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National Series Rounds 8 /9 - July 26/26 2008

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Summer Regional Series Round 9- August 3rd  2008

Members of the Royston BMX Club have had a hectic few weeks with 10 riders travelling down to Burnham-on-Sea for rounds 8 and 9 of the national summer series at the end of July and then to Braintree for the ninth round of the Regional Summer Series last weekend.  

The National Series weekend also included a round of the European Series for Elite Riders which included many of the top European riders Arturs Matisons from Latvia taking the win ahead of Frank Heijne (Netherlands) in 2^nd, Dan Whyte from Peckham in 3^rd and Roystons Laurence Mapp in 4^th. 

In the two National series races held on Saturday and Sunday, the Rockets youngest club rider, Kele Newall, in the 6 & Under class took 2^nd and 4^th in the B final whilst in the 7 yr class Josh Peters took 4^th and 6^th in the A finals and Ted Dalleywater finished in 2ns and 3^rd in the B finals. Royston’s representative in the 8 yr class, Ethan Vernon took 2^nd in the A finals on both days although one was close call on the line which had to be decided by the camera and in the same class Daniel Blanche took 6^th and 5^th in the A finals to gain more points towards his series ranking. The 9yr class saw Aaron Dalleywater take 6th in the class A final on Saturday after a race incident but on Sunday he bounced back with a 2^nd place whilst team mate Bradan Blanche took 6^th in the B finals on both days. In the 11-12 yr. class James Handleigh finished in 1^st in the B final on Saturday but made a great improvement on Sunday where he finished in 6^th in the A final whilst in the 13-14 male class Aston Blanche was one of many riders who did not make it through from the qualifying races.  

The following weekends Regional Series event saw 13 Rockets chasing ranking points and qualification to the British Championships at Peterborough over the August Bank Holiday weekend. In the 6 and under Class Kele Newell took 4^th just ahead of team mate Louis Foreman who finished in 6^th whilst in the 7yr class Royston riders packed the final with Josh Peters taking the win, James King in 2^nd, Marmaduke Birt in 5^th and Archie York in 6^th. The 10yr class saw Zak Foreman take 7^th and in the 13’s James Handleigh took 2^nd with Aston Blanche in 3^rd and in the 16yr old class Wayne Gutteridge took a fine win, The Masters class (30+) saw Darren Foreman take 3^rd and in the Cruiser 30-39 class Danny Ancell took first as did Laurence Mapp in the Superclass category. 

The next event on the calendar is the last round of the Regional series which is being hosted by the Peterborough BMX Club on August 10^th. With this being the last chance to ride the Peterborough track before they host the British Championships the Rockets will be out in force with the day starting off at 10-00am with rider registration closing at 11-00am and racing from 1-00pm.

 The clubs own Summer Race Series is coming to a climax with only 2 rounds left of 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.