October 2024 – Ilford Athletic Club

Press Report 29th October 2024

Oct 302024

ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Gloucester Park, Basildon Saturday 26 October The second round of the Essex Cross-Country League was held over the usual challenging course in Gloucester Park Basildon using a 3km lap which featured two stiff climbs. There was a good turnout from Ilford AC with encouraging results The Senior Ladies race was over a shortened lap with 3 circuits totalling 7km. Ilford had 9 runners in the race and were led home by Jordan Hinds in 23rd spot with 32 mins 05 secs. Supporting her were Alison Sale with 69th spot in 38 mins 15 secs and Bree Nordin 82nd and 2nd in the F65 category with 39 mins 52 secs. The scorers were completed by Pauline tester placed …Read More

Press Report 22nd October 2024

Oct 222024

Ilford AC Athletes Shine at the Chicago Marathon Chicago Marathon Ilford AC made a strong showing at the 46th edition of the Chicago Marathon, one of the world’s largest marathons with over 52,000 finishers. The race, part of the World Marathon Majors, saw three Ilford AC athletes take on the notoriously fast course, with impressive results. Leading the way for Ilford AC was Sam Rahman, who crossed the finish line in an outstanding time of 2:47:41 which was just outside his personal best for the distance. Danny Holeyman delivered a remarkable performance, smashing his previous personal best by a significant 6 minutes. Holeyman’s finish time of 3:01:05 was a testament to his hard work and dedication. Completing the Ilford AC …Read More

Press Report 15th October 2024

Oct 142024

Essex Cross Country Relays Champs Brentwood Saturday 12th October On a very hilly course in Weald Park the Ilford teams excelled themselves., with 4 teams entered we brought home 4 Essex County medals. Starting the day, over the 2 lap, 6k hilly course were the Female V60 team. Julia Galea was first off in 41:45 before handing over to Diane Crisp who ran 37:03 to hand over the final leg to Pauline Tester. Pauline ran 34:21, which was the fastest race by a V60 female on the day and ensured a GOLD medal for the team. The men’s V50 team were anchored by Stephen Philcox in a time of 23:58, handing over to Fabrizio Stefanoni for 24:24 before Malcolm Muir …Read More

Press Report 8th October 2024

Oct 082024

Essex Cross Country League Hainault Forest Saturday 5th October 2024 The 2024/25 cross country season started on a sunny afternoon at Hainault Forest over Ilford’s usual tough course which featured a couple of muddy sections. Ilford AC had a good turnout of 13 young athletes and twenty Seniors for the first league fixture. For the youngsters, this was a big step for many of them to a higher level of racing and they all acquitted themselves well. Competing in the league for the first time in the U11 race over 1.5km was Danilo Reina and Joshua Denning. Both boys ran strongly on a difficult course, Danilo finished 17th and Joshua 25th. We had six athletes in the under 13s race …Read More

Press Report 1st October 2023

Oct 012024

Vitality London 10k Last weekend over 15,000 runners took to the streets of our capital city, for the iconic Vitality London 10k. Included in the line up were 7 runners representing Ilford AC The race starts on the Mall, takes in such landmarks as Trafalgar Square, St Pauls, Horse Guards parade and Parliament Square before finishing in front of Buckingham Palace. Leading the team home was Amin Koikai with an impressive 34:36 which placed him 93rd and 2nd in his age category. Zuzana Sinalova led the ladies home with an impressive run of 42:38 which placed her 111th and 20th in her age category. Billy Green was next home in a time of 50:56 There then followed 4 Ilford runners …Read More