British Cycling BMX National Series Round 11 & 12

The races cover all ages and the Royston Rockets had 12 riders registered over the weekend and getting the weekend off to a flying start was Joshua Abbott in the 6 and Under male class where he made it through to the semi finals on both days but had to settle for 8^th in the B final in both rounds after a fall on Saturday left him a bit stiff for the Sundays races. In the 7 yr class Elliott Bowyer made the main A final on both days starting with a 3rd and then a 6^th place on Sunday to move him up to 3^rd place overall in the national rankings. The 10 year class saw James King make the main finals on Saturday finishing in 6^th but a 5^th place in Sundays semi final left him battling for points in the B final where he took 2nd leaving him just outside of a top 10 ranking with Ted Dalleywater in the same class making the B finals on both days finishing in 8^th on Saturday whilst on Sunday he grabbed 4^th place down the final straight. In the 11 yr class, where the club had three riders trying to out do each other, the results were all good with Myles Fisher taking the win in the B final on Saturday and then on Sunday eased into the A final to take 4^th to move into 7^th overall in the rankings and team mate Daniel Blanche making the A finals on both days taking 6^th and 5^th places to retain 6^th in the series rankings just one place ahead of Myles and returning after an injury Ethan Vernon took 2^nd and 3^rd on the two days to move into 3^rd in the rankings – tied on points with the 2^nd ranked rider but just missing out on the “count back” system! Maintaining Royston’s run of good results the 12yr class saw Aaron Dalleywater take a fine win on Saturday and then repeated the feat on Sunday which confirmed his number one series ranking – Royston’s only national series Champion of 2011. The 15yr class saw James Handleigh involved in a heavy fall on Saturday which destroyed his front wheel and kept him out of the semis on Saturday and although feeling the effects of the crash he fought hard on Sunday to just miss out on a semi final place in a run off for the final place. The Junior male class (17/18yr,) saw Andrew Brooker fighting hard for points but just failed to make the semi finals whilst in the Masters category (30+) Richard Townsend had a great day on Saturday as he eased into the A final where he finished in 5^th and nearly repeated the feat on Sunday but had to settle for 8^th which was enough to move him into the 3^rd podium position in the series rankings. The final classes of the day were the riders on the 24” wheeled “Cruisers” and the ladies 17-29 class saw two 4^th places go to Helen Nicholl to maintain her 5^th place in the final rankings.