Essex cross-Country League Match 3 Hylands Park, Chelmsford 7 December 2013. The third match of this years Essex Cross-Country league was held at Hylands Park, Chelmsford last Saturday on a firm, fast grassland course in good conditions. Ilford Ac fielded teams in both mens and ladies matches, who produced their best results of the season so far, but the best performance of the day came from Usamah Patel in the boys u/15 race where he had a superb run to come home 2nd in 12mins 40secs for the 4km course, just 5 seconds behind the winner. The ladies raced held over 6.4km saw the Ilford team pack well. Bree Nordin led the way in 35th, and 1st in the F55 …Read More

Downton Half Marathon near Salisbury Salisbury Sunday 24 November On a cold crisp morning Kevin Newell lined up at the start of the Downton Half Marathon near Salisbury. The Ilford ac athlete is on a good run of form of late & he didn’t disappoint this time. On a very up and down course taking the runners through the beautiful New Forest, passing the odd horse on the way, he led from start to finish to come home in a time of 80 mins 25 secs. 205 runners finished the race Report courtesy of The Cowboy from the Abbey Chelmsford 10km Sunday 24 November Six runners from the endurance squad of Ilford AC tackled the rural course of the 408 …Read More

Stebbing Remembrance Day 10 Road Race Sunday 10 November Nearly 500 runners lined up for the start of the Stebbing 10 mile race on a very crisp and windswept Remembrance Day morning. Ilford AC were well represented with no less than 7 men and 6 women competing in this Essex Championship race over a rural course of quiet yet exposed country lanes and track. The eye catching performance of the day came once again from Kevin Newell who continues to improve on his personal bests, this time clocking 58.53 for 14th place. He was ably supported by a strong well packing trio consisting of Steve Philcox 60.41 (24th) Kevin Wotton 61.06 (28th) and Sam Rahman 61.58 (33rd). In the women’s …Read More