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Summer Regional Series Round 1 - April 21st 2008

Last Sunday saw the opening round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series and at last the weather was generally dry and by recent standards warm which gave good conditions in which to race and with almost 100 riders from around the region taking part during the afternoon the spectators were promised with some very competitive racing in all the classes. A change to this year’s series structure means that riders register in their own age group but for the racing the classes are combined to give more competitive races without adversely the riders ranking which is part of their qualification to the British Championships in August. 

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had over 20 riders competing in many of the classes with the club’s newest member, Kelly Newall, competing in the Under 6 yr class where he was rewarded with an excellent third place after a meeting long battle with team member Louis Foreman who finished in 5th. In the 7/8yr class A final Royston’s Ethan Vernon took the win with Daniel Blanche in 3^rd and Oliver Snelling taking 5thjust ahead of James King who was 6^th and the first 7yr old rider across the line and Josh Peters took 8^th after a mid race incident saw him drop back form a podium position whilst in the class B final, Marmaduke Birt took the win. In the 9yr/10yr class Aaron Dalleywater took first place in the A final and was the first 9yr old home with Bradan Blanche taking 5^th just ahead of Ethan Lewis in 6^th and and Zak Foreman in 8^th and in the B final Matthew Harris took 2^nd. In the Female 7-9yr class Jasia Blanche took 2^nd and in the 11-12 yr class Louis Burton finish in third.  The 13y-14yr class saw Ben Gutteridge take 3^rd with James Handleigh taking 5^th and the first 13yr old home. Wayne Gutteridge fought hard in the A final of the 15-16yr class where he took 5^th ahead of Katie Roberts trying her skills against the boys and took 6^th and a Rider of the Day Award and in the class B final, Jak Bracewell took 2^nd and Zac Pegram finished in 7^th. The final two classes saw Royston riders taking 2nd places with Darren Forman in the 30+ Masters category and Richard Townsend in the Superclass.

 The next event on the race calendar is the third round of the National Summer Series at Cheddar on April 27^th where the Rockets will again be out in force to chase points for their ranking positions. Unfortunately this event clashes with the Royston & District Sports Fayre at the Royston Leisure Centre but the club hope to have a static display and information leaflets available.

 The clubs own Summer Series has started 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.