The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club were host to round 6 of the East Anglia BMX Racing Summer Series on Sunday. Over recent months the Club has spent in excess of £3000 on re-developing their track in Burns Road and this was the first meeting, which attracted over 125 riders from across the region. Unlike many people the club was praying for overnight rain to help bed the race surface down but this was not to be and some parts of the track were soft and stony, although the riders still produced fast and very competitive racing which presented the spectators with an afternoon of exciting competition.

The Rockets had no less than 21 riders registered for the event with four of the clubs newer members taking part in the Under 9 year Novice class where Kieran Archer – the youngest rider in the class finished in 6^th in the B final, just ahead of Oliver Hall in 5th with Emily Attridge taking a fine win in the same race and Daniel Taylor took a well earned 6^th in the A Final. In the 6 and Under class Royston had two representatives, Bradan and Daniel Blanche were both in their first regional level race with Bradan taking 5^th ahead of Daniel who also was awarded one of the Rider of the Day awards by the judges.

The 7-8 year class saw Ethan Lewis have a poor day by his standards as a crash in his third qualifying race relegated him to the "B" Final, which he promptly won. In the 9-10 Male class no less than four Royston members were competing with James Handleigh leading the pack from the line to take a fine win ahead of Zach Stevens in 2nd with Louis Burton finishing in 5th after a race long battle with team mate Kyle Gutteridge who had to settle for 6th. The next class on the track was the 11-12year males where Ben Gutteridge fought hard in the motos to gain qualification to the "A" final where he finished in 7^th whilst teammate Anthony Taylor took the win in the "B" final. The 13-14 year old male class saw Wayne Gutteridge take 5th place overall and in the 17+ class Ashley Seaton took 5^th in the B Final with Ben Godfrey taking 5^th in the A final after a long lay off and Jonathan Roberts kept up his challenge for a top three series ranking as he took 2^nd. The top riders compete in the "Master" class where the two Mapp brothers had varying days with Christopher taking a well-earned 2^nd and older brother Laurence finished in 6^th.

The final classes on the track were the Cruisers with Lee Alexander making a come back to racing after 16 years away from the sport and it looked like he had never been away as he took 2^nd in the 30-39 class which also gained him a Rider of the Day award and in the 40+ class Leroy Seaton started his return to form with a 3^rd in the final.

The Club members are now taking different routes with some going to Switzerland for the European Championships and onto Paris for the World Championships whilst the rest will be taking a few weeks rest from a very hectic season.