Shrewsbury Athletic Club's Jamie Lambie's outstanding season continued with victory in the Ludlow 10K Race, storming to a new course record of 34/42 and in the Vic Musgrove 5K Race in the Telford Sexarathon Series finishing 5^th, his highest placing in the Series so far and a personal best time for the distance. In the Vic Musgrove Race, there were other personal best times for Ollie Parry, Jake Milovsorov and Stewart Farley and age category victories for Kevin Francis, 1^st Veteran Over 50, Haydn Jones, 1^st Veteran Over 55 and Pete Savill, 1^st Veteran Over 65. With one fixture to go, Club runners are riding high in the Series, with Jamie Lambie currently 4^th overall, Ollie Parry, Carl Aveyard and Stewart Farley 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Veteran Over 35, Kevin Francis 1^st Veteran Over 50, Haydn Jones 2^nd Veteran Over 55, Chris Wakeman 2^nd Veteran Over 60 and Pete Savill 1^st Veteran Over 65. In the Ludlow 10K Race, Will Preston finished 11^th in 38/25 and Jemma Brown 42^nd and 4^th Lady in 46/27.

Vic Musgrove Results:

5 Jamie Lambie 15/37(PB), 24 Ollie Parry 16/35(PB), 28 Jake Milovsorov 16/50(PB), 36 Carl Aveyard 17/15, 44 Stewart Farley 17/41(PB), 50 Kevin Francis 18/10(1^st Veteran Over 50), 72 Grant Lloyd 19/03, 73 Haydn Jones 19/06(1^st Veteran Over 55), 87 Simon Cole 19/24, 112 Pete Savill 20/19(1^st Veteran Over 65), 232 Chris Wakeman 24/16.

In other road races, Paul Jones finished 2^nd and 1^st Veteran Over 45in the Dolgellau 5 Mile Race in 27/32, Pete Hughes was 57^th in the Manchester 10K in 39/33,Colin Perry was 79^th in the Leamington Spa Half Marathon in 1/30/47 and Club newcomer Antonio Gasparinho finished 41^st in the Helena Tipping 10K in Wrexham in 37/49 in his first race in Club colours.

On the fell running scene, Will Preston finished 16^th in the Stiperstones Fell Race in 33/02, with Stuart Proctor 22^nd in 34/48 and Daphne Jones 49^th and 1^st Under 17 Girl in 40/12. In the Callow Fell Race, Stuart Proctor finished 7^th and 3^rd Veteran Over 50 in 1/10/53 and Kevin Francis 10^th and 4^th Veteran Over 50 in 1/14/42.

Six of the Club's young athletes represented Shropshire at the English Schools Athletic Association Track and Field Championships at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Brad Davies-Pughe won bronze in the Intermediate Boys Long Jump with a leap of 6.79m and Iris Downes, Chloe Speake, Laura Hulme, Rebecca Walker and Kati Hulme also represented the County. In the Midland Track and Field League Meeting at Nuneaton, Gabe Morris finished 4^th in the Mens' 400m in 56.4 and 3^rd in the 800m in 2/05.3, while Andy Lewis finished 6^th in the 1500m in a season's best time of 5/38.2 as he aims for 5/30 for the World Transplant Games. For the Women, Rebecca Walker won the High Jump with 1.60m, while Pat Higgins had a trio of 4^th placings in the Shot with 5.75m, Hammer with 19.64m and Javelin with 13.37m.

Report compiled by Tony Scales.