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2006 East Anglia Regional 7  Royston - 20th August 2006  

Last weekend it was the turn of the Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club to host a round of the Regional BMX Race Series and club riders were out in force to gain points for their Regional rankings and qualification to the British Championship in September. This was also an opportunity for the newer members of the club to taste the next atmosphere of a larger event and many took the opportunity to compete in the novice classes. This was the seventh and penultimate round of the Series, which concludes at Ipswich in early September. The heavy rains during the week running up to the event relented on Sunday and the conditions were good for racing with only one light shower to spoil the day.

 The Rockets had over 30 riders taking part with almost a third of those in the novice classes which were led off by the Under 9’s with George Bracewell taking first place just ahead of team mates Jake Murley in 2^nd and Loui Foreman in 4^th. Moving up to the 10-13 Novice class, Jack Bracewell took 2^nd and Harry Bracewell finshed in 7^th with Nash Clements in 8^th and in the 14+ Novices Royston’s Andy Murley matched his brother, as he also took 2^nd.  The Expert classes were next on track with the youngest riders in the 6 and Under class where Daniel Blanche took a well earned win, Oliver Snelling took 4^th, Jasia Blanch finished in 5^th just ahead of Ted Dalleywater in 6th. In the 7-8 year class all four Rockets made the main “A” final, where Ethan Lewis took a fine win with teammate Aaron Dalleywater taking 3^rd, Zak Foreman in 5^th chased home by Bradan Blanche in 6^th. Moving up to the 9-10 year group both Rockets made the main Final with James Handleigh taking a fine win followed over the line by Louis Burton in 4^th.  The 11-12 year class final saw Ben Gutteridge take 4th just ahead of Aston Blanche in 6^th and Zach Stevens in 7^th whilst in the 13-14 year class, Wayne Gutteridge finished in 3^rd and Anthony Taylor took 5^th overall in the class. Representing the girls, Katie Roberts, who races in the male 15-16 class to improve her race skills took 6^th and in the very competitive 17+ class, Lee Alexander took the win in the “B” final whilst in the Masterclass category, Laurence Mapp took 2^nd with Richard Townsend in 4^th and Jonathan Roberts in 8^th. The Cruiser classes also some good results from the Rockets with Danny Bateman taking the win in the 13-16 year class, James Dalleywater took 4^th in the 17-29 class as did Darren Foreman in the 30-39 class and Leroy Seaton went one better with a 3^rd in the 40+ class.   

The next event on the race calendar is the final round of the National Series in Chesterfield over the August 26/27 weekend and the following Sunday will be the final round of the 2006 Regional Series at Ipswich. The clubs regular Tuesday night sessions at the clubs track in Burns Road, Royston starting at 6.00pm and for 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.