2016 – Page 8 – Ilford Athletic Club

Press Report 14th June 2016

Jun 142016

Woodford Open Graded Meeting Ilford Youngsters Make the Grade Ilford’s young athletes had a great night at the recent open graded meeting at Woodford. The late afternoon thunderstorms had finished and it was a perfect night for running, with for the first time in living memory, no gale force wind at a Woodford Open meeting. First up was new member Temi Adeoshun, who despite getting lost on route and only turning up 15 minutes before the start, ran a great 100m in a time of 12.12. Next up in 100m was Ellie Wright who achieved a personal best time of 13.98 in placing 2nd in the 100m, followed up less than an hour later with another personal best of 29.23 …Read More

Press Report 7th June 2016

Jun 072016

Orion Forest 5 Ilford AC’s Steve Philcox led a trio of club runners home in the first of Orion’s 3 race forest 5 mile series held over the normal undulating multi-terrain course at Chingford Plain on Saturday morning. Philcox clocked 31.37 for 12th spot overall just missing out on the top male vet 50 run of the morning. He was accompanied by Peter Spelman who managed 128th place with 46.56 and the legendary Pam Jones competing in the female over 55 category but incredibly in her 80th year and clocking 55.11 in 144th. SCVAC – Match 2 Stevenage A small contingent of 3 travelled to Stevenage recently to compete in match 2 of the Vets League. Due to the schedule …Read More

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)