Surrey Walking Club members were prominent in the 5 miles race at Battersea Park although missing out on 1^st places in all but one age group. VAC hold a popular series of 5 monthly runs and Race Walking races of 5 miles in summer months with the June event being the Championship for each 5 year age group. Although, unsurprisingly, at the rear of the field, Jack Fitzgerald stuck to his guns for another successful race in his remarkable, long walking and running career. It was a pleasant evening without the extreme heat seen recently and the Park looked very attractive with the usual crowds of joggers, cyclists and roller-blades. Richard Brown started steadily but used his experience of much longer events to maintain his pace as he gained places throughout. Possibly many enjoyed the evening in too relaxed a manner and the last lap became faster and faster as competitors saw the chance to catch faster colleagues who in turn realised a major effort was required to keep their usual precedence.