Andy Ballentyne finally managed to get to ride a grass track meeting this year at the buiggets event of the year - the Mildenhall Rally which this year also incorporated the National 800m Championships.
Andy was up against defending champion Dave Heald in the first round heat and although led round the first two laps had to settle for second when Dave opened up. He was unable to progress through the repecharge. In the Keirin he was up against former 400/800m and 8km winner Ben Elliot and again was unable to progress to the final. The final event was the Vets (40+) devil where he was 4th, missing out on the sprint on the last lap.
Liam Jordan was second overall in the Youth Omnium at the CC Ashwell meeting after coming second in all the counting events.