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Press Report 19th February 2108

Chase the Moon 5k & 10k Olympic Park, Stratford Wednesday 14th February It was a cold and wet night last Wednesday as 600 athletes gathered at the Olympic Park for their one true love on Valentines night – running. Ilfords Carol Muir was the sole Ilford runner on the night. Carol chose to race the
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Press Report February 13th 2018

ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE Gloucester Park Basildon Saturday 10 February After a few days of rain it was a very muddy course that greeted the runners for the final Essex League fixture of the season at Basildon on Saturday. This was a real cross country test, with repeated ascents and descents in the mud. First
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Press Report February 13th 2018

ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE Gloucester Park Basildon Saturday 10 February Ilford had a good day on Saturday at the final fixture in the this winters Essex League with the senior ladies regaining their place in the top division and the senior men finishing 3rd in their match on a muddy Basildon course which took in several climbs
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Press Report 5th February 2018

JUNIORS – INDOOR ATHLETICS Essex Indoor Championships Lee Valley 3rd / 4th February A fine weekend of performance from Ilford’s young athletes was started off with a fine 4th place by newcomer Jordan Akinpelu in the U20M Long Jump. Having been with the club for just a few months he has progressed rapidly and will be
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Press Report 5th February 2018

SENIORS – ROAD RUNNING Great Bentley Half Marathon Sunday 4th February The Great Bentley Half Marathon is a flat scenic run along country lanes. It is however very exposed and tends to be pretty windy – and this Sunday’s race was no exception. Ilford athlete John Crawley had been targeting this race for a while,
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Press Report. 29th January 2018

South of England XC Championships Stanmer Park, Brighton Saturday 27th January The South of England Cross-Country Championship was held at Stanmer Park Brighton on a cold, wet day on a muddy course which was very slippery as the mud had a solid base of hard chalk underneath. Along with the Youngsters a few seniors also
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Press Report. 29th January 2018

South of England XC Championships Stanmer Park, Brighton Saturday 27th January The South of England Cross-Country Championship was held at Stanmer Park Brighton on a cold, wet day on a muddy course which was very slippery as the mud had a solid base of hard chalk underneath. Ilford took a small team of young athletes
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Press Report 22nd January 2018

SENIORS FARNBOROUGH HALF MARATHON Sunday 22 January This years Farnborough half marathon was held on a cold morning in falling snow. The race, interestingly, starts and finishes in a disused airship hanger and runs a relatively flat course around the outside of the airport. Carlie Qirem of Ilford AC showed that her winter training is
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Press Report 22nd January 2018

ESSEX SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 21st January A very cold and wet day greeted the Ilford youngsters at Chelmsford on Saturday for the Essex Schools Championships. First up was Matthew Hick who after a great run the week before got a late call up to the Havering team. It was always going to be tough going
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Press Report 15th January 2018

ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE MATCH 3 Writtle Saturday 13 January The third leg of this winters Essex League was held in the grounds of Writtle College near Chelmsford. The course was mainly soft grass which caused some runners problems in the sticky muddy sections. The senior ladies race was over 6 km and leading the challenge
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Press Report 15th January 2018

South of England AA Indoor Championships Lee Valley 13th / 14th January Three Ilford athletes competed in the South of England champs at the weekend. Opening their account for the first race of indoor season was Alex Richards in the 800m Heats in 1:59:66 with Jack Mahler recording 52:87 in the 400m Heats and ever
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Press Report. 8th January 2018

ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP Great Notley Country Park, Braintree Saturday 6 January The Essex Cross-Country Championship was held on a chilly afternoon at Great Notley Country Park on Saturday on a traditional country course which the melting overnight frost producing a sticky muddy surface. The Senior Men raced over a 3 lap 12km course and the Ilford AC
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Press Report. 8th January 2018

South of England Indoor Athletics Championships Lee Valley 6th/7th January Ilford AC were represented by two lone competitors in Mario Dobrescu and Daniel Popoola at the South of England Indoor Athletics Championships at Lee Valley (weekend of the 6th/7th January). Both competed in the 60m and 200m sprints with Dobrescu in the U15 Boys and Popoola
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Ilford AC Press Report. Monday 1st January 2018

Ilford AC Boxing Day Handicap Hainault Forest December 26th 2017 A record field of 23 brushed off the Turkey and Christmas hangover’s to toe the line for the 9th annual Ilford AC Boxing day handicap. The overnight rain had turned the course into the usual swamp and choice of footwear was completely irrelevant. The idea
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Press Report 23rd December 2017

Ilford Christmas Relay Cricklefields Stadium Tuesday 19 December The annual Ilford AC Christmas relay took place at their home track at Cricklefields Stadium. The clubs junior and senior endurance run were randomly selected into teams of three for this 19 lap event. The race is run as a relay with runners dipping in and out
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Press Report 18th December 2017

CHASE THE MOON 10K London Olympic Park On a cold crisp evening Ilford AC runner Anna Crawley took part in a ‘Chase the moon event’ over at the Olympic park on Wednesday, along with about 15 other people from her work. Anna, who is new to the club, had only done one official 10k before
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Press Report. 11th December 2017

Ware Cup Saturday 9th December Loughton The annual Ware Cup cross-country match was held on a bright but cold Saturday morning at Loughton. The race of 8 km was over a mainly grassland course and Sam Rahman led home the Ilford AC challenge in 21st spot with a good time of 30 mins 27 secs. Next home
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Ilford AC Juniors Press Report. 4th December 2017

Essex Veterans & Junior Cross Country Championships Saturday 2nd December Writtle College A small Number of Ilford AC youngsters travelled to the Essex u13s and U15s X Country Champs at Whittle on Saturday. Ilford ACs Aaron Samuel has had a great X country season so far and In the last 2 weeks has won the
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Ilford AC Press Report. December 4th 2017

Essex Veterans & Junior Cross Country Championships Saturday 2nd December Writtle College SENIORS The Essex Cross-Country Championships for Veteran and junior athletes was held at Writtle College last Saturday. The veteran races were held over an interesting and challenging 8k course. A stream crossing, a steeply banked lake and the first truly muddy course of
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Junior Press Report 28th November 2017

ILFORD AC JUNIORS REPORT. NOVEMBER 28th 2017 Ilford young athletes raced at two venues this weekend, four athletes went to the second Essex League match at Hockley, whilst the other two represented their school in the English schools cup. Freezing cold conditions met the athletes at Hockley, however by the time the races got underway the frost
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Press Report. 28th November 2017

ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE ROUND 2 HOCKLEY 25th November 2017 Despite it being a bitterly cold morning in Hockley, Ilford AC put out 32 runners for Round 2 of the Essex Cross Country league. Despite the cold, the 2 lap hilly course was a dry one. The ladies team, battling for promotion back to Division
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Press Report 20th November 2017

London Youth Games Championship Parliament Hill Saturday 18th November Ilford young athletes continued their cross country season by representing their boroughs at the London Youth Games championship held at Parliament Hill fields last Saturday. Ilford had three runners representing Redbridge, two representing Havering and one Barking and Dagenham. First up were the U15 boys in
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Ilford AC Press Report. 20th November 2017

London Cross Country Champs 8.8k Parliament Hill Saturday 18th November Ilford had just one runner in the senior mens race, Tom Gardner, in a field of about 500 he put in a solid run for 47th place in 37:23 Hertfordshire Half Marathon Knebworth House Sunday 19th November. The Hertfordshire Half Marathon starts and ends
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Ilford AC Press Report. 13th November 2017

New York City Marathon Sunday 5th November Last weekend Nicola Hopkinson of Ilford AC crossed the Atlantic to run the New York City Marathon. This classic event starts on Staten Island and runs through all 5 New York boroughs before finishing in Central park on Manhattan Island. Nicola ran a well judge race reaching half way in
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Ilford AC Press Report 7th November 2017

Inter Club Vets Match (5 miles) Loughton 4 November 2017 The annual match for masters athletes took part at the Roding Valley Country Park last Saturday with Ilford AC entering teams in both mens and ladies matches. Steve Philcox led the way for the club with an excellent run to come home in second place
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