Press Office

Winter Regional Round 5 - March 9th 2008  

Last Sunday eighteen members of the Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club travelled to Ipswich for the fifth round of the East Anglian Winter Series. The heavy overnight rains did not delay racing and the track held up well, if a little sticky in places, for the riders who had travelled from across the region for the days racing.

 The youngest riders ride in the Formula 5 class and are nominally 7 years and under and Royston’s Ted Dalleywater took a fine A final win ahead of team mates Marmaduke Birt in 3^rd and James King in 7^th whilst in the class B final Loui Foreman took the win just ahead of  Archie Yorke in 2^nd. Royston had 5 riders in Formula 4 which is based on 8-10 year olds with Bradan Blanche taking a hard earned 2^nd place in the A final ahead of Zak Foreman in 3^rd, Daniel Blanche in 5^th and Josh Peters in 7^th and in the B final Matthew Harris took 3^rd. Aaron Dalleywater took a good 2^nd with Ethan Vernon 8^th in the A final of Formula 3 (11-13years) and with no Royston riders in Formula 2 (14-16 year old riders) as they had all moved up a class the  final class on the track was Formula 1 for rider over 17 years old. Royston had six representatives in the largest and fastest class of the day and with some incidents in the semi finals the qualifying riders for the finals had an unexpected combination. The A final saw Lee Alexander take 3^rd just inches ahead of team mate Richard Townsend in 4^th and Katie Roberts giving the boys a good run as she finished in 8^th whilst in the B final Jonathan Roberts took 3^rd with Darren Foreman in 7^th and the youngest rider in the class by a number of years, James Handleigh taking 8^th.

 This was the fifth round of the series which is running throughout the winter months, the final round being at Peterborough on March 16^th. The Rockets are hosting the East Anglia Spring Classic at their track in Burns Road on April 6^th which is the traditional first event of the summer season and is likely to attract well over 100 riders from around the region. 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.