The National BMX 2010 summer series moved to the North West last weekend as the Manchester BMX Club hosted rounds 7 and 8 of the series. The Royston members had success at both rounds which attracted almost 500 riders from across the UK with round 7 of the series was held on Saturday whilst Sunday saw the riders competing in round 8

The racing was close, fast and very competitive on the 400m long track and Royston’s young riders in the 9 year class worked hard to gain points for their series rankings but neither  Ted Dalleywater or Marmaduke Birt were able to move out of the qualifying races on either day.  In the 10yr class Royston had a trio of riders with Ethan Vernon taking a 2^nd place on both Saturday and Sunday whilst Daniel Blanche also made the A final on both days with two 7^th places and Myles Fisher took 8^th place in the B finals of both rounds. In the 11yr class, Aaron Dalleywater had a poor day by his standards on Saturday but still managed to take 8^th place in the B final but was unable to stay to compete on Sunday whilst in the 14’s James Handleigh just missed qualification for the semi finals on both days and Andrew Brooker in the 16 yr class continued to hone his race skills with 5^th and 4^th places in the class B finals.  Competing in the “Masters” class was Richard Townsend where he finished with 3rd in Saturdays B final and improved to 2nd in Sundays B final. In the Over 45 year cruiser classes Carl Birt took home two 7^th places and in the Veteran (40+) class Lee Alexander again showed the pack how to ride the track with a clear win in Saturdays A final only to aggravate an old injury in Sundays practice which curtailed his days racing..

The Rockets are running their regular Tuesday night sessions from 6.00pm til dark and are hosting the sixth round of the East Anglia Region Summer Series on July 25^th at their track in Royston Burns Road with around 150 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.