ENGLISH NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP Parliament Hill Fields Saturday 26 February The English Cross Country Championships were held at Parliament Hill Fields over the usual undulating and extremely muddy course with large fields in all the races. For the first time in a number of years Ilford AC had full teams in both the mens and ladies Senior events as well as 4 juniors competing. Ryder Islam ran well for 284th place in the U13 Boys race in 15:06 over the 3k distance. Ilford had 3 boys in the U15 race which was held over 4.5k. Joseph Grange led the team home with a superb run of 15:03 which placed him in 11th place. Joseph was up with the leading group …Read More

ILFORD CLEAN UP IN THE MUD Ilford AC 10 Mile Cross Country Championship Hainault Forest February 13th 2022 On Sunday Ilford AC hosted their winter showcase 10-mile cross country event on a cold February morning. Runners were treated to the thick mud and hills that characterises most of the 3.3-mile course which is negotiated 3 times. Ilford’s men totally dominated the race providing 5 of the first 8 finishers. Coming home in first place, by a margin of almost 5 minutes, was Malcolm Muir in a time of 63:48. In third place was Stephen Philcox in 68:42 who was closely followed by Danny Holeyman in 68:54. In 6th place and first M50 to finish was Diarmuid Mac Donnell in 74:35. …Read More

Chingford League 5 ​Victoria Park Saturday 5 February The Chingford League continued at Victoria Park on Saturday over the usual 2 lap figure of 8 fast flat course in good conditions.  In the first race of the morning Ilford AC fielded 7 youngsters, 6 of whom were racing for the first time after the club set up a foundation group late last year. The U11’s ran 2k with Ilfords youngsters recording Tyran Singh Pabla 8.28 24th, Noah Crawley  8.31  25th, Corey Rughoo  9.30  28th, Sofia Crane 9.42 32nd , Kayla Ayertey 9:53 35th and Ruby  Moffat 9:59 35th. In the U13 boys  which was over 3k Ryder Islam, already a regular for the club, ran an impressive 12:43 for 3rd …Read More