March 2018 – Ilford Athletic Club

Ilford AC Press Report. 26th March 2018

Mar 262018

Colchester Half Marathon 25th March 2018 Steve Parker took part in the Colchester Half Marathon last Sunday. The race starts at the impressive Colchester Football Stadium. Runners were treated to a short flying display by the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance before the mass start as a thank you for the money raised for one of the race charities. The first half of the race is undulating & challenging. The second part is flatter & Steve was happy that he saved something for the finish. Steve came home in 1hr 40m 10s for 381st place and 6th M60 on the day. London Landmarks Half Marathon 25th March 2018 Club Captain Billy Green combined his love of London and Running to take …Read More

Press Report. 20th March 2018

Mar 202018

HAMPTON COURT PALACE HALF MARATHON 18th March 2018 Last weekends weather caused the cancellations of most races around the country including the Brentwood Half Marathon, The Colchester 15, Fulham 10k and Reading Half Marathons, all of which had Ilford AC entrants. One race that did go ahead however, by Royal decree of King Henry VIII no less, was the Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon which is the only race in the country to start and finish in the grounds of a Royal Palace. Over 3,500 hardy runners lined up on a bitterly cold morning including Ilford AC members Dennis Briggs, club captain Billy Green and Pramila Monroe. The 3 Ilford members were joined by Josnara Uddin who also trains with the …Read More

Press Report. 12th March 2018

Mar 122018

British Masters Indoor Championships Lee Valley 10th-11th March Ilford Super-vet John Batchelor managed to take four M75 golds this weekend in the British Masters Indoor Championships to match last year’s performance. On Saturday John took the 400m in a time very close to last year’s performance with a start to finish blast in 74.61 seconds, and followed that with the 1500m in 5:54.87. On Sunday John came close to beating the top M70, Rod Scholes, in an exciting 800m in which he moved from 5th to 2nd in the final 250m, taking the M75 title in 2:50.30. By the 3000m race, one hour later, competing with very much younger and faster athletes, John was content to run towards the back of the field and …Read More

Important Data Protection Inforrmation

Mar 072018

When you become a first claim competing member of or renew your membership with Ilford Athletic Club you will automatically be registered as a “member” of England Athletics. We will provide England Athletics with your personal data which they will use to enable access to an online portal (“myAthletics”) for you. England Athletics will contact you to provide or confirm your competition licence number and invite you to sign into and update your myAthletics portal which, amongst other things, will allow you to set and amend your privacy settings. If you have any questions about the continuing privacy of your personal data when it is shared with England Athletics please contact dataprotection@ englandathletics.com. Ilford AC will not share your data …Read More

Junior Press Report 6th March 2018 (24th-25th Feb)

Mar 062018

England Athletics National Indoor Age group Championships Sheffield 24th-25th February 2018 Ilford flew solo in representation at the England Athletics National Indoor Age Group Championships in Sheffield (24-25th February) at the hands of Mario Dobrescu who competed in the U15 Boy’s 200m event. Coming into the championship as the Essex and Eastern Counties Champion he cruised through his heat and entered the final with the second fastest time from the qualifying heats. In a time that was faster than the long standing outdoor club record of 22.9 set in 1965, Dobrescu powered home with a time of 22.80 which won him the bronze medal behind the winner (22.51, 4th fastest ever for an U15 indoors) and the silver medallist (22.58) who …Read More