Top class facility for youngsters to open soon

BMX bikers in the Isle of Man are being promised a brand new track by the start of the school summer holidays.

Huge quantities of earth were needed to created a challenging course and, depite a delay, the finishing touches are now being put to the new facility in Noble's Park.

It's being built by Douglas Borough Council which has been approached by several firms who want to sponsor it.

Leisure Services Committee chairman Stephen Pitts says the new track has been designed to attract competitors from the United Kingdom: