Essex Track and Field Championships Days 1,2 &3 2013  

Jun 162013
 

SWEET SUCCESS FOR ILFORD ATHLETES AT ESSEX CHAMPS On the 6th, 25th and 26th May, Ilford athletes displayed their months of hard training with some excellent performances at the Essex County Championships Day 1, 2 and 3. The Essex County Championships Day 1 commenced on the 6th May at Thurrock Stadium,  which saw the Ilford youngsters compete over the distance of 200m and 1500m. The star showing came from Greta Mazeikaite, who in her first ever year of competing in athletics, displayed her sparkling form this season by knocking off a second of her PB to come second in the U15 girls heat 2 in a fine time of 27.77. Her team mate Tolu Adebambo-Abisogun also competed over this distance …Read More

  Ilford AC Press Report – Week Ending 9th June  

Jun 112013
 
Ilford AC Press Report - Week Ending 9th June

Round Up of the Week The endurance runners of Ilford AC have been in action at a range of venues throughout London and Essex this week. Great Easton 5 mile road race, near Great Dunmow, on Sunday 9th June Two Ilford AC runners Terry Knightley and Spencer Hempsted boldly took on the hilly challenges of the Great Easton 5 mile road race, near Great Dunmow, on Sunday 9th June. The race may have changed it’s name from the Tilty Hilly 5, but the relentless hills still remain. In dull and cloudy conditions the small but strong field of 200 runners sped off down the first hill at lightening pace . As the race unfolded both Terry and Spencer held on …Read More

  Ilford AC Walking Section Report 08/06/2013  

Jun 082013
 

DOUBLE WIN FOR ILFORD AC WALKERS The Southern Area 20 Kilometres’ race walking championships were held around 12 flat twisting circuits of a public park in Enfield on a sunny but blustery Saturday afternoon.It was a remarkable triumph for FRANCISCO REIS who, for a second successive Saturday afternoon opened up a huge lead right from the off. He was never headed and soon after midway achieved a rare feat of lapping the entire field. Reis completed his journey in 1 hour 48 minutes and 47 seconds to win the Area Championship, with Barnet AC’s Steve Allen 2nd in 1.59.22. After lapping Allen, the Barnet athletemade a gallant attempt to “unlap himself” before settling for a distant second.In 4th place came …Read More

  Wes Clarke  

Jun 062013
 
Wes Clarke

Name:  Wes Clarke Born:  December 1963 (oh what a night) Date Joined IAC:  October 1987 Personal Bests: Hammer Throw  48.88m Javelin  43.06m 110mHurdles  17.2s 100m 11.5s 200m 24.0 Triple Jump   12.48m, Notable Performance:  Throwing my Hammer PB at a Southern League match in Brighton in 1994 beating the Highgate thrower by 30cm. Representative Honours:  I have competed for Essex on a few occasions as a B Hammer Thrower. I have also represented Great Britain in Natural Bodybuilding Most Satisfying Performances:  Winning a Southern Men’s League B 110m Hurdles race at Tooting Bec shortly after Roger Honey had won the A race back in the early 90s My Biggest Disappointment: Rupturing my right patella tendon in a B 110m Hurdles race …Read More