Last Sunday saw the first round of the East Anglia BMX Winter Series at the Braintree BMX track. Following a week of good weather the wet and miserable weather returned on Sunday and made race conditions unpleasant for the riders as the surface water and mud made progress very difficult – indeed the organisers considered abandoning the event before it even started!. The event attracted over 70 competitors from across the region who provided the spectators with some very close racing in all the classes.  

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club only had 8 members competing starting with the The Formula 6 classs for under 7yr olds where Kele Newall finished in 4th place in the A final. In the Formula 5 class for 8-9 year old riders Royston had a good turn out and all the clubs riders made the A final with Josh Peters taking the win with James King in 2nd and Archie York  finishing in 6^th just ahead of Marmaduke Birt in 7^th.  Moving up to the older riders, the Formula 2 class (15-18 year olds) saw Danny Theedam take 7^th and in the largest class of the day – Formual 1 for 19 and over riders Royston two 30+ riders made it to the class B final with Danny Ancell in 3^rd and Carl Birt in 5^th.  

The next event on the series is at Peterborough on November 16^th which it is will fair better with the weather!. The Rockets own winter practice schedule has been published on the club web site at www.roystonrockets.co.uk, or ring 01763 260959 for more information on BMX racing.