The gridded start was fast. Super fast in fact and after getting away reasonably well, I found a new gear I didn't know I had; reverse. Fortunately the other JIF riders had their gears well and truly stuck in 'high' (or 'forward' as I prefer to think of it) with Matt, Adam and Mark jockeying for position at the front and fellow vets Donald and Paul following not far behind. The well laid out course provided loads of opportunity for support and it certainly buoyed the JIF vets who kept pulling through the field.

The eventual winner was Joe Lally (CC Abergavenny) with Adam King finishing not far behind in 3rd place/1st Junior; another superb performance. Mark Davies was 4th, Matt Thomson 6th/2nd Junior (more good stuff), Donald with an excellent 13th (3rd Vet) Paul in 16th (4th Vet), me in 23rd (5th Vet) and Phil Caunt in 51st. A great day's racing and once again JIF truly in the mix with a whole stack of podium finishes. Next week we're under the floodlights of Carmarthen. Should be fun.