February 2019 – Ilford Athletic Club

Press Report 26th February 2019

Feb 262019

National success for Super Mario The weekend of 23-24th February saw Mario Dobrescu in action at the England Athletics Indoor Age-group Championships. He opted for the longest of the sprint events and competed in the U17M 400m. Easing through Saturday’s heat, he set himself up for Sunday’s final which proved to be an exhibition in both speed and endurance of the highest order. Going through the bell comfortably in 23.4, he turned up the intensity and separated himself from the chasing pack down the backstraight of the second and final 200m lap. Coming into the homestraight he was urged on by his coaches to make a final push for the line in order to have a chance at the sub49 time that he …Read More

Press Report. February 26th 2019

Feb 262019

Midweek Indoor Middle Distance Meeting Lee Valley Wednesday 20 February Four athletes from Ilford AC entered the middle distance meet on the indoor 200m track at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre. In heat 1 of the 800m there was a good race from Alex Richards to take second in 1 min 58.98 secs, while Farris Patel impressed on his first indoor race finishing 6th in 2 mins 01.92 secs. Tom Gardner placed 6th in heat 3 in 2 mins 10.65 secs. In the 1500m Sam Rahman was involved in bunched race and coped well to come through in 5th in 4 mins 38.74 secs, National Cross Country Champs Leeds 23rd February 2019 The National cross country championships, held by the …Read More

Press Report 18th February 2019

Feb 182019

CHINGFORD LEAGUE 5 MILES Victoria Park Saturday 16th January The endurance squad of Ilford Ac opened there spring road season on Saturday by guesting in the Chingford League 5 mile race on the flat fast course in Victoria Park in Hackney. In good weather conditions the 12 strong contingent produced results which showed that the squad have trained well during the winter. Leading home the Ilford athletes was Gary Coombes in 20th spot in the mens race with a good time of 28 mins 40 secs. Next home was Seb Parris with a fine run who took nearly a minute off his pb with 29 mins 27 secs in 27th. Diarmuid Mac Donnell also recorded a new best time for …Read More

Press Report 12th February 2019

Feb 112019

Hawassa Half Marathon Ethiopia Saturday 9th February 2019 Two Ilford athletes, Doris Gaga and Julie Galea traveled to Ethiopia this weekend to take part in the Hawassa Half Marathon. The race is the brainchild of Ethiopia’s greatest distance runner Haile Gebrselassie, who was in attendance to support the event with all proceeds going towards the conservation of Lake Hawassa and the Hippopotamus which live there. Both athletes had trained hard for the event, however with an altitude of 1700m above sea level and temperatures hovering above 30 degrees the winter training in Ilford was never going to be able to prepare them fully for the race. Both runners however thoroughly enjoyed the run, a mixture of road and trail including …Read More

Press Report 5th February 2019

Feb 052019

Essex League Cross Country Basildon Saturday 2nd February JUNIORS Hick shines in last Essex league race In the last Essex league X country for 2018/19,Ilford only had 3 younger athletes compete,due to other races and injuries. However the 3 athletes all competed to a high standard on the day. First up was 10 year old Aaron Hick ,competing in the U11s race. Aaron was third in the previous race so had high hopes again to compete well. About 60 youngsters started the race but Aaron had a very poor start and had to weave himself through the field in the first part of the race to move into the top 10 The Basildon athlete got a great start and was …Read More