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Press Report 3rd November 2020

EUROPEAN MASTERS ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP Funchal, Madeira 29-31 October 2020 The European Masters Road Running Championships took place in Funchal on the Island of Madeira in sunny conditions. The Championships were postponed from March due to Coronavirus and the restaging was with a reduced attendance than is normal for these championships. The British team totalled…
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Press Report 26th October 2020

CHINGFORD LEAGUE Epping Forest Saturday 24 October The first match of this winter’s Chingford League took place in Epping Forest on Saturday and was run under the Covid regulations. This necessitated that the men and women ran in separate races and the races were started in 12 separate waves, with each wave racing one minute…
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Tribute to Joe Mallott RIP

Joe Mallott It is my very sad duty to inform the club members of the passing of Joe Mallott, after a two year battle with cancer. Joe came to the club in the early 1970s. He was a marvellous athlete. In his first year of competition he reached the Inter-counties final for the high hurdles…
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Press Report 20th October 2020

Woodchurch 5 Mile Road Race Sunday 18th October 2020 With races in short supply at the present time, two intrepid Ilford AC athletes travelled to a small village near Tunbridge Wells in Kent for the second running of The Woodchurch 5 Miles Road Race. With a Covid friendly wave start involving a maximum number of…
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Press Report 6th October 2020

Open Meeting Jim Peters Stadium 3rd March 2020 With gale force winds and rain predicted for the weekend, not much was expected from the open Meeting at the Jim Peters stadium at Barking, last Saturday. However the young middle distance squad produced some great performances and achieved 8 personal bests Joseph Grange was the only…
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Senior Press Report 29th September 2020

SENIORS REPORT The Essex Way The Essex Way is a 10 stage relay race covering 81 miles through Essex from Epping to Harwich. The last leg finishing at the lighthouse in Harwich is traditionally well attended by Ilford AC members, many of whom have run previous legs, to cheer on the teams last runner. This…
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Youth Press Report 29th September 2020

YOUTH REPORT Harrow open track meeting Thursday 24th September 2020 Several of Ilford youngsters went to Harrow last Thursday, in what was a well organised open meeting of middle distance races. First up was recent recruit Rhys Edwards in the 800m, staying slightly off the pace and going through 800m in 61 seconds,…
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Martin Etchells RIP 1950-2020

ILFORD AC LOSS Former long serving Ilford AC Secretary Martin Etchells has passed on. Wrote our Essex County AA Chairman : Sad news that former Ilford Athletic Club road, cross-country & steeplechase stalwart, prime instigator of Sportshall athletics and past club General Secretary, Martin Etchells, passed away on Sunday 6th September. Believe that Martin had been battling…
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Press report 15th September 2020

Ilford Back on track Ilford AC Athletes are still scrambling about trying to find track races before Winter sets in 6th September Newham Sprints Meeting Wanya Williams and Efe Adjarho both ran 100m races, once again the conditions were very windy a certain times of the day. Wanya ran a wind assisted 11.57 and a…
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Press Report 7th September 2020

Back on Track With some covid restrictions being slightly lifted a few athletes have finally managed to get in a few races, here is a roundup of what’s been happening. First out of the blocks was Krystle Balogun who ran a 200m at Lee Valley on 16th August in a time of 27.52 A week…
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Press Report August 11th 2020

The Chelmsford ‘Mile of Miles’ which is normally held on the track was held this year in a completely different format due to the ongoing covid restrictions. The event was held at Writtle college on a multi terrain course which allowed for social distancing. The races were spread out over the course of five hours…
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Press Report 4th August 2020

Ilford AC 5K Champs Barking Park Saturday 1st August 2020 The Ilford AC 5k Champs were able to take place this year with careful planning, stringent risk assessments and a slight change of format. Whereas normally all athletes would have set off together and first past the post wins, this year’s event was held…
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Press Report 17th July 2020

The England Athletics 5k virtual road running Champs 2020 took place over the period of 11th – 13th July. 2 Ilford athletes took part in the event, which involved athletes from all around England, and they socially distanced by running 2 miles and 5 hours apart. First out of the blocks was Trevor Robinson…
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Press Report 6th July 2020

The Essex 6 – 12 stage relays are held every July in various Essex locations, however as with many races this year the event, although cancelled as a mass participation event, went ahead as a virtual event meaning Ilford AC could once again put themselves up against the best runners Essex had to offer The…
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Press Report 17th March 2020

Essex County Relay Championships Colchester 15th March 2020 A great day for Ilford senior men’s relay team Over 120 teams descended on Abbey fields in Colchester on Sunday morning for the annual running of the Essex Relay Open and Veteran Championships. Held in almost ideal conditions for running, Ilford AC ran out Gold medal winners…
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Press Report 10th March 2020

CAU Inter County Championships (Inc British Athletics Cross Challenge) Loughborough 7th March 2020 Six Ilford athletes had qualified to represent Essex in the UK inter county cross country championships held at Loughborough on Saturday, however due to injuries and University pressures only three were available to travel on the day. All three though performed well…
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Press Report 2nd March 2020

Essex 20 Rochford Sunday 1st March The Essex 20 mile championship was held on a sunny but breezy Sunday morning over a 3 lap course. There was a squad from Ilford Ac in action as part of their preparations for the forthcoming spring marathons. With an inter-counties match between 10 southern counties incorporated in the…
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Press Report 2nd March 2020

South East England Schools XC Sunday 1st March Representing his school, Coopers, Jak Wright ran in the u19s race in the South East England Schools XC at Harrow School. Over the testing 7k course, complete with mud, trail, water and hills, Jak managed to finish 8th in a time of 27:56. Jak started conservatively with…
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Press Report. 25th February 2020

National Cross Country Champs Nottingham 22nd February 2020 The National cross country championships, held by the English Cross Country Association was held at Wollaton Park, Nottingham, on Saturday. Pitting himself against the finest athletes in the country was Ilford’s sole entrant Trevor Robinson. Recent weather meant that the course was less than ideal, with even…
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Club AGM 2020

NB Due to the Coronavirus the AGM is now cancelled. Agenda for Cub 2020 AGM booked for 19th March at ISC Sports Hall Scan-127.pdf
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Press Report 17th February 2020

Barcelona Half Marathon Sunday 16th February The Barcelona Half Marathon is one of the biggest running events in Spain attracting close to 19,000 runners, one of whom was Ray ‘Sparra’ Everingham from Ilford AC running his second international running event in preparation for his first ever Marathon in London in April. Escaping ‘Storm Dennis’, which…
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Press Report 10th February 2020

Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Championships 2020 Lee Valley 8th – 9th February 2020 Ilford AC was represented very well by several athletes this weekend at the 2020 Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Lee Valley. First up was newcomer Rhys Ofori who won Gold in the U15 Boys 60m with a superb 7.26…
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Press Report 4th February 2020

Chingford League 5 miles Victoria Park Saturday 1st February The last match of the Chingford League for this winter was held on the fast flat road course in Victoria Park. On a breezy Saturday morning Ilford AC had 19 athletes in action, ten of whom finished with personal best times showing the club’s winter training…
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Press Report 28th January 2020

South of England AA Championships Parliament Hill 25th January 2020 Parliament Hill was the venue for last weekend’s South of England cross country championships. The recent heavy rain meant that is was going to a real energy sapping mud fest, a few athletes were even seen finishing with only one shoe on. For some of…
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Press Report 28th January 2020

South of England AA Championships Parliament Hill 25th January 2020 The penultimate race on the long day of Cross Country running was the Senior ladies. With the fields now well and truly churned up this was always going to be a tough race. However the 5 Ilford ladies equipped themselves very well over the…
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