The Norwich Flyers BMX racing club were host to the second round of the East Anglia BMX Summer Race Series last Sunday on their recently re-surfaced race track. The weather was dry and sunny – in fact almost too warm in which to race on the very long and demanding track and with almost 100 riders taking part during the afternoon the spectators who were basking in the sunshine were shown some very competitive racing in all the classes.

 The Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club had 13 riders competing with the club’s youngest rider on the day, Charlie Todd competing in the 6 and under class where he finished in 5^th and in the expert 7 year class his brother, Jack Todd, managed one place better in 4^th just ahead of Alfie Salmon in 5^th and in the “B” Final Louis Foreman finished in 1^st place. In the 8yr class A final Royston’s Ted Dalleywater took 4^th, ahead of team mate James King who finished in 5^th. The Rockets representative in the 10yr class, Aaron Dalleywater, took another fine first place in the A final to keep up his challenge for the class “number one” plate.

The Masters (30+) class saw Lee Alexander take the top spot to get his season off to a flying start whilst Darren Foreman in the same class won the “B” final. In the 19+ class Richard Townsend’s season finally got off to a start as he took 2^nd in the “B” final after the disappointment of his bike failure in round 1 of the series a few weeks ago. The Cruiser classes (24 inch wheels) saw Danny Theedham take another 1^st for the club in the 13-15 class whilst in the 30-39 class Matt Salmon took 4^th and in the 40-44 class Danny Ancell finishing in a hard fought 3^rd.

 The next event on the race calendar is the first two rounds of the National Summer Series at Derby over the Easter holidays where the Rockets will again be out in force to chase points for their national ranking positions.

 The clubs own Summer Series start on April 21^st 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.