Ilford AC's dynamo duo of
Pam Jones and John Batchelor once again proved
that age is no barrier to success when they both
topped the age graded results in Last Friday's
Serpentine 5k in Hyde Park. Pam yet again
reduced her own women's over 70s record by
slicing 14 seconds from her previous mark to
finish in 24mins 35 seconds. This represented a
phenomenal 93.2pc on the age graded table. Not
to be outdone John Batchelor easily put paid to
the challenge of fellow male 65 competitor and
international Les Presland with a very good time
of 18minutes 52 seconds which again was the top
age graded percentage of 89.8 in the men's race.
Presland finished well beaten in 19.33.
The club had three other
competitors making the lunchtime trip with the
husband and wife team of Neil and Dianne Crisp
running extremely well clocking 18.32 and 23.51
respectively. Harrier Victoria Morgan continues
to improve with every race and was delighted to
dip under 23 minutes with a good time of 22.59.
The previous weekend racewalker
MICKY SUTTON successfully switched his mode of
progression to running and sped around Sunday
morning's Amsterdam Marathon in 3 hours 32
minutes and 49 seconds.
Ilford AC now look forward
to their next fixture which is the second Essex
League Cross Country match to be held at One
Tree Hill, Basildon, next Saturday.
