South of England AA Indoor Championships Lee Valley 13th / 14th January Three Ilford athletes competed in the South of England champs at the weekend. Opening their account for the first race of indoor season was Alex Richards in the 800m Heats in 1:59:66 with Jack Mahler recording 52:87 in the 400m Heats and ever present senior lady Krystle Bologun recording 60:86 in the 400m ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE MATCH 3 Writtle Saturday 13 January SAMUEL & HICK STAR FOR ILFORD YOUNGSTERS Ilford AC took a small but quality group of Young athletes to the Penultimate Essex X Country league on Saturday. First up was the U13s boys race where Ilford had Matthew and Aaron Hick competing. Matthew got a great start and …Read More

South of England Indoor Athletics Championships Lee Valley 6th/7th January Ilford AC were represented by two lone competitors in Mario Dobrescu and Daniel Popoola at the South of England Indoor Athletics Championships at Lee Valley (weekend of the 6th/7th January). Both competed in the 60m and 200m sprints with Dobrescu in the U15 Boys and Popoola in the U17 Mens categories respectively. Popoola set PBs in both events and reached the semi-final in a high quality U17 Men’s 60m event. Dobrescu impressed in the heats of the 60m and was just edged out of the medals in the final by an agonising 0.01. Out for revenge in his preferred 200m, he qualified fastest for the final after impressive showings in both …Read More