Two members of HRR recieved awards at the Braintree District Sports Volunteer and Activity Awards last week. Hayley Lamkin won the Adult Sports Personality of the year award and Andy Wilmot recieved Highly commended in the same category. Below are the citations as read out on the night by the presenter of the award Chairman Cllr Lynn Walters.
Andrew Wilmot
Andrew is a long standing member of Halstead Road Runners Club and completed his 850th marathon this summer shortly after celebrating his 80th birthday. He is a member of the 100 Marathon Club and known across the country for his marathon achievements.
At the end of 2023, Andrew was ranked 96th in the WORLD for the most amount of marathons completed. He has also run 29 London Marathons and all of the Halstead marathons, bar one, due to injury. He has also finished the Barrow 10 (10 marathons in 10 days) on 5 occasions. Andrew inspires so many members of Halstead Road Runners with his achievements and dedication to running and many have completed a marathon after being inspired by his achievements.
Hayley Lamkin
Hayley is a member of the Halstead Road Runners Club and is dedicated and committed to the sports of running, triathlon and aquathlon. She completed the London Marathon in a fantastic time of 3hrs 8mins and in the Oxford triathlon, Hayley finished fourth in her age category and was the 20th female. She has competed across the country and earned herself the opportunity to compete for Great Britain in the European Aquathlon in Portugal, finishing 5th in her age category. Hayley gives up her time to Halstead Road Runner members to support plyometric gym training for their members and is a standout, inspirational role model to all the athletes.
Well done to both of them.
