Watford Open Graded Meeting – 1500m Wednesday 23rd August In a very close contested 1500m, where half a second split the first three, Ahmed Adbulle set a new Pb of 3:59:71 for 3rd place Barking Park 5km Monday 28th ​August​ The annual Barking park 5km, which included the 6th round of this summers ELvIS competition, was held on a sunny Bank Holiday morning on the flat fast paths of the park. Ilford ACs Ahmed Adbulle won the race after taking the lead after a kilometre , his second win in the series this summer and powering to a personal best time of 15 minutes 37 seconds. He was backed up by Sam Rahman in 11th with 17m 38s and Steve …Read More

​Ilford AC Press Report. 14th August 2017​ International Elvis 5k Saturday 12th August Memphis Tennessee ​ The annual Elvis Presley 5k run is held every year in August in the Kings hometown of Memphis Tennessee. Saturday 12th August saw the 35th running of the event, which starts and finishes outside Elvis’ home ‘Graceland’. Club Captain Billy Green this year travelled out to America to do the run and represent Ilford AC. The event has an 8am start because of the heat and humidity in Memphis in August which meant an early start for the 1500 participants who travelled from all over the world to compete. After a congested start on ‘Elvis Presley Blvd’ the participants soon spread out as they …Read More

ILFORD AC PRESS REPORT 31st JULY 2017 Ilford Athlete Peter Spelman has this week been competing in the ‘Swiss Alpine Davos running event’ which is a series of races and trail runs in Davos, Switzerland that is very popular for running tourists. On Tuesday 25th July Peter ran in the 4k lake race which is held on a hilly course around the Davos lake. In very wet and cold conditions Peter was the 3rd M65 home in a time of 25:34. On Saturday 29th Peter took part in the K31 event which is a 31k run starting in Davos, travelling through the Wiesner viaduct before finishing in Filisur. Peter came 25th in his age group today in a time of …Read More