Steve Philcox was the sole Ilford athlete at the Chelmsford 10k held at the traditional venue from the Melbourne track on Sunday afternoon. In a field of over 500 athletes packed with quality at the top end, Philcox ran an excellent time of 36 minutes dead for 19th position overall which was good enough to scoop the top male 50 prize of the day. The race was won by Billericay’s Crispian Bloomfied in 32.09. Earlier in the day over 750 Runners lined up on the chilly, freezing and windy Suffolk Seafront to run the 7th Annual Adnams Southwold 10K Road Race. Held over a two and half lap hilly Multi-Terrain course around the town, Ilford AC’s Terry Knightley found the …Read More
Press Report Ilford 17th November 2015 – Extra
LEEDS ABBEY DASH 10km Sunday 15 November The Leeds Abbey Dash 10km once again was selected as the English Championship and attracted a strong field. The race is over a fast flat out and back course from Leeds to Kirkstall Abbey but the damp breezy morning took the edge off of times this year. Sam Rahman of Ilford AC put in a strong run to place 273th is a field of over 9000 finishers in 35 mins 58 secs, just missing his personal best time. Further back in 2723th was club endurance coach Rob Sargent who was pleased to clock 48m 33s.
Press Report 17th November 2015
Ilford AC divided their attention between 2 cross country competitions over the weekend. Whilst most of the seniors concentrated on the 3rd round of the Essex League at Horseheath hosted by Cambridge and Coleridge AC, the majority of the youngsters made their way over to Parliament Hill to represent their Borough in the London Youth Games.In very testing wet and windy conditions the Ilford Athletes came away with very credible performances. In the Male U11s Matthew Hick came through the field to end up 13th.In the U13s Farris Patel ,who gets stronger with every race , came 13th.Arun Manget came 40th and Bradley Deacon came 76th. Mehdi Hurun came 134th. In the U15 Girls Jordan Hinds battled her way …Read More
Press Report 10th November 2015
Stebbing 10 Sunday 8th November Hit by illness and injuries Ilford AC were forced to field a weakened squad in the Stebbing 10 mile road race which incorporated the Essex Championship last Sunday. First Ilford man home on the undulating rural course was Sam Rahman in 19th place with 60mins 04 secs with Steve Philcox next in 30th in 62m 32s, which won him the bronze medal for the M50 category in the Essex championship. Neil Crisp completed the scoring team showing improved form in 36th in 63m 12s and 5th spot in the Essex M50 grouping. The team placed 5th in the Essex championship. [shashin type=”album” id=”159″ size=”medium” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”n” order=”date” position=”center”] Robin McNelis came in 55th with …Read More
Press Report 2nd November 2015
Essex Cross Country League ….Round 2 Hockley Sat 31st October 2015 Runners from Ilford AC and representing a variety of age groups contested the 2nd round of the Essex Cross country League held at Hockley Woods in extremely pleasant autumnal running conditions last Saturday over the usual challenging and varied course comprising some steep climbs open fields and a wooded section. Once again many of the Club’s younger members shined in the junior races. For the first time in many years Ilford had 6 U13 Boys competing. First home was Farris Patel in 12th place , quickly followed by Arun Manget in 13th. Both these athletes were challenging at the front for a large part of the race and were …Read More