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Winter Regional Round 1 - 28th October 2007  

Last Sunday the Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club members were competing at the first round of the East Anglian Winter Series at Milton Keynes BMX Club. The weather was threatening rain all day and 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 ready to make it a really good day to start the series. The youngest riders take part in a class known as Formula 5 and are nominally 7 years and under. Royston riders took two of the top three places in the A Final with Ted Dalleywater taking 2^nd just ahead of James King in 3^rd with Sam Robinson finishing in 6^th whilst in the B final Archie York fought hard for 2^nd and one of the youngest riders of all those competing, Loui Foreman, took 3^rd  place. More success came in Formula 4 which is a class based on 8-10 year olds and the Rockets riders had “A” final success with Ethan Vernon in 3^rd and Daniel Blanche in 4^th with Aaron Dalleywater  in 5^th and in the class B Final, Zak Foreman took the win with George Bracewell in 3^rd. All three of the Rockets representative in Formula 3 (11-13 years) qualified for a very competitive A final where James Handleigh took a clear win with team mate Louis Burton finishing in 3^rd just ahead of Harry Bracewell in 4^th. In Formula 2  for 14-16 year old riders, Jak Bracewell took 4^th in the A Final whilst in the B Final Zak Pegram took 3^rd. The final class on the track was Formula 1 for rider over 17 years old, which was the largest and fastest class of the day where in the class B final Royston’s two representatives had a good showing with James Dalleywater taking the win with Darren Foreman in 3^rd whilst Tom Yorke took the win in the class C final.

 This was the first round of the series which is running throughout the winter months. The Rockets will be holding practice sessions at their track in Burns Road with the next one scheduled for November 4^th where visitors can try their hand at riding round the track 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.