Billy Green

Press Report. 7th May 2019

May 072019

ITU world multisport championship Pontevedra. Spain 2nd May After a previous run of good aquathlon (swim/run) results last year, Seb Parris was picked by British triathlon to represent the age group team in the recent international triathlon union’s world multisport championship taking place in northern Spain. Pontevedra played host due to being a training home of current triathlon legend Javier Gomez. The aquathlon was a mandatory wetsuit swim of 1000m due to the cold atlantic waters reaching just 14 degrees. Seb was out the water lying in 22nd place. The 5km run was at the other end of the weather scale being 23 degrees with no shade! After his legs thawed out Seb ran very well on the 2 lap …Read More

Press Report. London Marathon 2019

Apr 302019

LONDON MARATHON Sunday 28th April There were 12 runners from Ilford AC among the 42438 finishers in last Sunday‘s London Marathon won by Eluid Kipchoge in a fast 2 hrs 2 mins 39 secs. Best for the club was Amin Kolkai who finished 200th in 2 hrs 35 mins 06 secs and placed him 10th in the M45 age category. Next home was Dan Holeyman with a new personal best time of 3 hrs 09 mins 53 secs, while Tom Joy recorded 3 hrs 27 mins 32 secs,. Carlie Qirem led the ladies challenge for Ilford and also improved her best time by 19 minutes to 3 hrs 39 mins 37 secs. Steve Parker found the second half of the race …Read More

Press Report 30th April 2019 London Mini Marathon

Apr 302019

Ilfords ACs young middle distance group showed once again how they continue to progress, with some great runs in this years London Mini Marathon over 3 miles. Ilford had 6 Young athletes competing . First up was the Boys U17s with Mungo Prior, Jak Wright, Bradley Deacon and Farris Patel competing. First home for Ilford was Mungo, coming 18th position. Mungo’s aim was to break 16 Minutes for the first time and he really pushed himself over the last mile to meet his target and run 15:56 Another great run was from Bradley Deacon , who is benefitting from the consistent training he is doing. Bradley once again smashed his PB and ran 16:45 for 47th Position. Jak wright went off extremely …Read More

Press Report 22nd April 2019

Apr 222019

BOSTON MARATHON Monday 15 April The early morning storm past over the 135th Boston Marathon course and at the start the weather conditions were good, warm with a slight tail breeze for this point to point race for Hopkinton to the centre of the city of Boston. Nicola Hopkinson of Ilford AC was among the 30000 starters and ran her usual steady race to reached halfway in 1 hr 51 mins 33 secs. The Newton Hills at 20 miles slowed her a little in the second half and Nicola finished 16,312nd and 193rd in her age category in 3 hrs 57 mins 35 secs. VETS AC 5 Battersea Tuesday 16th April Tuesday evening saw the Vets Athletic League stage …Read More

Press Report 16th April 2019

Apr 162019

Southern Athletics League Watford Saturday 13th April. The first Southern Track League competition took place at Watford on Saturday produced some stunning performances and team spirit. Ilford ended up second overall, which is the best performance for many year and gives us confidence that Ilford are going to have a good year on the track. Amie Harrison, making her debut for Ilford got the team off to a good start with a 4th in the Women’s 400M hurdles. Dan Wheeler did the Mens 400 hurdles for a credible second, considering he was also competing in the High Jump(He came first),Shot Putt(4th) and 100m(4th) nearly all at the same time It was also great to see the Sprinters coach Nat Senior …Read More