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Press Report 6th July 2021

Jul 062021

Eastern Young Athletics League Thurrock Sunday 4th July 2021 Youngsters compete in Eastern Young athletes league Ilford AC have not been in a position for many years to compete in the Young athletes league, due to lack of athletes, coaches and officials. However last year Ilford approached Orion Athletic club to ask whether they would like to join up and enter a joint team. Therefore last weekend, Ilfords talented u17’s athletes were able to wear the Ilford colours in the Eastern young athletes league for the first time in decades. First up for Ilford on the day was U15 James Thake, who was racing for Ilford for the first time. James was outstanding on the day and ran a very …Read More

Press Report 29th June 2021

Jun 292021

Olympic Park 5km Wednesday 23 June Ilford AC had a good evening in the Olympic Park as the 2nd race in the 2021 ELvIS series was staged on a fast course in good conditions. The club had 30 entrants of whom no less than 8 gained personal best times and 4 won awards. Paul Grange continued to show fine form and won the event with a fast finish in 15 mins 40 secs. He was supported by Malcolm Muir in his first race of the year with 17 mins 47 secs for 20th spot, one place and 1 second in front of the improving Dan Holeyman whose time was a personal best. Next home was Steve Philcox taking the M50 …Read More

Danny Holeyman

Jun 272021

Name:Danny “Steptoe Race Face” Holeyman Born:8 November 1973 Date Joined1st time 2001-2003 (ish)2nd time Feb 2018 Personal Bests: Mile – 5.35 3K -10.36.73 5K – 18.58 (or was until his incredible 17:48 at the Olympic Park Wednesday – Ed!) Parkrun – 18.41 5 Miles – 30.33 10K- 38.00 10 Miles – 63.48 Half Marathon – 82.31 20 Miles – 2.20.07 Marathon – 3.09.53 First Club Race:Hatfield BroadOak 10K 2018 Favourite Race:Brentwood Half Marathon Notable Performances: Hillingdon 20 (2019), London Marathon (2019) and Essex XC (Writtle 2019) – 1. The Hillingdon 20 gave me real confidence for the marathon and was the first time I had “raced” over a distance longer than a half marathon. It …Read More

Ilford AC Press Report 22nd June 2021

Jun 222021

TRACK Southern league Saturday 20th June Ilford AC returned to competing in the Southern league for the first time for 2 years at the weekend and all our athletes performed admirably. Even though Ilford had a small team compared to other clubs, there were many outstanding performances and the club finished a very promising 4th Our women sprinters started the day well with Aleena Lawrence and Efe Adjarifo running 13.4 and 13.5 respectively in the 100m. In the Women’s 200m Krsytle Balogun, who always runs well, ran a very good 26.61 and it’s great to see Ellie Wright back on the track, not only coming second but running a pb of 26.7. In the 400 and 800m both …Read More

Press Report 15th June 2021

Jun 152021

VAC 5km Battersea Park Tuesday 8 June The second VAC promoted 5km of the summer was held last week on a warm but muggy night. Four runners from Ilford AC travelled to the park to race over the fast flat 2 lap course. First home for the club was Tony Young, who is currently showing good form, in 43rd spot in 22 mins 07 secs, with Alison Sale producing results showing that she trained well earlier in the year during lockdown recording 23mins 47 secs in 54th and 5th in the F55 grouping. Ilford endurance coach Rob Sargent laced them up and came home 62nd and 4th in the M65 age category with 25 mins 35 secs. Ernie Forsyth raced …Read More