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British Cycling BMX National Series
Round 1
National Cycling Centre BMX -
Manchester 14-15 Jan 2012
The
British Cycling BMX 2012 National Series started last weekend at the
new indoor track at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. This
is the first indoor national held in this country and at the custom
built premises attracted over 750 riders to make it the largest
National series event held in the UK under the British Cycling
banner. The 2012 National Series had to start early this year as
riders are still trying to get qualifying points for their
qualification to the World Championships in May which are to be held
in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. These Championships are
normally held in July but this year the Olympics take precedence as
BMX racing will account for 4 of the medals available in the cycling
discipline.
National races cover all ages and the Royston Rockets
had 10 riders registered over the weekend and Joshua Abbott in the 7
year class got the Rockets of to a flying start as he took 5th
in the B final. The 11 year class James King and team mate Ted
Dalleywater both make the A final with James taking 5th
just ahead of Ted on 7th in one of the larger classes of
the weekend. Royston also has two riders competing in the 12 year
class, where Myles Fisher took 6th in the A final and
Daniel Blanche taking the B final win and in the 13 yr class the
good results kept coming with Ethan Vernon taking 2nd
place in his A final even though he has moved up an age category.
Maintaining Royston’s run of good results the 14yr class saw Aaron
Dalleywater take 4th and in the ladies 17-29 Cruiser class 3rd place
went to Helen Biggs. In the Masters category (30+) Richard Townsend
just missed a semi final place but Royston’s newest recruit, Tom
Dowie, took 8th place in the B final of the 17-24 yr
class.
The next event on the BMX race calendar is the fourth
round of the East Anglia Winter Series at Norwich on February 12th
followed by another trip to Manchester for the next National Series
event on February 19th.
Royston’s own club winter coaching sessions continues
on a monthly basis with the gates opening at 10.00am. See more about
the club activities 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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