Tuesday January 26th     Mr Ron Hindley VETERAN Grantham Athletic Club ultra-runner and statistician Ron Hindley was a founding member of the club and also the 100km Association, of which he was the president for many years. Ron organised the country's first 100km road race in 1980, which started at Harlaxton Manor with the half-way turn at Lincoln. He was also a member of the national Road Runners Club, Ropsley Road Runners, and the Columbia Track Club, Missouri. The American club adopted Ron's 'serial competition' computerised ranking system which he devised in the 1990s to record the achievements of runners in Lincolnshire. He continued training and racing into his eighties and only announced his retirement from racing after last year's Newton's Fraction Half-marathon, aged 85. There are lots of activities to get involved in with the Ropsley road runners We often get together for different activities like Bowling, dog racing, theatre trips, and visit foreign countries to take part in their races. All are welcome. We also meet at the Green Man Public House on the high street at Ropsley, we meet regularly once a month. You are very welcome to join us, please come and introduce yourselves.