GREAT NIGHT FOR ILFORD JUNIORS Watford Open Track meeting Watford Wednesday 25th August Ilford juniors had a great night at the recent Watford Harriers Open Meeting, with 6  entrants in the 1500 and 1 in the 400m.  First up was Oliver Blainey in the 400m, running a PB of 52.99! a great achievement in his first full season of track racing. Next up was Jordan Hinds in the 1500m, she stuck to her race plan for the first few laps, and just got tired over the last 200m , she achieved a PB of 5m:02, and the sub 5 race will come shortly. Joseph Grange ran in race  8  and ran  his second fastest time just outside his PB with …Read More

TRACK Southern League Race 3  Ilford competed in the penultimate Southern league match of the season and a number of outstanding performances were achieved, with Ilford coming a credible fourth position  It’s difficult to define the best performance of the day as Ilfords young sprinters and middle distance runners were outstanding. Starting with the sprints Hakin Mohamed stormed through to victory in the Men’s 100 with a superb 10.80. with Oliver Blainey coming 4th in 12.01. Oliver came 3rd in the 200 in 23.93 whilst Farris Patel took a rest from his normal 800 races to compete in the 200 and 400. Both performances were Pbs with 24.04 in the 200 and 51.49 in the 400 In the women’s sprints …Read More

Essex Championships 31st July/1st August Ilford had a successful day at the rescheduled Essex championships last weekend, these championships usually take place in early May, but due to covid were moved to August. Ilford came away with  16 Medals, of which 5 were Gold, 6 Silver and 5 Bronze Day 1  The first Gold medal of Day 1 was secured by Hakin Mohammed who won the senior 100m in a time of 11.08 despite getting injured late into the race (80m). He has the 55-year old club record of 10.5 in his sights before the season ends. Ahmed Abdulle ran a controlled race to win the senior 3000m, biding his time before unleashing a burst with 600m to go to …Read More