Press Report 24th March 2014  

Last Saturday saw 20 runners from Ilford AC participate in the annual Essex Road Relays at Chelmsford. Ilford AC were able to field 2 teams in the Ladies race and 4 in the Men’s which made us one of the best represented teams there.

Over the normal 3.5mile  [approx] course round the country lanes of Chelmsford the Vet Ladies 45 team were the pick of the teams as Mel Jones [26:18 1^st leg], Dianne Crisp [27:48 2^nd leg] and Nicola Hopkinson [27:58 3^rd leg] sealed an excellent team performance taking the bronze medal.

In the Senior Ladies race Jenni Sheehan [26:30 1^st leg], Krystle Balogun [24:18 2^nd leg] and the evergreen Pam Jones [35:34 3^rd leg] finished a very creditable 6^th.

Due to ineligibility on the part of our youngsters and Blair McWhirter, Ilford AC were unable to field their strongest Senior Men’s A Team. However, this did not prevent some excellent performances on the day.

The Men’s A Team of Sam Rahman [21:32], Tom Gardner [19:36], Kevin Newell [21:58] and Malcolm Muir [18:51] finished a fine 7^th place. The Men’s B team of Usamah Patel [20:05], Blair McWhirter [18:35 and 3^rd quickest of the day], Jack Maher [21:29] and Michael Horsey [23:00] combined well to finish 8^th overall.

In the Men’s V40 race Steve Cheal [28:07], Kieran McKenna [23:23] and Rob Sargent [27:12] finished 11^th.

The Men’s V50 team of Neil Crisp [22:20], Steve Parker [25:54] and Satha Alaganandasundaram [27:04] were just out of the medals in 5^th place.
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