Shrewsbury Athletic Club had another successful day at the Shropshire County Cross Country Championships at Attingham Park on Saturday. The Club's top guns were out in force, resulting in 2^nd place for the Mens' team of Brett Edwards, James Hickinbottom, Pete Middleton, Matt Hall, Gabe Morris and Steve Waters and 2^nd place for the Womens' team of Sara Willhoit, Olivia Mann, Jacqueline Macey, Melissa Mann, Joanne Dean and Gill Evans. Both teams were, however, 1^st in their respective Senior Men and Senior Women categories. Brett Edwards was 1^st Senior Man and James Hickinbottom 3^rd. Sara Willhoit was 2^nd Senior Woman and twin sisters Olivia and Melissa Mann were 2^nd and 3^rd Junior Women. The Club Juniors had two 3^rd places in the Under 13 and Under 15 Girls' team events and Iris Downes excelled with 3^rd place in the Under 13 Girls' Race.

Not appearing in the results is Charlie Rogers, the talented new recruit who was taken ill near the end of the men's race in his first outing for the Club. We are very relieved to know that he is receiving the very best treatment and recovering well and we look forward to seeing him competing in the Club vest once he is fully recovered and fit again.

Senior Men: 4 Brett Edwards 38/12, 7 James Hickinbottom 39/26, 9 Pete Middleton 40/00, 10 Matt Hall 40/02, 17 Gabe Morris 40/43, 19 Steve Waters 41/00, 20 Simon Adney 41/11, 23 Luke Butler 41/35, 25 Robert Lisney 42/01, 28 Kevin Francis 42/24, 35 Connor Middleton 43/09, 36 Matt Guilder 43/32, 50 Sean Hickey 44/51, 75 Stewart Farley 47/05, 100 Pete Hughes 49/44.

Senior Women: 4 Sara Willhoit 26/50, 6 Olivia Mann 28/21, 10 Jacqueline Macey 28/52, 11 Melissa Mann 29/29, 14 Joanne Dean 30/26, 28 Gill Evans 32/36.

Under 17 Boys: 16 Theo Codd 27/28. Under 17 Girls: 8 Lydia Carter 20/05.Under 15 Boys: 28 Ed Barnes 18/18, 40 George Morgan 19/53, 41 Jacob Archer 19/53, 49 Dan Nicholson 23/27.Under 15 Girls: 11 Ruby Carter 17/43, 17 Emily Pyle 18/54, 20 Georgia Richardson 19/30, 31 Kaitlyn Wakelham 24/43.Under 13 Boys: 35 Ollie Dean 16/46, 47 Thomas Cors-Birch 18/02, 50 Alex Peterson 18/17.Under 13 Girls: 3 Iris Downes 11/51, 8 Chloe Speak 12/41, 29 Kitty Scholes-Pryce 14/28, 34 Evie Logan 14/54, 49 Ava Harper 17/08.

The fourth fixture in the Shropshire Winter Fell Race Series took place with the staging of the Corndon Classic Race, with the side led home by Scott Hall in 7^th place and Gabe Morris in 10^th place. There were successes for Haydn Jones, 1^st Veteran Over 55 and Gill Evans 1^st Lady Veteran Over 55 and Zoe Barber finished 3^rd in the Womens' Race.

Corndon Results:

7 Scott Hall 47/07, 10 Gabe Morris 47/26, 28 Zoe Barber 50/05, 45 Darren Mitchelmore 56/12, 59 Haydn Jones 58/42, 98 Gill Evans 65/42.

The recent spate of personal best times for Club runners continued in the Wheaton Aston 10K, with three further best times for Gabe Morris 6^th in 34/32, Matt Guilder 9^th in 35/32 and Connor Middleton 13^th in 37/03. Pete Butler finished 127^th in 45/57 and was 2^nd Veteran Over 60. The festive period brought 12^th place for Connor Middleton in the Turkey Trot 5 Mile Race in 29/50 and

four Club runners rose early on New Year's Day to compete in the Morning After Race in Church Stretton, with Kevin Francis 19^th in 36/09, Andy Lewis 64^th in 42/54, Haydn Jones 68^th in 43/29 and Gordon Trevor 166^th in 63/18.