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Regional Summer Series Round 1
The opening round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Race
Series took place last Sunday with a challenge event between the
East Anglia and Midlands Regions, this first round of the 2 part
challenge being held at the recently re-opened BMX track in Derby.
The weather was generally dry but compared to the warmth of the
previous week it was cold and very windy which gave difficult
conditions in which to race on the very long and demanding track and
with over 270 riders taking part during the afternoon the spectators
were shown some very competitive racing in all the classes. The
“Blue Peter” TV were at the event taking pictures and interviewing
riders for a programme to be shown later in the week.
The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had 14 riders
competing with the club’s newest member, Myles Fisher, taking an
excellent 2nd place in the Novice 8-19 year category in
his first major race event and in the expert 7 year class Alfie
Salmon took 3rd in the B Final just ahead of team mate
Louis Foreman who finished in 6th. In the 8yr class A final
Royston’s Ted Dalleywater took 7th, crossing the line
inches ahead of James King who battled the wind to finish in 8th.
The Rockets only representative in the 9 year class was Ethan Vernon
who took the win in style to show his intentions for the coming
season whilst in the 10yr class Aaron Dalleywater also took a fine
first place in the A final to stamp his mark on the class.
The 13y class saw James Handleigh taking 6th
in the class A as did Darren Foreman in the Masters (30+) class. In
the 19+ class Richard Townsend’s season got off to a bad start as
his chain snapped in his 3rd race bringing him crashing
to the ground although this time without injury. The Cruiser classes
(24 inch wheels) saw Danny Theedham take 3rd in the 13-15
class whilst in the 16-29 class James Dalleywater took 4th
and in the 40-44 class Mark Seaman took a fine win with team mate
Danny Ancell finishing in 8th.
Strangely the next event on the race calendar is the
final round of the Regional Winter Series at Royston on March 29th
where the Rockets will again be out in force to chase points for
their ranking positions. This event was originally scheduled for
February at Ipswich but the weather caused first the date and then
the venue to be changed.
The clubs own Summer Series start in late April 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.
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