Hi all, Just a reminder that the first match is scheduled for Monday 29 April at Lee Valley with the first event scheduled for 6:30. Grateful if you could let me know if you are coming and your preferred event. Please feel free to share as I am bound to have missed someone. Regards Henry SCVAC_2013.docx
ILFORD BLOSSOM IN MILDER WEATHER Ilford’s walkers contested the annual Pat Furey 5 Miles with an unusually early Saturday morning start, which saw competitors cover 4 circuits of the Lee Valley track before wheeling out of a stadium to race over 4 X 1 mile circuits so making up the distance. This heavily sponsored race, paid for by a former Irish International race walker whose name provided the event’s title, drew a bumper field despite it’s early start. From the gun, Ilford AC Olympian NERINGA AIDIETYTE and Hillingdon AC’s Polish star FABIAN DEUTER set a blistering pace with only Ilford protagonist FRANCISCO REIS keeping touch as the trio pulled clear of the rest. Approaching 2 miles Reis felt indiposed and …Read More