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SCVAC Match 4 – Monday 8th July 2013

The Ilford Vets Track and Field team travelled to Hemel Hempstead for the fourth and final leg of the season on Monday 8 July. The evening started with the 2000m walk where Dave Ainsworth competed in the A string finishing fourth in 14.16.5. Francisco Reis competing in the 50 plus category dominated the event finishing…
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Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 14th July 2013

Felsted 10km The summer of success continued for Ilford AC on a hot sunny Sunday morning in the Essex 10km road Championship which was held on a rolling rural course around the Essex village of Felsted. The 11am start time did not help the field of over 400, which include 16 runners from Ilford AC,…
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Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 7th July 2013

NEWMAN HILLY 5 – 3RD JULY 2013 On a warm muggy Wednesday evening Ilford AC staged the annual Newman Hilly 5 race on the trials of Hainault, which commemorates the life of Newman Sargent, an Ilford AC member, who died tragically young of cancer in 2002. The club did him proud providing both individual winners…
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Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 23rd June 2013

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE At last weekend’s Youth Development League Usamah Patel & training partner Harry Martin both returning from injury gave solid performances in the U15 1500m . Conditions were very windy & a tactical race ensued which saw Usamah snatch 2nd place in the A string race recording 4:37.2. whilst Harry repeated this in…
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Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 23rd June 2013

VAC 5 mile road Championship – Tuesday 18th June A group of 4 form Ilford AC travelled to London’s Battersea park for the Veterans Athletic Club , which is only open to runners over 35 years, 5 mile road championship. The race is held on the roads in park on a fast flat course but…
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Press Report Week Ending Sunday 16th June 2013

Havering 90 Midweek 5km It was another good evening for Ilford AC at Harrow Lodge Park last Tuesday evening at round 3 of this summers East London fiVe Interclub Series (ELvIS). The race was over 5km on a grassland course around the park which made for slower times than on a road circuit. The club…
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Essex Track and Field Championships Days 1,2 &3 2013

SWEET SUCCESS FOR ILFORD ATHLETES AT ESSEX CHAMPS On the 6th, 25th and 26th May, Ilford athletes displayed their months of hard training with some excellent performances at the Essex County Championships Day 1, 2 and 3. The Essex County Championships Day 1 commenced on the 6th May at Thurrock Stadium, which saw the Ilford…
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Ilford AC Press Report – Week Ending 9th June

Round Up of the Week The endurance runners of Ilford AC have been in action at a range of venues throughout London and Essex this week. Great Easton 5 mile road race, near Great Dunmow, on Sunday 9th June Two Ilford AC runners Terry Knightley and Spencer Hempsted boldly took on the hilly challenges of…
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Essex Track and Field Champs Results

Results can be found on the Essex Track and Field website. http://www.essexathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Results-Days-2-3-27.05.13.pdf
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Ilford Athletic Club Press Report

Orion Forest Five – ELVIS Race 2 On a fine Saturday morning over 230 entrants gathered for this five mile off-road race through Epping Forest, the second round of the East London Interclub five Series (ELVIS). Ilford AC put out a team of 23 and had a highly successful morning sweeping the team awards and…
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Press Report – Dagenham 88 5k – Elvis Leg1

A massive turnout of 29 runners from Ilford Athletic club stormed the trails of Eastbrook End Country Park on Wednesday evening over a 5k course comprising 3 laps set by host club Dagenham 88 Runners. At least I counted 29 going out but only 27 came back – poor ol’ Frank got shot down, and…
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Road Running Press Report – 29th May 2013

Hatfield Broad Oak 10km There were 14 runners from Ilford AC in Bank Holiday action in the Hatfield Broad Oak 10km over a rural gently undulating course in warm sunshine. The race was a sell out with 1500 entrants. Spencer Hempstead led the Ilford challenge with an excellent 10th place in 34 mins 32 secs,…
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Ilford AC Press Report – SCVAC Match 2

SCVAC Match 2 The Vets team took to the track and field for match 2 on Monday 20 May at Lee Valley. Malcolm Muir and Stephen Philcox pushed each other all the way in the 800m to place third and first in A and B string in times of 2.13.9 and 2.14.6 respectively, with Stephen…
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Ilford AC Press Report – Great Baddow 10m

Great Baddow 10 miles There were 3 Ilford members in the Great Baddow 10 mile race run on a rural course around the village in good conditions. Spencer Hempstead put in a strong performance to come home 5th in a large field of around 750 in 56m 47s. He was joined in the race by…
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Report for Vets League 29th April 2013.

A sunny evening at Lee Valley was the venue for the first match of the season for the Vets team. The evening started on the track with the 100m. Henry Ricketts finished 5th in 13.1 and Peter Clinch also placed 5th in 13.2 in the A and B string. Edward Skinner in his first outing…
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Halstead Marathon (including Essex County Championship) -12th May 2013

HALSTEAD MARATHON (including ESSEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP) Ilford AC bring home Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Essex County Marathon Championships On Sunday 12th May three Ilford AC men bravely took on the challenge of the 19th Halstead And Essex Marathon in bright, but windy conditions. In what is described as the UK’s most picturesque Marathon…
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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE & ESSEX TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 6TH MAY – DAY 1

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE This is a newly formed league for 2013 where Ilford & Woodford Green & Essex ladies have formed a composite team covering the U/13 to U/20 age groups. Ilfords Jack Maher, 15, opened his account for the season with a 3rd place in the 1500 in 4:34.Tom King, 16, returning after a…
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Ilford Athletic Club Press Report – VLM

London Marathon The recent good form of the endurance runners of ILFORD AC continued on Sunday in the London Marathon. On a warm sunny morning the 10 club members ran the 26.2 mile course from Blackheath to Westminster and were led home by Robin McNelis who came home in 2hrs 52mins 53 secs in 692nd…
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Virgin London Marathon Results 21st April 2013

Well done to all our finishers 😆 Virgin London Marathon 2013 results: Club, Charity and Ballot 9 Results | Club: ilford | Split: Finish time Place overall Place gender Place category Name Club Runner no Category HALF Finish time 601 586 71 » WOTTON, KEVIN M (GBR) BARKING … 32935 45-49 01:24:45 02:51:22 692…
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SCVC Match 1

Hi all, Just a reminder that the first match is scheduled for Monday 29 April at Lee Valley with the first event scheduled for 6:30. Grateful if you could let me know if you are coming and your preferred event. Please feel free to share as I am bound to have missed someone. Regards Henry…
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Ilford AC Press Report for 07/04/2013

BRAINTREE “ESSEX” 5 – SUNDAY 7TH APRIL There was a large party of 19 runners from Ilford AC taking part in last Sunday’s Braintree 5 mile road race, which incorporated the Essex Championship. It was an excellent day for the club winning 6 Essex medals, including a number of fine performances. The race was over…
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Ilford AC Walking Section Press Report 9th April 2013

GOOD SEND OFF Ilford’s FRANCISCO REIS was a convincing winner of Sunday afternoon’s representative 2,000 metres walk at Lee Valley’s Indoor Arena. It was the last domestic indoor walk of this season at Lee Valley and Reis dominated it as he’d so done in all previous appearances. Representing the South he sped away from his…
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Friday 29th March – Last Friday 5k Hyde Park

Five athletes from Ilford braved the cold and windy conditions on Good Friday to take part in the Last Friday 5k, this event is held every month and usually attracts fields of over 200 runners who fancy a race in their lunch hour. Although numbers were slightly down this month the quality of the field…
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The End of the Pier Show (For Ilford AC Walkers)

Well done to Estuary-based members Olly Browne & Steve Allen who, together with local unattached walker Sheila Fitzpatrick, set a new distance record for the annual Southend-on-Sea Pier charity walk on Easter Sunday. The previous record of 18 miles (held by Olly) was smashed as the hardy trio completed 23-and-a-half miles in conditions which saw…
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Physical Shield Road Relay Loughton Tuesday 26th March 2013

PHYSICAL SHIELD RELAY – LOUGHTON The Warriors of Time endurance training squad of Ilford AC travelled to Loughton for a midweek relay event on a cold Tuesday evening. The Physical Shield Relay is a long standing event and is currently run over 4 legs of a hilly residential course. each leg being 2 laps of…
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