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EAST ANGLIAN
REGIONAL ROUND 10 - Braintree
12/09/11
Braintree BMX Club were host to the final round of
the East Anglia summer series and 28 riders from the Royston Rockets
BMX Racing Club made the trip into Essex to chase points for their
own and the club’s rankings to ensure the Rockets maintained their
lead in the regional rankings. Whilst the weather stayed dry the
blustery winds made it difficult for riders of all ages with the
younger ones fighting hard into head winds and the older riders
finding it hard to control their jumps as the wind swirled around.
Royston had 5 novice riders taking part in the event
and the action started in the 7 and under class with Harriet
Alexander taking a fine 2nd place ahead of team mates and
brothers Isaac and Jed Warwick took 6th and 8th
respectively and in the 8 -10 yr Novice category Sydney Newman took
2nd with Bradley Marvel taking 8th.
Moving into the expert classes Joshua Abbott took 2nd
place in the 6 & Under final and in the 7yr class the win went to
Elliott Bowyer with Joshua Izzard taking 3rd in his first
event at this level having moved up from novice after the previous
round and the class 4th place went to Alex Burgess. The
8yr male class saw Royston two riders, Callum Barrow and Brendan
Salmon taking 1st and 2nd respectively in the
class B final whilst in the 9yr class saw Alfie Salmon take 4th just
inches ahead of Kele Newall in 5th. James King took a 3rd
place in the10 year class and team mate Ted Dalleywater was not far
behind in 6th and in the girls 9-10 yr class the 3rd
place went to Ella Tomsett. In the 11 year class the win went to
Miles Fisher with Daniel Blanche finishing in 3rd after yet another
race long battle for the top positions and the 6th place
went to Matthew Fraser. The 12yr class saw another clear win by
Aaron Dalleywater and in the 13 year class Ethan Vernon took 4th
and in the B final 2nd position was taken by another of
Royston’s new riders, James Kirby. In the15yr category, Sam Manser
fought the conditions to grab 5th place and in the
17-24yr category Andrew Brooker made the A final where he finished
in 7th whilst in the Masters class (30+) Lee Alexander
took 2nd with Alex Shore Nye taking 5th. The
24” wheeled “Cruisers” classes saw more points won for the club with
Helen Nichol taking 2nd place and Matt Salmon who took
2nd in the 35-39yr category.
The final calculations showed Royston had held onto
the lead in the club rankings with 2876 points – just 12.5 points
ahead of the Braintree club whose home track advantage made the
result uncertain until the final races were completed.
The next, and biggest, event on the calendar is the
British Championships over the weekend of September 23rd
- 25th at the Cheddar International track and the Rockets
have 25 riders qualified for the event which this year is expected
to attract almost 1000 competitors.
Royston’s own Tuesday clubs nights have now finished
as it is too dark to ride safely and a winter calendar is being
planned around the British Cycling regional BMX schedule. See more
about the club and BMX racing in the region at
www.roystonrockets.co.uk and the BMX East Regional site on
www.bmxeast.com or ring 01763 260959 for more information on
BMX racing.
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