The Grantham Athletic Club has been given an opportunity by Sainbury’s to do a Bag Pack for their customers on Saturday 23rd March between 10-4 in order to raise funds for the Club. Sainbury’s have advised that volunteers should work no more than 2 hour shifts (10-12, 12-2, 2-4), with six working at any one … Read more Volunteers Required for Sainsbury’s Bag Pack
This year, all entries to the Lincolnshire Track and Field County Championships need to be made online by individual athletes, rather than through the Club as they have been in previous years. Entries are made via the England Athletics website and for athletes under the age of 16 a parent or guardian will be required … Read more Lincolnshire Track and Field County Championships 2019
There will be a meet up for the Lincs XC Squad (and anyone that wants to train with them) at the Riseholm Campus of Lincoln University, off the A15, just north of Lincoln. Please park ONLY in the Staff Car Park (not the visitor’s car park at the front of the building) opposite the Stable … Read more Lincs XC Squad Meet Up & Training Session
A number of GAC athletes recently gave some excellent performances as part of the Lincolnshire team at the annual Anglian Schools Cross Country Championships at Abington Park, Northampton, on Saturday 3rd February. In the intermediate boys, Harry Denton came 31st out of 79 starters in a time of 21:24, helping to secure 3rd place for … Read more XC Updates/Forthcoming Lincs Runner Match 4
The National Primary and Year 7 Cross Country Finals are to be held once again for pupils in Primary School Year 5/6 and Year 7 in Secondary Schools. The event which is supported by England Athletics will once more take place at Prestwold Hall near Loughborough on Saturday 23 March 2019. On-line entry can be … Read more Primary Schools’ XC Champs Open For Entries
Last weekend was the Lincolnshire County XC Championships. The venue was Biscathorpe, near Louth. The course has the reputation for being a ‘proper XC’ one, with its tough hills and water crossings. Numerous athletes from Grantham AC were competing as they pitched themselves against the best. The event kicked off with the U11’s ‘unofficial’ race. … Read more Lincs County Champs XC – Biscathorpe Match Report
Our annual Social Evening and Awards Night is fast approaching, on Friday 18th January. As last year, the event will take place at Great Gonerby Social Club, 8 High St, Great Gonerby, Grantham, NG31 8JP (click for map). All club members, parents and supporters are welcome. Winners will be notified by post in the next … Read more Social Evening and Awards Night 2019 – 18th Jan
The postponed 4th match of the Lincs Runner XC League will take place on 10th February at Ostler’s Plantation, Kirkby on Bain, Woodhall Spa LN10 6YY, UK (map) Timetable from the Lincolnshire Athletics website here, where you can also find course details: 10:20 – U11 Boys & Girls – 1 small lap (1,604 m) 10:30 – … Read more Lincs Runner XC Match 4 Date Confirmed
We hope you all had an excellent Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year! Just a reminder that training will resume from tomorrow – indoor on Mon. 07/01/19 and outdoor on Wed. 09/01/18 – details below. Due to coach availability over the next few months, there will be some changes to our training … Read more Training Resumes
Thank you to everyone that turned up to Adam Madge’s Christmas Fun Run at Church Farm, Stroxton on the 30th of December for a cracking event that raised some useful funds for the Children With Cancer charity Adam supports. Results are as follows: U15’s – 1 lap Male 1 – Max Bishop – 16.11 2 … Read more Church Farm Xmas Fun Run Results
Grantham Athletic Club has joined LotterySk to try to raise some much-needed funds. LotterySK was created in 2018 by South Kesteven District Council to support community projects in the local area using the principle of raising money within the community for the community via a weekly lottery. Each ticket costs one pound, and there are … Read more LotterySK Tickets Fundraise for GAC
Dates for next year’s Youth Development League (YDL) have been released. Grantham Athletic Club athletes will once more compete as part of the Notts Lincs Alliance (us, Bourne, Sleaford and Newark athletes). The Alliance will compete against Derby AC, Mansfield Harriers, Northampton AC, Rushcliffe AC, Sutton-in-Ashfield Harriers AC and Saffron AC. In the 2019 season, the matches … Read more YDL Season 2019 Dates
There’s been a lot of XC posts recently, so this one is an attempt to summarise the latest news and give you a timetable and links for upcoming events (all in the calendar in the sidebar too). North Mids XC match at Shipley Country Park Well done to everyone that took part at North Mids … Read more XC Summary & Event Timetable
Bring along all of the family to Adam Madge’s annual fun run at Church Farm, Stroxton, NG33 5DA (map below – the big grey square above the Church of All Saints is the big barn at the farm) at 12:30 on Sunday 30th Dec. The course (right) is approximately 2.5k around the farmland, and there … Read more Xmas XC Fun Run – 30/12/18
The 11th of November dawned chilly and misty, but before too long the sun had come out to give us a beautiful late autumn morning for the third Lincolnshire Runner Cross Country Match of the season at Belton House. Members of GAC and GRC were instrumental in setting up and marshaling the race, which saw … Read more Lincs XC Match 3 – Results
