ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Epping Forest Saturday 12th November The second round of the Essex Cross County league was held over a traditional cross country course of muddy trials and hills. Ilford Ac ladies featured well in their division 1 match with Jordan Hinds having an excellent run to lead home the ladies’ team in 25th place in a time of 27 mins 48 secs for the 6km course with Joanne Reeves running in the league for the first time recording 30 mins 07 secs for 47th. Gaye Young came home 76th after taking a wrong turn in the race with 33 mins 39 secs and Pauline Tester was 1 place and 4 seconds behind her while Dianne Crisp finished 104th …Read More
Press Report 8th November 2022
CHINGFORD LEAGUE Redbridge Cycle Circuit Tuesday 1 November The latest round of the Chingford League was held at a raining Redbridge Cycle Circuit at Hainault. Ilford Ac had teams in both the mens and ladies division two matches over a 3 lap race on the hilly circuit. The Ilford ladies were in good form with Neringa Aidietyle coming home in 1st place in the Division 2 match in 19 mins 18 secs and Jordan Hinds running well in second in 20 mins 12 secs. Joanne Reeves placed 11th and 2nd in the F40 category in 23 mins 04 secs with Gaye Young taking the F50 grouping honours in 14th with 24 mins 24 secs. Alison Sale was 15th in …Read More
Junior Press Report 8th November 2022
District X Country championships Great performances by our young athletes at Redbridge District schools X Country championships Khalif Ali (year 6) ran in the year 7 race and performed brilliantly to finish in 8th position against older boys. Kaleb Berhe ran an excellent race in the same race and finished in 10th position. Ryder Islam had a great run to finish in 4th position and considering he also raced last night in the Chingford league this was an excellent performance. Aron Berhe ran a solid race and finished strongly in 10th place. Nora Nzurike ran consistently in the year 8-9 race and finished well to claim 45th place. In the year 10-11 race Anika Sharma ran a strong race to …Read More
Ilford AC Awards night 2022
Achievement awards 1 Khalif Ali 2 Latifat Adewunmi 3 Damien Amaniampong Best performance by Newcomer Aron Berhe Most improved athlete Ronan Edwards Coaches performance awards 1 Ruby Moffat Virk 2 Stacey Amaniampong 3 Anika Sharma 4 Luke Thake 5 Ryder Islam Special performance award Krystle Balogun SAL points award for U20 Aleena Lawrence SAL points award Dylan Harrod Senior female SAL award Jordan Hinds SAL Athlete of year Dylan Harrod Essex Champs T&F award Toyin Olufemi Essex T&F Champs award Paul Grange Outstanding achievement award. Female Sameena Ahmed Outstanding achievement award Male Dennis Briggs Outstanding Contribution award female Alison Sale Outstanding Contribution award Male Jeevakan Sivayogan Winter Trophy winner (F) Carlie Quirem Road & X Country female athlete of the …Read More
Press Report 31st October 2022
Last Friday of the Month 5k Hyde Park 28th October 2022 On a fine, unseasonably, sunny day the October edition of the Last Friday of the Month 5km took place in London’s Hyde Park. The race, organized by Serpentine Runners, was an undulating 2 lap course around the north side of the park Carol Muir of Ilford AC is a regular at this event and her hard work in training recently saw her record her best time of the year, securing 200th place in a time of 30.22 which also placed her 7th female in her age category. October’s event was the 30th Anniversary of the monthly event, with all finishers receiving a memento to mark the occasion.