Essex County Track Relays 14th July – Chelmsford Ilford AC is growing and achieving greater numbers in competition in its Centenary Year. Last year at this annual county event specifically for athletes under seventeen years the club had 4 teams and this year they were able to field 10 teams across the events. The standard of competition was very high meaning that the squad just missed out on gaining any medals but all gave their best and performed to a high standard. The highlights of the day for the club were the U13 boy’s 3x800m team of Barney Perkins, Khalif Ali and Ibrahim Khan who came home in fifth place. It was their first relay for the club and first …Read More

Newman Hilly 5 (Elvis) Hainault Forest Wednesday 5th July The Annual Ilford Hilly 5-mile cross country race, incorporating round 4 of the Summer Elvis League, was held at Hainault Forest on a warm Wednesday evening. This year’s course was a temporary new one whilst works are being carried out on part of the old course and the general consensus was this course was a more challenging one with longer hills to conquer. Ilford were without many runners who gave up their run to marshal on the course Winning the race was Ilford’s Tom Gardner in a time of  29:13, The Ilford men’s team was completed by Malcolm Muir 5th in 31:53, Stephen Philcox 9th in 32:33 (1st M50), Fabrizio Stefanoni …Read More