2016 – Page 3 – Ilford Athletic Club

Press Report 11th October 2016

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ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE One Tree Hill, Langdon Hills, Stanford-Le-Hope Saturday 8th October Young Athletes Although the weather is still warm, Saturday saw the start of this year’s cross country season. The first race was the opening Essex Cross Country League at One Tree Hill in Thurrock. The Ilford youngsters had athletes in three races. First up was Aaron Hick who is only 8 years of age and was in the Under 11’s race, despite giving away almost 3 years to some of the athletes Aaron had a great run to claim 22nd place. Next up were the U13’s in which Ilford had three athletes,Matthew Hick made a great start and was always up with the leaders, Mario …Read More

Press Report Ilford AC 4th October 2016

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PLESHEY HALF MARATHON Essex Championships Sunday 2 October It was a good day for a small Ilford AC squad of 7 at the Essex Half MarathonChampionship as they returned home with 5 medals from the Essex half marathonchampionships held at the picturesque village of Pleshey last Sunday. The race held around the village country lanes was of high quality which was reflectedin the first three home all breaking the old course record. The leading three ofJames Connor (Kent AC), Paul Molyneux (Springfield Striders) and Ilford’s BlairMcWhirter had a close battle which was only decided in the testing last 3 mileswith Connor taking the honours in 67 mins 44 secs, with McWhirter 2nd in a newpersonal best time of 68mins 09secs …Read More

Young Athletes Awards Evening – 30th September 2016

Oct 022016

The Young Athletes Awards evening was held on Friday 30th September. President Robin Davis was in attendance to present the awards and photos of the winners can be viewed in the gallery and here [shashin type=”album” id=”178″ size=”large” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”n” order=”date” position=”center”]

Young Athletes Report 27th September 2106

Sep 272016

Ilford Youngsters Triumph at Weekend Ilford AC Youngsters competed over the weekend with great success. The first big Cross Country race of the season was the Essex relays, held in Hockley. All the major Essex Clubs were competing and there was a large turnout. Ilford entered 2 Teams in the u15s Boys race. In the A team, Farris Patel ran a great opening leg to run the 6th Fastest time of the day in 9:05 and bring Ilford in 3rd Position. Aaron Samuel ran the second leg and went off very quickly to catch up the 2 leading teams. Aaron has missed some training over the summer but he ignored that fact and went away from the field to run …Read More

Press Report 27th September 2016

Sep 272016

Valentines Park 5k Sunday 25th September 2016 Ilford AC enjoyed some marvelous success in the last race of the increasingly popular 7 race Elvis summer series by providing both the men’s and ladies’ race winners as well as the Ilford men scooping both the team race and series prizes. Hosts East London Runners provided a carnival atmosphere for the Valentines Park Charity 5k fitting for the series grand finale as an Ilford AC squad turned up in force with the Club’s men going into the race neck and neck with East London Runners in this winner take all battle. An excellent duel soon developed at the front of the field of nearly 250 runners with Ilford’s young star Ahmed Abdulle, …Read More