BMX Racers from the Royston Rockets BMX Racing Club made the trip up the A1 to Peterborough BMX Club last Sunday for the 9^th and penultimate round of the Regional summer series and the 22 Rockets were chasing points for their own and the club’s rankings to ensure the Rockets still hold the lead in the regional rankings.   

Royston had 4 novice riders taking part in the event and the action started with Joshua Izzard taking the win in the 7 and under class and brothers Jed and Isaac Warwick took 6^th and 7^th respectively in the same class to get their BMX racing careers off to a solid start and in the 8 -10 yr Novice category Taylor Ellis, also competing in his first event away from his home track took 2^nd in the B final. Moving into the expert classes Joshua Abbott took 2^nd place in the 6 & Under final and in the 7yr class Charlie Todd took 3^rd . The 9yr class saw Alfie Salmon take 2^nd just ahead of Kele Newall in 3^rd and in the class B final Jack Todd finished in 2^nd.  James King took a fine win in 10 year class and was also rewarded with one of the “Rider of the Day” awards and team mate Ted Dalleywater was close behind in 4^th. In the 11 year class the win went to Miles Fisher with Daniel Blanche finishing in 2^nd after a race long battle for the top positions. The 12 and 13 year classes were combined for racing on the day and 12yr old Aaron Dalleywater showed the rest of the class the way home with a fine win and another “Rider of the Day” award for the Rockets. In the Girls 13-14 class Faye Godfrey raced to 2^nd place and James Handleigh, riding in the15yr category, took another clear win to boost the club points tally and in his first race back after injury, Jordan Godfrey took a solid 4^th in the 16yr class. The 17-24yr category saw Andrew Brooker take 2^nd in the B final whilst in the Masters category (30+) Richard Townsend took yet another win with Alex Shore Nye taking 4^th in the class B Final and in the Veteran (40+) class Lee Alexander also lead the class to the line. The only Rocket on the 24” wheeled “Cruisers” was Matt Salmon who took 4^th in the 35-39yr category. 

The final round of the 10 event regional series is on September 11th at Braintree and before that the Royston club will be taking part in the final rounds of the national series at Manchester over the weekend of September 2^nd - 4^th   

Royston’s own Tuesday clubs nights continue for another 2 weeks with the gates opening at 6.00pm after which it will be too dark to ride safely. 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.