Shropshire Shufflers take part in inaugural Virtual National Road Relay Championships

Over 40 Shropshire Shufflers took part in the inaugural Virtual National Road Relay Championships, held between Saturday 4^th and Wednesday 8^th April.

They were among 3700 athletes running a 5km course local to them, while adhering to social distancing guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic, and using GPS tracking to record their times.

Shufflers achieved a respectable 111^th place in the men’s 12-stage event, with a cumulative time of 4 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds.

In the women’s 6-stage event, Shropshire Shufflers ‘A’ stormed to an impressive 70^th place in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 7 seconds, beating many established athletics clubs. The ‘B’ team clocked a time of 2 hours, 38 minutes and 10 seconds, as they came home in 126^th place.

A women’s 12-stage competition was also scored for the first time. Demonstrating the club’s strength in depth, the ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams combined to achieve an excellent 25^th place overall.

The innovative event was free to enter, but raised more than £7,500 for NHS charities through voluntary donations.