Press Report 22nd January 2019  

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Essex Schools XC Championships Hockley Saturday 19th January 2019 Seven of Ilford’s young athletes travelled to Hockley at the weekend, to compete in the Essex Schools Cross country championships. In each race the first 20 would be chosen to represent Essex at The South East Inter Counties, with the top 6 also automatically picked for the English schools Championships later in the year With the Athletes representing their Boroughs rather than the clubs, it was hard to keep an eye on the athletes in their unfamiliar vests. First up was Matthew Hick representing Havering in the U15 boys, Matthew has been lacking in confidence lately and this was shown by his very cautious start., which meant he was always going …Read More

  Press Report 21st January 2019  

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Press Report 21st January 2019

Veterans AC Masters Wimbledon Common Saturday 19th January 2019 The Veterans Masters Cross Country Championships took place last Saturday on a 2 lap course compromising gravel tracks and playing fields at Wimbledon Common. Held over a distance of 4.5 miles Ilfords one representative was Trevor Robinson. Trevor finished in 35th place in a time of 35:40 which gave him a Bronze medal in the V45 category Benfleet 15 Sunday 20th January 2019 Ilford AC fielded 2 runners in the Benfleet 15 held at Hadleigh Downs on Sunday. The course is a very challenging multi terrain course comprising hard sections of the Canvey Island sea wall contrasting with marshland and the undulating Hadleigh downs. Starting downhill and finishing on a mile …Read More