Royston BMX Racing Club went into fund raising mode last Sunday with the 2011 “Rebuild Ride” to raise money for the club’s track rebuild which is desperately needed to keep the club in line with current standards required by the sport as it approaches the 2012 Olympic year. The estimated total for the rebuild of £60,000 still seems a long way away but Sunday’s activities which involved 33 of the clubs riders completing no less than 1392 sponsored laps will get the process off to a flying start. The day also saw various stalls and a mini car boot sale plus other fun BMX based activities such as a Reverse Steer bike, a uni cycle and the appearance of a very rare BMX Tandem!

Two riders, Matthew Harris and Richard Townsend both achieved over 100 laps in the time allocated but ride of the day must go to 6 year old Josh Abbott who managed an amazing 76 laps! Miles Fisher, James Kirby and James King matched each other lap by lap for the duration of the event and all three finished with a sponsored lap total of 65 to add funds to the track project, whilst other riders made the day more interesting by trying out less conventional ways of riding with Shane Mills riding backwards whilst sitting on the handlebars – at one point achieving 5 consecutive “backwards laps” to add to his total of 50 laps completed. Also completing over 50 laps were Jack Todd, Lewys Francis, Louis Foreman, Ben Mansfield, Josh Izzard and James Handleigh.