Billy Green

Press Report 14th January 2019

Jan 142019

ESSEX CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE Epping Forest Saturday 12 January Ilford AC were represented across the age groups in the penultimate race of the Cross Country season in the Essex League. The race was held in Epping Forest over the usual challenging course that, although firmer and drier than usual, still had its difficult muddy moments to contend with. First race of the day was the U13’s held over 3km Ilfords sole representative was Joseph Grange who ran an impressive 12:10 for 14 place in a field of 40. Next up was the U15’s held over 4km Ilford had 2 runners in this race, both putting in fine performances. Matthew Hick came in on 17:02 for 21st place, followed very closely by …Read More

Press Report 7th January 2019

Jan 072019

SENIOR PRESS REPORT Essex Cross Country Championships Writtle College Saturday 5th January The 92nd Essex Cross Country was held on firm, flat course on a chilly Saturday afternoon at Writtle College near Chelmsford. It was the first time in the history of the event that the senior men and women ran the same distance, 10km. In the Senior Women’s race, which was won by seasoned international Jess Judd, the Ilford AC squad was led home by Carlie Qirem in 48 mins 49 secs for 57th place with Anna Crawley having a good run for 79th in 53 mins 21 secs. Next up was Sharon Honey with 56 mins 31 secs for 104th, with Alison Sale completing the scorers in 110th …Read More

Press Report 7th January 2019

Jan 072019

JUNIOR PRESS REPORT Essex Cross Country Championships Writtle College Saturday 5th January History Boys Saturday was the start of a busy month for Ilford young athletes, with 5 races including three championships in the next 5 weeks. Writtle college was the venue for the Essex championships and after the excess of Christmas, the form book is usually thrown out of the window. Due to some controversial messing about with race distances the U17 and U20 races were combined boys and girls. Ilford had four boys in the U17 race and prior to the start they thought they were in with a team medal opportunity. A slight downhill meant that it was a very fast start and the four Ilford …Read More

Press Report 31st December 2018

Dec 312018

lford AC Boxing Day Handicap Hainault Forest December 26th 2018 A record field of 30 runners brushed off the Turkey and Christmas hangover’s to toe the line for the 10th annual Ilford AC Boxing day handicap. The route is 3.3 miles through the hills and mud of Hainault Forest. This year, for the first time, the course was marked out due to people getting lost and running their own route in previous years. The first 5 finishers all finished within a minute of each other and was led home by Matthew Hick, closely followed by Jak Wright, John Crawley, Ryan Holeyman and Steve Philcox. Taking away the Handicaps Steve Philcox was the fastest Ilford runner on the day with a …Read More

Press Report 25th December 2018

Dec 252018

Ilford Christmas Relay Cricklefields Stadium Tuesday 18 December The annual Ilford AC Christmas relay took place at their home track at Cricklefields Stadium. It is the one time of the year when all the clubs running groups come together, the Juniors, Senior track runners and the endurance road and cross country runners. This year 10 teams of 3 or 4 runners entered the relay event with each team having to do 19 laps. The race is run as a relay with the only rules being that each runner has to do at least 3 laps, and the last lap has to be run by the whole team. It was a close contest this year, and despite heavy rain was a …Read More