Last Sunday the Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club members were competing at the final round of the East Anglian Winter Series at Milton Keynes BMX Club. The weather was very much better than most of the previous rounds and even though the track has been under water from the nearby river many times since the start of the year the club had put a lot of effort into getting the surface relayed to make it a really good day to end the series for the riders from around the region.   

The youngest riders take part in a class known as Formula 5 and are nominally 7 years and under. Royston riders packed the class with no less than the top four places in the A Final being taken by the club with Aaron Threader taking the win ahead of Bradan Blanche in 2^nd, Daniel Blanche finishing in 3^rd and Oliver Snelling in 4^th and not to be outdone Ted Dalleywater took 8^th whilst in the B final one of the youngest riders of all those competing was Loui Foreman who took 3^rd. In Formula 4, a class based on 8-10 year olds, the Rockets riders had “A” final success with Ethan Vernon in 3^rd and Zak Foreman in 6^th. Two of the Rockets representative in Formula 3 (11-13 years) qualified for a very competitive A final where Aston Blanche who took 6th and Luke Wilkinson finished in 8^th, whilst Aaron Dalleywater had a day to forget with crashes in the motos putting him into the B final where slipped pedals at the start gave the rest of the riders a good start but he managed to battle back to take 4^thon the line. Royston had more good results in Formula 2 where both riders are riding up a class with James Handleigh taking 3rd in the “A” final with team mate Louis Burton finishing in 7^th. The final class on the track was Formula 1, which was the largest and fastest class of the day where in the class B final Royston’s only representative, Darren Foreman finished in 1^st.

 This was the final round of the series and BMX racing now moves into the summer season which starts on April 1^st at Braintree with the Spring Classic Race where the Rockets will again be out in force.

 The Rockets will be holding a “come and try” session at the Royston & District Sports Council’s Sports Fayre at the Royston Leisure Centre on April 14^th where visitors can try their hand at riding round an obstacle course as well as having a chat to club members about the sport. 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.