June 2013 – Page 3 – Ilford Athletic Club

Ilford Athletic Club Press Report

Jun 052013

Orion Forest Five – ELVIS Race 2 On a fine Saturday morning over 230 entrants gathered for this five mile off-road race through Epping Forest, the second round of the East London Interclub five Series (ELVIS). Ilford AC put out a team of 23 and had a highly successful morning sweeping the team awards and winning four individual trophies. Heading home the squad was Malcolm Muir taking second in a rapid 27mins 58secs, while Spencer Hempsted was in 4th with 28m 22s winning the 1st M40 trophy. Steve Philcox continued to show excellent form in 5th with a time of 29m 08s and Kevin Wooton closed the scorers for the open team event in 13th recording 30m 20s. On the …Read More

Ilford AC Walking Section – Press Report 3rd June 2013

Jun 052013

FOUR IN A ROW – AND IT’S GETS BETTER! Ilford AC sent a strong squad to the annual Moulton 5 Miles Walk on a testing “out-and-back” in rural Suffolk countryside north east of Newmarket. On a cool overcast Saturday, perfect for athletics, it was Ilford’s Francisco Reis who took the race by storm sprinting away from all rivals to enjoy a big advantage by the turn. The gap was needed as a quality athlete was after him in former Welsh Senior Champion Mark Williams of Tamworth AC, one noted for producing his best work over the closing stages of races. Indeed he closed gap but the Ilford man’s early efforts proved too much for the Welshman to make inroads and …Read More

Press Report – Dagenham 88 5k – Elvis Leg1

Jun 052013

A massive turnout of 29 runners from Ilford Athletic club stormed the trails of Eastbrook End Country Park on Wednesday evening over a 5k course comprising 3 laps set by host club Dagenham 88 Runners. At least I counted 29 going out but only 27 came back – poor ol’ Frank got shot down, and Kevin W was still awaiting his Ilford wings. Despite a titanic dogfight with local rivals East London Runners in both the mens and women’s races, it was the Ilford Club who eventually emerged victorious. Even the cunningly disguised plan hatched by the Muir siblings, Malcolm and Carol, to gain the women’s team some extra points proved unnecessary as “The Ilford” dominated the skies in the …Read More