Press Report 24th August 2021  

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Press Report 24th August 2021

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 good results. The team was led home by dependable Malcolm Muir who came 6th just 1 second over 30 minutes which placed him 3rd in the m40 age category, with Pal Holloway racing for the first time since a period out with injury one place back in 7th position  in a time of 30m 11 secs taking the M50 first prize. Next home was the …Read More

  Press Report 17th August 2021  

Aug 172021
 
Press Report 17th August 2021

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

  Press Report 10th August  

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Press Report 10th August

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 in his typical aggressive attacking style starting with the leaders before he fell slightly off the pace, finishing in a time of 9m 33.19 secs. Joseph battled on never giving an inch to the competitors around him running as hard as he could right to the line in the longest of the middle distance events permitted for the still growing U15s age group. Joseph made …Read More

  Press Report 3rd August 2021  

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Press Report 3rd August 2021

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