The National BMX 2010 summer series came to East Anglia last weekend as the Braintree BMX Club hosted rounds 5 and 6 of the series. The Royston members had some great results at both rounds which attracted over 500 riders from across the UK with round 5 of the series was held on Saturday whilst Sunday saw the riders competing in round 6

The racing was close, fast and very competitive on the compact 330m long track and Royston’s quartet of young riders in the 9 year class, battled hard to gain points for their series rankings with Marmaduke Birt and Ben Mansfield being unable to move out of the qualifying races on either day but James King, having just missed a semi final place on Saturday went on to take 4^th in Sundays B final and Ted Dalleywater took 7^th in the B final on Saturday but missed the qualification mark on the Sunday.  In the 10yr class Royston had a trio of riders with Ethan Vernon leading the way on Saturday to a well deserved win which he followed with a 2^nd place on Sunday whilst Daniel Blanche also made the A final on both days with 8^th and 5^th places and team mate Myles Fisher taking 7^th in Saturdays B final and 3^rd in the class B final on Sunday. In the 11yr class, Aaron Dalleywater had a disastrous day on Saturday but still managed to take 8^th place in the B final but bounced back to full form on Sunday when he raced home to 2^nd in the main A final.  The 14’s James Handleigh just missed out in the semi final on both days but still went home with two 6^th place B final points and Andrew Brooker in the 16 yr class continued to hone his race skills with 3^rd and 5^th places in the class B finals.  Competing in the “Masters” class was Richard Townsend where he finished with 6^th in Saturdays A final and 2nd in Sundays B final whilst in the cruiser classes Carl Birt took home a 5^th and 6^th place in the Over 45 year class and in the Ladies Over 25 class Helen Nicholl rode round 5 only and also took a 5^th place. The highlight of the Royston clubs weekend came in the Veteran (40+) class were Darren Foreman took 4^th and 3rd the class B final but Lee Alexander showed the pack how to ride the track with two wins in the main final to extend his lead at the top of the class rankings.

The Rockets are running their regular Tuesday night sessions from 6.00pm til dark and will be out in force at the fifth round of the East Anglia Region Summer Series on June 27th at the Peterborough track with around 200 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.