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…
Forest Five (ELvIS) Epping Forest Saturday 21st August The latest round of the ELvIS summer league was held over a challenging 5 mile loop in Epping Forest. With the race during the summer holiday season the turnout was lower than usual with Ilford AC entering a squad of 18 who produced a set of…
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…
England U15 Championships Manchester 7th August Ilford AC’s Joseph Grange 14 travelled to Manchester last Saturday for the English national track championships. Joseph ran in his preferred distance the 3000m. Joseph’s dad says: Joseph came 7th he tried so hard as he always does. Joseph’s training partner and brother Jak says: Joseph ran the race…
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…