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Summer Regional Series Round 8- July 20th  2008

Last Sunday saw the eighth round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Series at the Ipswich BMX clubs track. Following heavy rains on Saturday the weather stayed dry although occasional winds gusting around the track made race conditions difficult for the riders. The event attracted 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 21 riders competing with the Under 6 yr class getting the racing under way with Kele Newall finishing in 3rd place and Alfie Salmon taking 7th in the A final whilst in the B final Tommy Petchell took 3^rd and Louis Foreman had to pull out early in the day due to illness. In the 7yr class Royston riders packed A final with Josh Peters taking the win just ahead of Ted Dalleywater in 2^nd Marmaduke Birt in 3^rd and Archie York in 4^th. The 8yr class saw Daniel Blanche take a fine win overall and in the 9yr class Aaron Dalleywater took yet another win in the A final with Bradan Blanche in 7^th place slot and in the final of the 10 year class Matthew Harris took 5^th with Zak Foreman in 6^th place. More success came in the 13yr. category with Aston Blanche taking another win to boost the clubs points with James Handleigh taking 2^nd and earning a Rider of the Day award. In the 14 yr. class Andrew Doherty took 3^rd overall in his first regional level event and the 16yr class Wayne Gutteridge made up for the disappointment of a crash in the previous round with another win. In the 30-39 Cruiser class, Danny Ancell took 4^th whilst in the 40+ class, Tony Petchell took 2^nd and Darren Foreman took 3^rd in the Masters class and in the largest class on the track Laurence Mapp took the Elite class win and another Rider of the Day trophy.  

The next events on the race calendar are the 8^th and 9^th rounds of the National Summer Series at Burnham on Sea next weekend then it’s back to Regional racing at Braintree on August 3rd. The clubs own Summer Series has made the half way stage 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.