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National Summer Series 2010 Rounds 1 & 2
The two opening rounds of National BMX 2010 summer
calendar was held last weekend in Cheddar at the Broadway House
track. The Royston club members had varying success with one rider
going down with food poisoning and another injuring himself even
before the event started.
The
racing attracted over 560 riders from across the UK and a few from
outside of the country who had travelled to race on one of the best
tracks in Europe. Round 1 of the Series was held on Saturday
afternoon and evening whilst Sunday morning and afternoon saw the
riders competing in round 2
The racing was close, fast and very competitive and
Royston’s youngest rider at the event, James King riding in the 9
year class just failed to make the semi finals on both days whilst
in the 10yr class Daniel Blanche took 2nd in the B final on Saturday
and Sunday with Myles Fisher in his first national event taking 7th
in Saturdays A final and winning the class B final on Sunday whilst
Ethan Vernon took 2nd in the A final on both days to get
his national title challenge of to a flying start. In the 11yr
class, Aaron Dalleywater was only able to attend on the Saturday but
took points for a 3rd place in the A final and in the
14’s James Handleigh took 2nd in Saturdays B final but
qualified for the A final on Sunday where he finished in 8th.
Also taking part in his first National Series event, Andrew Brooker
in the 16 yr class just failed to make the semi finals on Saturday
but improved on Sunday to qualify for the class B final where he
took 8th. The final rider for the Rockets was Richard
Townsend competing in the “Masters” class where he finished with 5th
in Saturdays B final and 8th in Sundays A final.
The Rockets are running their regular Tuesday night
sessions from 6.00pm til dark and will be out in force at the second
round of the East Anglia Region Summer Series on May 9th
at Codham Park. Full details of forthcoming club and regional events
will be published soon on the club web site at
www.roystonrockets.co.uk, or ring 01763 260959 for more
information on BMX racing.
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