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Upgrading

  • Mandatory Upgrades: A rider must upgrade to the next most difficult ability class whenever the following conditions occur:

    • Novice Male to Intermediate Male: 10 wins. A rider’s wins will reset to 0 after an upgrade has been issued.

    • Novice Male to Expert Male: 15 wins. This will apply to 30-39 and 40+ Male 20” categories only.

    • Intermediate Male to Expert Male: 20 wins

    • Novice Female to Expert Female: 20 wins

  • Championship Upgrades: Those riders who are of the correct age and of Expert ability can elect to upgrade from Challenge to Championship class in either Junior (age 17 – 18) or Elite (age 19+) when registering for their license. IChampionship riders cannot switch to Challenge class for period of 1 year when the rider must write a letter to the BMX Committee stating the reasons why they should be allowed to return to Challenge status, all such riders will begin their Junior or Elite career with 0 Alberta BMX Cup points.

  • All riders who upgrade from Novice to Intermediate, Intermediate to Expert, Novice to Expert in the case of Female classes, must choose either to change to a different earned plate or use the last 3 digits of their UCID.

  • When downgrading from Championship Class to Challenge Class, or in any ability level downgrade at the amateur level, a rider will lose all accumulated Provincial Series points earned at the higher level.

  • When a rider upgrades from Novice to Intermediate or from Intermediate to Expert their District Points are transferred to their new ability class. For example, a Female rider with 300 Novice Points who upgrades to Expert will begin her Expert career with 300 Expert Points for the current season.
    • District Points are not used to determine ability class upgrades; this is still done by tracking the number of wins earned by each Novice and Intermediate rider.

  • Age Group Upgrades: Currently, the ABA respects the UCI regulations concerning Age-Group upgrades. As such, Age-Group upgrades are not permitted. As a result, upgrades to Junior (17 & 18) or Elite (19+) by those not old enough to be in those classes are not permitted.


  • Double Wins: Any rider who earns a win at an event with higher rank than a District Race (i.e. Alberta Cup, Canada Cup, or National Championships), will be awarded double wins towards an upgrade in ability. Any out of Province UCI sanctioned races higher than a club event will also count as double wins. Riders must submit their results to ABA to have them counted.



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