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EA Regional Round 1  - Inter Regional at Hayes - April 8th

Last Sunday saw the opening round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series with the first of two challenge events between the East Anglia and South Regions. The weather was sunny and warm which gave ideal conditions in which to race and with over 250 riders from around the region taking part and with over 170 races during the afternoon the spectators were presented with some very competitive racing.

 The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had riders in many of the classes with the youngest member, Ted Dalleywater, competing in the Under 6 yr class where he was rewarded with an excellent third place after a meeting long battle with fellow competitors. In the 7yr class A final Royston’s Aaron Threader took second with Daniel Blanche in 6^th after a mid race incident saw him drop back form a podium position whilst in the B final, Oliver Snelling took the win. In the 8yr class Aaron Dalleywater took sixth place in the A final whilst in the 9yr Class Ethan Lewis looked set for a win in the B final until he crashed out and had to settle for fourth. The 11-12 yr. class saw James Handleigh finish in third and gain a Rider of the Day award for being the top 11yr old in the class whilst Louis Burton, also one of the 11year old riders, finished in seventh. The 13 -14yr class saw Ben Gutteridge, another of the younger riders in the class take fourth in the B Final whilst older brother Wayne fought hard in his semi final to make the A final of the 15-16yr class where he took sixth whilst Katie Roberts tried her skills against the boys and took fourth in the C final. The 30+ Men’s class saw a very large field battling it out with Royston’s Lee Alexander taking fourth in the A final and in the final class on the track the Elite riders saw Laurence Mapp making a welcome return from the football pitch by taking a clear win in the A final and Jonathan Roberts, who was riding up a class took fourth in the B final after a race long battle with some of the countries top riders.

 The next event on the race calendar is the second round of the Regional Summer Series – another big event as it is also the second part of the Inter Regional Challenge being hosted by the Milton Keynes Club on April 22^nd. The Rockets will be out in force for both these events to gain points towards their Regional ranking and counting towards qualification to the British Championships later in the year.

 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.

 The clubs own Summer Series starts this month with their regular Tuesday night sessions at the clubs track in Burns Road, Royston commencing on April 24^th by which time it is hoped the track alterations will be complete. 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.