Mealing Trophy

The Mealing Trophy

Named after Glenn Mealing who is one of our founder members of the club, The Mealing Trophy is awarded to the best age based Male and Female scorer from the Cross Country Club Championship age category winners.

Glenn was the very first club chairman and has since spent many years supporting the club, as well as promoting and organising local races.  Glenn was most recently the Surrey League rep, where he would turn up to races in his van to support members with tea, cake and biscuits. Despite stepping down from his committee duties, Glenn can still be seen in his van or on his bike supporting many of the club races and training nights throughout the year.

Glenn was one of the founder members of the club, originally as a member of Walton AC, and as an experienced runner, he was asked by Egham Sports Centre to help a newly formed group of joggers “find their feet”, and enthusiastically agreed. He has held many posts in the club and was involved in promoting and organising local races such as the Englefield Green half marathon and the annual cross country team relays as well as the open handicap events.

His most memorable running achievements were running a 2:36:15 marathon in Holland in 1978, followed by two 56:36 10 mile races the year after. Although he has great satisfaction in being instrumental in setting the foundations for the club.

See more details on the club history page.