Braintree BMX Club
Summer regional series round 1

Sunday saw the first meeting of the East Anglian BMX series and an excellent turnout of thirty two Braintree riders made the journey to Royston for this summer, despite feeling more like winter, meeting.

The youngest age group that of expert six and under saw a stunning win for Tom Stokes after two firsts and two seconds in his motos. Close behind was Sydney Allen who finished consistently fourth all day.

The male 7 class was combined with the 8 and 7 year old Charlie O Grady had his work cut out but managed to get into the A final where he finished seventh. The 9 and 10 classes were also combined but unperturbed Shane Redgewell went easily into the A final where he finished an excellent second. On his tail was Shane Pavitt who finished fourth and Joshua Legrove in seventh. Missing out on the A final but winning the B was Jonathan Boreham.

The 11/12 grand prix class saw Max Waghorn finish fifth over all. The 13/14 class was completely dominated by riders from Braintree and taking the win was relative newcomer Toby Bearne who had been unbeaten all day and won himself the coveted rider of the day award. Christopher Potter, also a close contender for the above award finished a close second, with Josh Alford in fourth, Taylor Andrews in sixth, Connah Wilson in seventh and Dexter Addington in eighth. Ryan East missed out on the A final but finished second in the B final.

The 15/16 class saw Will Elsey have a fantastic day taking the win with Richard Whiting on his tail in second. Riess Harper came in third with Sam Aves in fourth. Further down the pack were Nicola Reed in seventh and Tom Elvin in eighth. In the B final were Oliver Cutmore in fourth and Leon /Dixon in fifth.

The new ‘superclass’ was combined with 17+ and the new ‘masterclass’ (30+) with Jools Allen taking fourth place over all. Gavin Stokes in the older age group finished fourth in the B final.

The cruiser classes saw Tom Elvin and Oliver Cutmore doubling up on their entries with Tom taking the win overall. Jason Clarke and Lee East followed him across the line in second and third with Oliver in fourth. Newcomer to summer regional racing Steve Hurst finished seventh in the 40+ cruiser class.

Doing it for the girls in the female class of 10 – 12 aged riders was Kelsey Dixon who finished second all day. Finally, Braintree took along three novice riders in the shape of Jake and Sam Britton who finished first and second and Jed Hurst who finished third.

Julie Watts

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That'll be Alan Humphrey then!!

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