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Summer National Series Round 1 & 2 - March 22/23rd 2008  

The Easter holiday saw the opening events of the BMX Racing National Summer Season at Burnham on Sea. With practice and racing in round 1 on Saturday and on Sunday racing in round 2  it was an action packed weekend with almost 400 riders taking part with 11 of them from the Royston BMX Club. The weather was bitterly cold and windy for Saturday and just cold on Sunday but the snow and rain sweeping other parts of the country did not arrive until nearly lunchtime on the Sunday and then only for a short period. The organisers briefly considered delaying racing, but being wary of the number of people who had long distances to travel after the holiday weekend, racing continued and finished well before 4-00pm.  

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club involvement started with the youngest members, Josh Peters and Ted Dalleywater who were competing in the 7 yr class where Josh took a 2^nd and 4^th in the A finals and Ted was rewarded with 2^nd place in the B Finals on both Saturday and Sunday. In the 8yr class Royston’s two riders took home more good results with Ethan Vernon taking two wins in the A finals and Daniel Blanche taking 1^st in Saturdays B final and a 6^th in the A final on Sunday. In the 9yr class, Bradan Blanche had a variable weekend with a 5^th in Saturdays B final but was unable to make it through to the finals on Sunday but Aaron Dalleywater made the main final on both days with 5^th and 4^th towards his series rankings whilst in the 11-12 yr. class James Handleigh took a clear win on Saturday and on Sunday he finished in 3^rd. In the 19+ men’s class, Jonathan Roberts started to show his form with 4^th and 1st in the B final of one of the biggest classes at the event  and in Junior Female, Katie Roberts showed that a winters training was not wasted as she took home 6^th and 4^th places in the A finals. In the Elite class more success came Royston’s way with Richard Townsend taking 5^th and 4^th in the class B finals and Laurence Mapp taking 1st and 2nd in the main final to start of the defence of his national title. 

The next event on the race calendar is the Regional Spring Classic being hosted by the Royston BMX Club on April 6^th at their home track in Burns Road. The Rockets will be out in force for this event with the day starting off at 10-00am with rider registration closing at 11-00am and racing from 1-00pm until about 4-30pm.

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 22^nd by which time it is hoped the weather will of turned warmer. 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.