Press Report 7th January 2019  

Jan 072019
 
Press Report 7th January 2019

SENIOR PRESS REPORT Essex Cross Country Championships Writtle College Saturday 5th January The 92nd Essex Cross Country was held on firm, flat course on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Writtle College near Chelmsford. It was the first time in the history of the event that the senior men and women ran the same distance, 10km. In the Senior Women’s race, which was won by seasoned international Jess Judd, the Ilford AC squad was led home by Carlie Qirem in 48 mins 49 secs for 57th place with Anna Crawley having a good run for 79th in 53 mins 21 secs. Next up was Sharon Honey with 56 mins 31 secs for 104th, with Alison Sale completing the scorers in 110th …Read More

  Press Report 7th January 2019  

Jan 072019
 
Press Report 7th January 2019

  JUNIOR PRESS REPORT Essex Cross Country Championships Writtle College Saturday 5th January History Boys Saturday was the start of a busy month for Ilford young athletes, with 5 races including three championships in the next 5 weeks. Writtle college was the venue for the Essex championships and after the excess of Christmas, the form book is usually thrown out of the window. Due to some controversial messing about with race distances the U17 and U20 races were combined boys and girls. Ilford had four boys in the U17 race and prior to the start they thought they were in with a team medal opportunity. A slight downhill meant that it was a very fast start and the four Ilford …Read More