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National Summer Series 2010 Rounds 3 & 4
The National BMX 2010 summer series moved last
weekend to the Alvaston Park track of the Derby BMX Club. Once again
the Royston members had varying success but unlike the first rounds
of the series this time all the incidents were on the track.
The
racing attracted almost 530 riders from across the UK with round 3
of the Series was held on Saturday Sunday saw the riders competing
in round 4
The racing was close, fast and very competitive and
Royston’s youngest riders at the event, James King and Ted
Dalleywater riding in the 9 year class found the very long track
very demanding and both just failed to make the semi finals on the
first day but James King went on to take 6th in the
Sundays B final whilst in the 10yr class Daniel Blanche took the win
in the B final on Saturday and Sunday just as he had at rounds 1 and
2 with Myles Fisher taking 4th in Saturdays B final and 2nd
in the class B final on Sunday whilst Ethan Vernon took 1st in the A
final on Saturday and was just pushed down into 2nd in
the A final on Sunday. In the 11yr class, Aaron Dalleywater was not
at his best but still managed to take 8th place in the A
final on both days and in the 14’s James Handleigh just missed out
on semi final qualification in the run off on Sunday having been
unable to race on the Saturday. Making his mark on the national
series but not in the way he intended was Andrew Brooker in the 16
yr class with crashes on both days but managed to make the semi
finals on Saturday where he finished in 8th but on Sunday
was unable to qualify for the semi finals. In the female
Championship class – the top level for the girls, Royston’s Katie
Roberts made an all to rare appearance to take 3rd in the
B final on Saturday but college commitments made her unavailable for
Sunday whilst Darren Foreman riding in the Veteran (40+) class on
Sunday won the class B final. The final rider for the Rockets was
Richard Townsend competing in the “Masters” class where he finished
with 8th in Saturdays A final and 3rd in Sundays B
final.
The Rockets are running their regular Tuesday night
sessions from 6.00pm til dark and will be out in force at the third
round of the East Anglia Region Summer Series on May 23rd at the
Barking and Dagenham track which is an interregional challenge
between the East and south regions and promises a very full
programme with around 300 riders expected to attend. 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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