5:

1st Jimi van Garderen - 238
2nd Tudor Stefan Turcu - 185
3rd Simon Carden - 184
4th Shane Gunn - 182
5th Andrew Peters - 168
6th Geordan Breitler - 144
7th Floyd Byers-Shaw - 142
8th Daniel Brittan - 134
9th Andrew Roycroft - 131
10th Eric budd - 106
11th Tank Tikle - 94
12th De Jaey Cooper- 78
13th Kurt Fredericks- 48
14th Zane (wildcard) - 32
15th Justin Foley - 30
16th Matt Clifford - 30
17th Aidan (wildcard) - 24
18th Troy (wildcard) - 18

02/09/2025

Waikato champs 2025

31/08/2025

Some awesome pictures from the Waikato champs, cheers Dion Mellow
Much appreciated mate.

30/08/2025

Morning all,
The 2025 Waikato Champs rc drift comp was held yesterday and it sure didn’t disappoint, here’s a post with the official results and some pictures attached of our events winners.

Again a huge thank you to all the people who attended and made this event possible. whether travelling from afar we had a couple of the boys hop over the ditch from Australia for this or if you are a local a big thank you, to all the sponsors Frankton Model Shop , Zerofire to event organisers, judges who helped and to all the competitors you all played a part in making it one of the biggest Waikato champs yet, so once again thank you.

Here are the official results for the different classes throughout the day.

OPEN CLASS:

1st Dillenger Rawiri
(Manji Klan / Team Yokomo)

2nd Greg Macken
(Team BCS / Team Yokomo)

3rd Jimi van Garderen
(Team BCS / Team Yokomo)

4th Kelly Blithe (HEXLAB)

Top qualifier Jade Hunt (Manji Klan)

RESTRICTED CLASS:

1st Floyd Buyers - Shaw (Trendsetters)

2nd Jade Hunt (Manji Klan)

3rd Richard Wihongi (Manji Klan)

4th Dillenger Rawiri
(Manji Klan / Team Yokomo)

Top qualifier Jade Hunt (Manji Klan)

SHOW & SHINE:

1st Simon Carden (Team BCS) - ae86

2nd Daniel Brittan (Team BCS) -s15

3rd Cory Pacza (Manji Klan) - BMW

Best newcomer
Shane Gunn (Team BCS) - s13 missile

Congrats to all the winners & cheers again to all for making this event a success, some outstanding driving was on hand throughout the day and it’s also really cool to see more people getting involved with the shell building side too. Once again big thanks to the rolling judges Tank,Matt,Jimi,Floyd and camera guys that helped out Daniel,Kurt on cameras and Simon for setting up the livestreams via social media we appreciate all the willing help you all give with these events.

Cheers again.

01/07/2025

Team BCS had our forth round of the 2025 BCS club series over the weekend at our Hamilton jam, this was restricted 17.5 class round, as always some good battles and driving on hand, great banter n jams throughout the day. We had Jimi picking up the win in the final against Andrew R, rounding up the podium was Tudor taking out third spot on the podium.

Top qualifiers this round were:
Q1 Jimi van Garderen
Q2 Floyd Byers-Shaw
Q3 Andrew Roycroft

Championship standings after round 4:

1st Jimi van Garderen - 185
2nd Shane Gunn - 148
3rd Tudor Stefan Turcu - 147
4th Floyd Byers-Shaw - 142
5th Simon Carden - 136
6th Danimal Brittan - 134
7th Andrew Peters - 131
8th Andrew Roycroft - 131
9th Geordan Breitler - 102
10th Tank Tikle - 94
11th De Jaey Cooper - 78
12th Eric Budd - 74
13th Zane (wildcard) - 32
14th Justin Foley - 30
15th Aidan (wildcard) - 24
16th Kurt Fredericks - 20
17th Troy (wildcard) - 18

21/06/2025

Matariki matsuri 2025
Few of the boys headed up north to HEXLab RC Drift Shop for the matsuri.
Such a awesome day jamming with all the different crews, always fun hunting doors with all you boys too many to mention, massive thanks to Justin Rood, Ben Efits and all the HEXLAB team up there for another outstanding event, again always so accomodating and providing the vibe for everyone, cheers again team we really appreciate these events.

Congrats to the winners of the main comp outstanding driving as per usual. We did have Jimi & Greg winning the team battles with team yokomo drivers Dillenger & Haydn against team Manji Klan in the final, team bcs drivers Andrew P, Danimal,Geordan & Simon picking up 3rd in the team battles comp.

Also had team bcs driver Geordan winning the 2 guys 1 car comp driving with Tudor so well done boys 👏🏼

Overall such a cool event thanks to everyone for making it what it was, the rc drift community certainly is thriving here in NZ.

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