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East Anglia 2010 Spring ClassicT

The opening event of the East Anglia BMX 2010 summer calendar, the Spring Classic was hosted by the Royston Rockets BMX racing Club last Sunday at their track in Royston’s Burns Road. The club’s members had been hard at work over the previous weeks trying to get the track into reasonable condition following the severe weather suffered over the winter and their efforts were rewarded with a fine dry day although the wind made the final straight hard work for the younger riders. The racing attracted over 110 riders from across the region and a few from outside of the area and as this was a one single event rather than part of a series the riders raced for trophies in each of the 26 available classes from the Under 6’s to the 45+.  

The racing was close and very competitive and Royston’s female riders got the Rockets trophy tally off to a flying start with Ella Tomsett winning in the Female 7-8yr class and Helen Nicholl taking 2^nd in the Female 25+ Cruiser class. The male riders also had a series of good results in their classes with Charlie Todd taking 3^rd in the 6 & under class whilst Royston riders packed the B Final of the 7yr class with Cameron Knight taking the win ahead of Will Frascoe in 2^nd, Zak Blanche_Drammeh in 3^rd followed home by Josh Knight in 4^th, Callum Barrow in 5^th and Brendon Salmon in 6^th.  In the 8 year class Alfie Salmon finished in 5^th just ahead of team mate Jack Todd in 6^th and the 9yr class was packed with Rockets with James King in 3^rd, Ted Dalleywater in 4^th, Marmaduke Birt claiming 5^th and Alex Knight taking 7^th. 

The 10yr male class saw more good results for the Rockets with Daniel Blanche taking the win having been chased all the way by Myles Fisher who finished in 2^nd as did Aaron Dalleywater in the 11 yr category. The male 12 yr class saw Ethan Lewis take 4^th just ahead of Matthew Harris in 5^th and in the 17+ class James Handleigh, who was riding up an age, took 5^th in the class B Final. The 30+ “Masters” class saw Darren Foreman take 4^th  Alex Shore Nye taking 6^th and in the 30-39yr Cruiser class Matt Salmon took 3^rd whilst Karl Birt finished in 8^th place in the Cruiser 40+ category.. 

The Rockets will be starting their regular Tuesday night sessions from April 20^th and the First Round of the East Anglia Region Summer Series starts on April 11^th at Braintree. 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.