Press Report 8th September 2014  

Sep 092014
 

Essex Way – Sunday 7th September 2014
Ilford AC closed ranks to pull off a remarkable victory in the famous Essey Way Relay Race for the first time in their history. This race covers the 82 miles of the historic Essex way from Epping Station to Harwich Old Lighthouse in 10 stages and is usually run the first Sunday in September. The route is mostly cross country and can be difficult through crops and across ploughed fields.
For a long period it looked like a scratch Ilford team may have to settle for runners up to the traditionally formidable Springfield Striders outfit until an achilles injury forced the lattter’s 5th leg runner to retire thereby incurring a heavy points penalty and effectively putting them out of the running. Nevertheless teams from Southend AC and Benfleet RC were still pushing hard with the result still in doubt right up to the final leg. For some time Captain Malcolm Muir was uncertain as to whether he would have a runner at all for the last leg showdown with the late withdrawal of their intended runner. A call was therefore put out to Mike Horsey who made the trip to Ramsey just in time to finish the leg in Harwich in 14th postion which proved more than enough to bring the Club home in top spot. Ilford totalled 65 points to Southend’s 69 with Springfield recovering to 3rd with 70.
The Club also fielded partial teams in the open and veteran categories. 61 teams from all over Essex contested the prizes and apart from Ilford’s victory in the open category both the Ladies and Veteran category prizes went to Springfield Striders.
Ilford Runners and their leg positions were as follows:- Leg 1 Sam Rahman – 3rd, Terry Knightley 21st, Peter Spelman 56th , Leg 2 Steve Philcox 4th Sam Rahman (B) 13th , Leg 3 Neil McGoun 3rd Nicola Chester 52ndh . Leg 4 Kevin Newell 1st, Leg 5 Rohan Alexander 5th, Kevin Newell (B)10th , Leg 6 Iain Knight 22nd, Steve Cheal 28th Ray Rawlinson 51st, leg 7 Neil Crisp 7th, Leg 8 Harold Wyber 3rd Jenni Crisp 35th Dianne Crisp 36th , Leg 9 Malcolm Muir 1st , Leg 10 Mike Horsey 14th, Pam Jones 56th, Natalie Crisp 57th,

Essex Champs Day 3 – 30th August 2014
The Ilford AC team travelled to Southend-On-Sea to competein the annual Essex County Relay Championships on Saturday 30th August.
The day commenced on a high as the U15 boys won the 4x100mwith a time of 47.1. Anchor leg runner Muhammed Weyli held off their closestrival Newham & Essex Beagles to win the gold.

The senior men competed in the 4x100m and 4x400m, andmedalled in the latter thanks to 400m specialist Sam Malpass, finishing fast tosecure the bronze medal in a time 49.9s in the last leg, which he said “…feltso easy, didn’t feel like I ran that fast”
Following the disappointment of being disqualified in the4x100m, the senior women’s team rectified this by winning the goldmedal in the 4x400m. The senior women’s team (Victoria Onyeka, Tamara Chambers,Kehinde Ademola and Naomi Browne) showed patience for much of the race untiltheir anchor leg runner; Naomi Browne surged past the Havering AC athlete tocross the line in first place recording a time of 4:22.6 to win the title.

Report details supplied courtesy of Jeffery Nkrumah (IAC Sprints Coach)

Walking Report

ANOTHER NATIONAL TEAM TITLE FOR ILFORD AC
Ilford AC contested the annual British Masters’ Athletic Federation 10
Kilometres’ Road Walking Championship on a hot Sunday morning around 14
flat-and-fast circuits of Abbey Park Oval cricket ground close to Leicester city
centre. Pride of place went to protagonist Francisco Reis who led early on as he
and Olympian Ian Richards (Steyning AC) quickly opened up a sizable gap at the
head of the field. With one-third of the distance completed Richards made his
move, securing a gap which proved a winning one as he pressed on to break the
tape in 50 minutes and 19 seconds with Reis 2nd in 51.04. Ilford’s captain Steve
Uttley had the kudos of completing the frame when timed-in at 55.45. Team
Manager Stuart Bennett overcame a back injury and recent swollen knee to battle
around the course for an excellent 6th position in 58.34, with his best work
being seen in the early stages. With 3 Ilford members in the top 6 it was a
formality for the Cricklefields-based Club to win the team award by a wide
margin, so adding to their collection of titles. In their individual age groups
Reis and Uttley won gold medals in the M50 & M55 categories respectively with
Bennett claiming bronze in the latter.
The Championship was held in conjunction with the long established “Tom Sharlott
Open 10K” which saw Ilford AC repeat their 2013 victory in a contest requiring 4
scorers instead of the usual 3, as a downfield Dave Ainsworth added his
contribution to the aformentioned trio. A bonus came when Bennett collected the
1st Centurion Prize prize, competed only by those who’d previoulsy completed a
100 miles’ race in under 24 hours!
Issued by Ilford AC Walking Section (01708-377382)

  Press Report Ilford AC 02/09/2014  

Sep 022014
 

Last Friday of the Month 5km

Hyde Park
Friday 29 August

There were three runners from Ilford AC in the large field of 203 in Serpentine Running Club’s Last Friday of the month 5km in London’s Hyde Park. On the fast course Steve Philcox came home 9th in 17 mins 22 secs which placed him second in the M45 category. Further down the field there were good runs from Carol Muir in 161st with 26m 11s and Pam Jones with 29m 23s for 185th, her best on the road this year.

Essex 10000m Championship
Garon Park, Southend
Saturday 30 August

The final day of the 2014 Essex County Track Championships were held at the Garon Park Track in Southend in breezy conditions last Saturday. There was good representation from then Ilford endurance squad in the men’s’ 10000m. Tom Gardner was in dominant form, taking the lead at the end of the first lap and gradually pulling away from the field over the 25 lap race to win the title and the gold medal by almost 2 minutes his winning time was 32 mins 57.1secs. Kevin Newell came home 4th in a new personal best of 35m 43.4s and Sam Rahman finished 5th in 36m 09.1s in his first track 10000m and bettered his road best.
Last Friday of the Month 5km
Hyde Park
Friday 29 August

There were three runners from Ilford AC in the large field of 203 in Serpentine Running Club’s Last Friday of the month 5km in London’s Hyde Park. On the fast course Steve Philcox came home 9th in 17 mins 22 secs which placed him second in the M45 category. Further down the field there were good runs from Carol Muir in 161st with 26m 11s and Pam Jones with 29m 23s for 185th, her best on the road this year.

Chelmsford Super Sprint Triathlon
Saturday 30th August

On Saturday 30th August, Ilford AC’s Terry Knightley and club photographer, Kim Baxter, continued there foray into the World of Triathlon by completing he Chelmsford Super Sprint Triathlon, consisting of 160 metre Pool Swim followed by a 9.8 Kilometre Bike Ride and finishing with a 3 Kilometre Multi-Terrain Run. Terry finished the event in 44th position overall from 106 finishers and 3rd in the Super-Veteran Age Category recording a total time, including transition, of 42 minutes and 45 seconds ( 3.40 Swim, 26.14 Bike, 12.51 Run) – Kim finished in 100th Place in a total time of 57minutes and 29 seconds (4.46 Swim, 31.52 Bike, 20.51 Run).

Elsewhere:

Ilford had 3 athletes competing in the recent South of England Track and Field Championships at Crystal Palace. In the 3000metres Usamah Patel & Ahmed Abdulle had excellent runs,with Yee of Kent ac ranked one in the UK taking the pace out fast over the first half of the race it left the chasing pack racing for 2nd & 3rd places Usamah with 3 laps to go went to the front with Ahmed in pursuit. At the bell Ilford were 2nd & 3rd only for fast finishing Burgess of Herne Hill beating them on the line. Usamah finished 3rd for a Bronze medal in 9-16-28 and Ahmed 4th for a 9-17-12 Pb. There were mixed fortunes for Jack Maher in the 800 metres when after winning his heat on Saturday was very disappointed in the final finishing 7th.
In the recent Woodford Green Open Meeting two younger members of the squad, 10 year olds Arun Manget and Bradley Deacon, both run Pbs in the1500metres with Arun recording 5-22-12 and Bradley 5-43-61

 

  Press Report Ilford AC 26/08/2014  

Aug 262014
 

Barking Park 5Km

Monday 25 August

On a wet bank holiday Monday morning in Barking Park the 6th round of this summers ELvIS competition was held and Ilford AC were out in force fielding 26 runners in the field of 214

The mens team were led by Tom Gardner in an excellent 2nd place in 16 mins 02 secs, backed up by Ahmed Abdullah in 3rd in 16m 33s.Steve Philcox showed good form in 8th and 1st in the M40 category with 17m 06 and half a step behind was Sam Rahman with the same time and a new personal best time. Kevin Newell placed 12th in 17m 36s and Neil Crisp recorded 18m 39s in 28th spot and 2nd in the M50 group. Rohan Alexander closed the scorers with a new best time in 38th of 19m 23s. Ilford won the match in a close fight with East London Runners and retained the league title with one match to go.

Krystle Balogun was the first of the club’s ladies to finish in 4th spot in 19m 43s, a personal best, backed by Bree Nordin, who returned to top form, in 8th in 21m 09s, winning the F55 grouping. Jenni Sheehan improved her best time by 44 seconds to place 8th, with Mel Jones 10th in 22m 06 and 3rd in the F45 category. The Ilford scoring 4 won the match and are now just 1 point behind East London with one match to go at Valentines Park at the end of September.

The club had a couple of runners returning to action following injury; Iain Knight placed 57th in 20m 21s, Dan Cogan 66th with 20m 46s and Natalie Crisp in 152nd and 26m 10s and Sharon Honey 171st and 28m 01s raced for the first time in a few years.

There was a good showing of the older members in the M60 age group. Andy Catton was 2nd in 20m 24s, Peter Ryan, usually a race walker but having a run out, 3rd in 20m 26s and club coach Rob Sargent 7th in 22m 34s

Also recording new best times for the distance were Declan Cullen in 22m 37s and Billy Green with 22m 45s.

Also Ran: Dianne Crisp (120th 23m 29s) Steve Cheal ( 127th 23m 58s) Nicola Hopkinson (128th) Carol Muir (154th) Suki Jandu (157th) Pam Jones (188th)

Woodford Green Open Meeting

Tuesday 19 August

There was representation from Ilford AC in the last open meeting of the summer at the Woodford green track last week, which was held in good conditions for running.

First up was the 400m where Kieran McKenna won his heat in 62.20 secs while Bradley Brown equalled his personal best time of 66.41secs.

In the 1500m Steve Philcox ran a good race recording 4mins 38.5secs, while Bree Nordin improved her best time for the year to 5min 49.68sec.

There was a consistent run in the 3000m where Kevin Newell finished 6th in a new personal best time of 9m 47.51s. Kieran McKenna raced at this distance for the first time recorded 10m 48.25s.
Eltham Open Meeting

Wednesday 20 August

Sam Rahman travelled to the Sutcliffe Park in Eltham to take part in the BMC Open Meeting. He ran in a quality field in the 5000m.

Rahman ran steadily picking up the pace with 3 laps to go to finish in 17th place in 17mins 01.7 secs. This is his fastest time for the distance, although it is first on the track, the others being road races.

SouthwarkPark Run 23/08/14

Elsewhere Chris Togwell completed the Souhtwark Parkrun in 19th place clocking a very respectable time of 21:41 whilst pushing his 18 month toddler,Lukas, round in a buggy.

 

  Attention Press Report IlfordAC 19/08/2014  

Aug 182014
 

Havering Aquathon
17th August 2014
On Sunday 17th August Nine Times Essex County Road Running Champion, Terry
Knightley and Club photographer Kim the blur Baxter made their debuts in
Upminster at the Havering 90 Joggers and Havering Triathlon Club AQUATHLON,
which consisted of a 400 metre pool swim followed by a 5 Kilometre multi-terrain
run around local rutted farmers fields and Thames Chase Trails.
Terry finished in 37th Position overall from 63 finishers in a total time,
including transition, for the event of 36 minutes and 34 seconds and Kim
finished in 61st Place in 52 minutes and 17 seconds.

  Press Report Ilford AC 12th August 2014  

Aug 122014
 

British Masters Track & Field Championships

Alexander Stadium Birmingham
SaturdaySunday 910 August

Ilford ACs Kevin Newell took part in the British Masters Track & Field Championships at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham over the weekend. On Saturday morning he ran in the M35 category 1500m recording 4 mins 54.26secs for 5th place. On Sunday Newell returned to the track the next afternoon for the 5000m. The worst of the Sunday storm had passed by race time but there was a strong wind on the back straight. He ran a well controlled race moving up the field as it progressed to recorded 17m 31.32 s for 6th spot in his age group.

Club endurance coach Rob Sargent also had a run out over 5000m finishing 5th in the M60 category in 23m 18.53s

Mile End Open Meeting
Mile End Stadium
Monday 4 August

Two members from the Ilford AC Endurance Squad took to the track at Mile End to compete in middle distance events in the latest open meeting at the Mile End Stadium

Sam Rahman ran in heat 2 of the 800m and took the bell at 65 seconds and pushed on over the last lap to cross the line 2nd in 2mins 14.58secs.

Rahman was joined later in the mile by teammate Kevin Newell. Both runners were in the leading group in a field of 10 and has the race unfolded Rahman shadowed the leader and kicked in a fast last lap to finish second once again, with a new personal best of 5mins 00.54 secs. Newell ran hard throughout the race and came home 5th in a new best time for the distance which he had only run on the road previously of 5m 12.14s.