Open Meeting Jim Peters Stadium 3rd March 2020  With gale force winds and rain predicted for the weekend, not much was expected from the open Meeting at the Jim Peters stadium at Barking, last Saturday. However the young middle distance squad produced some great performances and achieved  8 personal bests  Joseph Grange was the only member of the group to do a 1500m and he had a very good run to record a time of 4.47.24 a pb by 16seconds.  Jordan Hinds was feeling ill before her race, but despite this she gave it a go and ran a time of 2.29.36.  U13’s Ryder Islam, Samuel Crane and Aaron Hick could count on one hand the amount of track races …Read More

SENIORS REPORT The Essex Way The Essex Way is a 10 stage relay race covering 81 miles through Essex from Epping to Harwich. The last leg finishing at the lighthouse in Harwich is traditionally well attended by Ilford AC members, many of whom have run previous legs, to cheer on the teams last runner. This year with the actual race cancelled, several  Ilford AC runners ran various legs of the race throughout September, culminating in 10 runners running leg 10 together on the last Sunday of the month. Setting off at staggered intervals to comply with new racing regulations the team set off from Ramsey to the Harwich Lighthouse on a very blustery morning, so much so that only 400m …Read More