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.

  Press Report 5th August 2014  

Aug 052014
 

Orion Forest Five
Epping Forest
Saturday 2 August

On a muggy Saturday morning 250 lined up for the Orion Harriers run on the trails through Epping Forest, the race incorporating the fifth fixture in this summers ELvIS league.

Leading the Ilford AC challenge was Malcom Muir in an excellent 2nd spot with 28mins 27secs. He was backed up by Steve Philcox in 7th with 29m 35 and finished as 3rd in the M40 group and the in form Kevin Newell in 10th in 30m 01s. Sam Rahman showed well in 17th in 30m 32s and Kevin Wotton placed 19th with 31m 13s. Neil Crisp completed the sides scorers in 29th and 4th in the M50 category in 31m 59s The side placed 2nd behind a strong East London team and narrowly lead the table with matches left at Barking Park and Valentines Park.

The Ilford ladies were under strength with 3 of their leading runners unavailable. Bree Nordin placed 10th and took the F55 trophy in 37m 20s while Dianne Crisp placed 26th in 40m 52 and Nicola Hopkinson 32nd with 42m 01s. Rachel Allen completed the scorers in the side with 44m 35s for place 40th in the ladies race. The team finished 4th in this match and are second in the league behind East London Runners.

Kieran McKenna had a good run coming home 54th with 34m 07s, while Andy Catton won the M60 age category in 62nd with 35m 10s. Team coach Rob Sargent finished in 39m 52s for 118th and 4th in the M60 grouping and Julia Galea was 4th in the F55 category in 47m 22s.

Also running were :- Bradley Brown (107th 38.37) Billy Green (126th 40.23) Steve Cheal (143th 41.51) Peter Spelman (169th 44.33) Suki Jandu (186th 46.12) Nicola Chester (195th 46.58) Carol Muir 9205th 48.00 Pam Jones (222th 50.41)