Billy Green

Southern Athletic League Press Report May 30th 2022

May 302022

Ilford AC competed in the first Southern athletic league of the 2022 season at Lee valley last weekend. Ilford had a small team that turned out but as usual the whole team competed to a high level to finish 4th in the match. With a few more events covered Ilford would have been closer to the leading teams The 6 Ilford AC Ladies had a very successful day. First up as usual was the ever reliable Krystle Balogun, who came third in the 100 with 13.2 and second in the 200 in a great time of 26.5. Krystle also got good points in the Shot with a throw of 6.98. Backing Krystal up in the sprints was the returning …Read More

Press Report 24th May 2022

May 242022

Summer Ware Cup Loughton Thursday 19th May Ilford had a large youth squad and small Senior squad entered for the Ware Summer Cup on a warm Thursday evening in ideal conditions for racing. Mohamed Zergout had a great race in the U17’s finishing 2nd on the 5k course in a time of 23:41. In the U15’s race Samuel Crane really impressed coming home in first place in 20:49 over the 5k course whilst Anika Sharma was 4th girl home in 27:30. Ilford had 2 boys in the U13 race over 1.5k, Tyran Pabla finishing 12th in 7:44 and Luke Thake 17th in 8:41 Finally in the U11 race, also over 1.5k Sofia Crane came in on 9:33 for 11th followed …Read More

Press Report – Essex County T+F Championships

May 232022

Essex Champs 14th/15th May 2022 Ilford had a fine weekend at the Essex champs recently, picking up 11 medals. ( 4 gold, 3 Silver, 4 Bronze ) Unfortunately a breakdown in the results system meant that a week later some results are still missing. Day 1 First Ilford involvement on day one was the heats of the U15 1500m, Samuel Crane was in heat and produced a great run to finish 6th in a pb time of 4.51.88, his time was so good that he qualified for the final later in the day. Ryder Islam was in heat two and finished in 9th in 5.17.42, which was again a pb. Later in the day in a very fast starting 1500m …Read More

Press Report 17th May 2022

May 172022

Chester Half Marathon Sunday 15th May Terry Knightley of Ilford AC won his first England ‘Masters’ Vest making his England debut on Sunday at The Chester Half Marathon. Running in his third big race in 13 days including Winning Essex Gold at the Halstead Marathon last Sunday was not ideal preparation for the event. The Chester course was brutally undulating and was held in hot and humid conditions and Knightley finished in 1 Hours and 29 Minutes and 11 Seconds and was 221st out of a huge field of 3,899 athletes and was 4th MV60 After a well deserved rest his next England race will be The Bristol 10K in September. VAC 5 MILE CHAMPIONSHIP Battersea Park Tuesday 10th …Read More

Press Report 9th May 2022

May 092022

Halstead Marathon 8th May 2022 On Sunday a Trio of Ilford Athletic club Athletes tackled the Notoriously Hilly 26.2 Miles of The Halstead Marathon in Very Hot and Sunny Conditions. The Race incorporated The Essex County Marathon Championships and attracted a high quality field of over 500 entrants. First Finisher for the Club was the ever reliable Sam Rahman in 17th position in 3 Hours and 59 Seconds. Next Finisher in 28th place Winning the Gold First Over 60 Essex County Medal and retaining his title from last year was Terry Knightley in 3 Hours 10 Minutes and 45 Seconds. Anthony Young Completed the three man Team and put in a Sterling effort finishing in 4 Hours 26 Minutes and …Read More