England Athletics U15 / U17 Championships Bedford Sat 31st Aug – Sun 2nd September The UK U15/U17 championships were the climax of the season at Bedford at the weekend. Ilford had two athletes taking part. Mario Dobrescu was running the 400m and Aaron Samuel the 1500m.  The best of the weekend weather was on Saturday when the heats took place.   Mario was first up in the U17 men’s 400m, there were three heats with only the top two-guaranteed qualification to the final. Mario eased through to the final winning his heat in 50.2. Aaron’s heat of the U17 1500m was later in the day and there were thirty plus athletes across two heats going for 12 places in the final. …Read More