NEWMAN HILLY 5 – 3RD JULY 2013

On a warm muggy Wednesday evening Ilford AC staged the annual Newman Hilly 5
race on the trials of Hainault, which commemorates the life of Newman
Sargent, an Ilford AC member, who died tragically young of cancer in 2002.
The club did him proud providing both individual winners and taking both
team prizes.

The race, which was also the 4th leg of this summers East London fiVe
Interclub Series (ELvIS),m was won in fine style by Ilford’s Malcolm Muir in
27m 26s after a close battle with Billericay’s Crispian Bloomfield. Spencer
Hempstead came home 4th in 28m 19s to take the V40 category prize while
Steve Philcox was 7th with 29m 05s. Next home was Kevin Wotton in 30m 28s
for 13th with Sam Rahman next over the line in 30m 43s. Robin McNelis
closed out the scorers in 18th in a field of 208 finishers with 31m 07s.

Paul Holloway returned from a hamstring injury with a fine run in 25th
recording 32m 04s,while Neil Crisp, another just back from injury finished
in 32m 27s for 27th and Rohan Alexander was 33rd in 33m 17s.

On the ladies side recent recruit Krystle Balogun tasted victory for the
first time winning in 34m 16s, finishing 42nd overall. Breege Nordin won the
V55 category placing 4th with 36m 18s and a strong finish from Mel Jones
moved her up to 5th with 36m 38s and the F45 category trophy. Jenni Sheehan
completed the scoring team in 36m 44s for 7th lady and 73th in the race.
Dianne Crisp was in good form for 11th, 3rd in the F45 grouping and 96th
spot overall in a time of 38m 42s.

Other Club Finishers: Bradley Brown (39th 33.59) Colin Douglas (67th 36.23)
Martin Clarke (103rd 39.17) Alun Jones (106th 39.33)
Declan Cullen (110th 39.43) Satha Alaganandasundaram (142nd 43.08) Eileen
Sheridan (147th 43m 54s) Steve Cheal (154th 44m 54s) Ray Rawlinson (158th
45m 41s) Rachel Allen (45m 53s) Carol Muir (168th 46m 54s) Pam Jones (177th
48m 02s)

Report by Hank in the Bushes

Pictures form Hilly 5

Ladies Team – L to R [Breege Nordin, Mel Jones, Krystle Balogun]

Mens Team – L to R [Spencer Hempsted, Malcolm Muir, Steve Philcox]

ORION HARRIERS FOREST 5 – SATURDAY 6TH JULY

3 Ilford AC intrepids braved the 2nd race of the notorious Orion “Ups n
Downs” Forest 5 series in the searing heat of Saturday morning. Steve
Philcox faired the best of the bunch and was top male 40 vet crossing the
line in 9th spot in 29 mins 32 seconds. A fresh faced clean shaven Martin
Clarke improved on his 1st race time clocking 38.50 for 57th which was good
enough for top male vet 60 spot on the day. After his brief flirtation as
club photographer Billy Green returned to the serious stuff of racing to
record a creditable 42.03 for 84th. Crispian Bloomfield of Billericay for
once found his way successfully round the course sporting a number and
headed a field of 142 with a good time of 27.43.

Report courtesy of Tubs in the Shrubs.

Woodford Green Open Meeting – 2ND July 2013

Three runners from Ilford’s endurance squad took part in this meeting to
test their sprint speed.

In the first heat Krystle Balogun put in a storming run, particularly down
the back straight, to take 2nd in 65.63 secs

closely followed over the line by Bradley Brown with 67.24s

Sam Rahman was in the next heat and gave a storming performance to take the
race and break the 1 minute barrier in 59.82s

Report by the Man in the Shadows

VAC 5 mile road Championship – Tuesday 18th June

A group of 4 form Ilford AC travelled to London’s Battersea park for the
Veterans Athletic Club , which is only open to runners over 35 years, 5 mile
road championship. The race is held on the roads in park on a fast flat
course but the muggy conditions made it hard going for the competitors.

The recent success for the club continue as Steve Philcox won the
championship, and the gold for the M45 category, in a new personal best time
of 28 mins 04 secs. The M55 age category was won by Steve parker, who was
6th overall, in 34m 17s, with club coach Rob Sargent taking the silver medal
in this group in 37m 50s. Ilford’s only female competitor Nicola Hopkinson,
who ran carrying a slight injury, was 6th in the ladies race winning the F50
grouping.

Report by Hank in the Bushes

SCVAC league Match 3 – Monday 10th June.

Malcolm Muir’s busy evening started with the triple jump where he placed 5th
with 6m 86 (PB) before lining up for the A string 100 to clock 14.2s for
7th. Kevin Newell filled the B string finishing in 16.6s for 7th. Edward
Skinner competed in the 50+ age group to finish 6th in 15.1s.

In the 400m Malcolm finished 4th in 59.4s and Kevin covering B string
finished 3rd in 73.0s. Edward came home in 66.8s for 5th.

Malcolm, Stephen Philcox (B string) and David Butler (50+) competed in the
1500m. Malcolm’s run of 4:20:8 secured 2nd place. Stephen produced a PB of
4:31:9 to claim B string 2nd place and David’s run of 4:38:9 won his age
group.

The longest track distance of the evening was the 5000m. Malcolm ran
tactically to move away from the field in the last few laps to win in
16:43:4. David Butler went with the pace as long as possible to come home in
17.01.1 to win the 50+ category. Kevin Newell’s time of 19:00:2 claimed B
string 2nd place and John Batchelor saved a little to take 2nd place in the
last lap of the 60+ age group finishing in 20:29:0. Rob Sargent competed as
a non-scorer to finish in 22:14:9.

Meanwhile in the 50+ field events Peter Whiting leapt 8m 53 in the triple
jump for 3rd place. His shot put of 7m 57 placed him 5th and his discus of
23m 58 secured 3rd.

Henry Ricketts covered A string shot put and discus to finish 5th and in
both events with distances 7m 23 and 19m 46 respectively.

The final event of the evening was the medley relay – 2 x 200, 400 and 800.
The team of David, Rob, Stephen and Malcolm came home in 4:45:4 to finish
5th.

On the evening the team finished 3rd and are also placed 3rd overall in the
standings after match 3.

Breege Nordin also competed as a non-scoring athlete in the 400m and 1500m.
She placed 4th in both events in 79:6 and 5:46:8 respectively.

Thanks to Claire Levey who officiated for Ilford.

The team move on to the last match at Hemel Hempstead on Monday 8 July.

Report by Henry Ricketts

ORION HARRIERS JOHN CLARKE MEMORIAL FELL RACE – Friday 21st June

Two members of Ilford’s distance squad competed in the only fell race within
the M25. Held over a tough undulating course over 5km Kevin Wotton was first
home in 17th position in a time of 25:21. Billy Green was 88th in 35:48,
Also competing was Chris Evans who finished in 96th in 39:19.

Report By Neil Crisp