Event: National Off Road Championships Event Location: Wondonga Event Date: MIXED RESULTS FOR BALLARD’S AT ROUND’S 5 & 6 OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS Round’s 5 and 6 of the Australian National Off Road Championships will be remembered as the event that helped break the drought in western NSW and Victoria. Conditions at the Wodonga event were extremely wet, a complete turn around from the choking dust at the previous rounds at Gilgandra in NSW. This championship is proving to be a great test for the riders with such varied conditions. Alison Parker was the standout performer for the Ballard’s team at this event. She once again made a clean sweep of the Woman’s class to remain undefeated for the championship. Melissa McKay was also riding brilliant in the tough conditions and backed up her teammate with a pair of second places. Damian Smith was back on deck after recovering from a broken wrist. He rode a little conservatively to finish 2^nd in class both days behind Honda’s Ben Grabham. Fellow E1 class riders Jason Cater and Morgan Fitzgerald resumed their own battle to finish with class results of 5^th and 4^th for Cater and 6^th and 5^th for Fitzgerald. Queenslander Ryan Smart made the swap from the E2 class to the E1 class a successful one by giving teammate Smith a hurry up, pushing him on both days for a pair of thirds. Geoff Ballard missed the first day as he was in transit, returning from a European business trip. He flew straight from Europe to Wodonga, arriving on Saturday afternoon to compete on Sunday where he finished 2^nd in class with a good case of jet lag. WR450F rider Jarrod Bewley found the wet conditions tough, finishing 9^th on day 1 and 10^th on day 2 in the E2 class. Next event for the Ballard’s Yamaha Motorex Racing Team is rounds 8 and 9 of the NSW Off Road Championships at Bathurst on July 3rd and 4th.