Halstead Marathon (including Essex County Championship) -12th May 2013  

May 132013
 

HALSTEAD MARATHON (including ESSEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP) Ilford AC bring home Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Essex County Marathon Championships On Sunday 12th May three Ilford AC men bravely took on the challenge of the 19th Halstead And Essex Marathon in bright, but windy conditions. In what is described as the UK’s most picturesque Marathon they came home with some pretty outstanding results.[shashin type=”album” id=”117″ size=”large” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”y” order=”date” position=”center”] Engaging in a battle royal with overall race winner Denys Olefir of Newmarket Joggers, Malcolm Muir superbly paced his race to duck under the 2:45 barrier and claim the Gold individual Essex county medal and 2nd overall finisher prize. Terry Knightley charged home in 3:07:09 to claim the Bronze …Read More

  Ilford AC Walking Section – Press Report 13/05/2013  

May 132013
 

NOW IS THE HOUR Ilford’s FRANCISCO REIS was the pick of Ilford’s contingent who contested the Southern Area 1 Hour Championship Walk at Eltham’s Sutcliffe Park track on a rainy Saturday afternoon. The format requires competitors to race walk as far as possible in 60 minutes around an athletics track and it was defending Champion Reis who set the pace for over 50 minutes with his only serious challenger, Olympian IAN RICHARDS (Steyning AC), nestled in some 30 metres in arrears. That was until the closing stages when the wily Richards let fly with a devastating burst to overtake the race leader and power on to complete 11,846 metres in the allotted time, with Reis 2nd having accounted for 11,746 …Read More