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Summer National Series Round 6 - June 7/8th  2008  

Last weekend saw the sixth round of the BMX Racing National Summer Season at Chesterfield. Practice on Saturday was held in overcast but warm conditions with a little light drizzle that made parking on the hilly ground a test of skill for those with caravans but Sunday dawned sunny and the temperature soon rose to make the conditions a little too hot for the riders in full protective clothing. As usual, it was an action packed weekend with almost 400 riders taking part with 11 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 season in the 6 & Under class where he took a good 2nd in the B final whilst in the 7 yr class Josh Peters took 4th in the A final and after a mid race incident, Super Ted Dalleywater had to settle for 7th whilst team mate Marmaduke Birt just failed to move out of the qualifying rounds. Royston’s representative in the 8 yr class, Ethan Vernon, took 2nd in the A final to keep up his challenge for the number 1 plate at the end of the season, whilst in the 9yr class, Aaron Dalleywater took the win in the class B final with Bradan Blanche taking 5th to gain more valuable points for their overall rankings.  The 11-12 yr. class saw James Handleigh stuck out in lane 8 at the start of the A final which made it very difficult to get the ideal racing lines into the first turn but he managed to finish in 7th and in the 13-14 male class Aston Blanche found the fast downhill track did not suite his style and he as another of many riders who did not make it through from the qualifying races. In the Junior Female category, Katie Roberts continued her recent fine form as she took home 3rd place in the A final and in Elite class more success came Royston’s way with Laurence Mapp taking 2nd 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 Peterborough BMX Club on June 15th. 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 Race Series started this week after a delay due to rain in previous weeks 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.

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