Neringa Aidetyte  

Jul 052016
 
Neringa Aidetyte

Ilford AC Life Member Neringa Aidietyte, age 33, is set to become the first Ilford AC member to appear in 2 Olympics (London 2012 & Rio 2016). In London she competed for her home country Lithuania in the 20 Kilometres’ Walk which was held along The Mall. From 61 starters of whom 55 finished, Miss Aidietyte came 39th in 1 hour 34 minutes & 1 second. Much later the Ilford AC athlete was promoted to 38th position after a higher-placed competitor was disqualified retrospectively. She’s been selected for Lithuania in the same event at Rio later this year. When selected in 2012 she became Ilford’s 5th Olympian after Phyllis Perkins (800 metres Rome 1960), Fergus Murray (10,000 metres Tokyo 1964), …Read More

  Press Report 5th July 2016  

Jul 052016
 
Press Report 5th July 2016

ORION Forest 5 Chingford. Saturday 2nd July. On a warm Saturday morning 4 Ilford AC athletes were amongst the 154 runners lining up for the second in the series of 3 ‘Forest 5’ runs organised by Orion Harriers. The course followed a one lap route around Epping Forest with plenty of hills, and this year a lot more mud than previous years. Leading the Ilford men home, and placing first in the M50 category with an impressive time of 31:08 was the in-form Stephen Philcox. 2nd and 3rd men home were Billy Green coming in at 41:12 and Pathrose Louis clocking 46:09. Performance of the day though was from Pam Jones who completed her last race as a septuagenarian finishing …Read More