April 2024 – Ilford Athletic Club

Press Report 30th April 2024

Apr 302024

Colchester Zoo Stampede 10k Sunday 28th April On Sunday Two Ilford AC athletes braved torrential rain and wind and an undulating course with their usual ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ spirit in the Annual Colchester Stampede 10K Road Race. The race had to be delayed by 40 minutes due to otter pandamonium getting people parked in time, which wasn’t ideal in the wet conditions. The race started and finished within the grounds of Colchester Zoo between the Elephant and Rhino enclosures and the route took in parts of the zoo before heading out onto the country lanes of Colchester before finishing back in the zoo grounds for the last kilometre. First home for the club in a huge field of approximately …Read More

Press Report St Georges Day 2024

Apr 232024

London Mini Marathon 20/04/2024 Ten of Ilford AC young athletes were selected to represent their boroughs in the mini marathon borough challenge. The event is held the day before the main marathon and the course is roughly similar to the last 2 miles of the marathon finishing at the same place. Breakthrough performance of the day was from Leila Lauder who finished an excellent 31st in the u17 women. Leila’s continued improved form follows a period of very consistent training and the club looks forward to her continued development. Teammates Hawaa Patel (66th in u13 girls) and Diya Boparai (116th in u15 girls) also ran really well for Redbridge. Two developing youngsters ran in the u13 boys. Barney Perkins was …Read More

Press Report 16th April 2024

Apr 162024

JUNIORS Orion Pentathlon and Quad Kids Waltham Forest 12 of Ilford ACs Junior athletes took part in the Annual Orion Pentathlon and Quad Kids competition held at Waltham Forest. In the Quad Kids competition Darsh Kainth, Maat Mullings Smith, Georgia and Ruby Merchant, Daniel Okereke, Elijah Muirhead, Andre Mullings Roache and D.L. Majen-Akande took part in multiple events including 75m sprints. Long jump, Vortex throw and 600m run. In difficult windy conditions all of the athletes produced great performances with Ilford athletes claiming the first 3 overall positions in the U11 category:- 3rd Elijah Muirhead, 2nd A.J Mullings Roache and 1st Daniel Okereke A brilliant introduction to competitive athletics enjoyed by all. In the Junior /Senior pentathlon competition, comprising 100m, …Read More

Press Report 9th April 2024

Apr 092024

Essex AA and Suffolk AA County Road Relay Championships Sunday 7th April Colchester Four men’s teams and two women’s teams were in action, representing the club, in the prestigious County Championships on a very windy and blustery but sunny afternoon in Colchester The Veterans race was the first of the day with teams competing in the V40, V50 and V60 categories. Ilfords men’s V40 team, consisting of Sam Rahman, Berekhet Berekhy and Malcolm Muir, found the competition fierce and finished just seconds outside of the medals in 4th place with a combined time of 51 Mins 49 seconds over the 3 x 3 mile course The V50 team consisted of club 5k specialist Steve Philcox, club captain Danny Holeyman and …Read More

Press Report 2nd April 2024

Apr 022024

Writtle 5 (Mile) Friday 29th March Good Friday saw the Ilford 5 take on the Writtle 5 Mile Road race, starting and finishing at Writtle College in the Essex Countryside. A tough, undulating course was made trickier by the conditions on the day. Starting in bright sunshine, conditions soon became blustery before a heavy downfall settled in for the duration. Leading the way for Ilford AC, by some margin, was Malcolm Muir who put in his usual gutsy performance to finish in 8th place in a time of 29 minutes 32 seconds. Making a rare race appearance for the club, Billy Green had an impressive sprint finish to overtake 2 Springfield Strider runners in the last 100m to take 64th …Read More