May 2016 – Ilford Athletic Club

Young Athletes Report Ilford 31st May 2016

May 312016

Westminster Mile Personal bests galore for Ilford youngsters Ilford ACs Young middle distance group competed in the Vitality Junior British Champs this weekend, with all athletes achieving a personal best. It was great to see so many Ilford youngsters competing in the various Boys and Girls events. Some of the best junior athletes from all over the country travelled to St James Park for this prestigious event and the Ilford athletes delivered strong performances in perfect weather conditions. First up was the under 11s Boys where Matthew Hick battled through the field to come 12th position, in a time of 5.49.Euan Johnstone was not far behind in 29th in a very encouraging time of 6.16 A special mention goes to …Read More

Press Report Ilford 31st May 2016

May 312016

Southern League Match 2 – Mile End Stadium 22nd May 2016 Golden girls win Again and Again A small team of just seven athletes competed for Ilford in the latest round of the Southern League at Mile end last Sunday. Despite finishing in 5th place in the overall standings there were some superb individual performances and wins. On the ladies side Ilford’s Dynamic duo of Krystle Balogun and Jordan Hinds continued their dominance of the 400m and 800m, with both A and B string victories in both events. Since returning to the southern League last year Ilford have had seven matches and Krystle has won every 800m race. At Mile End she won the 800m in a time of 2.25.3, …Read More

European Masters Athletic Championships Non-Stadia.

May 242016

Good news for Ilford AC member Ed Shillabeer. On Sunday, 22 May 2016, 16:49, edmund shillabeer edmundshillabeer@icloud.com wrote: Hil, Our victorious M75 team (10 km Walk) proudly belting out the National Anthem in Portugal, May 20th were Norbert Will, Arthur Thompson & Edmund Shillabeer. Next day Edmund joined Steve Allen and Malcolm Martin to win M60 team Gold medals in 30 km Walk, in the process beating Olympian Christoph Hohne to become M75 Champion. A good two day’s work! Thanks go to Jan of Knight Scientific, Jason (trainer), Fiona (physio) at the Life Centre and my Practice staff and family for their support. Yours in sport Edbanger (aka Ed Shillabeer)

Press Report 24th May 2016

May 242016

Dagenham 5 Mile (ish) The 2016 Elvis Race Series got off to a good start at Eastbrook End Country Park on Tuesday Evening when Dagenham 88 hosted the first of this years 7 summer races with their 5 mile ish event. The ‘ish’ purposely appears in the title courtesy of the host Club to announce that the measurement of the course is notoriously inaccurate. Past races have been anything from 4.7 – 5.3 miles but this year most runners garmins recorded around the 5 mile mark. Last years race fell on the hottest day for 16 years, and this years featured a magnificently moody sky and double rainbow. After a lot of rain during the day it hadn’t really abated …Read More

Young Athletes Report 17th May 2016

May 162016

Ilford Young Athletes go Fourth Ilford’s young athletes produced some impressive performances in the Essex T&F Championships held at Chelmsford last weekend but unfortunately were unable to bring home a county medal. Three of Ilford’s young stars just missed out by taking 4th place. First up was Mungo Prior in the Under 15 boys 1500m, in his first ever 1500m race running a great race to finish 4th in a time of 4.40.8. On the Next day Farris Patel claimed the same position in a very fast under 15 boys 800m, with a time of 2.14.0, which was just 2 tenths outside his personal best. Best performance of the weekend was from Jordan Hinds in the U17 girls 800m, having …Read More