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Winter Regional Round 2 - 9th December 2007  

Last Sunday the Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club members were hosting the second round of the East Anglian Winter Series at their home track in Royston’s Burns Road. The weather was fine early in the day as the club members prepared the venue but as the competitors from around the region started to arrive the rain clouds started to build and the rider practice session took place in heavy, cold rain and the track soon was under water with the drainage system overflowing. However, by the time the racing started the rains had stopped and sterling work by the club got most of the water away and the riders managed to get a full set of races in.

 The youngest riders take part in a class known as Formula 5 and are nominally 7 years and under. Royston’s James King took the top place with Marmaduke Birt in 4^th and a  very wet and muddy Archie York took 7^th 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 no less than 7 of the 8 riders riding under the Rockets colours. Ethan Vernon took the win with Aaron Dalleywater in 2nd and Daniel Blanche in 4^th just ahead of Sheldon Best in 5^th, Bradan Blanche in 6^th, Ted Dalleywater and 7^th and Matthew Harris in 8^th.   Royston’s only rider in Formula 3 (11-13years) was Louis Burton who went unbeaten all day to take the overall victory whilst in Formula 2 for 14-16 year old riders James Handleigh took 2^nd place in the slippery conditions. 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 A final Royston’s two representatives had a good showing with James Dalleywater taking 3^rd just ahead of Darren Foreman in 4th. 

This was the second round of the series which is running throughout the winter months, the next round being at Peterborough on January 20^th. The Rockets will be holding practice sessions at their track in Burns Road 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.