Billy Green

Press Report 16th November 2021

Nov 152021

STEBBING 10 Sunday 14 November The Stebbing 10 took place over a rolling course from the picturesque village of Stebbing on an unseasonably mild November morning.. The race started just after 11 o’clock and a short Remembrance Sunday service. It was a good day for Ilford Ac with 7 Essex medals and 6 personal best times. The race incorporated the Essex 10 mile championship and the Ilford AC challenge was headed by Malcolm Muir who is in excellent form at the moment coming home in 15th place overall in a time of 59:53. Malcolm was closely followed by Danny Holeyman 24th place in 1:02:02 who attained a new PB over the distance. Next home, and continuing to add to his …Read More

Press Report 9th November 2021

Nov 092021

Interclub Vets Race Loughton Saturday 6th November Four male vets ventured across town to the home of Loughton AC to compete in their annual Interclub vets race at Loughton. Reigning male team champions IAC were slightly depleted in numbers due to very late notification of the event being received but they equipped themselves well finishing third overall on the day in a strong field comprising 7 teams. Gary Coombes had a fantastic run on the undulating 5.2 mile 3 lap course finishing 2nd overall in a time of 31.15. He was closely followed by Ilford debutant Fabrizio Stefanoni in 7th place (33.36) with Danny Holeyman finishing in 11th spot (33.59) with Diarmuid McDonnell in 20th place (36.19) making up the …Read More

Press Report 2nd November 2021

Nov 012021

ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Saturday 30 October Writtle College, Chelmsford The second round of this season’s Essex Cross-country League was held at Writtle College on the outskirts of Chelmsford On Saturday and there was a strong turn out from all 24 clubs in the league. The course was a flat grassland lap which was a little slippery after overnight rain. The first race of the day in which Ilford were featured was the U15 Boys race, which was also a trial race for Essex selection for the SEAA Inter Counties XC Champs at Oxford later in the year. The race, over 4k, consisted of a very strong field with the first 3 runners finishing just 2 seconds apart. In a thrilling …Read More

Press Report 26th October 2021

Oct 262021

CHINGFORD LEAGUE Olympic Velopark Wednesday 20 October The third fixture in this winter’s Chingford League was held at the floodlit Olympic Velopark in the Queen Elizabeth Park at Stratford . The 5km race was just over 3 laps of the fast circuit and Ilford AC had teams in both the mens’ and ladies’ events. The ladies were headed by Anna Crawley in 19th spot in 20m 55s with Carlie Qirem close behind in 21st with 21m 10s. Amy-Loise Bird completed a powerful trio for the club in 23rd recording 21m 28s. Next home was Gaye Young in 22m 53s for 39th with Alison Sale 42nd with 23m 22s. One place behind Hannah Sheikh completed the scorers with 23m 31s. On …Read More

Kevin Newell

Oct 232021

For obvious reasons this is not the usual format for our ‘Who’s Who’ series, but if the club is going to have a record of our runners for future generations to read about then the records will be very incomplete without recording KEVIN NEWELL. Kevin was one of our top runners, and as you can see from the PB’s below competed in absolutely everything at the top level. Sadly on January 8th 2015 Kevin suffered a serious injury at work which means he will always need round the clock care and will never run again, but his presence and enthusiasm at races and training will always be missed by those of us who were around at the time. Event …Read More