Deacon storms to 2nd place Essex Cross Country league Colchester January 11th 2019 In the 4th Essex X Country league, held at Colchester, Ilford AC had 8 youngsters perform to a very high level. Star of the show was Bradley Deacon, in the u17s Men. Bradley was Ilfords only representative in the u17s race but he proved his fitness and his recent improvements to battle round a tough course and come a very impressive 2nd place.This hopefully gives Bradley the confidence to do well in the up and coming Essex Schools and Southern Counties champs. In the U13s Boys race, Ilford had 3 representatives.Joseph Grange also battled round the tough course to come 9th position. Aaron Hick and Lucas Emeagi …Read More

Essex Cross Country Champs Basildon 4th January 2020 After the excess of Christmas ,Ilford Youngsters  found themselves at the start of a busy January, which will contain 5 races including 3 championships. The first of which was the Essex Clubs Championships at Basildon last weekend.  First race was the U17 over 5k, where Ilford had 4 runners, with the boys and girls combined in a field of around 60 began the first race. After the initial charge a group of about 20 quickly broke clear, which contained all the Ilford Athletes.  The team had hatched a plan to try and keep the pace fairly slow and keep away from the front. As they approached the hill for the first time, …Read More