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

  YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE & ESSEX TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 6TH MAY – DAY 1  

May 082013
 

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE This is a newly formed league for 2013 where Ilford & Woodford Green & Essex ladies have formed a composite team covering the U/13 to U/20 age groups. Ilfords Jack Maher, 15, opened his account for the season with a 3rd place in the 1500 in 4:34.Tom King, 16, returning after a long lay off from the track had a creditable 4th place in the 800 in 2:15. The younger athletes, Usumah Patel, 14, was 1st in the 1500 A string in 4:29 [a new PB]. Harry Martin, 14, in his first ever 1500, won his B string race in 4:44 ESSEX TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 6TH MAY – DAY 1 A Bronze medal went to ilfords …Read More

  Ilford AC Walking Section Press Report – 7th May 2013  

May 072013
 

FRANCISCO REIS GIVES THEM THE OLD 1-2 It was a busy Bank Holiday Monday for Ilford’s FRANCISCO REIS, who lined-up as a guest competitor at 12.30pm on Stevenage’s well-appointed Ridlinds End track, to contest Hertfordshire County’s 3,000 metres Championship. Bidding for a 3rd consecutive victory he stormed off, never to be troubled as he broke the tape in an excellent 14 minutes and 17 seconds, winning by some distance. After receiving congratulations from backslappers there was no resting on his laurels for the victor as he made Chesham in Buckinghamshire to line-up at 5pm in the annual Pednor Open 5 Miles, starting as defending champion. Always in the hunt on a course which takes competitors over a testing one circuit …Read More