Our Social Secretary until the 31st January is Donna ‘Dee’ Baker, from the 1st February we welcome Sandra Ankers to rhe role. Please send any ideas to Dee or Sandra.

Post Christmas party: Annual gathering held in January to beat those New Year blues. Many thanks to everyone who joined us at The Star for the 2024 gathering. It was great to see everyone and it looked like everyone had a great time. The event on 25 January 2025 will be Dee’s last outing as Soc Sec, so we’ll need to send her off in style.

Annual London Marathon pasta party: Usually held on the Thursday evening before the marathon. This will be Thursday 24 April in 2025.

Summer BBQ – Date and place to be confirmed

Annual Christmas Handicap race – takes place December each year. For a small entry fee, all runners receive ‘prizes’ in the VSSC afterwards. The 2024 winner was Steve Ackroyd and he now holds the Matt Bennett trophy for one year. The club also raised over £500 on the day for suicide prevention charity, PAPYRUS.

Pub Quiz: normally it’s the first Thursday of the month at The Star Pub, Church Road, Lingfield. Meet at 8pm for a 8.15pm start. Following our December victory, we started 2025 very brightly with a second place, and winning both ‘spot’ prizes (admittedly one question on London marathon times was just right for us). Next session should be February 6th.

If you’re a club member, you can find out more about our social events by joining the Club’s Facebook group.

For more details contact : socialsecretary@lingfieldrunningclub.co.uk