Report for Vets League 29th April 2013.  

May 172013
 

A sunny evening at Lee Valley was the venue for the first match of the season for the Vets team.

The evening started on the track with the 100m. Henry Ricketts finished 5th in 13.1 and Peter Clinch also placed 5th in 13.2 in the A and B string. Edward Skinner in his first outing for the club finished 4th in 15.4 in the 50 plus category. John Batchelor covered the 60 plus category coming home in 17.1 for 6th place.

In the A string 400m Peter Clinch put in a fine performance with 56.7s for 3rd. Malcolm Muir covering B string also finished 3rd in 60.7. Eddie Skinner in his first 400m since school age performed admirably to finish 4th in 68.7.

Malcolm Muir battled all the way home in the 1500m to take 2nd in the 1500m in 4.25.8. Peter Clinch came in 7th in 4.54.4. Stephen Philcox running as a guest split the two scoring athletes with a run of 4.36.1 coming home 4th. Kevin Wootton representing Ilford for the first time finished in 4.49.6 for 9th, Kevin Newell finished 12th in 4.54.5 and Gary Floate 16th in 5.30.4 all as non-scorers.

David Butler came down an age group to compete as a 50 plus athlete to finish 3rd in 4.47.6. Neil Crisp ran as a guest to finish 6th in 5.15.4. John Batchelor finished 2nd in the 60 plus category in 5.35.2.

Francisco Reis dominated the 2000m walk to secure 1st place in 9.19.7. Stuart Bennett finished 2nd in the 50 plus category in 10.58.6.

In the field events Henry Ricketts leapt 5m exactly for 2nd, placed 5th in the discus with 23m 69 and 7th in the shot put with 8m 22.

Peter Whiting placed 5th in the long jump with 3m 68, 6th in the discus with 19m 49 and 5th in the shot put with 7m 81.

The mens 4×100 relay team of Kevin W, Henry, Malcolm and Stephen brought the baton round in 56.0 for 5th.

The men’s team on the evening finished 3rd.

In the ladies 1500m Breege Nordin and Diane Crisp ran as guests to finish 2nd and 4th in their age group in the times of 5.46.1 and 6.09.7 respectively. Is this the start of Ladies Vets team?

Thanks to Claire Levey who officiated with the track timings.

Results are recorded on power 10.

The next match is Monday 20 May at Lee Valley.

  Halstead Marathon (including Essex County Championship) -12th May 2013  

May 132013
 

HALSTEAD MARATHON (including ESSEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP)

Ilford AC bring home Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Essex County Marathon Championships

On Sunday 12th May three Ilford AC men bravely took on the challenge of the 19th Halstead And Essex Marathon in bright, but windy conditions. In what is described as the UK’s most picturesque Marathon they came home with some pretty outstanding results.[shashin type=”album” id=”117″ size=”large” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”y” order=”date” position=”center”]

Engaging in a battle royal with overall race winner Denys Olefir of Newmarket Joggers, Malcolm Muir superbly paced his race to duck under the 2:45 barrier and claim the Gold individual Essex county medal and 2nd overall finisher prize.

Terry Knightley charged home in 3:07:09 to claim the Bronze Veteran over 50 medal, his 61st Essex County medal and although Tony Hyde had a difficult race he did well to finish in 3:24:46 and successfully scoop his first Essex medal. Together the three man Ilford Team set out what they planned to do and achieved an Essex County Silver Team medal.

Race Report and Pictures by Kim The Blur

  YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE & ESSEX TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 6TH MAY – DAY 1  

May 082013
 

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

This is a newly formed league for 2013 where Ilford & Woodford Green & Essex
ladies have formed a composite team covering the U/13 to U/20 age groups.

Ilfords Jack Maher, 15, opened his account for the season with a 3rd place
in the 1500 in 4:34.Tom King, 16, returning after a long lay off from the
track had a creditable 4th place in the 800 in 2:15. The younger athletes,
Usumah Patel, 14, was 1st in the 1500 A string in 4:29 [a new PB]. Harry
Martin, 14, in his first ever 1500, won his B string race in 4:44

ESSEX TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 6TH MAY – DAY 1

A Bronze medal went to ilfords Usamah Patel, 14, who after winning his heat
stepped up a gear with an excellent 3rd place in the 1500 final in 4:25:08
which was also a new PB.. Harry Martin in only his 2nd run over 1500m hit
another PB in this event with 4:39. Jack Maher, 15, kept Ilfords good form
going in his age group with an excellent 1500 performance for 6th place in
the final recording 4:20:-22 which was also a PB.

Reports courtesy of Ian Gains

 

  Ilford Athletic Club Press Report – VLM  

Apr 222013
 

London Marathon

The recent good form of the endurance runners of ILFORD AC continued on Sunday in the London Marathon. On a warm sunny morning the 10 club members ran the 26.2 mile course from Blackheath to Westminster and were led home by Robin McNelis who came home in 2hrs 52mins 53 secs in 692nd place out of the 35000 plus entrants in his fastest marathon since 2009.[shashin type=”album” id=”115″ size=”small” crop=”n” columns=”max” caption=”y” order=”date” position=”left” clear=”left”] Next home was Steve Philcox, who ran a personal best and broke the 3 hour barrier for the first time recording 2h 59m 00s and Paul Holloway also ran a new best time of 3h 13m 46s. Sam Rahman set off at a good pace for the first half but found the going tough in the later miles and crossed the line in 3h 16m 31s. Nicola Hopkinson ran her best marathon for 7 years with a 3h 45m 35s while Rachel Allen made an impressive debut at the distance with 4h 29m 41s.  Billy Green and Nicola Chester had suffered minor injuries in the last few weeks leading up to the race and their performances were down on what was expected finishing in 5h 09m 20s and 5h 17m 12s respectively.

Two race walkers from the club also took part in the event; Steve Allen clocked 5m 13m 15s and Alan O’Rawe 5h 45m 51s.

Report by Hank on the DLR

 

  Virgin London Marathon Results 21st April 2013  

Apr 222013
 

Well done to all our finishers 😆


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