Shrewsbury Athletic Club's Pete Middleton received a boost to his preparations for the Berlin Marathon when he won the recent Raceways Summer Shakespeare Half Marathon at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford on Avon, in a time of 1 hour 17 minutes and 28 seconds. His training schedule, which has now increased to 100Km plus per week, is paying dividends with six weeks to go to the Berlin race.

Three Club runners competed in the Meerbrook 15K race on the Staffordshire Moorlands, where Paul Jones finished 9^th in 55/00 and 1^st Veteran Over 45, with Carl Aveyard 22^nd in 58/40 and Sara Willhoit 39^th in 62/41 and 2^nd in the Womens' race. Paul Jones then travelled to the Sale Sizzler 5K in Manchester, finishing 20th in a personal best time of 15/45, once again 1^st Veteran Over 45 and as a result, rising to 2^nd in the UK Over 45 rankings for the distance.

In the Helena Tipping Wrexham 10K Race, Steve Waters' return to full form continued when he finished 13^th in 36/15, Stewart Farley 58^th in 41/33 and Lauren Morley finished 7^th in the Women's Race in 44/18.

The final fixture of the Midland Track and Field League Division 6 took place at Tamworth, where the Women's team finished 4^th and the Men's team, 6^th. In the Men's match, Gabe Morris finished 1^st in the 800m A Race and 3000m Steeplechase A Race and 2^nd in the 1500m B Race. Patrick McBride was 2^nd in the Pole Vault A Event and Matt Guilder finished 2^nd in the 1500m A Race, his last race before moving to Durham, having been a key participant for the Club in the Track and Field Leagues. In the Women's match, Emily McBride finished 1^st in the 400m Hurdles B Race, with Dora Tomlinson 2^nd in the 200m A Race, Long Jump A and High Jump A events, Sara Willhoit 2^nd in the 1500m A Race and Emily Newcombe 2^nd in the 1500m B Race. The team finished 3^rd overall for the Series, narrowly missing out on promotion.

Photo. Pete Middleton.