Billy Green

Press Report 7th September 2021

Sep 072021

Orion Harriers Forest 5 Series – Race 3 Epping Forest Saturday 4th September The Orion Harriers Forest 5 was held on Saturday over a 5 mile challenging lap on the trails around Epping Forest at Chingford. Of the 89 starters, 3 runners represented Ilford AC. Leading the way was Stephen Philcox finishing in 5th place and for the 3rd time in the 3 match series claiming the top V50 prize in a time of 30:52. Breege Nordin once again captured W60 top spot, finishing in 30th place in a time of 38:43. Julia Galea had a great run finishing in 73rd place in a time of 48:52 ABP Southampton 10k Southampton Sunday 5th September In preparation for this years London …Read More

Press Report 31st August 2021

Aug 312021

GREAT NIGHT FOR ILFORD JUNIORS Watford Open Track meeting Watford Wednesday 25th August Ilford juniors had a great night at the recent Watford Harriers Open Meeting, with 6 entrants in the 1500 and 1 in the 400m. First up was Oliver Blainey in the 400m, running a PB of 52.99! a great achievement in his first full season of track racing. Next up was Jordan Hinds in the 1500m, she stuck to her race plan for the first few laps, and just got tired over the last 200m , she achieved a PB of 5m:02, and the sub 5 race will come shortly. Joseph Grange ran in race 8 and ran his second fastest time just outside his PB with …Read More

Press Report 24th August 2021

Aug 242021

Forest Five (ELvIS) Epping Forest Saturday 21st August The latest round of the ELvIS summer league was held over a challenging 5 mile loop in Epping Forest. With the race during the summer holiday season the turnout was lower than usual with Ilford AC entering a squad of 18 who produced a set of good results. The team was led home by dependable Malcolm Muir who came 6th just 1 second over 30 minutes which placed him 3rd in the m40 age category, with Pal Holloway racing for the first time since a period out with injury one place back in 7th position in a time of 30m 11 secs taking the M50 first prize. Next home was the …Read More

Press Report 17th August 2021

Aug 172021

TRACK Southern League Race 3 Ilford competed in the penultimate Southern league match of the season and a number of outstanding performances were achieved, with Ilford coming a credible fourth position It’s difficult to define the best performance of the day as Ilfords young sprinters and middle distance runners were outstanding. Starting with the sprints Hakin Mohamed stormed through to victory in the Men’s 100 with a superb 10.80. with Oliver Blainey coming 4th in 12.01. Oliver came 3rd in the 200 in 23.93 whilst Farris Patel took a rest from his normal 800 races to compete in the 200 and 400. Both performances were Pbs with 24.04 in the 200 and 51.49 in the 400 In the women’s sprints …Read More

Press Report 10th August

Aug 092021

England U15 Championships Manchester 7th August Ilford AC’s Joseph Grange 14 travelled to Manchester last Saturday for the English national track championships. Joseph ran in his preferred distance the 3000m. Joseph’s dad says: Joseph came 7th he tried so hard as he always does. Joseph’s training partner and brother Jak says: Joseph ran the race in his typical aggressive attacking style starting with the leaders before he fell slightly off the pace, finishing in a time of 9m 33.19 secs. Joseph battled on never giving an inch to the competitors around him running as hard as he could right to the line in the longest of the middle distance events permitted for the still growing U15s age group. Joseph made …Read More