Open Track Meeting – Woodford The last open track meeting of the season at Woodford Green saw a small group of masters athletes from Ilford AC in action. On a chillier evening than of late the first distance event was the 1500m. Steve Philcox showed good late season from recording 4mins 42.12 secs, while Kevin Newell, currently training for the New York marathon, came home in 4m 50.79s. Also running this distance was Jessica Ferris from the junior squad who finished in 6m 05.49s. The last track race of the night was the 3000m where all the large field of entrants ran in one heat . First home for Ilford was Kevin Newell, who posted a fine time of 10m …Read More

There was quadruple gold for Ilford AC at the VAC 10000m Championship held on a perfect summer night for running at the Kingsmeadow track, near Kingston in Surrey. Kevin Newell took the title in the M35 age group with a fine run in a good time of 36 mins 15.5 secs. John Batchelor was again in superb form wining the M70 category in 42m 53.1s, he is ranked number 1 in the country for his age in this event. Dianne Crisp run the distance for the first time on the track and was rewarded with the gold medal in W50 age group in 45m 43.5s, while the evergreen Pam Jones was only 52 seconds outside the W75 British record with …Read More