Three Shrewsbury Athletic Club runners have represented the England Masters in the Birmingham 10K at V35, V50 and V65 level. Jim Hickinbottom finished 26^th and 9^th in the V35 category in 34/19, Kevin Francis finished 89^th and 11^th in the V50 category and Pete Savill finished 167^th and 6^th in the V65 category in 42/20.

Elsewhere on the road running scene, Jamie Lambie was 46^th in the Manchester 10K in a personal best time of 33/43, breaking the 34 minute barrier for the first time, with Richard Jones 320^th in 40/45. Dan Elliot finished 4^th in the Worcester Half Marathon in a personal best time of 1/20/35, with Connor Middleton 14^th in 1/27/51, the two athletes 1^st and 2^nd in the Under 23 category. Nick Bradley finished 28^th in the Chester Half Marathon in 1/18/58, Colin Perry 122^nd in a personal best time of 1/26/33 and Stuart Proctor clocked 1/47/27 as a pacer. Finally, Matt Wooden was 401^st in the Hackney Half Marathon in 1/27/14, Rachel Parker was 1^st Lady in 14^th position overall in the Snowdonia Half Marathon in 1/35/28 and Simon Cole finished 97^th in the Liverpool Rock n Roll Half Marathon in 1/28/42, with Colin Perry 104^th in 1/28/57.

Off road, the Shropshire Hills Summer Series continued with the Batch Bash Fell Race, with Stuart Proctor 23^rd in 32/46, Daphne Jones 57^th and 1^st Under 17 Girl in 37/39 and Gill Evans 86^th and 1^st Lady Over 55 in 41/20. Elsewhere, Andrew Birch finished 1^st in the Two Lakes Trail Race in 1/30/42, Stuart Proctor was 35^th in the Cader Idris Race in 1/49/45 and Calvin Hignett was 2^nd in the Down to the Wyre 10K in 39/58. Michael Betts travelled to the Lake District to compete in the Old County Tops Fell Race, 37 miles and around 10,000 feet of ascent, taking in the tops of Helvellyn, Scafell Pike and Coniston, finishing 16^th in 8/15/49.

Two teams of Club runners competed in the Attingham Park Relays, where the team of Lauren Morley 12/59, Jan Walker 16/24 and Naomi Cook 13/52 finished 4^th in the All Female Relay and the team of Andy Lewis 13/41, Graham Jones 12/37 and Pete Hughes 12/19 finished 8^th in the All Male Relay. First and second fastest Male Over 60 times on the night went to Graham Jones and Andy Lewis respectively.

Report by Tony Scales.

Photo. L to R Kev Francis, Pete Savill, James Hickinbottom, England Masters representatives at the Birmingham 10k