Jenni Sheehan  

May 182013
 
Jenni Sheehan

                Name:  Jenni Sheehan Born: 01.04.1989 Date Joined IAC: Feb 2006 Personal Bests: 5k  22.20  Valentines Park 5k 2012 5 Mile 36.09  Ilford AC 5Mile championship 2011 10k 45.54 Brighton 10k 2010 Notable Performances: Winning a bronze Essex medal for the third ladies team at Braintree 5mile 2010 with Nicola and my mum Representative Honours: Representing Ilford AC Most Satisfying Performance:Essex League season 2013 where I had pretty good runs, especially at the Orion meet My Biggest Disappointment: Thinking I ran really well at the Essex Road Relays in 2013 only to get home and check my time was faster 2 years ago! My Most Embarassing Moment: Turning up to a Vets cross …Read More

  Report for Vets League 29th April 2013.  

May 172013
 

A sunny evening at Lee Valley was the venue for the first match of the season for the Vets team. The evening started on the track with the 100m. Henry Ricketts finished 5th in 13.1 and Peter Clinch also placed 5th in 13.2 in the A and B string. Edward Skinner in his first outing for the club finished 4th in 15.4 in the 50 plus category. John Batchelor covered the 60 plus category coming home in 17.1 for 6th place. In the A string 400m Peter Clinch put in a fine performance with 56.7s for 3rd. Malcolm Muir covering B string also finished 3rd in 60.7. Eddie Skinner in his first 400m since school age performed admirably to finish …Read More

  Peter Clinch  

May 162013
 
Peter Clinch

                              Name: Peter Clinch Born:  December 1971 Date Joined IAC:  September 1987 Personal Bests: Track : 100m 12.2(1988) 200m 25.1 (1988) 400m 51.2 (relay) 600m 83.3(1999) 800m 1.55.5 (1999) 1500m 4.03.3 (1997) 3000m  9.07 5000 15.56 (1997) 3000m steeplechase. 9.55.1 (2003), Road: 5k 16.55 Barking Park  1990 10k 33.07 (Battersea Park London Colleges League, 1992. This was almost certainly a short course but I’m taking it. Half Marathon 1 hour 54 mins  Yellow Advertiser 1985 Representative Honours: None. Boo hoo. Most Satisfying Performances: 800m. My PB beating Wayne Hick’s by 0.1 seconds My Biggest Disappointment: Not getting under 44 secs for 400m. Not running faster over 800 …Read More

  Halstead Marathon (including Essex County Championship) -12th May 2013  

May 132013
 

HALSTEAD MARATHON (including ESSEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP) Ilford AC bring home Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Essex County Marathon Championships On Sunday 12th May three Ilford AC men bravely took on the challenge of the 19th Halstead And Essex Marathon in bright, but windy conditions. In what is described as the UK’s most picturesque Marathon they came home with some pretty outstanding results.[shashin type=”album” id=”117″ size=”large” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”y” order=”date” position=”center”] Engaging in a battle royal with overall race winner Denys Olefir of Newmarket Joggers, Malcolm Muir superbly paced his race to duck under the 2:45 barrier and claim the Gold individual Essex county medal and 2nd overall finisher prize. Terry Knightley charged home in 3:07:09 to claim the Bronze …Read More

  Ilford AC Walking Section – Press Report 13/05/2013  

May 132013
 

NOW IS THE HOUR Ilford’s FRANCISCO REIS was the pick of Ilford’s contingent who contested the Southern Area 1 Hour Championship Walk at Eltham’s Sutcliffe Park track on a rainy Saturday afternoon. The format requires competitors to race walk as far as possible in 60 minutes around an athletics track and it was defending Champion Reis who set the pace for over 50 minutes with his only serious challenger, Olympian IAN RICHARDS (Steyning AC), nestled in some 30 metres in arrears. That was until the closing stages when the wily Richards let fly with a devastating burst to overtake the race leader and power on to complete 11,846 metres in the allotted time, with Reis 2nd having accounted for 11,746 …Read More