Press Report. 29th January 2018  

Jan 292018
 
Press Report. 29th January 2018

South of England XC Championships  Stanmer Park, Brighton Saturday 27th January The South of England Cross-Country Championship was held at Stanmer Park Brighton on a cold, wet day on a muddy course which was very slippery as the mud had a solid base of hard chalk underneath. Ilford took a small team of young athletes to the South of England Cross country championships at Brighton last Saturday. Then had been some issues with parking at the course, and some teams had even boycotted the event, but there were still some high quality races. The under 15’s were first up, unfortunately Aaron Samuel who had been having a great winter season had been in bed all week, and only decided to …Read More

  Press Report 22nd January 2018  

Jan 222018
 
Press Report 22nd January 2018

SENIORS FARNBOROUGH HALF MARATHON Sunday 22 January This years Farnborough half marathon was held on a cold morning in falling snow. The race, interestingly, starts and finishes in a disused airship hanger and runs a relatively flat course around the outside of the airport. Carlie Qirem of Ilford AC showed that her winter training is going well finishing 464th overall out of a field of 1608 finishers in a new personal best time of 1 hour 44 minute 50 seconds, which was nearly a 5 minute improvement on her previous best.   RACE WALKERS ENFIELD RACE WALKING LEAGUE Saturday 21st January A new year and a revitalised Ilford walking team took to the Parklands of the Queen Elizabeth 2nd playing fields in …Read More

  Press Report 22nd January 2018  

Jan 222018
 
Press Report 22nd January 2018

ESSEX SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 21st January A very cold and wet day greeted the Ilford youngsters at Chelmsford on Saturday for the Essex Schools Championships. First up was Matthew Hick who after a great run the week before got a late call up to the Havering team. It was always going to be tough going for Matthew as he was racing against boys two years older than himself, but he acquitted himself really well to work his way through the field for a very good 30th place. Next up was Jordan Hinds running for Redbridge in the Senior Girls race. After a bad run in this race last year Jordan was in a determined mood and got off to a …Read More

  Press Report 15th January 2018  

Jan 152018
 
Press Report 15th January 2018

ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE MATCH 3 Writtle Saturday 13 January The third leg of this winters Essex League was held in the grounds of Writtle College near Chelmsford. The course was mainly soft grass which caused some runners problems in the sticky muddy sections. The senior ladies race was over 6 km and leading the challenge for Ilford Ac was Nicola Hopkinson in 46th place in 30 mins 16 secs, which ranked top of the F55 category. Close behind in 49th was the improving Carlie Qirem with 30 mins 42 secs, while Anna Crawley placed 77th in 33 mins 11 secs. Closing the teams scorers was Julia Galea with 36 mins 39 secs for 101th and 4th in the F55 grouping. …Read More

  Press Report 15th January 2018  

Jan 152018
 
Press Report 15th January 2018

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