East Anglia BMX Regional Series Round 5-Peterborough

After the disappointment of two rounds of the National BMX Race Series being cancelled over the bank holiday weekend due to torrential rain, last Sunday saw the fifth round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series hosted by the Peterborough BMX Club run in bright sunshine and with 140 riders from around the county taking part and with over 100 races the afternoon was full of very hot action.

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had riders of all ages and abilities competing at the event with the novice classes getting the event under way. Following their successes in previous events many of the clubs new members took the chance to try another track and returned with some good results. In the 9 and Under Novices George Bracewell took the win and Aiden McCall taking 1^st in the 10-13 year class with team mate Scott Paton taking 4^th and in the 14+ class Jack Bracewell also took home first place. 

The youngest expert members were competing in the Under 6yr class, where James King took 4^th in the A final with Ted Dalleywater in 5^th and Loui Foreman finished in 2^nd in the class B final. In the combined 7/8yr class A final Ethan Vernon finished in 4^th with Aaron Dalleywater taking 8^th after a early slip left him too much work to do to catch the pack whilst in the B final Daniel Blanche took the win ahead of Bradan Blanche in 3rd, Aaron Threader in 4^th and Oliver Snelling, another one to fall, finishing in 8^th. The B final of the combined 9 and 10yr Class saw Zak Foreman finish in 2^nd and in the 11-12 yr. class James Handleigh finish in 2^nd with Louis Burton in 8^th after a mid race fall dropped him from a top position and in the B final, Aston Blanche took first place. The 13 -14yr class saw Antony Taylor continuing his recent good form finishing in 2^nd and being awarded one of the Rider of the Day trophies whilst Ben Gutteridge finished in 8^th. The 15-16yr male category saw Wayne Gutteridge having an off day although he qualified for the A final where he finished in 8^th and in the B final Katie Roberts also took 8^th. The 30+ Men’s class saw Royston’s Darren Foreman again in confident form as he raced to 5^th overall and in the 40+ Cruiser class Phil Burton finished in 4^th, whilst James Dalleywater took 2^nd overall in the Cruiser 16-29 class which earned him a Rider of the Day award as well. The final class on the track was the Masterclass with no less than 27 riders competing for honours with national level Elite riders taking most positions in the A final where Chris Mapp took 4^th in a tight finish that saw Richard Townsend cross the line in 4^th and the close action continued in the B final with Jonathan Roberts taking the win.  

The next event on the race calendar is the re-arranged third and fourth round of the National Summer Series being hosted by the Peterborough BMX club over the weekend of June 16/17th and then it’s back to Regional racing at Braintree the following week. 

The clubs regular Tuesday night sessions at the clubs track in Burns Road, Royston start at about 6-00am until the light fails. 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.