Last Sunday saw the third round of the East Anglia BMX Winter Series at the Norwich BMX track. The cold and foggy weather Sunday made race conditions unpleasant for the riders who ventured out in the poor conditions with just over 60 competitors from across the region.  

The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had 11 members competing starting with the Formula 6 class for under 7yr olds where Alfie Salmon took a fine win ahead of team mates Kele Newall in 4th place and Jack Todd in 5th. In the Formula 5 class for 8-9 year old riders Royston’s Marmaduke Birt finished in 4^th and Archie York finishing in 5^th.  Formula 4 saw Daniel Blanche take 4^th place overall with Bradan Blanche in 7^th and Matthew Harris in 8^th whilst in Formula 3 James Handleigh led the field all day to take the class win. Moving up to the older riders in the largest class of the day – Formual 1 for 19 and over riders Royston two 30+ riders made it to the finals with Carl Birt in 4^th in the B final and Danny Ancell taking the win in the C final.  

The next event on the series is at Royston on January 18^th which it is hoped 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.