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Summer National Series Round 3 - April 26/27th  2008  

Last weekend saw the third round of the BMX Racing National Summer Season at Cheddar – a short trip from the famous Gorge!. With practice on Saturday in bright sunshine it all looked good for Sunday’s racing but the day dawned overcast although the rains kept off until the commentator called the riders up for the finals when a small monsoon descended.  However, it was an action packed weekend with over 400 riders taking part with 16 of them from the Royston BMX Club.

 The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club involvement started with the youngest member, Kele Newall, in his first national race in the 6 & Under class where he took a good 4^th in the B final whilst in the 7 yr class Josh Peters took 3^rd in the A final and in the class B Final Ted Dalleywater finished in a fine 2^nd ahead of team mates James King in 4^th and Marmaduke Birt in 5^th – both of whom were taking part in heir first national as well. Royston’s two riders in the 8 yr class took home more good results with Ethan Vernon taking 2nd in the A final with Daniel Blanche taking 8^th after a mid race slip on the wet surface. In the 9yr class, Bradan Blanche took 7^th in the B final and Aaron Dalleywater made the main final to finish in 8th whilst in the 10yr class Ethan Lewis took 8^th in the B final. The 11-12 yr. class saw James Handleigh finish in 3^rd to keep up his challenge for the number 1 plate at the end of the season and in the 19+ men’s class, Jonathan Roberts finished with 2^nd    in the B final of one of the biggest classes at the event and in Junior Female, Katie Roberts continued her recent fine form as she took home 2^nd place in the A final. The Masters Class (30+) saw Lee Alexander return to the track after a long lay off and a podium position in the A final looked likely until a slide in the last corner promptly dropped him down to 8th. In the Elite class more success came Royston’s way with Richard Townsend taking 1^st in the class B final and Laurence Mapp taking 3^rd in the main final to continue the defence of his national title.

 The next event on the calendar is an Inter – Regional race between the Midlands Region and East Anglia which is being hosted by the Mansfield BMX Club on May 11^th. 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 started this month with their regular Tuesday night sessions at the clubs track in Burns Road, Royston. 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.