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Summer National Series Round 4 & 5  May 17/18th 2008  

The 4^th and 5^th rounds of the BMX Racing National Summer Season were held at the Mansfield BMX Clubs track last Sunday. With practice and racing in round 4 on Saturday and on Sunday racing in round 5 it was an action packed weekend with almost 400 riders taking part with 12 of them from the Royston BMX Club. The weather was cold but mostly dry for Saturday and just chilly on Sunday.

 The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club involvement started with the youngest member, Kelly Newall in the 6 and Under class who failed to qualify through Saturdays semi final but rode his socks off on Sunday to take 8^th in the class A final whilst Josh Peters and Ted Dalleywater were competing in the 7 yr class where Josh took a 5th on both days and Ted was rewarded with 8^th and 6^th place in the A Finals and riding on Sunday only Marmaduke Birt just failed to make the semi finals. In the 8yr class Royston’s Ethan Vernon took second in the A finals on both days and in the 9yr class, Bradan Blanche had a variable weekend with a 8^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 6^th towards his series rankings whilst in the 11-12 yr. class James Handleigh took a fall in the A final on Saturday to finish in 8th and on Sunday he bounced back to finish in 3^rd. In the 19+ men’s class, Jonathan Roberts took 6^th and 7th in the B final of one of the biggest classes at the event  and in Junior Female, Katie Roberts showed that consistent training is not wasted as she took home 5^th and 3rd places in the A finals. On the Sunday, Dave Godfrey started his season off with a 3^rd in the A Final and in the Elite class more success came Royston’s way with Laurence Mapp taking 2^nd and 3^rd in the main final to start of the defence of his national title.

 The next event on the race calendar is the third round of the Regional Summer Series being hosted by the Braintree BMX Club on May 25^th  and the following weekend, June 1^st, the rearranged Spring Classic event, eventually set for April but cancelled due to the snow, will be hosted by the Royston club at their home track in Burns Road, where the Rockets will be out in force 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. 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.