More than 80 members attended Grantham Running Club’s annual awards night evening at the Jubilee Church on the 7th February. The hugely popular event recognises the achievements of the members over the previous year with silverware awarded for some amazing performances. The evening also offered an opportunity to look back at some of the best and funniest moments of 2025 with various slideshows and alternative awards.
The awards part of the evening began with the presentation of the Club standards which are awarded for people’s best age graded performance in a qualifying road race and range from Copper to Platinum standard.
Next came the individual trophies for various categories. Big winners of the night included Gavin Potter, Holly Durham and Russel Whittaker who won in multiple categories and whose tables were heaving with silverware at the end of the night.
The evening certainly had the feelgood factor with members enthusiastically celebrating one another’s accomplishments and socialising together, embodying the true spirit of GRC.
What’s more, the club held a raffle to raise money for Grantham Poverty Concern and the committee were thrilled to be able to present them with a cheque for £523.
It was humbling to hear about the work the volunteers do and interesting to understand how charitable donations make such a difference to this local charity.
An easy way to support the charity if you are able, is to purchase a prepacked food bag in Morrisons, which is then taken to the venues as a food donation daily.