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  • Press Report 1st April 2025

    Press Report 1st April 2025

    WORLD INDOOR MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP Gainesville, USA Saturday 30 March The World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships have continued throughout the week inside the  Alachua County Sports & Events Center in Gainesville Florida On Saturday morning the 10km road race took place on the streets around the stadium. The race was over 2 fast flat laps

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  • Press Report 25th March 2025

    Press Report 25th March 2025

    Orion 15 Two Ilford AC Vets made the trip to Epping Forest for a crack at the Orion 15 hosted by our friendly neighbours Orion Harriers.  Seb Parris and Diarmuid Mac Donnell took to the trails on Saturday morning for the gruelling multi-terrain race which promised muddy puddles, log obstacles and 1450 ft of elevation

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  • Press Report 18th March 2025

    Press Report 18th March 2025

    ESSEX 20 MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS Carver Barracks, Saffron Walden Sunday 16 March The Essex 20 mile Championships was held at the disused airfield at the Carver Barracks in Saffron Walden. The race was over 5 fast 4 mile laps around the perimeter and included an open event, which attracted many entries from those preparing for the

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  • Press Report 11th March 2025

    Press Report 11th March 2025

    CHINGFORD LEAGUE RELAYS Wanstead Flats Sat 8th March SENIORS The final cross-country fixture of the winter was held at Wanstead Flats on a bright spring morning. The race is over 4 legs of a 3000m course around the edge of the Flats. Ilford AC entered 4 senior men’s teams and one ladies quartet The Ilford

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  • Press Report 4th March 2025

    Press Report 4th March 2025

    Essex/Eastern Indoor County Championships Lee Valley Stadium, Ilford SENIORS The first of the Senior Athletes to compete on day 1 of the Championships last weekend was Jordon Duncan in the Senior men’s 60m, Jordon placed second in his heat in a season best time of 7.30. In the final Jordon was 6th in another season

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  • Press Report 25th February 2025

    Press Report 25th February 2025

    ENGLISH NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Parliament Hill Fields The English Cross-Country Championships returned to Parliament Hill Fields, the Wembley of the sport, and was run over the traditional challenging course which was made even more tricky and muddy by some heavy rain earlier in the day. The club had 4 athletes competing in the younger age

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  • Press Report 18th February 2025

    Press Report 18th February 2025

    Essex Cross Country League – Hockley Juniors Ilford AC had a small turnout of four younger athletes for the final fixture of the season at muddy and wet Hockley but all performed well. Competing in the U11 race, over a distance of 1.5k was Danilo Reina for his fourth appearance of the season. Danilo had

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  • Press Report 11th February 2025

    Press Report 11th February 2025

    ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Apex Playing Fields, Hockley Saturday 8 February The final match in this winter’s Essex Cross-Country League at the Apex Playing Fields in Hockley over an extremely muddy course which also featured hills and water hazards. It was a good day for the senior ladies of Ilford AC who won this fixture and

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  • Press Report 4th February 2025

    Press Report 4th February 2025

    CHINGFORD LEAGUE 5 Miles Victoria Park Saturday 1 February The final individual event of this winter’s Chingford League took place on a revised course  of one small lap and 2 longer ones rather than the traditional figure of eight course in the park. Ilford AC had a team of 29 take part in the event

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  • Press Report 28th January 2025

    Press Report 28th January 2025

    SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Ilford AC sent a small team to this yearly championship again held at Beckenham Place Park The club had two competitors in the U17 men’s 6k. Samuel Crane had the highest finish for the club on the day in 97th place in a time of 22 mins 08 secs. He

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  • Press Report 21st January 2025

    Press Report 21st January 2025

    Chingford League Epping Forest Saturday 18th January 2025 SENIORS The latest round of the Chingford League was held over a muddy, hilly course in Epping Forest and Ilford AC fielded a squad of 13 athletes in the senior races, which were over a distance of 8km. Leading home the men’s team was Manuel Vigo in

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  • Press Report 14th January 2025

    Press Report 14th January 2025

    Metropolitan Cross Country League Welwyn Garden City Formed in 1966, the Metropolitan League is one of the oldest Cross Country leagues in the country. Last weekend’s race was the 4th this season in the league and was held at Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City.  In sub zero temperatures, 2 Ilford AC athletes represented the club.

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  • Graham Williams RIP

    Graham Williams RIP

    John Batchelor informs us:- I have just received a call from Karen, daughter of Graham Williams, that Graham passed away on 29th December.  Graham was 84 and had spent the last year in a care home suffering from dementia and the after effects of two broken hips. Graham was one of six brothers, five of

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  • Press Report 7th January 2025

    Press Report 7th January 2025

    ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Basildon Saturday 4 January The Essex Cross Country Championships were held in Gloucester Park, Basildon once again. In the Under 13s boys race, held over a challenging 3.1k course,  both Khalif Ali, 35th in 13 mins 43 secs, and Elias Furreedan, 54th 15 mins 41 secs, struggled on the hills but should

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  • Press Report 31st December 2024

    Press Report 31st December 2024

    Ilford AC’s 101st year concluded with 2 of the clubs longest running(excuse the pun) events, the Boxing day handicap which is 15 years old, and the 10m Cross Country Championships which has been part of the clubs running calendar since the early 1950’s Ilford AC Boxing Day Handicap Hainault Forest 26th December 2023 A field

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  • Ilford AC 10 mile XC results

    Ilford AC 10 mile XC results

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  • Press Report 23rd December 2024

    Press Report 23rd December 2024

    Ware Cup Loughton SENIORS The Annual Ware Cup, hosted by Loughton AC was held at Roding Valley Recreation ground last Saturday. Following recent heavy rainfall the 7.8k course was very wet and muddy, and in some areas runners were running through puddles almost knee deep. Despite the conditions Ilford AC had 5 athletes battling the

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  • Press Report 17th December 2024

    Press Report 17th December 2024

    ESSEX MASTERS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP Epping Forest The Essex Cross-Country Championships for Masters Athletes, runners over 40, was held in Epping Forest near Chingford. The event was over a very wet and muddy 2 lap course of 8km. Ilford AC had 19 entrants across the age categories and won 3 individual and 3 team medals. The

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  • Press Report 10th December 2024

    Press Report 10th December 2024

    BRITISH MASTERS 5 km CHAMPIONSHIP Battersea Park  The British Masters 5 km Championship was held over the fast flat Battersea Park course for the 3rd consecutive year. On a cloudy damp morning Ilford AC had 8 competitors in action in a field of over 225. The race was won by Adam Baker of Leeds City

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  • Press Report 3rd December 2024

    Press Report 3rd December 2024

    ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE (Round 4) Writtle The fourth round of the Essex Cross-Country League was held at Writtle University near Chelmsford on an overcast afternoon . The event was over flat grassland courses which made for good racing. The senior ladies race was over around 7km and the Ilford AC Ladies were led home by

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  • Press Report 26th November 2024

    Press Report 26th November 2024

    Ilford AC are delighted that the Redbridge planning office took the right and sensible decision to refuse the application to install an all weather football pitch at Cricklefields ATHLETICS Stadium. This ensures the future of Ilford AC being able to offer a full programme of all athletics events to the local young athletes in the

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  • Press Report 19th November 2024

    Press Report 19th November 2024

    ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE Hilly Fields, Colchester The third round of this season’s Essex League was held of the appropriately named Hill Fields on the edge of Colchester  Ilford AC had 15 senior men and 5 senior women competing, which considering the location and proximity to Christmas represented a good turn out for the club.

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  • Press Report 12th November 2024

    Press Report 12th November 2024

    SENIORS STEBBING 10 (Miles) The Stebbing 10 took place over a rolling course from the picturesque village of Stebbing on an unseasonably mild November morning and is always held on Remembrance Sunday. This year the race incorporated the Essex Championships Starting  just after 11 o’clock, there is a short Remembrance service before the race. Ilford

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  • Ilford AC Press Report 5th November 2024

    Ilford AC Press Report 5th November 2024

    CHINGFORD LEAGUE Eastbrook End Country Park The second round of this winter’s Chingford League was held on Saturday over a new 2 lap twisty hilly course around the EastbrookEnd Country Park in Dagenham. The event attracted 285 entrants which was split into 2 divisions for both men and ladies. Ilford AC impressed despite only fielding

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  • Press Report 29th October 2024

    Press Report 29th October 2024

    ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Gloucester Park, Basildon Saturday 26 October The second round of the Essex Cross-Country League was held over the usual challenging course in Gloucester Park Basildon using a 3km lap which featured two stiff climbs. There was a good turnout from Ilford AC with encouraging results The Senior Ladies race was over a

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