Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 23 February 2014  

Feb 242014
 
Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 23 February 2014

TARPLEY 20 Bury St Edmunds Sunday 22 February Ilford AC’s Breege Nordin put in a outstanding performance in the Tarpley 20 mile road race on a rural hilly course over the windy countryside surrounding the Suffolk town of Bury St Edmunds. Breege finished in 84th overall in 2hr 31min 22secs, this run placed her as 3rd female in the event and first in the F55 age category. She is ranked 28th overall in the country in 2014 at the distance and is top of her age group. The club also had 3 men in action. Sam Rahman ran a controlled race to finish 17th in 2h 09m 42s, while Kevin Newell recorded 2h 15m 42s. The squad was completed by …Read More

  They Went down well Ilford AC Walking Report 24th Feb 2014  

Feb 242014
 

Ilford AC were represented at race No.2 of the 12-event 2014 Enfield Walking League, which was a 5 Miles race around 5 laps of a traffic-free circuit inside the town’s King George V Playing Fields on a mild Saturday afternoon. The contest didn’t get off to a good start for Ilford’s Walking Captain STEVE UTTLEY as he slipped on a tight spiral staircase at the dressing room on his way to the start line. Changing rooms at this location are a listed building and those wearing anoraks actually make pilgrimages to admire the said wrought iron spiral staircase…the Ilford Captain’s opinion of it isn’t printable! After a sit down, during which he contemplated scratching, he limped to the start line …Read More

  Essex and Eastern Counties Indoor Championships – 8th and 9th February 2014  

Feb 242014
 

  Many Ilford athletes competed in the annual Essex and Eastern Counties Indoor Championships which commenced over two days on both the 8th and 9th February. The star showing came from Gabriel Yiadom who ran his way to the top of the podium for Essex with a personal best time of 7.31 in the under 17 men’s 60m. Amazigh Laoudi proved to be the athlete of the day in day two as he completed his 400m and 800m double with an Essex county silver medal in the under 20 men’s 400m (52.68 pb) and a gold medal in the latter (2:09.36 pb). The full resultsare as follows: Taha Undre (SNR MEN): 60m Heat 1 – 7.78 Asad Ahmed (U20 MEN): …Read More

  Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 16 February 2014  

Feb 162014
 
Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 16 February 2014

EASTERN COUNTIES INCORPORATING THE ESSEX INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPS 2014 For the first time this season Jack Maher [No. 420] & training partner Usamah Patel [No. 522] came face to face in the finals of the u/17 1500m. Jack took up the pace early on as the pair took charge of the race, with about 250m to go Usamah made his move to take the title from Jack who was the reining champion both athletes broke the championship best performance time. Usamah time 4-21 Pb indoors Jack 4-25 Pb indoors Report by Ian Gains. Photos by Tom Gardner CHICHESTER PRIORY 10km CHICHESTER SUNDAY 9th FEB Three Ilford men travelled down to Chichester last Sunday for the super fast Chichester 10km, which …Read More

  Young Athletes Report – Newham 2nd Feb 2014  

Feb 112014
 

2nd February 2014 – Newham Athletics 60m Open Series: On the 2nd February a handful of Ilford AC athletes competed in what was the 2nd Newham Sprint Series of the season. The 60m results are as follows: Asad Ahmed (U20M): Round 1: 7.55i Round 2: 7.52i Naomi Browne (U17W): Round 1: 8.12i Round 2: 8.02i PB Gabriel Yiadom(U17M): Round 1: 7.49i Round 2: 7.43i PB