The Midland Cross Country Championship held last Saturday at Prestwold hall saw ten Athletes from Grantham Athletic club compete. The day started bright and sunny but with a cold strong wind that would challenge all the runners. Under 13 boys Ewan Rodell and Harry Denton where first to race running 3km against a field of … Read more Midlands Cross Country Champs
A busy weekend of competitions for our athletes. Two Grantham AC athletes were up against some of the country’s leading runners in last Saturday’s Northern Indoor Championships held in Sheffield. After a thrilling race Naomi Collier missed out on Gold by 6/100ths of a second in the senior women’s 1500m with a finishing time … Read more Lincs League Cross Country Round 4
Grantham Athletic Club was well represented at the Lincolnshire Cross Country County Championships sponsored by Lincolnshire Runner held at Biscathorpe last Sunday. There were fifteen athletes running on the challenging, traditional course. Conditions were extremely muddy, with deep water crossings, log jumps and leg sapping hills, resulting in many athletes slipping into deep mud. This … Read more Lincolnshire County Cross Country Championships
Cross Country News from Mark Tucker The last quarter of 2016 had a local cross country flavour with both schools events and the Lincolnshire Runner XC League taking priority and dominating proceedings, amongst the great training and ‘parkruns’ done by all concerned. The first quarter of 2017 sees a switch of emphasis as the big national … Read more Cross Country News
Thank you to everyone for joining us today at the Madge’s farm in Stroxton. It was a wonderful event and great to see so many young runners. Money raised in the collection will go to St. Barnabas Hospice. Many thanks to all of those who attended and Adam and his family for making it possible. Results … Read more Christmas Cross Country Meet
We have our annual Cross Country Fun Run kindly hosted by the Madge family in Stroxton. This is a lovely day and one for runners of all ages with GAC, Grantham Running Club and Belvoir Tri Club all coming together on an interesting course. We will be starting at 12:30pm and, as usual, there will … Read more Christmas Cross Country fun match
Christmas Cross Country Fun Run – 2nd January We have our annual Cross Country Fun Run kindly hosted by the Madge family in Stroxton. This is a lovely day and one for runners of all ages with GAC, Grantham Running Club and Belvoir Tri Club all coming together on an interesting course. We will be … Read more Cross Country News
Congratulations to all of those who took part in The Lincolnshire Runner Lincs League match on Sunday and many thanks to Gay Hatton and Mark Tucker for their support with running the team. Results will follow when they are sent through.
Match 3 of the Cross Country League will take place on Sunday morning (20th November) at Castledyke, Boston, PE22 7BW. Timetable 11:50 U11 Boys & Girls 1 small lap 1420m 12:00 Jun/Sen/Vet Men 4 large laps 10160m 12:35 U13 Girls 1 large lap 2540m 12:45 U13 Boys 1 large lap 2540m 13:00 U15 Girls 1 small … Read more Lincolnshire Cross Country League – Match 3 Sunday 20th November
On Saturday 14 GAC athletes took part in the Saucony English Cross Country Association National Relays at Mansfield. The Senior men’s A team finished in 139th place with a time of 1hour 25 mins 11 seconds, the team was Stephen Hobday (149th, 19:51), Arthur Short (143rd 21:06), Mark Tucker (145th 22:08), Chris Hunt (139th 22:05). Dave Eldridge represented … Read more Match report from National Relays and Match 2 of Lincolnshire League
