SCVAC Match 3 (Southern Counties Veterans Athletics Club) Lee Valley 2nd July 2018 Match 3 was held at a sunny and hot Lee Valley on Monday. Ilford were going into this match in third place behind Enfield and Haringey and London Heathside. The sprints were the 100m and 400m with the middle/long distance events being 1500m and 5000m finishing with the medley relay of 200m, 200m, 400m and 800m. Field events were triple jump, discus and javelin. Sam Malekout won his V35 100m race but with it being split over two runs his time of 12.2s placed him 2nd. His V35 discus of 24m 51 secured 4th. Henry Ricketts covered V40 100m and his 13.4s gained 5th. A non-scoring V35 discus …Read More

VAC 5m Championship Battersea Park Tuesday 19 June The annual  Veterans AC 5 mile road championship was held on the flat fast 3 lap circuit around the picturesque Battersea Park and there was a record entry of 9 from the Ilford endurance squad. It was a successful night for the club as they took home 5 medals. Best for the club was Steve Philcox in 6th with 29 mins 47 secs taking the M50 silver medal. Sam Rahman also broke 30 minutes in 8th and won the M35 category in 29 mins 57 secs Rohan Alexander took a bronze in the M50 age group in 33 mins 55 secs for 15th,Doris Gaga also won a bronze medal in the F50 …Read More

Orion Forest 5 Miles Chingford Saturday June 9th On Saturday morning, 5 Ilford AC athletes were amongst the 190 runners lining up for the first of Orion running clubs 3 race ‘Forest 5’ summer series. The undulating multi-terrain course follows a one lap route around Epping Forest. Leading the Ilford men home and placing first in the M50 category was Stephen Philcox with a time of 30:00 for 8th place. Next home was Bradley Brown in 52nd place in 36:01 followed by Dennis Briggs in 78th place in 39:37 Gaye Young was the only Ilford lady competing, and she came home in 81st place in a time of 39:55 The Ilford team was completed by club captain Billy Green who …Read More