On the grounds of ‘you have to practice what you preach’ I am training for this year’s Virgin London Marathon in October. It’s a distance you must respect, which is probably why it will only be my second – more than 20 years after the first! I am now a very average 50-something runner, so...
Melton Sports will be pulling out all the stops for Sport Relief with a special fundraising event on Saturday, March 17. Our special guest at the shop in King Street will be sports massage therapist Vicki Stones Hurrell. She will be offering advice, taping and strapping and short treatments between 11am and 2pm in return...
Women and girls looking for a little extra motivation to achieve their 2018 fitness goals should check out Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life calendar. Most of us will know someone whose life has been touched by cancer and there are a number of 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy events on our doorstep. It’s a...
Here at Melton Sports we take sport seriously but like having fun, too, which is why we’re organising an event for Sport Relief, writes Toby Heaver. Join us on Saturday, March 19, between 10am and 2pm and enter a competition, take part in our sweepstake or buy a cake in our Sport Relief bake-off! How...
There’s a major new event on Melton’s sporting calendar this summer – the Road2Recovery Half Marathon and Fun Run. It’s been inspired by Claire Lomas who to date has raised more than £500,000 for the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation (NSIF) to support its groundbreaking research into finding a cure for paralysis. Claire’s story, following a...
Melton Sports has adopted the Belvoir Castle Cricket & Countryside Trust as its charity. We’ve got a quality second hand sports book sale in the shop and are organising a quiz night at Melton Royal British Legion Club on Friday, May 1 (teams of four, £7.50pp to include a Ploughman’s Supper, pop in or call...
