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Summer Regional Series Round 6- July 6th  2008

Last Sunday saw the sixth round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series with the event also being the second round of the annual challenge between East Anglia and the South Regions. Following early rain the weather stayed generally dry although occasional winds gusting around the track made race conditions difficult for the riders. The event attracted just under 300 riders from the two regions who entertained the spectators with some very competitive racing in all the classes and at the end of the day the South maintained their slight lead in the Challenge to take the trophy for the second year in succession.  

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had 18 riders competing with the Under 6 yr class getting the racing under way with Kelly Newall finishing in 5th place in the A final and in the 7yr class Royston riders packed A final with Josh Peters taking the win, Ted Dalleywater taking 5^th and James King in 7^th whilst in the B final, team mate Marmaduke Birt finished in 2^nd. The 8yr class saw Oliver Snelling take 4^th in the class B final and in A final Ethan Vernon took second ahead of team mate Daniel Blanche who finished in 5^th. The 9yr class saw Aaron Dalleywater take another fine win in the A final with Bradan Blanche taking the 8^th place slot and in the B final of the 10 year class Matthew Harris took 7th. More success came in the 12yr class with Louis Burton taking 3^rd place and in the 13yr. category Aston Blanche took another win to boost the regions points. In the 14’s Ben Gutteridge took 7^th in the A final and the 16yr class saw Wayne Gutteridge challenging for the top spot going into the second corner where loss of grip saw him slide out of contention to end up in 8^th in the A final whilst in the B final, Katie Roberts took a hard earned win as she competed against the male riders on the fast track. In the 30-39 Cruiser class, Danny Ancell took 4^th in the B final whilst in the 40+ class, Philip Burton finished in 6^th in the B final.  

The next event on the race calendar is the seventh round of the Regional Summer Series at the Royston clubs track in Burns Road 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.