More than 50,000 runners competed a half-marathon in the Great North Run on Tyneside last weekend, but a little closer to home, a field several orders of magnitude smaller were covering the same distance on a course that’s acknowledged as considerably more challenging. 318 runners completed the Newton’s Fraction Half Marathon on Sunday 8th September, … Read more Newton’s Fraction is Great Midlands Run
GAC’s largest team, for a number of years, secured an inspiring win in the 3EC Division match at Cleckheaton today. The provisional results at the end of the meeting records x21 first places; x11 second places; X6 third places; x5 fourth places and x3 fifth places. On this occasion 16 events were uncontested. Athletes reported … Read more GAC Win Northern League Match #3
Held in March in the main hall of the Meres Leisure Centre, teams from the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire took part in a competition to decide who would go forward to compete against the regions of the rest of the UK at the finals in Birmingham. The U11 Girls got off to … Read more Sportshall East Midlands Final
Last weekend was Match 2 of the Lincolnshire Runner XC League. Following some good runs at Match 1, athletes were ready to tackle the tough, traditional cross country course that includes its notorious ‘water jump’. The U11s were the first to run, competing over the 1.4 km route. Thomas Broadley continued his great form with … Read more Lincs XC Match 2 Report – GAC Young Athletes Shine
Northern League Division 4EC Match #2, Grantham – 3 June 2018 Early in June Grantham Athletic Club hosted the second of the four Northern League matches with clubs visiting from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Being a home match brought some advantage with a number of junior, senior and veteran athletes being available for selection … Read more Northern League Division 4EC Report June 2018
A hot sunny Saturday, while the rest of the country watched the Royal Wedding, Grantham Athletic Club U13 and U15 athletes compete in the second round of the Youth Development League. Seven other clubs from across the Midlands joined us at the South Kesteven Sports Stadium competing in a range of track and field events. … Read more YDL Round 2 Match Report – Jo McGrath
Junior Athletes Take Team Silver At the Lincolnshire County Athletics Championships, held on 07/01/18 at Castle Dyke, Boston, Grantham AC had numerous athletes competing. The course is notorious for being a gruelling test of character with a knee-deep waterway to get through. In the U11 age group Thomas Broadley had his best result of the … Read more Match Report – Lincs County Athletics Champs – Boston
