GRR History 1St 10 Years
GOSPORT ROAD RUNNERS 1.7. 1983 to 1993. The First Ten Years. 1. When you have been around as long as Gosport Road Runners, twenty three years so far with I am sure many more to come. It is time somebody recorded their history. This is something I have been contemplating for a few years and now seems to be as good a time as any. I hope if any members past or present ever read this, it will bring back the sense and pleasure of achievement once attained and memories of fellow runners in some cases long forgotten also friendships cemented over the years by there passion for running. It will I hope record the contribution that runners have made to keep the club going over the years that this record covers and also the significant events that have gone to making it the respected club it has become in the running world. It has also helped to put Gosport on the map a good many people who I came across in my travels on holidays and as part of the Royal Naval Reserve who when they saw me out running in the Gosport vest thought I was from Northumberland or that we were a suburb of Portsmouth. Now (2007) we have been spotted in places as far apart as Australia, America, Canada, Malaya, The Falklands, North Africa, South Africa and probably in every county from Lands End to John O Groats. At the time of writing this we have members from Uganda, America and South Africa and others serving in Afghanistan, The Falklands and Iraq.
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