There were personal best times galore for Shrewsbury Athletic Club runners in the recent Telford 10K race, where the Club's first five finishers, Brett Edwards 81^st, Michael Betts 138^th, Luke Butler 141^st, Steve Waters 156^th and Carl Aveyard 173^rd all achieved their best times for the distance. Best of the personal bests went to Michael Betts, who, in a departure from his normal ultra mountain running, knocked a full five minutes off his previous 10K time from two years ago.

Telford 10K Results:

81 Brett Edwards 32/26(PB), 138 Michael Betts 34/30(PB), 141 Luke Butler 34/34(PB), 156 Steve Waters 35/03(PB), 173 Carl Aveyard 35/35(PB), 225 Kevin Francis 37/18, 398 Michael Thomas 44/13.

The Shropshire Winter Fell Series continued with the staging of the Cardington Cracker Hill Race, the third race in the Series and a challenging course of 9 miles with 2600 feet of ascent, taking in the Caer Caradoc and Lawley hills. Gabe Morris was first home for the Club in 23^rd place in 1/27/31, with Zoe Barber 3^rd in the Womens' race and 34^th overall in 1/29/53, Darren Mitchelmore 63^rd in 1/37/21 and Gill Evans 2^nd Lady Veteran Over 55 and 151^st overall in 1/53/38. Zoe Barber is currently 3^rd Senior Lady in the Series and Gill Evans 1^st Lady Veteran Over 55 after three events.

Richard Jones and Haydn Jones represented North Wales in the Welsh Inter Regional Cross Country Championships at Builth Wells, the Club colleagues finishing 68^th in 36/03 and 96^th in 38/23 respectively.

There was an outstanding performance from Matt Hall in the Dales Dash 10K race in Staffordshire finishing 2^nd in 37/10, with Chris Wakeman 88^th in 48/47.

Alan Dean was the Club's sole competitor in the Mortimer Forest Trail Race in South Shropshire, finishing 34^th in 1/13/09 for the 17 kilometre course, which included 488 metres of ascent.