Press Report 28th January 2020  

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South of England AA Championships Parliament Hill 25th January 2020 Parliament Hill was the venue for last weekend’s South of England cross country championships.  The recent heavy rain meant that is was going to a real energy sapping mud fest, a few athletes were even seen finishing with only one shoe on.  For some of Ilford younger athletes it was their first time being exposed to the full horrors of a muddy Parliament hill and the huge fields of the south of England championship. First off were the Under 15 boys. Illness and train problems meant that Ilford only had two athletes in this race, but both Ryan Holeyman and Matthew Hick acquitted themselves well.  Matthew made a really fast …Read More

  Press Report 28th January 2020  

Jan 282020
 
Press Report 28th January 2020

South of England AA Championships Parliament Hill 25th January 2020   The penultimate race on the long day of Cross Country running was the Senior ladies. With the fields now well and truly churned up this was always going to be a tough race. However the 5 Ilford ladies equipped themselves very well over the 8k course and did the club proud. Leading the way was Anna Crawley who has been in fantastic form over the last 12 months. Anna battled to a fine 215th position in a time of 38 mins 07 secs, an improvement of over 300 places in the same race last year. Coming in 2nd and 3rd for Ilford were two of the clubs Cross Country …Read More