Press Office

Winter Regional Round 6 - 19th March 2006  

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club made the final trip of the winter season last Sunday to compete in the sixth round of the East Anglian Winter Series in Ipswich. Although the weather was cold and the wind dropped to give the riders a good track to race on which made a pleasant change from previous rounds. Over 60 riders from around the region took part and the format of the day’s event made for some very competitive racing with all riders having at least five chances of showing of their racing skills.

The youngest class are nominally 7 years and under and are known as Formula 5 and Royston three riders in the class all made the with Bradan Blanche taking 4^th just behind Aaron Dalleywater who finished in a fine 2nd. In Formula 4 for 8-10 year olds, the Rockets riders had more “A” final success with Kyle Gutteridge in 3rd and the youngest rider in the class, Ethan Lewis took 5^th in the B final with team mate Aston Blanche taking 8^th. All three Rockets made the A final of Formula 3 (11-13 years) with James Handleigh taking 2nd and Ben Gutteridge finishing in 4th whilst Louis Burton took 6^th. Both Royston riders in the Formula 2 class also made the “A” final where Wayne Gutteridge fell going into the first turn whilst challenging for a top 3 placing whilst Anthony Taylor, who had qualified to ride up a class managed to keep clear of the early race incidents to take 4th.  The last class on the track was Formula 1 where once again all three Rockets made the “A” final with Richard Townsend taking 3^rd with Jonathan Roberts in 7^th just ahead of team mate Lee Alexander in 8^th.

 The next event on the race calendar is the East Anglia Spring Classic at Norwich on April 9^th where the Rockets will be out in force for the Summer seasons opening event.

Full 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.