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Harold Wood 5km (Elvis) Wednesday 31 July The latest round of the Summer League ELvIS competition was held over a demanding course at Poges Wood in Harold Wood. Ilford AC had a good entry of 24 runners. Leading the way was Gary Coombes in 6th spot with 17 mins 47 secs and the prize for

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SCVAC Match 4 (Southern Counties Veterans Athletic Club) Monday 22nd July The Men and Women’s team travelled to Hemel Hempstead to compete in the last match of the Herts and North Middlesex Vets. The Mens team were going into the match in first place knowing that a finish 3 places behind London Heathside would guarantee

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TRACK   SIAB Schools International Swansea 20th July 2019 Samuels wins on England debut Aaron Samuels of Ilford AC was picked by England to compete in the annual competition  against Scotland, Ireland & Wales, in Swansea last Saturday. This came as a result of his stunning win in the English Schools 1500m Steeplechase the previous

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TRACK Samuels storms home at English Schools championships   ESAA English Schools’ Championships Birmingham 13th July 2019 Ilford AC had 2 athletes compete in the prestigious English Schools athletics championships 2019, held at Birmingham. The English Schools is seen as competing at the highest level achievable at school level, as every top athlete in the

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Essex County Relay Champs Chelmsford Friday 28th June Ilford ACs Gold Rush at Essex Champs Relay Ilford entered 7 teams in the Essex Track relays at Chelmsford  last weekend and came home with a successful 4 Gold medal, 1 Silver medal and a Club Record. First up was the Senior men and Senior women sprinters

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SCVAC – Southern Counties vets track league Lee Valley Monday 24th June Match 3 of the Vets season was held at Lee Valley on the evening of the 24th June. The Men’s team triumphed for the third match in a row and go into the last match of the regular season in a great position.

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Olympic Park 5km – Elvis #3 Tuesday 19 June The third round of this summer’s ELvis competition took place over a twisty but fast two lap 5km course in the Olympic Park last Tuesday. It was a good race for Ilford AC with 40 entrants, 11 of whom recorded new personal best times. Leading the

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Southern Athletics League – Match 3 Parliament Hill, London Saturday 15th June Ilford made a short trip across town to Parliament Hill fields for their third Southern League fixture of the season, unfortunately the recent wind and rain prevailed so times were generally slow. Top performer on the men’s side was recent  new joiner Paul

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Havering 5 (ELvIS) Raphael Park Tuesday June 4th There was another impressive turn out of 24 runners from the endurance squad of Ilford AC in the second round of the summer 2018 ELvIS tournament, which also produced 7 pb’s over the distance. The event was two laps within Raphael park, Romford. Leading the way for

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Dagenham 88 5m – Elvis Series Race 1 Eastbrook End Country Park Wednesday 29th May The 2019 Elvis series (East London fiVes Interclub series) got off to a good start at Eastbrook End Country Park on an unseasonably chilly Wednesday Evening when Dagenham 88 hosted the first of this years 8 summer races on a

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Vitality Westminster Mile Sunday 26th May The Vitality Westminster Mile is the world’s biggest timed mile event, with over 9,100 runners setting over in 30 waves over many separate categories. The men’s race was won by Chris O’Hare in exactly 4 minutes, the fastest in the events 7 year history, whilst the women’s was won

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Southern Counties Vets Athletics Club (SCVAC) Lee Valley Sports Centre Monday 13th May The first match of the Vets season saw the Men’s team finish the evening in an excellent first place and the Ladies team achieving a creditable fifth. The match held on Monday 13th May at Lee Valley Sports Centre started with the

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Lee valley aquathlon Lee valley white water centre 7th may Seb parris ventured out to the London Olympics kayak venue on Tuesday evening.  A 500m 2 lap swim of the course in 13 degree calm waters followed by a 2 lap 5.5 km run around royal gunpowder mills park run course. Seb finished in 31.04

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ITU world multisport championship Pontevedra. Spain 2nd May After a previous run of good aquathlon (swim/run) results last year, Seb Parris was picked by British triathlon to represent the age group team in the recent international triathlon union’s world multisport championship taking place in northern Spain. Pontevedra played host due to being a training home

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LONDON MARATHON Sunday 28th April There were 12 runners from Ilford AC among the 42438 finishers in last Sunday‘s London Marathon won by Eluid Kipchoge in a fast 2 hrs 2 mins 39 secs. Best for the club was Amin Kolkai who finished 200th in 2 hrs 35 mins 06 secs and placed him 10th in

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BOSTON MARATHON Monday 15 April The early morning storm past over the 135th Boston Marathon course and at the start the weather conditions were good, warm with a slight tail breeze for this point to point race for Hopkinton to the centre of the city of Boston. Nicola Hopkinson of Ilford AC was among the

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Southern Athletics League Watford Saturday 13th April. The first Southern Track League competition took place at Watford on Saturday produced some stunning performances and team spirit. Ilford ended up second overall, which is the best performance for many year and gives us confidence that Ilford are going to have a good year on the track.

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Rome Marathon Sunday April 7th The endurance team from Ilford AC opened their spring marathon season last Sunday. First at the start was Sam Rahman who took to the streets of Rome for the 25th staging of their city marathon. The route passes many historical buildings including the Colosseum and the Vatican but there are

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World Masters Championships Torun, Poland 24th – 30th March 2019 On the Wednesday of the World Masters Indoor and Road Championship the 10km road race was held. On a bright, sunny but chilly morning the competitors headed out on a fast out and back course. Ilford AC had three ladies wearing the British kit in

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World Masters Championships Torun, Poland 24th – 30th March 2019 A small squad of runners have travelled out to ‘The 8th World Indoor and road championships’ being held in Torun, Poland, and on the very first day of action Ilford AC picked up a bronze medal. Pam Jones who is representing Great Britain ran the

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Essex Road Relays Harwich Saturday 16th March 2019 Over 110 teams descended on the quiet sleepy town of Harwich on Saturday morning for the annual running of the Essex Relay Open and Veteran Championships. Conditions were very challenging with strong coastal winds that were particularly harsh for the runners on the second half of the

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British Masters Cross Country Championships Belfast March 9th 2019 The British masters cross country championships returned to Northern Ireland for the first time in 9 years. The race was held on a 2km grass loop on the rolling grounds of the storming estate. Julia Galea of Ilford AC took part in the 3lap 6km ladies

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Essex 20 mile Championship Rochford Sunday 3 March The Essex 20 mile championships returned to Rochford for the first time in 12 years and a squad of 10 from the endurance group at Ilford AC entered as preparations for forthcoming spring marathons. On a drizzly blustery day the conditions were not ideal but the team

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