British Athletes cross country challenge, inc. European trials. Liverpool Saturday 27th November Two of Ilfords athletes took the long journey to Liverpool for the British Athletics Cross Country challenge, which was being used as Cross Country European trials, a major event in the Cross Country calendar. Mungo Prior was first up in the u/20 race,…
Evensplit 5k Friday 19th November Friday night saw Jak Wright open his winter season with the EvenSplit 5k in York, representing Ilford up north. Despite the wind Jak ran a new PB of 16:03, an improvement of 17 seconds from his previous best, placing 8th overall and 3rd from the University of York. London…
STEBBING 10 Sunday 14 November The Stebbing 10 took place over a rolling course from the picturesque village of Stebbing on an unseasonably mild November morning.. The race started just after 11 o’clock and a short Remembrance Sunday service. It was a good day for Ilford Ac with 7 Essex medals and 6 personal best…
Interclub Vets Race Loughton Saturday 6th November Four male vets ventured across town to the home of Loughton AC to compete in their annual Interclub vets race at Loughton. Reigning male team champions IAC were slightly depleted in numbers due to very late notification of the event being received but they equipped themselves well finishing…
ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Saturday 30 October Writtle College, Chelmsford The second round of this season’s Essex Cross-country League was held at Writtle College on the outskirts of Chelmsford On Saturday and there was a strong turn out from all 24 clubs in the league. The course was a flat grassland lap which was a little…