Press Office

National Series Round 3 - 12th June 2005  

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club were competing in the local round of the2005 National Series at the Peterborough BMX Club last Sunday and once again the entry was very high with almost 440 riders taking part, which ensured very competitive racing on the very fast sweeping track. Although the weather threatened for most of the weekend the rain only came in the early morning and did not affect the riders or spectators and the finals on late Sunday afternoon were held in bright sunshine.

 The 7-year class saw Royston youngest rider, Ethan Lewis was undaunted by the long track and high obstacles track and recorded a hard earned 5th on the line in the main “A” final. In the 9-year class both Royston members made the semi finals but James Handleigh crashed out on the first berm with team-mate Zach Stevens finishing in fifth which meant both riders qualified for the “B” final where they raced each over the full length of the track with James just taking the win ahead of Zach in the last few metres. In the male 19+ class, Ashley Seaton had a poor day as he failed to move out of the qualifying stages, whilst Royston’s representatives in the 40+ Cruiser class, Leroy Seaton, rode well to take 5^th in the “B” final.

 In the Elite Class category, Laurence Mapp returned to form as he took 3rd in the main “A” final with younger brother Chris grabbing the win in the class in the “B” final and then both Laurence and Christopher took part in the 16 Plus Pro-Am which saw Chris exiting the competition at the semi final stage whilst Laurence made it through to the main Final where he again finished in 3rd.

 Royston’s newest rider was Kieran Archer who was competing in the Under 9 year Novice class  where he completed all his races to finish in a well earned  7^th.

 Next weekend the Royston Club members will be back to the Regional Series at Ipswich and the following week will be off down the M4 to Cheddar for the British Round of the European Series.

The major improvements to the Royston club’s own track in Burns Road are complete with the new surface having been laid so club evenings, which started in mid May are moving into full swing. Further details of forthcoming club and regional events are published on the club web site at www.roystonrockets.co.uk, or ring 01763 260959 for more information on BMX racing.