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Nicola Hopkinson

Aug 232020

Name: Nicola Hopkinson Born: September 1962 Date Joined : June 2002, Bree introduced me to the club. Personal Bests: Marathon 3:26:31 V40 20 miles 2:36:00 V40 Half 1:37:42 V40 10 M 72:15 V40 10K 43:01 V40 5M 35:04 V40 5K 21:15 V40 Favourite Race: The races with a sense of occasion so my journey to collect the six major marathons with all the holidays that went with them, and on the Marathon du Medoc I got to drink wine all the way round 😉 A few select pictures, see if you can recognise the marathons – don’t look at the bibs. I also have a habit of falling over a couple of times a year, one of which was at the Paris Marathon …Read More

Henry Ricketts

Aug 162020

Name: Henry Ricketts Born: 29.01.1967 Date Joined Probably 01.04.2004 Personal Bests: 100m 12.3 200m 25.5 (24.5 age 14) 400m 56.8 (55.9 age 15) 800m 2.24.8 1500m 6.07.51 (5.25.2 age 13) 5 mile (did the Vicky Park 5 but can’t find the time) 10K road 44.27ish Half marathon 1hr 43.47ish First Club Race: Gloucester Park, Basildon Cross Country Favourite Race: Stubbers Cross Country Upminster Notable Performances: Ranked 12th in the UK for Long Jump in my age group in 2012. 3rd placed team in The Southern Counties Vets Final last summer Biggest Disappointment: Not being fit enough due to injury to get consistent winter training in to take into the summer …Read More

Press Report August 11th 2020

Aug 112020

The Chelmsford ‘Mile of Miles’ which is normally held on the track was held this year in a completely different format due to the ongoing covid restrictions. The event was held at Writtle college on a multi terrain course which allowed for social distancing. The races were spread out over the course of five hours with each race consisting of 6 athletes going off at 6 minute intervals. It was an Impressive day for the Grange Wrights as they picked up three wins. The first race for the three was Joseph Grange’s(13) who ran in the U15s race. He won in 5:26 leveling his PB. Next was Jak Wright who attacked his over 20 race strategically, going of slow to …Read More

John Mackenzie

Aug 092020

Name: John Duncan Mackenzie Born: 06/09/1954 Date Joined : March 1978 Personal Bests: (all in the 1980’s) Track 800m 2min 00.1sec 1500m 4min 05sec 3000m 8min 35sec 3000m s/c 9min 42sec 5000m 15min 10sec 10000m 32min 50sec Road 5 miles 25min 12sec 10 miles 52min 06sec Half Mar 69min 50sec 20 miles 1hr 47min 48sec Marathon 2hr 29min 47sec First Club Race: Cambridge 10 1978 (I ran in Frank Heaney’s name and he did a pb of 57min 35secs !!! as a veteran) Favourite Race: Great North Run ( This was …Read More

Press Report 4th August 2020

Aug 042020

Ilford AC 5K Champs Barking Park Saturday 1st August 2020 The Ilford AC 5k Champs were able to take place this year with careful planning, stringent risk assessments and a slight change of format. Whereas normally all athletes would have set off together and first past the post wins, this year’s event was held as a ‘handicap’ with runners set off singly at timed intervals with prizes for first finishers and fastest runners. Barking Park was chosen as this year’s venue due to its wide paths and long straight sections, and a sunny morning greeted the 38 participants and throng of time keepers and marshals from the club socially distanced around the course. For the ladies Kim Baxter …Read More