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Press Report 10th November 2020

Nov 092020

ILFORD ONE MILE HANDICAP

Saturday was supposed to be the 3rd in the Winter series of Ilford Handicap races, however tighter Government restrictions meant that the 1 mile handicap had to be held virtually.

Fifteen athletes took part with each runner given an undisclosed Handicap.

The handicap calculations worked well with the winner Lovedip Dhaliwal finishing in a combined time of 14:50 just one second ahead of Sharon Honey, Frieda Keane and Adam Coals on 14:51.

Fastest actual time on the day was Steve Philcox on 5:25, followed by Phil Davies on 5:50 and Anna Crawley on 6:10. Third male home was Cliff Warren on 6:13 and second and third females were Breege Nordin in 6:35 and Alison Sale / Gaye Young who both finished in 7:08

Handicap time / handicap (in brackets) / actual time as follows…

Lovedip Dhaliwal 14:50 (6.00) 08:50
Frieda Keane 14.51 (6.00) 08.51
Sharon Honey 14:51 (6.30) 08.21
Adam Coals 14:51 (8:30) 06:21
Anna Crawley 14:55 (8:45) 06.10
Julie Gillender 14:56 (5.00) 09:56
Cliff Warren 14:58 (8.45) 06:13
Phil Davies 15.05 (9:15) 05:50
Steve Philcox 15:10 (9:45) 05:25
Breege Nordin 15:20 (8.45) 06:35
Gaye Young 15.23 (8:15) 07.08
Carol Muir 15:25 (7.00) 08.25
Anthony Perkins 15.36 (0.00) 15.36
Alison Sale 15:38 (8.30) 07.08
Gary Smith 15.44 (3.30) 12.14

VITALITY LONDON 10K
Back in May Ilford were due to send eight athletes to Green Park in London for the Vitality 10k run. The race was postponed until September then cancelled and organised as a virtual event.
The Ilford contingent swapped Green Park for Valentines Park in Ilford and run the 10k virtually.

First home was Dennis Briggs in a time of 46:51 with the much improved Alison Sale coming in 2nd place and first female in a time of 53:!2. Remaining runners were Mandy Ried 55.29, Lovedip Dhaliwal 59.07, Billy Green 59.50, Sharon Honey 60.00, Frieda Keane 62.45 and Jimmy Huddart 63:11

Press Report 3rd November 2020

Nov 032020

EUROPEAN MASTERS ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP
Funchal, Madeira
29-31 October 2020

The European Masters Road Running Championships took place in Funchal on the Island of Madeira in sunny conditions. The Championships were postponed from March due to Coronavirus and the restaging was with a reduced attendance than is normal for these championships. The British team totalled just over 30 instead the normal of around 150. The event did attract a good quality field which included the 1995 World Marathon Champion Martin Fiz of Spain who won the M55 half marathon title here.

The first event was the 10km road race which was staged on a two lap course along the seafront and around the town with a start time of 8.30pm.. Ilford AC second claim member Edward Skinner ran in the M60 age category reaching half way in 27mins 23 secs and running steadily came home in 54 mins 19 secs in 106th overall and 18th in his group. As team numbers were reduced Edward was moved down to the M40 team which claimed the bronze team medal in that category. It was Skinner’s first international medal.

The half marathon start was at 4 o’clock on Sunday afternoon and was over a challenging course. Rob Sargent from Ilford AC ran in the M65 age category and found the first two 7km laps over the undulating clifftops very tough and at 10km had a time of 58 mins 52 secs. The race then dropped down a steep gradient for two shorter laps along the seafront. Rob came in at 2hrs 5 mins 16 secs for 76th overall and 8th in the M65 grouping. Sargent ran in the M55 British team who just missed out on the medals in 4th spot

BFTTA Open Academy Track
Dagenham
31st October

An afternoon of PB’s

Some of Ilford’s young athletes had one more track race before the short lived season came to an end, and with blustery wind good times were not expected and even more bizarrely the meeting was almost over after 3 events as the track had been double booked.

Joseph Grange decided to have a go at the 3000m, it was a steady start and Joseph was in the middle of the field, as the race progressed he was running consistent laps and moving his way through the field and eventually ended up in 3rd place in a time 10.01.93. A pb by 6 seconds and his third pb of this season.

Rhys Edwards who has recently joined us from Woodford went in the 1500m, Rhys is in the middle of a heavy exam schedule and therefore missed a bit of training. He had planned out his race tactics in the morning and got them spot to finish in 5th place in a time of 4.22.81, a pb by 2 seconds.

Finally Jordan Hinds also ran in the 1500, and after a good months training was in shape for a good run. The initial pace was very quick and Jordan hung back slightly, at half way she was spot on her race plan. The wind seemed to get even stronger during the second part of her race, and she slightly off her 5 minute schedule, but still finished in an excellent 5.03.28, knocking 6 seconds off her previous best.

SCVAC 10k Championships
Beckley, Nr Rye
1st November 2020

Former England International Andy Catton headed down to deepest Sussex to a little village called Beckley (near Rye) for the SCVAC Champs this weekend, his first race since November last year due to injury and CoronaVirus.

The course was hilly and the wind and rain were relentless with Andy describing the race as one of the toughest 10k races he had ever done.
Keeping up with the leading pack at 5k Andy turned an ankle over in a puddle with a hidden pothole which set him back a little, but he regained composure to keep up the 5m/km pace to finish in exactly 50 minutes which placed him just outside the medals, finishing 4th M65

Gravesend Floodlit 5k

Trevor Robinson competed in the 1st race of the Gravesend Floodlit 5k series last Friday and was pleased with his time of 23:51

Press Report 26th October 2020

Oct 262020

CHINGFORD LEAGUE
Epping Forest
Saturday 24 October

The first match of this winter’s Chingford League took place in Epping Forest on Saturday and was run under the Covid regulations. This necessitated that the men and women ran in separate races and the races were started in 12 separate waves, with each wave racing one minute after the previous.

Ilford AC competed in the league for the first time and therefore both men and ladies were competing in division 2. The club entered a large team and were rewarded with good results. It was the first time that most had raced since March.

The women’s squad were headed home by Amy-Louise Bird in 24th spot with 37 mins 44 secs for the 2 lap 5.2 mile course. Supporting her were Anna Crawley in 36th with 39 mins 49 secs and Carlie Qirem in 40 mins 08 secs for 39th. Next up were Bree Nordin placing 41st in 40 mins 27 seconds, while Alison Sale finished 54th in 41 mins 57 secs, breaking her 5m pb in the process. Completing the scorers was Gaye Young with a time of 43 mins 20 secs. It was a successful debut for the club in the league as the ladies finished 6th overall and top of the division 2 rankings.

Also running for the club were Mandy Reid (103 48.02) Julia Galea (109 48.48) Frieda Keane (118 50.08) Pramilla Monro (119 50.36) Sharon Honey (121 51.15) and Launa Broadley (123 51.37). There were 130 finishers

The mens race featured a strong field and first home for the Ilford team was Gary Coombes in 23rd with 31 mins 12 secs for the 5.2 mile course. Next home were Paul Holloway in 31st with 31.44 and Sam Rahman with 32 mins 31 secs for 37th. Danny Holeyman placed 56th with 33.13 secs and Steve Philcox was 2 places and 11 seconds behind. Closing the scorers was John Crawley in 75th in a time of 34 mins 59 secs. The team were 7th overall and second in the division 2 match behind Woodford Green AC

Also in action were Terry Knightley (89 36.05) Jim Tilbrook (145 41.31) Steve Cheal (150 42.52) Trevor Robinson (153 43:32) Rob Sargent (155 44.06) Bradley Brown (166 47.11) and Sparra Everingham (171 50.34) There were 175 finishers

RUN TRACK SERIES
Hexham
Sunday 25 October

Tony Young returned to his native North East at the weekend and took part in a 3000m track race at Hexham. He ran a hard race to finish 6th in his heat in a personal best time of 12 mins 57.7 secs.

Press Report 20th October 2020

Oct 192020

Woodchurch 5 Mile Road Race
Sunday 18th October 2020

With races in short supply at the present time, two intrepid Ilford AC athletes travelled to a small village near Tunbridge Wells in Kent for the second running of The Woodchurch 5 Miles Road Race.

With a Covid friendly wave start involving a maximum number of 12 runners setting off to run in 5 minute intervals, and Competing against 137 other runners over an unbelievably Hilly course around the village of Woodchurch, Terry Knightley won The Male Veteran Over 60 Category finishing in 23rd place overall in 34 Minutes and 11 seconds. Following him in 129th place and 2nd in the Female Veteran Over 60 position was Kim Baxter finishing in 56 Minutes and 57 Seconds.

Press Report 6th October 2020

Oct 052020

Open Meeting
Jim Peters Stadium
3rd March 2020

With gale force winds and rain predicted for the weekend, not much was expected from the open Meeting at the Jim Peters stadium at Barking, last Saturday.

However the young middle distance squad produced some great performances and achieved 8 personal bests

Joseph Grange was the only member of the group to do a 1500m and he had a very good run to record a time of 4.47.24 a pb by 16seconds.

Jordan Hinds was feeling ill before her race, but despite this she gave it a go and ran a time of 2.29.36.

U13’s Ryder Islam, Samuel Crane and Aaron Hick could count on one hand the amount of track races they had run, but all achieved pbs. All three of them went with the very fast first lap and all showed their strength to move through the field in the second lap. Samuel ran 2.45.85, Ryder 2.43.28 and Aaron a very impressive 2.30.05.

Bradley Deacon, new member Dylan Harrod and Ryan Holeyman, were all in the same race, which was slow to begin with, Bradley worked his way to the front and set about increasing the pace. He maintained his lead until the finish and crossed the line in 2.04.48 a pb of 6 seconds, Dylan ran 2.09.57 and Ryan ran his third pb of this shortened season a time of 2.14.75.

Jak Wright was up next and like Bradley he did the bulk of the work in his heat, especially on the second lap, he was just piped in the home straight, but a pb of 2.01.03 an improvement of 4 seconds

The last race of the day involved Aaron Samuel and Paul Grange. Despite being the fastest heat there seemed a reluctance to take the pace and the first lap was fairly slow. It sped up on the second lap, and Paul who was nicely positioned the whole way came in 3rd in a time of 1.55.90, Aaron was 2 places back in a time of 1.56.76, a pb by over 2 seconds.

Kosice peace marathon 2020
Kosice, Slovakia
4th october 2020

Established in 1924, the Kosice Peace Marathon is the oldest marathon in Europe and the sixth-oldest in the world.
Normally consisting of two laps in the historic city center of Košice, Slovakia, this year because of social distancing they had to change the course so ran 10 laps of 4,2km.
Zuzana Sinalova was the sole Ilford AC member running the race, in her first ever marathon.
Zuzana has previously spent many years living in London, where she became a popular member of the club and has decided to retain her membership since moving back and proudly ran in the Ilford AC vest. She finished in a time of 3 hours, 39 minutes and 41 seconds and was the 13th female to finish.

Virtual London Marathon
Various locations
4th October 2020

45,000 runners from around the world took part in this year’s Virtual London Marathon, including 7 from Ilford AC. Entrants had to run the 26.2 miles in the 24 hour period on the day the actual event was due to take place.

First to finish, mainly because they set off at 1am to avoid traffic and pedestrians were husband and wife team Rhoan and Brennie Gabbidon. Both have spent the previous months battling illness and injury so were delighted to complete their marathon journey, Rhoan in 6:59 and Brennie in 7:24.

Setting off at 7:15 and taking in several local parks were Launa Broadley and Karen Kufuor. Both had worked so hard in their marathon journey and enjoyed the support of many of their colleagues en-route and can be rightly proud of their achievements. Both finished in a time of 5:47.

Another who has worked very hard in his marathon journey has been Ray ‘Sparra’ Everingham.
No one has been more meticulous in their marathon preparations, or more supportive of others than Sparra, and with tremendous support on the day from family, friends and club colleagues he was delighted with his time of 5:29.
Sparra also managed to raise a magnificent £3,015 for the National Deaf Children’s Society.

Lovedip Dhaliwal entered the race late when it re-opened as a virtual marathon, and despite very little training was pleased with her time of 5.22

Fastest Ilford Marathoner was Sam Rahman. Sam set off from Barking Park at 9am and had awful weather conditions to endure as he aimed to complete 17 laps of the park to rack up the 26.2 miles. Despite the weather Sam’s partner and son stayed to cheer every lap, and various club mates joined in at various points to offer support and encouragement along the way.
Sam was delighted with his time of 3 hours and one minute which placed him 670th overall in the field of 45,000.

2 Mile Handicap
Barking Park
3rd October 2020

With Road Races still in short supply, Ilford continued with their monthly handicap races over Barking Park, this month’s race was over 2 miles.

Storm Alex deterred a few of the runners, but 27 hearty soles toed the line. The start was staggered with 9 mins between the first and last runners.

Having been out a few months with injury, Gaye Young was using this as a test of her fitness, which on the evidence of Saturday is pretty good, as she splashed her way through the puddles to finish in an impressive 15.22.

Second home was Jim Tilbrook who was also on the comeback trail, he finished 15 seconds behind Gaye in a time of 14.37. Freida Keane made up the top three with a time of 17 minutes, just piping birthday boy Ernie Forsyth.

Gary Coombes was the fastest of the male runners in 5th place with a time of 11.06, Anna crawley was the fastest lady in a time of 14.16 for 18th place.

As well as the runners some of Ilford’s walking section took part and first to cross the line was Emma Dyos in a time of 18.16.

Full results

1 Gaye Young 18.22 3 15.22

2 Jim Tilbrook 18.37 4 14.37

3 Freida Keane 19.00 2 17.00

4 Ernie Forsyth 19.06 3 16.06

5 Gary Coombes 19.06 8 11.06

6 Sharon Honey 19.21 1 18.21

7 Steve Philcox 19.22 8 11.22

8 Alex ELR 19.29 1 18.29

9 Mandy Reid 19.32 3 16.32

10 Alison Sale 19.40 5 14.40