2018 – Page 3 – Ilford Athletic Club

Press Report 6th November 2018

Nov 052018

Thames Meander Marathon and Half Marathon Kingston Upon Thames Saturday 3rd November The Thames Meander Marathon and Half Marathon is a ﬂat scenic riverside trail marathon festival on an out and back course of the Thames path starting and finishing near the YMCA in Kingston Upon Thames. On Saturday Ilford AC sister and brother, Anna and John Crawley, ran with Anna opting for the Half and John the full marathon. Both went into their races with disappointing previous runs at the distance in the back of their minds. Anna’s aim was to get under 2 hours after missing out on that at the recent Great North run. She ran a steady race with a time goal in mind which she …Read More

Press Report 29th October 2018

Oct 292018

Essex League Hockley 27th October 2018 SENIOR WOMEN Seven ladies from Ilford AC took part in the Senior women’s race, which was their first race back in the top division after promotion last season. Leading the ladies home, in her first ever cross country run for the club was Amy bird who finished in a very good time of 30:54 over the 6.6k distance for 38th position. Backing Amy up to complete the scoring team of 4 was Breege Nordin in 32:03 for 51st, Carlie Qirem in 32:20 for 54th and Nicola Hopkinson in 34:15 for 74th. On the day this was enough for 9th position Also putting in good runs for the ladies on the day were Anna Crawley …Read More

Press Report 29th October 2018

Oct 292018

Essex League Hockley 27th October 2018 JUNIORS After some success with recent relays, Ilford young athletes were ready to go at the first cross country race at Hockley last weekend, with added incentive of the first six finishers being chosen to run for Essex at the Southern Inter counties. First up were the U13’s, Ilford’s two runners were Joseph Grange and Aaron Hick, both of whom are U11 and therefore giving over two years to some of the other runners. In the circumstances that both had very good runs, Aaron started steadily and worked his way through to a very good 47th. Joseph was a bit more ambitious and despite a mid race fall came home in 19th place. Which …Read More

Press Report 22nd October 2018

Oct 222018

South of England XC Champs Wormwood Scrubs 20th October Ilford ACs under 17s team competed in the Southern England X country champs at Wormwood Scrubs last weekend. Full of confidence after their exciting win in the recent Essex champs, the boys had high hopes of doing well. It shows the strength of the team that Ilford are able to replace a class athlete like Jak Wright, who was unavailable, with another class athlete in Farris Patel. Over 30 teams from all over Southern England participated in the race .Farris Patel ran the first leg and ran a great leg to run the 20th fastest time of the day ,bringing Ilford into 10th position, in a time of 11.02 Mungo Prior …Read More

Press Report 22nd October 2018

Oct 222018

ELVIS Presentation evening Forest Gate 19th October After another successful ‘Elvis’ series, now consisting of 8 races after Harold Wood joined the club this year, the presentation evening was held in Forest Gate last Friday. Hosted by East End Road Runners (EERR) the evening was well attended by runners from all clubs celebrating some fine performances and sell out attendances. Ilford AC came away with 3 individual age graded first places – Breege Nordin Veteran Female 55, Gary Coombes Veteran Male 40, and Stephen Philcox who was in attendance on the night to collect the Veteran Male 50 trophy. Wix 5 Incorporating the Essex 5 mile County Championship 21st October ILFORD MEN LAND COUNTY SILVER MEDAL The Wix 5 is …Read More