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Summer Regional Series Round 10 - August 10th  2008

Last Sunday saw the tenth and final round of the East Anglia BMX 2008 Summer Series at the Peterborough BMX track. This is to be the venue for the British BMX Racing Championships over the August bank holiday weekend so the regional race attracted a lot of riders taking a last chance to practice on the Championship track. Following the wet and miserable weather on Saturday, Sunday dawned dry although occasional winds gusting around the track made race conditions difficult for the riders. The event attracted almost 170 competitors from across the region who entertained the spectators with some very competitive racing in all the classes.

 The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had 20 riders competing across the age categories starting with the Under 6 yr class where Kele Newall finished in 6th place in the A final and Alfie Salmon took 1st in the B final. In the 7yr class A final, Josh Peters took 2^nd place with James King in 5^th just ahead of Ted Dalleywater in 6^th  and Archie York finished 2^nd in the class B final. The 8yr class saw Ethan Vernon take a fine win overall with Daniel Blanche in 3^rd and in the 9yr class Aaron Dalleywater took 2^nd in the final with Bradan Blanche in the 7^th place slot. The final of the 10 year class Matthew Harris finish in 7^th and in the 13yr. category James Handleigh took 4^th place whilst in the 14 yr. class Andrew Doherty took 5th overall. The 16yr class saw Wayne Gutteridge finish his regional series with a 2^nd place and in the same class Katie Roberts showed the flag for the girls with a 5^th place. In the 30-39 Cruiser class, Danny Ancell took 7^th whilst in the 13-15 cruiser class, Danny Theedam took 4^th and Jordan Godfrey took the win in the 11-24 Novice class. The last two riders on the track were Darren Foreman who took 1st in the Masters class B final and Lee Alexander who took 6^th in the A final which impressed the judges to win a Rider of the Day trophy.  

Once all the rider’s series points are added up the Royston Club has come out on top of the Regional Club rankings for the first time in the club’s history. The club also has a number of Regional Series Champions including Josh Peters in the 7yr class, Ethan Vernon in the 8yrs, Aaron Dalleywater in the 9’s, Aston Blanche in the 13’s and Wayne Gutteridge in the 16’s.

 The next event on the race calendar is the British Championships at Peterborough on August 23^rd/24^th which is likely to attract up to 600 riders from across the country. The Rockets own Summer Series has one more race evening to bring to an end 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.