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Ilford AC Athletes Shine at the Chicago Marathon Chicago Marathon Ilford AC made a strong showing at the 46th edition of the Chicago Marathon, one of the world’s largest marathons with over 52,000 finishers. The race, part of the World Marathon Majors, saw three Ilford AC athletes take on the notoriously fast course, with impressive

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Essex Cross Country Relays Champs Brentwood Saturday 12th October On a very hilly course in Weald Park the Ilford teams excelled themselves., with 4 teams entered we brought home 4 Essex County medals. Starting the day, over the 2 lap, 6k hilly course were the Female V60 team. Julia Galea was first off in 41:45

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Essex Cross Country League Hainault Forest Saturday 5th October 2024 The 2024/25 cross country season started on a sunny afternoon at Hainault Forest over Ilford’s usual tough course which featured a couple of muddy sections. Ilford AC had a good turnout of 13 young athletes and twenty Seniors for the first league fixture. For the

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Vitality London 10k Last weekend over 15,000 runners took to the streets of our capital city, for the iconic Vitality London 10k. Included in the line up were 7 runners representing Ilford AC The race starts on the Mall, takes in such landmarks as Trafalgar Square, St Pauls, Horse Guards parade and Parliament Square before

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National Cross Country Championship Shropshire The 2024 National Cross Country Championships were held this year at Weston Park Shropshire. The men’s race consisted of a really tough, hilly 3 x 4k laps. Only one Ilford athlete was prepared to put themselves up against the best cross country runners in the Uk, and that was Jim

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PLESHEY HALF MARATHON (Incorporating the Essex Championship) The Essex Half Marathon Championship was held in conjunction with the Pleshey half marathon for the 11th consecutive year. The race from the village green in the picturesque village is held over rural roads on a rolling course and was held in warm conditions. Ilford AC had 10

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Southern Counties Veterans Athletic Club Final Last Saturday, the Ilford Vets team travelled to Oxford for the 7 team finals day against the other divisional winners. The day was going to be a test with a small team and athletes having to come down age groups to cover the middle distance events. Sam Malekout had

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The Essex Way Relay 2024 The Essex Way relay is held on the first Sunday in September every year and covers 82 miles of ancient trails, footpaths, and countryside across Essex starting from Epping Station at 8am and finishing after 6pm at the Harwich Old Lighthouse in a 10 stage relay. This is one of

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Southern Athletics League 4 (SAL) 16/08/24 Going into the final league match of the season Ilford AC were at real risk of relegation. The whole club came together from first year under 17s to seasoned veterans to pull off a brilliant result of equal 4th place on the day which meant that we stayed in

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Ingatestone 5 Sunday 18th August The Ingatestone 5 as an annual charity race, raising money for Ingatestone Boys Club. The race was founded by Ilford Legend Howard Williams. Howard sadly passed away in 2017 but Ilford AC have maintained strong links with the race by providing a team  to administer the on the day entries

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Essex 5k Championships Colchester A contingent of 7 Ilford men made the journey to Colchester on the evening of 9th August, to compete in the “Friday Night 5K” which also incorporated the Essex County Championship over that distance.  The races were spread out over 5 separate races, based on expected finishing times, culminating in the

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Harold Wood 5km Elvis Wednesday 1 August The latest round of the Elvis competition was held on a hot humid evening over a challenging 5km course around Harold Wood Park and the adjoining Poges Wood. Ilford AC had a squad of 18 in the event and they were led home in an excellent 7th place

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EYAL 21/07/24 StoneX Stadium Barnet A record number of 46 Junior Athletes competed for Ilford AC at the final Eastern Young Athletes League fixture which took place at the impressive home of Shaftesbury Barnet, producing an incredible 48 personal best performances Pick of the performances were wins for Damian Amaniampong (23.78) and Justice Okereke (24.25)

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U15 Boys ‘Club Connect Relays’ London Olympic Stadium Ilford ACs U15 Boys had the honour of competing in the final of the 4 a 100m relays at the Club Connect Relays Championships, part of the Diamond League Event at the London Olympic Stadium last weekend. Matthew Ayers on the first leg got off to a

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Newman Hilly 5 (Elvis) Hainault Forest Wednesday 10th July   The Annual Ilford Hilly 5-mile cross country race, incorporating round 4 of the Summer Elvis League, was held at Hainault Forest on a warm Wednesday evening. This year, following a 2 year break for refurbishment works, the race returned to its traditional route starting in

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Essex Relay Championships Southend Sunday 7th July The Essex Relay Championships were held at Southend’s Garon Park Stadium at the weekend in showery blustery weather, and Ilford entered two junior teams. First off were the U15 boys. Matthew Ayers had a great start and ran a strong bend to hand off to debutant Adam Idoura

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Orion Fell Race Chingford The Orion fell race is the only official Category ‘A’​ fell race within the M25. Held in Chingford at Epping Forest on an impossibly hilly course that includes over 880 ft of climb in just 3.5 miles, this is definitely a race for the more hardcore runners. Amongst the 180 entrants

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Southern Athletics League 2 Peterborough Ilford sent another willing team to the second league match of the season. The team was slightly depleted in comparison to the first match due to exams, injury and distance but the willingness of members to turn out and compete in multiple events allowed us to finish in 4th place

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High Easter 10k (Road) ESSEX CHAMPS Sunday 16th June Ilford AC sent a large squad of 12 runners to High Easter in Chelmsford at the weekend to compete in the 10k race, which this year incorporated the Essex 10k Road Championships. The race is a one lap, fast and flat course, through the High Easter

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SENIORS Speed Masters Athletics Challenge 23-26 May 2024 Shkodra (Albania) Krystle Balogun had a very successful few days representing Great Britain in the W35 category  at the ‘Speed Masters’ in Albania. On day one of the four day tournament Krystle competed in the 100m and was 2nd in a time of 13.62 seconds. Day 4

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ROAD AND CROSS COUNTRY Sudbury Friday Night 5 Friday 31st May. Two Ilford athletes travelled up to Sudbury in Suffolk for the annual Friday night 5 mile race. Held predominantly on the road, the course is one lap, featuring a long hill on mile 2 and attracts over 400 runners. Finishing in 9th place, and

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DAGENHAM 88 RUNNERS ELVIS 5 MILES Eastbrook End Country Park Wednesday 22 May 2024 The opening fixture of the 2024 ELVIS series took place in torrential rain and bleak conditions in the Eastbrook End Country Park which made conditions tricky for the 241 runners in the 5 mile race. Ilford AC had 22 entrants in

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Southern Counties Masters League 13th May 2024 Ilford AC Vets team travelled to Lee Valley for the first match of the Herts and Middlesex Masters League on the evening of Monday 13th May.  Consistent performances across all the groups resulted in a team score of 134 points to finish first on the evening with the

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Essex Track And Field Championships 11th and 12th May – Chelmsford Ilford had a team of 18 athletes competing in the annual Essex Championships in Chelmsford. It proved to be a very successful weekend for the club with nine medals won. The club was well supported by officials, coaches, parents and new presidents Diane and

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