Press Report 21st September 2021

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Chingford League 5k
Redbridge Cycle Track
18^th September 2001

Because of a packed race diary Ilford AC sent a small squad of 5 runners to the Redbridge Cycle track for the first race of the new season in the Chingford League.

In the U17 men’s race Ronan Edwards impressed to take 1^st place in a time of 19:48.

In the women’s race Breege Nordin placed 30^th and 2^nd W60 in a time of 22:58

The Senior men’s race saw Gary Coombes place 10^th and 3^rd M40 in a time of 17:18, John Crawley placed 38^th in a time of 19:24 and Trevor Robinson was 124^th in a time of 29:25

Before the race ILFORD AC were awarded shields for winning both the men’s and ladies 2^nd Division titles last year, earning them promotion to Division 1.

Pleshey Half Marathon (incorporating the Essex Champs)
Pleshey
19^th September 2001

The Essex Championship were once again staged in conjunction with the Pleshey Half Marathon.

The race from the picturesque village is over a rolling hilly course and conditions were made more difficult on the day due to unseasonable hot weather

It was though a successful day for Ilford AC with the club winning EIGHT county medals and runners setting 3 new personal bests for the distance.

Gary Coombes led the way for the Ilford team with an excellent 5th place in 1hr 15 mins 49 secs, the performance winning him Essex Gold in the M40 age group and a new personal best at the distance.
Backing him up were the ever-reliable Malcolm Muir in 16^th place in 1hr 21 mins 17 secs and Danny Holeyman in 25^th place in 1 hr 24 mins 20 secs.
The three combined to win an Essex Silver medal in the Male team prize.

Just one place behind Danny was Sam Rahman in a time of 1 hr 24 mins 42 secs.
Coming in for 37^th place was Terry Knightley in a time of 1 hr 27 mins 21 secs which not only earned him a Gold Essex Medal in the M60 category it also broke his own Ilford AC all-time Half Marathon M60 record. Remarkably this was Terrys 64^th Essex County Medal award.

Backing the team up were Dennis Briggs 58^th 1:33:47, Stephen Crane 73^rd 1:37:45 and Ray ‘sparra’ Everingham 208^th 2:13:07

Leading the lady’s home with an excellent run for 47^th place was Sameena Ahmed in a time of 1 hr 29 mins 11 secs which earned her an Essex Silver Medal in the FV40 category and was a new personal best over the distance. Also setting a new PB over the distance was Carlie Qirem who had a great race to finish 68^th in 1:36:59. Third lady home was Breege Nordin winning herself a Gold Essex Medal in the FV60 category to place 90^th in a team of 1:41:25. Just like the mens team, the ladies combined to win a team Silver Essex County Medal.

Gaye Young ran a great race to finish 106^th in 1:44:49, followed by Carol Muir in 205^th in 2:11:47 for a bronze medal in the FV55 cat. Julia Galea in 207^th in 2:13:55 also gaining herself a bronze medal in the FV60 cat. And Pramila Monro in 235^th in a time of 2:22:50.

An excellent day out for the team with plenty of medals to show for their efforts.