Name: Paul Grange Born: 17/5/79 Date Joined: June 2019 Personal Bests: 800 – 1:53.01 1500 – 3:57.41 5k – 15:25 Mile 4:17:18 First Club Race: 800m at the Southern Counties Veterans league in Stevenage Favourite Race: Westminster Mile on the road, and Hadleigh for XC. Notable Performances: – Essex Champs 2021: Double Gold in the 800/1500. – Lea Valley Dream Mile: Indoor ALL TIME British V40 record. – Multiple time wave 1 Westminster Mile winner. – Pulling the kids along in a 1500 at Mayesbrook, where we all ran PBs. – Winning the Essex Road Relays for Ilford in my first year with the club. Biggest Disappointment: Double silver in the 2018 Essex Champs 800 and 1500. Typical Weeks …Read More
Press Report 9th August 2022
FOREST FIVE (Elvis race 6) Chingford Saturday 6 August The sixth round of the 2022 Elvis league was held in the forest at Chingford on a warm sunny Saturday morning over a 1 lap 5 mile course which was dry and featured a few climbs. Another hazard for the runners was when a herd of cows wandered onto an early part of the course The Ilford AC men’s team put up a good challenge with Gary Coombes leading the squad in 8th place in 30 mins 03 secs taking the prize for the 1st M50 in the field, The in form Sam Rahman was next over the line with 30 mins 52 secs for 10th one place ahead of Steve …Read More
Press Report 2nd August 2022
SCVAC Lee Valley 25th July Ilford Vets team travelled to Lee Valley on the evening of 25th July for match 3 of the SCVAC league. Great performances on the evening resulted in the Men’s Team winning the event. The Ladies team was represented by Emma Dyos and Lesley Morris who competed in the 2000m walk finishing 1st and 2nd in their competition age groups in times of 10.44.3 and 13.02.9. Shahida Arthur non-scored and finished in 19.38.9. In the Men’s walk John Arthur and Simon Morris both won their age groups in 12.00.06 and 12.55.00. Stuart Bennett as a non-scorer finished in 13.03.1. John Crawley debuting as a Vet covered all the track V35 events as follows: 100m 14.26 2nd …Read More
Gaye Young
Name: Gaye Young Born: 21.03.1969 Date Joined: October 2017 Personal Bests: 1500m track race: 6:25.74 5K: 22:26 5 miles: 37:57 10k: 47:23 10 miles: 79:23 HM: 1:44.01 20 miles: 3:03.23 Marathon: 3:56.19 First Club Race: 28th October 2017 – Horseheath, Essex League. Time achieved was 32:26. It was freezing cold and it was a shock to the system doing my first cross country race. But somehow I enjoyed it, hence me waving and smiling as reflected in the photo. Favourite Race: I do like the Elvis Olympic park 5k not so much for the race but feeling a sense of gratitude for being proud to be a part of this country and …Read More
Press Report 26th July 2022
Harold Wood 5km Elvis Series – Race No 5 Wednesday 20 July There was an outstanding performance from the Ilford AC ladies team at the 5th round of this years Elvis competition winning the match with three runners in the top 4 and all scoring six in the top 20 The race was mainly on grassland in the Harold Wood Park and adjoining area with a number of challenging climbs. The Ilford Ladies were led home by Neringa Masilioniene who won the race convincingly heading the ladies field from the start in 18 mins 58 secs, which placed her 18th overall in the field. Jordan Hinds was third female and 27th overall in 20 mins 07 secs and Sameena Ahmed …Read More