EA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BRAINTREE

We had a very good turn out of riders and those who did turn up promoted Royston with their sweatshirts – thanks very much.

Sorry there was no report in the paper but we did submit them but for some reason they have not been put in.  James Handleigh was rider of the day.

BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS – CHEDDAR

Again we had a good turn out – 11 riders and Ethan Lewis battled his way through to the 6 and under final and finished with a creditable 8^th sport.  In the eight-year-old class we had three riders Louis, James and Zach.  Louis and James battled hard and missed the finals and Zach raced well and made the final but whilst contesting a podium position crashed out and had to settle for 8^th place.  Sean in the 17/18 classes again battled hard but failed to reach the main final in a very close class.  Ben Godfrey and Ashley Seaton raced in the largest class of the day 19 and over.  Ashley failed to qualify and Ben slipped up in the semi final whilst in a qualifying position to just miss out on a final spot.  Leroy in the 40 plus class missed the main final by only a few points.  In the Super class we had three riders - |Laurence, Christopher and Richard.

Richard failed to reach the final in a very fast and furious class, Chris and Laurence made the final.  Making a very rare thing of two brothers making the final in the top class. Laurence came in 6^th after a hard crash and Christopher the younger brother coming in 4^th. 

The club would like to congratulate all the riders for qualifying and competing at this level and hope to hear their stories about the weekend.

East Anglia won the supporters cup for cheering on and making a very colour show at Cheddar again we would like to thank all the supporters getting behind our riders.

Club summer series has now finished but we still have to finish this off with the presentation of the trophies and end of year trophies.  Can we have some ideas as to what the riders would like to do for this – either a meal with presentation, a race meeting and presentation or something completely different please let Maureen have ideas by the end of October so that we can arrange something for November. Richard has suggested ten pin bowling?

Winter Regional Series Dates

Round 1            Peterborough 24^th October

Round 2            Milton Keynes 21^st November

Round 3            Braintree 16^th January

Round 4            Royston 20^th February

Round 5            Ipswich 20^th March

There will be Formula racing at the events – Registration closes at 12 noon and racing is £5.

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Club Afternoons

Sunday 31^st October               Sunday 14^th November           Sunday 12^th December           time 2p.m.

The A.G.M. will be in November date and venue to be arranged.