British Youth Championship Round 6 – Kent

This Sunday afternoon the British Youth Championship for the 125cc and 125cc Support Classes moves on to Kent Royals, with the meeting taking place after the National League fixture between The Royals and Belle Vue Colts Speedway. This will be Round 6 of a 7 Round series.

Another great attendance is in store with 16 riders taking part including 3 riders making their British Youth Championship debuts, 13-year-old Ellis Newell who hails from Ipswich,  8 year old Stasiu Stevens who hails from Croyden and just turned 8-year-old Rhys Harrow, who is one of the new breed of riders to come out of the Edinburgh academy and will be making the 900-mile round trip to compete.

The 125cc Class is as expected, going to be really competitive with any of the 6 riders competing being able to make the rostrum, however the previously undefeated Cooper Rushen will be trying to complete his clean sweep and clinch his 2nd British 125cc Championship.  

Meanwhile, the other 5 riders will be trying to make it to the top of the rostrum for the first time this season, none more so than 10 year old Oliver Bovingdon who was just one corner away from top spot at the last round at Belle Vue in August before a bike miss-fire on the last corner was enough for Rushen to pip him on the line to take the win.

Harry Fletcher is the only rider competing in the support class that has previously won a round, so he will be favourite again to take the top spot, but on a track he is not familiar and with a number of the other competitors will be chasing him for the top spot.  

The Young Lions would like to thank the Kent Royals Promotion for re-arranging this event so quickly after last Sunday’s postponement, and also the continued support of all of our series sponsors and the BSP Ltd.

The 7th and final round for all the Youth classes is scheduled for Leicester on Saturday 15th October, where the trophy presentation for the series winners will also take place.