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Witham (Not on) Boxing Day 5 On Bank Holiday Monday Four Intrepid Ilford AC athletes tackled The Annual Witham Boxing Day Five Miles Road Race which this year was held on the Bank Holiday Monday. Running amongst a field of 264 other athletes around the one lap undulating country lane course in damp conditions Malcolm…

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ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Great Notley Country Park, Braintree Saturday 18th December The third round of the Essex Cross-Country League was held in Great Notley Country Park in Braintree. The course featured several hills including a long climb at the end of each lap and was on slippy muddy grassland and trials. First to compete in…

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Ware Cup Loughton 11th December 2021 Loughton AC hosted the annual Ware Cup championship at Roding Valley on 11 December 2021.  Although late notice of the event meant that usual entrants from IAC were depleted, three athletes from IAC made the journey to compete. A challenging course of 4.8 miles of undulating ground soft with…

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ESSEX U13, U15 AND VETERANS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP Writtle College Saturday 4 December The Essex Cross Country Championships for U13’s, U15’s and athletes over 40 took place at Writtle college on Saturday  In the Junior races Ilford had one entrant in both the junior boys races. The first race of the day was held over a…

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British Athletes cross country challenge, inc. European trials. Liverpool Saturday 27th November Two of Ilfords athletes took the long journey to Liverpool for the British Athletics Cross Country challenge, which was being used as Cross Country European trials, a major event in the Cross Country calendar. Mungo Prior was first up in the u/20 race,…

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Evensplit 5k Friday 19th November   Friday night saw Jak Wright open his winter season with the EvenSplit 5k in York, representing Ilford up north. Despite the wind Jak ran a new PB of 16:03, an improvement of 17 seconds from his previous best, placing 8th overall and 3rd from the University of York. London…

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STEBBING 10 Sunday 14 November The Stebbing 10 took place over a rolling course from the picturesque village of Stebbing on an unseasonably mild November morning.. The race started just after 11 o’clock and a short Remembrance Sunday service. It was a good day for Ilford Ac with 7 Essex medals and 6 personal best…

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Interclub Vets Race Loughton Saturday 6th November Four male vets ventured across town to the home of Loughton AC to compete in their annual Interclub vets race at Loughton. Reigning male team champions IAC were slightly depleted in numbers due to very late notification of the event being received but they equipped themselves well finishing…

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ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Saturday 30 October Writtle College, Chelmsford The second round of this season’s Essex Cross-country League was held at Writtle College on the outskirts of Chelmsford On Saturday and there was a strong turn out from all 24 clubs in the league. The course was a flat grassland lap which was a little…

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CHINGFORD LEAGUE Olympic Velopark Wednesday 20 October The third fixture in this winter’s Chingford League was held at the floodlit Olympic Velopark in the Queen Elizabeth Park at Stratford . The 5km race was just over 3 laps of the fast circuit and Ilford AC had teams in both the mens’ and ladies’ events. The…

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Chelmsford Marathon incorporating The Essex County Marathon Championships Sunday 17th October On Sunday a Dynamic Duo of Ilford AC athletes had a very successful morning of racing at the Chelmsford Marathon which incorporated The Essex County Marathon Championships. The race of over 550 athletes was held On a One Lap Course starting at Chelmsford City…

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Manchester Marathon / Half Marathon Sunday 10th October Three runners from Ilford AC travelled North to take part in the Manchester Full and Half Marathons. The Marathon, the 2nd largest in the country, started and finished outside Old Trafford Cricket Ground and is run over a fast course. Carlie Qirem represented the club in this…

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London Marathon Sunday 3 October The London Marathon returned to the streets of London after an absence of 2 1/2 years and Ilford AC had 8 runners among the 38500 finishers and a small army of volunteers handing out Lucozade at Mile 9.. Sam Rahman had a steady controlled run after having some foot problems…

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Essex League Hockley Saturday 27 September The Essex Cross Country League for this winter made an early start last Saturday at Hockley. Ilford Ac were well represented and had another good afternoon of racing. Due to a lack of available officials no times were recorded. The course was on grassland land and trials with a…

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Chingford League 5k Redbridge Cycle Track 18th 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 1st place in…

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Orion Harriers Forest 5 Series – Race 3 Epping Forest Saturday 4th September The Orion Harriers Forest 5 was held on Saturday over a 5 mile challenging lap on the trails around Epping Forest at Chingford. Of the 89 starters, 3 runners represented Ilford AC. Leading the way was Stephen Philcox finishing in 5th place…

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GREAT NIGHT FOR ILFORD JUNIORS Watford Open Track meeting Watford Wednesday 25th August Ilford juniors had a great night at the recent Watford Harriers Open Meeting, with 6  entrants in the 1500 and 1 in the 400m.  First up was Oliver Blainey in the 400m, running a PB of 52.99! a great achievement in his…

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Forest Five (ELvIS) Epping Forest Saturday 21st August   The latest round of the ELvIS summer league was held over a challenging 5 mile loop in Epping Forest. With the race during the summer holiday season the turnout was lower than usual with Ilford AC entering a squad of 18 who produced a set of…

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TRACK Southern League Race 3  Ilford competed in the penultimate Southern league match of the season and a number of outstanding performances were achieved, with Ilford coming a credible fourth position  It’s difficult to define the best performance of the day as Ilfords young sprinters and middle distance runners were outstanding. Starting with the sprints…

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England U15 Championships Manchester 7th August  Ilford AC’s Joseph Grange 14  travelled to Manchester last Saturday for the English national track championships. Joseph ran in his preferred distance the 3000m. Joseph’s dad says: Joseph came 7th he tried so hard as he always does. Joseph’s training partner and brother Jak says: Joseph ran the race…

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Essex Championships 31st July/1st August Ilford had a successful day at the rescheduled Essex championships last weekend, these championships usually take place in early May, but due to covid were moved to August. Ilford came away with  16 Medals, of which 5 were Gold, 6 Silver and 5 Bronze Day 1  The first Gold medal…

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HAVERING 5 Raphaels Park Tuesday 20 July On a humid evening in Raphaels Park, Romford the 3rd match of this summers ELvIS competition was held over a two lap course around the park. Ilford AC were once again in form producing a good set of results The Ilford men were led home by the usual…

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