Ilford AC athletes were out in action on Saturday at the Essex Schools XC Championships. In this race, the top 8 finishers are selected to run for Essex in the English Schools XC championship – with two discretionary places, and the top 20 finishers are selected to run in the South Eastern Inter-counties race. First up was Joseph Grange representing Havering schools as a junior boy in his first ever Essex Schools race. After a conservative start, Joseph picked up many places to come an incredible 14th and qualify for South-easten Inter-counties. This is a great achievement as one of the youngest boys in the race. Ryan Holeyman also ran in the Essex Schools for the first time, representing Havering. Ryan ran in the …Read More

Deacon storms to 2nd place Essex Cross Country league Colchester January 11th 2019 In the 4th Essex X Country league, held at Colchester, Ilford AC had 8 youngsters perform to a very high level. Star of the show was Bradley Deacon, in the u17s Men. Bradley was Ilfords only representative in the u17s race but he proved his fitness and his recent improvements to battle round a tough course and come a very impressive 2nd place.This hopefully gives Bradley the confidence to do well in the up and coming Essex Schools and Southern Counties champs. In the U13s Boys race, Ilford had 3 representatives.Joseph Grange also battled round the tough course to come 9th position. Aaron Hick and Lucas Emeagi …Read More