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2006 Inter Regional Round 1 - Hayes May 15th 2006  

Last Sunday members of the Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club were competing in the second round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series and to add to the competition this event was the first of two Inter-Region Challenges between East Anglia and the South Region. The Race was held at the South Regions Hayes BMX Race track and almost 250 riders from the two regions took part in some very competitive racing.

 The Rockets had riders in many of the “Expert” classes with the youngest being the 6 and Under class where Daniel Blanche finished in 5^th ahead of Jasia Blanche in 8^th and Ted Dalleywater who won the “B” final.  In the 7-8 year class “A” Final Ethan Lewis took 8^th place and in the same class “B” Final, Aaron Dalleywater took 6th and Bradan Blanche in 7^th and the clubs newest member at the event, Zak Foreman just failed to make the main finals. Moving up to the 9-10 year group two Rockets made the “A” Final with James Handleigh finishing in 3^rd just ahead of Louis Burton in 4^th and in the class “B” Final Kyle Gutteridge raced to 4^th after a recent layoff and Zak Stevens just failed to qualify from the Moto stages. The 11-12 class saw Aston Blanche take 4^th in the class “B” final and in the 13-14 class Wayne Gutteridge took 8^th in the “A” final after a mid race slip and Antony Taylor took 7th in the “B” final whilst new rider Darren Plumb took the win in the class “C” final. The Rockets only female rider on the day, Katie Roberts, took on the 15-16 years male class where she finished in a well deserved 4^th in the “B” final whilst in the Cruiser Classes Danny Bateman took 2^nd in the 13-16 class and Dad, Paul took 6^th in the 40+ final. As usual, to give the older riders more experience, the 17+ category was combined with the “Master Class” and the classes split out after the racing, which left Royston’s Laurence Mapp taking the “A” Final win with Jonathan Roberts in 4^th, In the “B” final Richard Townsend took 7th after a mid race incident saw him slide out on the dusty surface, a fate that also befell Lee Alexander who had to retire  injured.

 The next event on the race calendar round three of the National Summer Series at Parc Bryn Bach in Wales next weekend where the Rockets national riders will again be out in force to gain points towards their ranking. The clubs regular Tuesday night sessions at the clubs track in Burns Road, Royston now start at 6.00pm to enable the riders to have additional coaching. Full details of this and other 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.