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They Went down well Ilford AC Walking Report 24th Feb 2014

Feb 242014

Ilford AC were represented at race No.2 of the 12-event 2014 Enfield Walking League, which was a 5 Miles race around 5 laps of a traffic-free circuit inside the town’s King George V Playing Fields on a mild Saturday afternoon. The contest didn’t get off to a good start for Ilford’s Walking Captain STEVE UTTLEY as he slipped on a tight spiral staircase at the dressing room on his way to the start line. Changing rooms at this location are a listed building and those wearing anoraks actually make pilgrimages to admire the said wrought iron spiral staircase…the Ilford Captain’s opinion of it isn’t printable! After a sit down, during which he contemplated scratching, he limped to the start line …Read More

Essex and Eastern Counties Indoor Championships – 8th and 9th February 2014

Feb 242014

Many Ilford athletes competed in the annual Essex and Eastern Counties Indoor Championships which commenced over two days on both the 8th and 9th February. The star showing came from Gabriel Yiadom who ran his way to the top of the podium for Essex with a personal best time of 7.31 in the under 17 men’s 60m. Amazigh Laoudi proved to be the athlete of the day in day two as he completed his 400m and 800m double with an Essex county silver medal in the under 20 men’s 400m (52.68 pb) and a gold medal in the latter (2:09.36 pb). The full resultsare as follows: Taha Undre (SNR MEN): 60m Heat 1 – 7.78 Asad Ahmed (U20 MEN): …Read More

Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 16 February 2014

Feb 162014

EASTERN COUNTIES INCORPORATING THE ESSEX INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPS 2014 For the first time this season Jack Maher [No. 420] & training partner Usamah Patel [No. 522] came face to face in the finals of the u/17 1500m. Jack took up the pace early on as the pair took charge of the race, with about 250m to go Usamah made his move to take the title from Jack who was the reining champion both athletes broke the championship best performance time. Usamah time 4-21 Pb indoors Jack 4-25 Pb indoors Report by Ian Gains. Photos by Tom Gardner CHICHESTER PRIORY 10km CHICHESTER SUNDAY 9th FEB Three Ilford men travelled down to Chichester last Sunday for the super fast Chichester 10km, which …Read More

Young Athletes Report – Newham 2nd Feb 2014

Feb 112014

2nd February 2014 – Newham Athletics 60m Open Series: On the 2nd February a handful of Ilford AC athletes competed in what was the 2nd Newham Sprint Series of the season. The 60m results are as follows: Asad Ahmed (U20M): Round 1: 7.55i Round 2: 7.52i Naomi Browne (U17W): Round 1: 8.12i Round 2: 8.02i PB Gabriel Yiadom(U17M): Round 1: 7.49i Round 2: 7.43i PB

Ilford AC Press Report Week Ending Sunday 9 February 2014

Feb 102014

Essex Cross-Country League Epping Forest Saturday 8 February The final leg of this winters Essex Cross-Country League has held in Epping Forest , where the recent poor weather turned the course into a quagmire of liquid mud. The adverse conditions led to the organisers shortening the courses for the races. Ilford AC were again fielding weakened teams due to injury, illness and a busy weekend of races and their line up for the senior ladies 6.5km event was just 2 competitors. Jenni Sheehan put in a good run in the mud to come home 28th in 30 mins 05 secs and Nicola Hopkinson again showed a battling performance to finish 35th in 31m 47s. Together they combined to finish 12th …Read More