Dagenham 88 ELVIS Central Park, Dagenham Wednesday 25 May The 2023 Summer Elvis league kicked off on an off-road grass and gravel course of just under 5 miles last Wednesday in Central Park Dagenham. Ilford AC had 25 runners in action. It was a successful start to the competition for Ilford with Paul Grange winning a tactical race in 27 mins 32 secs and his 15-year-old son coming in an excellent 3rd spot just 4 seconds behind. The club also had two more runners in the top 20 with Steve Philcox placing 16th in 30 mins 16secs and taking the prize for 1st over 50 and Sam Rahman one place behind 30 mins 20 secs. Another of the club’s young athletes Ryan Holeyman …Read More

Summer Ware Cup Loughton Thursday 19th May Ilford had a large youth squad and small Senior squad entered for the Ware Summer Cup on a warm Thursday evening in ideal conditions for racing. Mohamed Zergout had a great race in the U17’s finishing 2nd on the 5k course in a time of 23:41. In the U15’s race Samuel Crane really impressed coming home in first place in 20:49 over the 5k course whilst Anika Sharma was 4th girl home in 27:30. Ilford had 2 boys in the U13 race over 1.5k, Tyran Pabla finishing 12th in 7:44 and Luke Thake 17th in 8:41 Finally in the U11 race, also over 1.5k Sofia Crane came in on 9:33 for 11th followed …Read More

Chester Half Marathon Sunday 15th May Terry Knightley of Ilford AC won his first England ‘Masters’  Vest making his England debut on Sunday at The Chester Half Marathon. Running in his third big race in 13 days including Winning Essex Gold at the Halstead Marathon last Sunday was not ideal preparation for the event. The Chester course was brutally undulating and was held in hot and humid conditions and Knightley finished in 1 Hours and 29 Minutes and 11 Seconds and was 221st out of a huge field of 3,899 athletes and was 4th MV60 After a well deserved rest his next England race will be The Bristol 10K in September.   VAC 5 MILE CHAMPIONSHIP ​Battersea Park Tuesday 10th …Read More