Eton Manor 5k Tuesday 16th June Leyton
Press Report 23rd June
Jun 232015
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Press Report 16th June 2015
Jun 162015
Woodford Green Open Meeting Ashton Playing Fields Tuesday 9 June The first Tuesday Open Meeting staged by Woodford Green was held on a blustery chilly evening and a handful of Ilford endurance runners in action. In the 800m Sam Rahman placed 3rd in heat 2 with 2 Mins 18.17 secs with Krystle Balogun giving her usual determined performance in 4th with 2m 20.23s Sam Rahman was back in action in heat 1 of a fast 3000m recording 10m 18.10s for 12th.In heat 2 Steve Philcox placed 2nd with 10m 33.57s and Kevin Wooton next home in 10m 41.51s while Bradley Brown finished in 12m 18.01s in 11th City of London Mile St Pauls London Sunday 14 June The City of …Read More
Press Report 8th June 2015
Jun 082015
Orion Forest 5 Chingford 6th June On a sunny, but windy morning no less than 27 Ilford AC athletes toed the line in the second of the ELvIS series, hosted by Orion Harriers. A record number of ladies were in action, with 12 in total made up of some familiar faces, some new joiners and some new, old faces. On the challenging forest route, which makes up the 1st race in Orion’s Forest 5 series, Jenni Sheehan (37.9) led the ladies home, supported by Breege Nordin (1st 55, 37.31), Dianne Crisp (40.32) and Rachel Halpin (42.1), to bring the team in 3rd position. The Ilford Ladies showed good presence with performances from Nicola Hopkinson (42.31), Victoria Morgan (43.38), Julia Galea …Read More
Press Report 2nd June
Jun 022015
Essex County Track & Field Championships Chelmsford Saturday / Sunday 23rd / 24th May Ilford AC Young Athletes produced some inspired performances in the Essex County Track and Field Championships held at the Chelmsford AC track on the recent bank holiday weekend. Star of the show was Muhammed Weyli who broke the U17 men’s Club record of 50.2, set in 2005 by Gary Smallman, with an excellent time of 49.64, ranking him 5th in the country at U17 level for the distance. Teammate Kelechi Okorie running only his 3rd 400m race placed 2nd with a time of 50.27 just outside the old record. Another noteworthy performance came from Shane Johnson who competed in three different events earning three medals with …Read More
Press Report 26th May 2015
May 262015
Essex Track and Field Championships – Days 1 & 2 May 23 – 24 May Chelmsford Ilford AC’s Tom Gardner on the County’s endurance track events, the 3000m & 5000m over the 2 days. The 3000m which was run at snails pace at times with some big kickers biding their time and consequently Tom had to settle 4th place in 9-04-62 .However In the 5000m the next day he had a outstanding performance and with a solid pace being set from the start he stayed with the leaders when the experienced Adrian Mussett of Colchester decided to pick up the pace. The Ilford man sat in just behind judging his effort to perfection kicking away at 100m out to cross …Read More