The start of last year's Sheffield Marathon which raised, mainly through the sponsorship of individual runners, a remarkable £24,000 for the RNLI. It is an annual event with some 6,000 entrants and Sheffield branch, together with the ladies' guild and Shoreline club, ensure that the RNLI is the beneficiary by giving invaluable support to the race organisers. They help process thousands of entry and sponsorship forms, issue runner numbers, provide catering, man the race HQ and the information and lost property tents. They are now working on the 1986 race, again in aid of the RNLI. It is to be held on Sunday June 15—anyone wanting to enter should ring Sheffield branch on 0742 23229..