Billy Green

Ilford AC Press Report. 4th April 2022

Apr 052022

MANCHESTER MARATHON Sunday 3 April In the 2022 Manchester Marathon two of Ilfords newer recruits used the club’s structured training to record personal best times for the classic. The race over a fast flat course from the Old Trafford cricket ground runs into the city for a short loop before heading out to Altrinham and back to the finish at the cricket stadium. This year the event included the England mens and ladies commonwealth Games trial which were won by Jonny Mellor and Becky Briggs respectively, both in course record times. Joanne Reeves came home 2585th in a field of over 14000 finishers and 38th in the F45 category in 3 hrs 20 minutes 06 secs, a new personal best …Read More

Ilford AC Press Report. March 29th 2022

Mar 292022

Cardiff University Half marathon Cardiff, Wales 27th March 2022 The Welsh capital had to wait 903 days for the return of the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon, the nation’s largest mass-participation event. Starting Just outside Cardiff Castle the participants raced through the city centre, past the Principality Stadium and Cardiff City Stadium before crossing the barrage to take in Cardiff Bay. From there they headed for the Roath Park loop before a sprint finish in the heart of the city at the Civic Centre. In a quality line-up, which included Kadar Omar of Birchfield and the Mohamed brothers from Southampton, Ilfords Ahmed more than held his own on his first attempt at the distance going with the main group at …Read More

Ilford AC Press Report 21st March 2022

Mar 212022

Ilford AC had representation across the age groups this weekend with good success English Schools Cross Country Hop Farm, Kent Saturday 19th March Joseph Grange rounded off his great cross country season with another fine run at the English Schools Cross Country champs held at Hop Farm in Kent at the weekend . Joseph was running in the intermediate boys category, which meant he was running against athletes a school year older than himself, so even making the team was an excellent achievement. Not content with just making the team Joseph had a great run finishing 41st out of 325 runners and he was 3rd man home for Essex, who took an excellent 9th place in the team event. Victoria …Read More

Press Report 14th March 2022

Mar 142022

2022 National InterCounties XC Champs Prestwold Hall in Loughborough Saturday 12 March It was a windy and muddy course that greeted athletes at Loughborough for the National Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships. Ilford AC provided one runner on the day, Joseph Grange who was representing Essex in the U15 Boys squad, who raced over 4k. Joseph had a great race finishing 18th on the day in a time of 14:40 and finishing in the scoring team which helped ESSEX to a Gold medal. Later in the day Ronan Edwards represented Essex in the U17’s race and ran well in the first time he had been selected for the County for a time of 26:56 over the 6k distance BMAF CROSS …Read More

Ilford AC Press Report. 8th March 2022

Mar 082022

British Indoor Masters Athletics Championships Lee Valley Mar 5-6th 2022: At the British Masters Indoor Championships, Ilford stalwart Krystle Balogun announced her arrival on the scene with a superb silver medal in the W35 200m. Her time of 26.56 seconds improved upon her previous indoor personal best set just a fortnight ago in winning the Essex indoor title. She has her aims set on representing Great Britain at the World Outdoor Masters Championships in Tampere, Finland later this summer. Chingford League Relays Wanstead Flats Saturday 5 March The final fixture of this winter’s Chingford League relays was held on a grassland course with some softer muddy sections over a 2 mile lap on Wanstead Flats. Just before the Seniors …Read More