Rockets fly in Manchester
The British Cycling BMX 2012 National Series continued with round 2 last weekend at the new indoor track at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester.
This is the only permanent indoor national standard track in Europe and the event attracted almost 900 riders to make it the largest British Cycling National series event on record.
The 2012 National Series started early this year to allow riders to qualify for the World Championships which are being held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham in May.
The World Championships are normally held in July but this year the Olympics take precedence and BMX racing will account for 4 of the medals available in the cycling discipline.
National races cover all ages and the Royston Rockets had 8 riders registered over the weekend and Joshua Abbott in the 7 year class got the Rockets of to a flying start when he qualified for the B final where he finished in 8th whilst in the 11 year class James King and teammate Ted Dalleywater both make the A final for the second round running and achieved the same positions as the first round with James taking 5th just ahead of Ted on 7th in one of the larger classes of the weekend.
In the 12 year class, Daniel Blanche had a tough weekend which ended at the quarter final stage where he was blocked in and could only manage 5th place but in the 13 yr class the good results kept coming with Ethan Vernon taking 1st place in his A final even though he has moved up an age category.
Maintaining the Rockets’ run of good results the 14yr class saw Aaron Dalleywater making the A final but a slip at the start left him in 8th place over the line and in the ladies 17-29 Cruiser class 4th place went to Helen Biggs who also tried her hand in the Female Championship category where she just failed to qualify for the semi finals.
The next event on the BMX race calendar is the East Anglia Winter Series at Milton Keynes on March 11th although the round due to be run by the Norwich club on February 12 had to be cancelled due to the snow and is still to be rescheduled.
The national series continues with the last of the indoor events in Manchester on March 24/25 after which the series moves outdoors with visits to Birmingham, Braintree, Derby and Peterborough and the World Championships in Birmingham over the week of May 21 to 27.
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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