Shrewsbury Athletic Club was represented in the Half Marathon Race of the unique Trail Marathon Wales, an arduous but spectacular course through the stunning trails and tracks of the world-renowned Coed y Brenin Forest in Snowdonia National Park, with the Club's versatile veteran Graham Jones winning the Veteran Over 60 crown for the third successive year and first home for the Club in 33^rd place in 1/49/04, Graham Parton 129^th in 2/08/57, Chris Hedley 186^th in 2/16/54 and Duncan Rose 228^th in 2/22/09.

Club athletes competed in the latest fixtures in the Telford Sexarathon and Shropshire Summer Hill Series races. In the Ironbridge 4 Mile Race, Matt Hall kept up his consistent form in the Series, finishing 4^th in 21/46, with Pete Savill 79^th and 1^st Veteran Over 65 in 28/36, Simon Cole 96^th in 29/41 in his first race for the Club and Gill Evans 142^nd and 1^st Lady Veteran Over 55 in 32/06, leading her age category in the Series with two races to go.

In the Pontesbury Fell Race, the 5^th fixture in the Shropshire Summer Hill Series, Alan Dean finished 26^th and 4^th Veteran Over 40 in 25/43, Jo Dean 59^th and 1^st Lady Veteran Over 40 in 28/52 and Gill Evans 93^rd and 1^st Lady Veteran Over 55 in 32/31, maintaining her Series lead in that age category.

In other events, Dan Elliot put in an impressive performance in the Shifnal Half Marathon, finishing 4^th in 1/25/29 and in the North Staffordshire Road Runners' Association Series, Kevin Francis maintained his challenge in the Veteran Over 50 category, finishing 32^nd in the Stone St Michaels 10K race in 37/15 and 2^nd Veteran Over 50, with Stewart Farley 56^th in 39/17.

Photo. Graham Jones, Trail Marathon Wales.