Billy Green

Press Report 1st October 2019

Oct 012019

Essex Cross Country Champs Writtle College September 28, 2019 Ilford U17 boys went in to Saturday’s match with a title to defend, and defend it they did with a brilliant run from all 3 boys to bring back the Essex U17 trophy and Gold medals for the 3 boys. First off in the 3k Cross country boys race was Bradley Deacon who led by example with a fantastic 11m 07 seconds. Jak Wright put in a very solid middle leg in a time of 10m 55 secs before Aaron Samuels went off on a blistering 10m 02 secs lap to seal the honours for Ilford AC with a lead of 18 seconds over second placed Woodford Green Ilford entered …Read More

Press Report 24th September 2019

Sep 242019

South of England 6 stage road relay champs Crystal Palace Sunday 22nd September Ilford AC put out a team in these prestigious championships on Sunday for the first time since 2011 With a mix of youth and experience, and an age spread of 30 years, Ilford gave an excellent account of themselves Paul Grange led the team out on a very competitive opening leg in 18:36 for 52nd Place On leg 2 Oscar Peris on his debut at this event slipped to 56th place in 19:24 On leg 3 Ahmed Abdulle move us up 21 places with an excellent 17:03 to place the team in 35th Place Leg 4 the youngest member of the team Mungo Prior held on …Read More

Press Report 17th September 2019

Sep 172019

Weald Park 10k 14th September The Essex Cross Country Summer 10k series takes place in 5 spectacular country parks across Essex running from April to September. These races offer an opportunity to get away from the road and experience trail running in the summer. The final race of the Summer was on Saturday at the beautiful Weald Country Park offering runners great scenery to make up for the tough hills the course offers. Ilfords only runner was one of our junior stars Ryan Holeyman who at only 14 years old took on a field made up almost entirely of runners older than himself and finished in a fantastic 8th place out of a field of 260 runners in a time …Read More

Press Report 17th September 2019

Sep 172019

PLESHEY HALF MARATHON (incorporating the Essex Championship) Pleshey, Essex Sunday 15th September The Essex Championship were once again staged in conjunction with the Pleshey Half Marathon. The race from the picturesque village is over a rolling hilly course and conditions were made more difficult on the day due to unseasonable hot weather It was though a successful day for Ilford AC with the club winning 4 county medals and runners setting three new personal bests for the distance. Gary Coombes led the way for the Ilford team with an excellent 15th place in 1hr 16 mins 21 secs, the performance winning him Essex Bronze in the M40 age group and a new personal best at the distance. The ever reliable …Read More

Press Report 10th September 2019

Sep 102019

Woodford graded open meeting Ashford playing fields 3rd September 2019 Ideal conditions greeted the team at the final graded track meet in Woodford. A large number of athletes took to the track over the course of the evening with Ilford AC being well represented, especially in the 3000m where they took 7,8,9 and 14th place. Sam Rahman was happy to run the mile race in 4.57 (3rd place) doubling up and running 10.04 in the 3,000 metres for 7th place. Seb Parris also doubled up race walking 3000m in 16 minutes flat for 4th place and then gaining a new pb of 10.11 in the 3000m for 9th. Seb chased Steve Philcox most of the way pushing him to a …Read More