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Press Report 5th July 2022

Jul 052022

Ilford AC stalwart Carol Muir achieved a magnificent milestone on Saturday when she competed in her 500th parkrun at Valentines park in Ilford. This achievement is even more remarkable in that Carol has competed at 302 different parkrun locations over the last 12 years, regularly traveling the 4 corners of the United Kingdom to find a new venue. To support Carol on the day, 28 of her teammates supported her by volunteering at the event and 15 other Ilford AC members also ran in the event including 2 Ernie Forsyth and Andrew Catton running their first ever parkrun. Carol was pleased to finish under her target of 30 minutes, coming in on 29 mins 44 seconds in 111th place. Other …Read More

Press Report 28th June 2022

Jun 282022

South of England Champs Chelmsford 12th / 13th June Several athletes from Ilford recently competed in the South of England Championships, which these years were held at Chelmsford. Samuel Crane and Ryder Islam took part in the U15’s 3000m, for the latter it was his first track race over the distance. In warm, but windy conditions thy both acquitted themselves well , with Samuel finishing 7th in 10.42.59 and Ryder 10th in 11.10.25. Joseph Grange took part in the U17 3000m, the pace was fast from the start, and Joseph sat off the early pace, content to lead the second group. The two leaders split after three laps, with Peck of St Edmunds pacers moving clear of Ballard of Colchester. …Read More

Press Report 21st June 2022

Jun 212022

British Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships Derby 10-12 June Krystle Balogun continued to impress in her W35 endeavours with a superb Gold medal in the W35 200m, clocking 26.43seconds into a stiff -3.1m/s headwind putting her 0.5seconds clear of the field. Earlier in the day she had captured a Bronze medal in the 100m which served as a good warmup for the afternoon’s 200m. She takes another step towards representing Great Britain at the World Masters Championships in Tampere, Finland in July where she’ll contest her favoured 200m event. Southern League Parliament Hill 12th June A small Ilford team produced some fine performances at the recent Southern League match at Parliament Hill, the team eventually finished 4th after battling …Read More

Press Report 14th June 2022

Jun 142022

ESSEX 5000m Championship Chelmsford Wednesday 8 June It was the ladies team of Ilford Ac who fared best for the club at the Essex 5000m championship at the Chelmsford track. Sameena Ahmed moved up the field as the race unfolded to come home 4th overall in 19 mins 38. secs which placed her second in the F40 category to take the silver county medal. Joanne Reeves was racing on the track for the first time and recorded a very creditable 21 mins 39.3 secs coming home 6th and was third in the F40 age grouping taking the bronze championship medal. Gaye Young won her first county gold in winning the F50 age category in 23 mins 09.2 secs finishing 8th …Read More

Press Report 7th June 2022

Jun 072022

Eastern Young Athletes League. Chelmsford 5th June 2022 The second Young athletes league match was held at Chelmsford at the weekend. Even though the Jubilee celebrations were taking place all over the country ,the key Ilford AC youngsters turned up at Chelmsford to compete for their club. With very strong opposition it was a great achievement to see Ilford win 2 of the events in the Mens u17s. Firstly Oliver Blainey maintained his winning record over 400 in the league and Essex Championships this year with a comfortable win in 51.4. Oliver has Essex Schools this weekend where he will need to run a much quicker time to get a spot at the English schools. The other winning run was …Read More