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Summer Regional Series Round 5- June 23rd 2008

Last Sunday saw the fifth round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series with the event also being the first round of the annual challenge between East Anglia and the South Regions. Following an early threat of rain the weather stayed dry but high winds gusting around the track made race conditions a little scary for the riders. The event attracted over 250 riders from the two regions who entertained with some very competitive racing in all the classes and at the end of the day the South have a slight lead in the Challenge to take to the return leg at Milton Keynes in a few weeks.  

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had 17 riders competing with the Under 6 yr class getting the racing under way with Kelly Newall finishing in7th place in the A final which impressed the judges enough for him to be awarded one of the Riders of the Day trophies and in the class B final Louis Foreman took home 3^rd place. Royston riders packed the 7yr class A final with Josh Peters taking the win, Ted Dalleywater taking 4^th and James King in 5^th and team mate Marmaduke Birt in 7th. The 8yr class saw Oliver Snelling take 4^th in the class B final and in the 9yr class Aaron Dalleywater took a fine win in the A final with Bradan Blanche taking the 4^th place slot. The Girls 7-9 category saw Jasia Blanche came home in 7^th and Zak Foreman took 3^rd in the B final of the 10 year class. More success came in the 13yr class with Aston Blanche taking another fine 2^nd place and in the 14’s Ben Gutteridge took first in the class B final. The 16yr class saw Wayne Gutteridge keeping up his challenge for the regional top spot with 3rd overall whilst Katie Roberts took a hard earned 7^th as she competed against the male riders on a very difficult track. In the 30+ Masters class, Daren Foreman took 3^rd in the B final whilst in the largest class of the day Laurence Mapp took 2^nd in the Elite class A final 

The next event on the race calendar is the seventh round of the National Summer Series in Hartlepool on June 28/29 where the Rockets will again be out in force to chase points for their ranking positions and to support Laurence Mapp in his quest to grab the last qualification place for the British Cycling Olympic trials in Switzerland later in June which will decide which male rider will represent British BMX at the Olympics in Beijing.  

The next major event at the Royston clubs track in Burns Road is the clubs round of the regional series on July 13th. 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.