Billy Green

Press Report 3rd September – Road, Cross Country and Race walk

Sep 032019

ROAD AND CROSS COUNTRY REPORT Last Friday of the Month 5km Hyde Park Friday 30 August Three runners from Ilford AC were among the entrants for this popular lunch time run in London’s Hyde park. This a new two lap course was used in the Park which was busy with tourists enjoying the warm sunshine, First home from Ilford was Adam Coals in 92nd place with 20 mins 37 secs, while Club endurance coach Rob Sargent recorded his fastest time this year of 26 mins 36 secs for 219th. For the Ilford ladies Julia Galea was placed 2nd in the F60 category and 236th overall with 28 mins 56 secs. In today’s day and age where races can be entered …Read More

Press Report 3rd September – TRACK

Sep 032019

TRACK REPORT SCVAC Final (Southern Counties Vets Athletic Club) Ashford Saturday 31st August The Men’s Team travelled to Ashford on Sunday 1st September to compete in the Southern Counties Vets final having won the 4 league matches. A magnificent team effort resulted in the team finishing third on the day. The most successful athlete on the day was Paul Grange who won the 100m (B string), 200m (B string), 400m (A string) and 800m (A string) achieving PBs in the 100m and 400m. Sam Malekout showed his versatility by competing in the 100m (A), 200m (A), High Jump, Pole Vault, Discus, Shot and Javelin M35 events. His positions were 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 5th, 3rd, 3rd and 2nd respectively. Team Manager …Read More

Press Report 2nd September 2019

Sep 022019

England Athletics U15 / U17 Championships Bedford Sat 31st Aug – Sun 2nd September The UK U15/U17 championships were the climax of the season at Bedford at the weekend. Ilford had two athletes taking part. Mario Dobrescu was running the 400m and Aaron Samuel the 1500m. The best of the weekend weather was on Saturday when the heats took place. Mario was first up in the U17 men’s 400m, there were three heats with only the top two-guaranteed qualification to the final. Mario eased through to the final winning his heat in 50.2. Aaron’s heat of the U17 1500m was later in the day and there were thirty plus athletes across two heats going for 12 places in the final. …Read More

Press Report 27th August 2019

Aug 272019

Barking Park 5km Monday 26 August The annual Barking Park 5km took place on a flat, fast course on a hot sunny Bank Holiday morning and it was a good day for the 38 entrants from Ilford AC. The race was the 7th match in the ELvIS series and left the positions tight at the top. There was a fine run from Paul Grange to lead the club home in the runners up spot in a new personal best time of 16 mins 08 secs. Supporting him were Tom Gardner in 5th in 16 mins 34 secs and Gary Coombes with 9th in a new best time of 17 mins 02 secs. Close behind in 11th was Sam Rahman with …Read More

Press Report 20th August 2019

Aug 202019

Woodford Green Open Woodford Tuesday 13th August It was a good night for Ilford Ac at the Woodford Green Open Meeting. Krystle Balogun recorded a time of 27:07 in the 200m which placed her 4th on the night, whilst Jordan Hinds ran in the 800m recording 2:28:58 which gave her 3rd place and 1st U20 female. There was a big field for the 3000m and both Diarmuid Mac Donnell and Dan Holeyman got into their running early and kept a steady pace to come home 13th and 14th respectively. Diarmuid recorded 10 mins 34.54 secs , a new personal best by 17 seconds, while Dan better his personal best by over 20 seconds with 10 mins 38.97 secs. Ilford had …Read More