Above British Masters champion James Shanes (#4) and reigning European Champion Jannick de Jong (#2) in action at last year’s Final at Stapholst in Holland - Photo courtesy of Jesper Veldhuizen (www.baansportfansite.nl) Eighteen of Europe's top solo Grass Track riders head to Kent this weekend for the European Individual Grass Track Final, where one of them will be crowned 2016 European Champion. Astra Grass Track Club will host Europe's Blue Riband event at their super-fast Swingfield track, situated six miles north of Folkestone, with the field headed by the defending European Champion Jannick de Jong (Holland). The Flying Dutchman has dominated this event for the past three years and is looking to make this his fourth successive European title. De Jong will be joined by fellow countrymen Dirk Fabriek (three times runner-up), Henry van der Steen, Mark Helmhout, Sjoerd Rozenberg, Lars Zandvliet and seventeen year old Dutch teenage sensation Romano