Gary and Kim Webb  

Jul 122020
 
Gary and Kim Webb

Name:  Gary Webb Born:  28th May 1958 Date Joined 1971 Personal Bests:  400               54.5 800            1.59.4 1500          3.59.4 3000            8.33 5000          14.44 10,000      30:02 10 mile      50.02 H.Marathon    66.37 Marathon       2.22.21 20mile             1.46    First Club Race: Club colts x-country Favourite Race: Cambridge 10 Notable Performances:  63rd in National x-country Newark 198?  London Marathon 1985 2.22.21 Essex 10,000 Champion Harlow 198? Biggest Disappointment:  Training for the Harlow Marathon for 6 months only to get a chest infection a few days before and couldn’t run …Read More

  Press Report 6th July 2020  

Jul 062020
 
Press Report 6th July 2020

The Essex 6 – 12 stage relays are held every July in various Essex locations, however as with many races this year the event, although cancelled as a mass participation event, went ahead as a virtual event meaning Ilford AC could once again put themselves up against the best runners Essex had to offer The relay consists of long legs at 5 miles, and short legs of 5k. A scoring men’s team had to have 6 runners going long and 6 going short, whilst the ladies scoring team consisted of 2 on the long leg and 4 on the short leg. Ilford AC entered 2 men’s teams and 3 ladies’ teams. The run could be done any time over a …Read More

  Andy Catton  

Jul 032020
 
Andy Catton

Name:  Andy Catton Born:  Yes definitely (Ilford) Date Joined: 18th June 1967 – club founder and my Godfather, Edgar Moon, knocked on the door on my 14th birthday membership form in hand. Oh that’s a bit of a give away for the previous question !      First race for club: Had memory failure on this but fortunately I had the foresight at 12 to start a racing diary. My very first proper competitive race was an inter school xc at Buckhurst Hill on 22nd Sept 1965 which I won; but my first race in Ilford AC colours was apparently a Southend AC young athletes 3 x 2.5 miles road relay on 21st October 1967 running 3rd leg starting 20th and …Read More

  Efe Austinz  

Jun 282020
 
Efe Austinz

Name: Efe Austinz   Date Joined:- Joined Ilford March 21st because I thought I was fast   First Club race:- Woodford may 22nd 2017 was my first club race   P.B’s:- PB 100m: 13.10 PB 200m: 27.1   Favourite Race:–  Essex championships 2019 100m has been my favourite and quickest race   Notable performance:- 8.25 indoors in January for 60m   Biggest disappointment:- Not breaking 13 seconds for 100m yet has been my biggest disappointment thus far   How would you like to improve:- I’d love to improve by becoming faster, getting stronger and eating healthier    Do you follow any other sports:- I follow athletics as it’s been my fave sport but I’m also an ex tennis player so …Read More

  Terry Knightley  

Jun 192020
 
Terry Knightley

Name: Terry Knightley Born: 22nd July 1960 (Romford, Essex) Date Joined Ilford AC: I joined very Late 1997 (With Martin Clarke and Owen Phipps and others) after many years of being a member of Barking Road Runners – we all wanted to improve by joining an Athletics club. Personal Bests (All Achieved back in the 90’s) 1500 Metres Track:      4 Minutes 40 seconds 1 Mile Track:                 4 Minutes 47 Seconds 5000 Metres Track:      16 Minutes 18 Seconds 10,000 Metres Track:   33 Minutes 35 Seconds 5K Road:                       15 Minutes 58 Seconds 5 Miles Road:                26 Minutes 45 Seconds 10K Road:                     33 Minutes 17 Seconds 10 Miles Road:              55 Minutes 5 Seconds Half-Marathon:            …Read More