Name: Terry Knightley Born: 22nd July 1960 (Romford, Essex) Date Joined Ilford AC: I joined very Late 1997 (With Martin Clarke and Owen Phipps and others) after many years of being a member of Barking Road Runners – we all wanted to improve by joining an Athletics club. Personal Bests (All Achieved back in the 90’s) 1500 Metres Track: 4 Minutes 40 seconds 1 Mile Track: 4 Minutes 47 Seconds 5000 Metres Track: 16 Minutes 18 Seconds 10,000 Metres Track: 33 Minutes 35 Seconds 5K Road: 15 Minutes 58 Seconds 5 Miles Road: 26 Minutes 45 Seconds 10K Road: 33 Minutes 17 Seconds 10 Miles Road: 55 Minutes 5 Seconds Half-Marathon: …Read More
Pauline Tester
Name: Pauline Tester Born: 17 March 1964 Date Joined: 1977 Brian Meadows, a teacher at Dane High School invited interested students to the track at Cricklefields, I went with Katy Pestell, we trained that summer. I returned in 1981 and officially joined 15 October 1981. Personal Bests: Road: 5k: 18m02s Barking Park 1993 5 miles: 29m36s Victoria Park 1993 10k: 38m38s Women’s Own, Harlow 1989 10 miles: 66m59s Eye 1993 Half Marathon: 1h37m42s Hastings 2001 20 miles: 2h47m48s Chelmsford Essex Champs 1997 Track: 400m: 64.4s Inter Banks at Norbury 1987 800m: 2m24.9s Club Champs at Ilford 1991 1,500m: 4m48.9s Essex Champs at Woodford 1991 3,000m: 10m34.4s Essex Champs at Ilford 1993 5,000m: 18m06s Business Houses Champs at Battersea 1993 …Read More
John Batchelor
Name: John Batchelor Born: 23rd January 1941 Date Joined: January 1957 Personal Bests: (Back In the day!) 880 yds 2:05.4 1 mile 4:21.8 2 miles 8:58.2 3 miles 13:57.2 5000m 14:26.8 6 miles 28 :41.0 Road 10 miles: 49:33 Half marathon: 66:12 20 miles: 1:43:27 M40: 5000m 15:20.7 10000m 31:45.9 Road 5 miles 25:09 10K: 31:12 Half marathon: 71:11 M65: 800m 2:32.9 1500m: 5:08.6 3000m 10:34.3 5000m 18:17.3 10000m: 38:27.6 Road 5K 18:21 10K 37:37 M70: 400m: 71.8 800m: 2:43.5 1500m: 5:30.1 3000m: 11:47.9 5000m: 19:49.82 10000m: 41:14.29 Indoors 800m: 2:42.66 1500m: 5:32.58 3000m: 11:45.76 M75: 800m: 2:47.7 1500m: 6:07.03 1 mile: 6:19.37 3000m: 11:47.9 5000m: 21:37.78 10000m: 41:14.29 Road 5K 21:45 Indoors 400m: 74.11 800m: 2:47.30 1500m: 5:46.54 3000m: 12:25.75 First …Read More
Tony Nixon
Name: Tony Nixon Born: 14-12-1947 Date Joined: 1962 Personal Bests: 400m 52.1 (51.7 R) 800m 1.55.0 1500m 3.51.0 3000m 8.26.9 5000m 14.34.5 2000s/c (steeplechase) 5.54.2 3000s/c 9.00.4 Road 5k 15.10 10k 31.54 First Club Race: Novices CC at Chigwell Row, Oct 1962 Favourite Race: No particular one. Liked Cross country, 1500, 3000, and Steeplechase (never an enthusiast of road racing, or training, although I did a fair bit of it). Always at my happiest on the country. Notable Performances: Winning the Essex Senior 1500 in 1974 (3.53.0). It was very special to me and my coach Alec Tiffin. Defending champion Tim Pribul (WG) 2nd and a young Andy Catton 3rd. …Read More
Pam Jones
Name Pam Jones DOB 7/7/1936 Date joined July 1950 Personal bests Track 400m 59.7 800m 2.17 1500m 4.49.7 3,000m 10.49.2 5,000m 20.05 W45 I did run a few 10,000m on the track but since my move results have gone missing. Road All road times are as a vet. There were no road races for ladies until I was 40, so I have put age at the time of the race 5k 19.17 W53 Barking park 5 miles 32.17 Victoria park short course 5 miles 32.52 W59 Pitsea 10k 39.49 W49 Hyde park HM …Read More