Press Report 9th July 2019  

Jul 092019
 

Essex County Relay Champs
Chelmsford
Friday 28th June

Ilford ACs Gold Rush at Essex Champs Relay

Ilford entered 7 teams in the Essex Track relays at Chelmsford  last weekend and came home with a successful 4 Gold medal, 1 Silver medal and a Club Record.

First up was the Senior men and Senior women sprinters

In the Senior Men’s 4 x 100, Ilfords team of Jordan Akinpelu,Wanya Williams, Daniel Wheeler  &Nathaniel Senior ran a great race but just missed out on a medal with 4th position, in a real quality race.

In the Senior Womens 4 x 100 Krystle Balogun,  Eshimu Massamba Gemima, Ellie Wright & Esmeralda Mengeyele powered round to win Ilfords first Gold medal of the night. All 4 girls had amazing runs and takeovers to win the Gold medals

Next up was the Senior Men’s 4 x 400 races. Ilfords Senior team just missed out on a medal but great runs from Alex Richards, Jordan Akinpelu,Daniel Wheeler and Paul Grange

Ilford ACs under 17 4 x 400 was the reigning champions but many of the other big teams in Essex were after their title.
Findke Abidekin ran a great first leg to bring the team in 2nd place handing over to Aaron Samuels, who maintained the second place. Farris Patel ran a storming leg to give Mario Dobrescu a slight advantage , which Mario increased by some 50 m. The overall time was 3.28 , which was a new club record, breaking the previous record by 3 seconds. The time is also currently the fastest in the country for an U17 team.

The under 17s were then back on the Track in 3 x 800 . Bradley Deacon took the first leg and ran an absolute stunning leg to bring Ilford home slightly in the lead , giving the batton over to Aaron Samuels. Aaron had a slight lead from the Basildon athlete, who was the current Essex 800 Champion and tried to go straight  past Aaron. However Aaron held on and actually handed a 20 metre lead to Farris Patel, who comfortably brought home the baton, for another Gold medal for Ilford

Final 2 races of the night for Ilford was the Senior Men and Women’s Medley relays

In the Senior mens race, Nathaniel Senior, coach of all the young sprinters stormed into the lead in the first 200. Daniel Wheeler powered over the second 200 to maintain the lead. Alex Richards ran a great 400 and Paul Grange, new to Ilford , ran a controlled race to stay ahead of the other teams to win the Title for Essex and bring home the biggest Trophy of the night

In the Senior women’s race, Ellie Wright ran the first 200 and led after the first leg,Krystle increased the lead , handing over to Gemima. Jordan Hinds ran the 800 and was just caught down the home straight to win a well deserved silver medaL for the ladies

All in all a great night for Ilford AC

 

Tynedale 10km

Wednesday 3 July

Ilford AC member Tony Young returned north to his native Tyneside to take part in the Tynedale 10km last weekend.
The race which is over a fast rural course has an unusual race finishing prize for all the entrants; a plate of pie and peas.
There was an interested spectator at the event, former Scottish International and British Masters Endurance team manager Archie Jenkins. 

Tony ran a steady race finishing 162nd in a field of 354 with a time of 49.01

 

2019 ETU European Aquathlon Age Group Championship
Targu Mures, Romania
Thursday 5th july 

Ilford Athlete Seb Parris quite literally took the plunge this week while competing for Great Britain’s age group Aquathlon team at the European Multisports Championship in central Romania. 
The venue,Targu Mures, is a town steeped in Hungarian heritage with a large Romany community. 
The weather was scorching all week of the champs with highs of 38 degrees.
The aquathlon took place at a water park so athletes were pleased to be in the right place to cool off post race. A non wetsuit race was approved as water temperatures hit 27 degrees. 
Seb had a strong one lap swim in the lake coming out in 6th place for the run.  Four laps of the flat water parks helped Seb settle into a groove and move up to a 5th place finish in his age group (35-39) for 38.17.

Orion Forest 5
Chingford
Saturday 6th July

On a warm Saturday morning 7 Ilford AC athletes were amongst the 177 runners lining up for the second in the series of 3 ‘Forest 5’ runs organised by Orion Harriers. The course follows a one lap multi terrain route around Epping Forest with plenty of hills to contend with.

Leading the team home in 5th place was Paul Holloway, who also grabbed the M50 title with a time of 29:27. Paul was followed closely by Gary Coombes in 8th place and 1st M40 in a time of 29:35. Steve Philcox was next home for Ilford in a time of 32:16 for 20th place and the M50 on the day. Billy Green completed the men’s team in 81st place in a time of 39:15.

The ladies were led home by Alison Sale in 137th place in a time of 46:41, followed just a few places back in 142nd place by Julia Galea in a time of 47:53. Mandeep Bassi completed the ladies team on the day in a time of 50 mins exactly for 156th place.

Brentwood 10k
Sunday 7th July

The Brentwood 10k is held over a rural one lap course which takes runners along a fairly flat scenic route centred on the picturesque village of Blackmore, Essex.

This years 213 entrants included Ilfords Danny Holeyman, who seems to achieve a Pb every time he runs. This week was no exception with Danny finishing in 11th place for a time of 39:33 which beat his previous 10k Pb…achieved last week at Horndon.

 

  Press Report 2nd July 2019  

Jul 012019
 

SCVAC – Southern Counties vets track league
Lee Valley
Monday 24th June

Match 3 of the Vets season was held at Lee Valley on the evening of the 24th June.

The Men’s team triumphed for the third match in a row and go into the last match of the regular season in a great position.

Sam Malekout covered the V35 triple jump, discus, 100m and 400m finishing 3rd and 5th in the field events and winning both short and long sprints. Malcolm Muir came down an age group to win the 5000m in the V35 age group. The first place theme was continued by Sam Rahman who won the 1500m in the same age group.

In the V40 category Paul Grange ran his first competitive 100m and as a consequence earned a PB when finishing 2nd. In his more favoured distance of 400m he earned another 1st place for the team. Gary Coombes ran the 1500m running sub 5 minutes for 3rd. 

In the V50 category Cliff Warren started with the triple jump earning 2nd place. He followed this up with 4th place in the 400m. Henry Ricketts covered the short sprint finishing 5th over 100m. Steve Philcox covered the 5000m and 1500m gaining 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Roger Honey covered the Javelin placing 5th. Peter Whiting also competed as a non-scorer in the Javelin.

In the V60 category Gerald Daniel covered both sprints finishing 6th over 100m and despite an injury flare up in the 400m managed to cross the tape in 6th. Andy Catton came home 4th in the 5000m. Roger earnt 3rd place in the discus.

The medley relay team of Henry, Sam, Malcolm and Paul brought the baton home in 1st place.

 

The Women’s team had four athletes.

Due to injury Michaela Davis was not able to run however she did compete in the field. In the V50 Hammer and V40 Shot she placed 4th and 5th respectively. 

In the V60 Shot, Javelin and 100m Barbara Higgins placed 3rd, 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Frieda Keane debuted on the track and while she earnt 4th place in the 100m she unfortunately suffered an injury in the 400m and was unable to finish the race or take part in any other events.

Alison Sale ran the V40 long sprint and placed 6th over 400m. She also ran 1500m in the V50 category finishing 5th.

The Women finished 6th on the evening and lay 6th overall after 3 matches. 

 

The teams go into the last match on 22nd July in Hemel Hempstead looking to finish the season on a high.

 

Orion Fell Race
Chingford
Friday 28th June

The Orion fell race is the only official Category ‘A’​ fell race within the M25.
Held in Chingford on an impossibly hilly course that includes over 850 ft of climb in just 5.5k this is definitely a race for the brave – or foolish!

Amongst the 130 entrants were five Ilford AC runners.
Leading the team home was James Rigby who finished in 25:55 for 23rd place. Not far behind in 32nd and 33rd place was Ryan Holeyman and William Crossley who were both given the same time of 26:32. Completing the male contingent was Danny Holeyman in 26:59 for 40th place.
First Ilford lady home was Anna Crawley in 31:58 for 82nd place

Horndon on the Hill 10k
Sunday 30th June

5 Ilford AC runners ventured into Essex for the annual Horndon on the Hill 10k race, a race which takes place during the traditional ‘Feast and Fayre’ festival held within the local village. The motto of the race is ‘Run the Hill’ and the runners start the race by running down a steep hill before turning around and having to climb back up it before the course ventures out into typically Essex rural back roads.

The 11am start meant that the participants were having to cope with the very worst of the days hot weather but that didn’t deter Gary Coombes who set off at a blistering pace to eventually finish 5th overall and first Male Vet 40 in a time of 36:17.
Danny Holeyman, just 2 days after competing in the Orion fell race, shrugged off the heat and hills to nab a new 10k PB to finish in 12th place in a time of 39:43.
Third Ilford male was Billy Green finishing in 135th place in a time of 50:49 with the 4th Ilford male spot going to Ray Sparra Everingham who completed the course in 242nd place in a time of 57:50.
Mandeep Bassi was Ilfords 1st lady, finishing in a time of 60 minutes and 3 seconds to claim 278th place.

 

North Downs 30k Multi-terrain
Guilford
Sunday 30th June

Now in its 37th year this popular race once again hosted the BMAF (British Masters Athletics Federation) Multi -terrain 30k championships.

On a very scenic but tough course, Ilfords Malcolm Muir finished in 8th place in a field of 551 runners in a time of 2:09:54 to take a well deserved BMAF V40 Gold medal

  Press Report 25th June 2019  

Jun 252019
 

Olympic Park 5km – Elvis #3
Tuesday 19 June

The third round of this summer’s ELvis competition took place over a twisty but fast two lap 5km course in the Olympic Park last Tuesday. It was a good race for Ilford AC with 40 entrants, 11 of whom recorded new personal best times.

Leading the way for the club was the ever reliable Malcolm Muir  in 9th spot with 16 mins 58 secs. Two places back was Paul Holloway in a new personal best of 17 mins 13 secs which won him the prize for the first in the M50 category. Sam Rahman came in 17th with 17 mins 36 secs and Gary Coombes next over the line 2 seconds further back. Seb Parris recorded a new best time of 17 mins 47 secs  in 25th and Steve Philcox in 43rd completed the scoring men’s team for Ilford with 18mins 37secs. 

There was also a new personal best for Diarmuid Mac Donnell of 18 mins 42 secs for 47th.

The leading lady for Ilford was Amy-Louise Bird placing 7th in the female race in a new best time of 20mins 45 secs, supported by Jenni Sheehan in 9th with 21mins 23 secs.
Carlie Qirem finished 10th in 21 mins 33 secs, and was another posting a new best time, finishing just ahead of Anna Crawley who was 11th female on the day a couple of seconds later..
Nicola Hopkinson finished in 23 mins 34 secs for 33rd, and Gaye Young was 39th in 23 mins 48 secs. Completing the scorers for the ladies was Alison Sale finishing in 69th spot with 25 mins 48 secs.

 

Further down the field Jim Huddart won the M70 age group in 31 mins 02 secs, and Alan Pearl was 3rd V60 with 21.05 for 114th

Other Ilford Runners recording new personal bests were: Dan Holeyman (18.58 56th) Julian Fabian (19.28 71st)Will Crossley (19.27 72nd) Sheila Sinclair (31.43 290th) and Mandeep Bassi (27.02 305th)

Remaining Ilford Runners results : John Crawley (18.48  48th) Terry Knightley (19.54 81st) Adam Coals (20.03 85th) Rohan Alexander (20.26  95th) Phil Davies (20.34 100th) Dennis Briggs (21.38 125th) Andy Catton (22.07 143rd) Tony Young (23.21 169th)  Steve Parker (24.04 203rd) Satha Alaga (25.04 235th) Adnan Karim (25.47 258th) Nadia Crellin 25.42 261st) Sharon Honey (26.04  266th) Doris Gaga (26.16 271st) Julia Galea (26.55 292nd) Ray Everingham (28.01 330th)Frieda Keane (28.24 342nd) Carol Muir 30.18 369th) and Karen St John-Kufour 30.47 374th) 

 

After the 3rd round Ilford remain in second place in the table in both the men’s and ladies categories 

 

  Press Report 18th June 2019  

Jun 172019
 

Southern Athletics League – Match 3
Parliament Hill, London
Saturday 15th June

Ilford made a short trip across town to Parliament Hill fields for their third Southern League fixture of the season, unfortunately the recent wind and rain prevailed so times were generally slow.

Top performer on the men’s side was recent  new joiner Paul Grange, who firstly came second in a very fast 800m in a time of 1.56.2, this knocked over 10 seconds Ilford’s over 40’s club record, not content with this he came back less than an hour later to come second in the 400m in a time of 52.7, which was again an Ilford vets record. Jak Wright  also did the 400m/800m double and in finishing 2nd in the B string in both events, set two new pbs of 2.05.0 and 56.9.

Despite not training since the last match Dan Wheeler was his usual busy self, with second in the A string 100m, 3rd in the A string 400m hurdles in a pb of 66.8, 3rd in the A sting High Jump, 3rd in the B string shot, before running a leg in the 4x 100 relay. Wanya Williams did both sprints with 3rd in the B string 100m and 4th in 200m, before anchoring the 4x 100 relay team to victory.

The mens middle distance side continues to score excellent points, after having some time off for exams Bradley Deacon took a very good  4th place in the 1500m in a pb time of 4.26.8, with Phil Elull taking 3rd in the B string. Tom Gardner and Sam Rahman took on the longest event of the day the 5000m, and in a high quality field both took 3rd places.  Ilford scored maximum points in the Steeplechase with Mungo Prior running a pb of 6.19.6 and Aaron Samuel winning the B string in his debut over the 2k distance.

Nat Senior took on several events with 4th in the B string high jump, second in the A sting long jump, 4th in the A string shot before running a very good second leg in the 4x 100 relay.  Sam Malekout has been Ilfords top point scorer for the last two seasons and continues to amass points, he started off with 3rd in the Pole Vault, 4th in the A string triple jump, he had a very good throw in the discus of 29 metres for another 3rd place, 4th in the B string Hammer, a good second place in the javelin with a throw of 37.96, before finishing his day with the opening leg of the 4x 100 relay.

Jack Halil has been experimenting with 4oom hurdles this year, he was disappointed with his race, but picked himself to gain valuable points in the long jump where he won the B string in a pb of 5.09, followed by 3rd in the B string triple jump.  Roger Honey has become a valuable member of the team this season picking up points in events where we have struggled in the past, he came second in the B string pole vault, second in the B string discus and 4th in the A string Hammer. Alex Richards who is injured could not run, became a willing victim for the Javelin and threw a very good 25.56 for 3rd place.

The 4x 400 team was made up of middle distance runners, Jak Wright led the team off with 57.4 for 3rd place, Mungo ran second lap and retained 3rd with a leg of 57.6. Aaron run a great 3rd leg of 54.4, but still in 3rd. Paul had his third great run of the day with a split of 51.8 to bring the team home second.

Bradley Brown competed in the non scoring 5000m and 1500m, running times of 22.52.3 and 7.08.3

The women’s side suffered more with the drop outs and were only left with five competitors, all of them put themselves out to try additional and earn valuable points. Krystle Balogun led the way scoring 18.5 including first in the A sting 100, second in the A string 200m, and winning the B string 400m. It was good to see Esmeralda Mengeyele back injury and she was straight into the thick of things, with victory in the A string 100m in 13.0 secs dead, 3rd in the A string Long jump , 5th in the A string shot and 3rd in the A string Javelin.

Both Gemima Eshimu Massamba  and Ayshah Lawrence have been busy with exams over the last few months, but they put the books down for the day to compete, Gemima  won the A sting 400m, before being persuaded to take one throw in the Javelin, which turned to get her second in the B string. Ayshah had a great run the 200m taking in the B string in a pb of 29.0, before then competing in the Long jump and discus.

Nicola Hopkinson was Ilfords only lady middle distance runner and came 4th in the A string 1500m and 5th in the A string 3000m, before also gaining points in the shot and discus.

The 4x 100 team of Gemima, Ayshah, Krystle and Esmeralda  stormed to victory in a very quick time.

Ilford ended the match in 4th place.

 

Southern Counties Veterans’ League
Monday 10th June

The Ilford Vets teams braved the wintery and wet conditions of Monday to compete in the second match of 4 in the Herts and North Middlesex League. Another fantastic performance from the Men’s team resulted in another first place on the evening to consolidate the same position from match one.

Sam Malekout in the non-scoring 200m hurdles recorded a new IAC vets record of 28.4s. He followed this up in the V35 category with a first place in the flat 200m in 25.0s.

Sam Rahman in the same age group ran well in the 800m recording 2.16.1 for third and this was followed by 10.02.1 for third in the 3000m. Seb Parris ran as a guest in both races recording 2.28.9 and 10.39.5 in the 800m and 3000m respectively.

Paul Grange who has recently moved to IAC ran a comfortable 800m in 2.11.3 for first place in the V40 category. This was followed by a sharp 24.7s in the 200m again for first place.

Andy Catton came down an age group to finish the 800m in the V50 category for fourth place in a time of 3.04.7. Moving to the V60 age group he ran the 3000m in 13.10.9 again for fourth.

Henry Ricketts covered the V50 sprint running the 200m in 29.1s for sixth. In the discus his distance of 21m 58 secured fourth and coming down to the V40 shot his distance of 7m 71 also placed him fourth.

Steve Chissell debuted for the club in the V50 3000m running 11.59.8 for fifth.

Peter Whiting in the hammer achieved 15m 46 for eighth.

Roger Honey in the V60 sprint placed fourth in 35.0s over 200m. In the shot put his distance of 8m 93 secured first place.

In the closing event of the men’s match the team of Paul, Sam R, Seb and Sam M brought the baton home in the 4 x 400m in first place with a time of 4.07.0.

The Ladies team was represented by 2 athletes in the form of Michaela Davis and Barbara Higgins.

Barbara competed in the V35 high jump clearing 0.90m for equal fifth. In the W50 javelin her distance of 10m 97 also secured fifth. Over the 200m her time of 41.2s placed her third in the W60 age group.

Michaela competed in the W35 javelin throwing 6m 91 for fifth. In the W50 high jump her clearance of 1m 05 placed her fourth and in the same age group her time of 37.5s over 200m also secured fourth.

An admirable position of sixth as a ladies team was achieved.

Woodford Track Open Meeting
Tuesday 11th June

Windy conditions, were the order of the night at the recent open meeting at Woodford, nevertheless there were some fine performances by Ilford Athletes.

First up were the 800m and Veteran athletes Steve Philcox and Bradley Brown ran 2.31.18 and 2.56.93 in their respective races. Ryan Holeyman who has been training really well recently, went off quickly in his race and hit the bell in a 400m pb of 65 secs,  despite slowing on the second lap he produced a new pb of 2.23.3

The 3000m was next and Philip Elull made a positive start an by hitting the front, further back in his second race of the night was Ryan Holeyman, Joseph Grange, Danny Holeyman and Zuzana Sinalova. The wind appeared to be getting stronger as the race went, Phil hanging in well, and Ryan who as well as trying to stay clear of Joseph was also making sure he stayed ahead of Danny his father.

Phil continued to push and eventually came in 6th in a time of 10.46.84, Ryan set his second pb of the night with a time of 10.53.98, with Danny clocking 11.15.96 and Zuzana 12.07.34.

Special mention to young Joseph who in his first track 3000m ran an excellent time of 11.02.41.

ESSEX 5000m Championship
Braintree
Wednesday12 June
On a still night ideal for track distance running the Essex County5000m Championship took place in Braintree. There was a large entry in the senior men’s event of over 60 runners, who were split into 4 races. There were 2 entries from Ilford AC both running in heat 2. Sam Rahman ran his normal steady race gaining places as the race progressed to finish in a good time of 17 mins 08.9 secs, which placed him 34th in the overall standings. Also in action was Seb Parris who attacked the race with the aim of setting a new personal best time. He ran with this goa;ll but kept his pace under control to break 18 minutes for the first time and succeeding at setting a new best time of 17 mins 53.9 secs. He ranked 44th in the results.

Capel 5m Road Race
Sunday 16th June

Ilford AC Super-Veteran, Terry Knightley, was the sole club representative on Sunday 16th June at the Annual Capel 5 Miles Race around the streets and farm tracks of Capel-St-Mary in Suffolk.

Running on a one lap undulating course, Terry finished in 20th position from a field of 130 Athletes in a time of 33 Minutes and 52 seconds and was 4th in the Male Veteran Over 50 Category.

Also running was Ex-Ilford AC Member Andy Horlock who finished in 52 Minutes 26 seconds.

 

BMAF 5k
Horwich
Sunday 16th June

The British Masters 5km Championship was held once again at Horwich in Lancashire at the town annual festival of racing which includes running, race walking and cycling.  The races are held on a mile circuit of the town centre with a stiff climb on each id the three laps. There were three runners from Ilford Ac in this event, Doris Gaga ran a good race to finish in her second best time ever of 26mins 22secs to take the bronze medal in the F55 age category. There was also a bronze medal for Julia Galea in the F60 age grouping as she finished in 27mins 24 secs. The three Ilford runner was club endurance coach Rob Sargent who raced for the first time this year following a long period on the injured list who recorded 28mins 06secs for 11th in the M65 category.

 

 

  Press Report 11th June 2019  

Jun 102019
 

Havering 5 (ELvIS)
Raphael Park
Tuesday June 4th

There was another impressive turn out of 24 runners from the endurance squad of Ilford AC in the second round of the summer 2018 ELvIS tournament, which also produced 7 pb’s over the distance.
The event was two laps within Raphael park, Romford.
Leading the way for Ilford was Malcolm Muir in an excellent 5th place in 28 mins 17 secs which also placed him 2nd in the M40 category. Malcolm was closely followed by the next 5 male scorers who all finished in the top 30 – Sam Rahman, 12th 30:03, Gary Coombes 14th 30:16, Stephen Philcox 16th 30:35 and 1st M50, John Crawley 29th 31:20 and Diarmuid MacDonnell with the first PB of the day in 30th place for a time of 31:25

Three other men achieved PB’s on the day – William Crossley 35th 31:35, Adam Coals 53rd 33:41 and Eain Begg 100th 37:06.
Terry Knightly placed 3rd M50 for 52nd place  in 33:42 and Alan Pearl placed 3rd M60 in 34:59 for 67th place

In the team match Ilfords men once again finished 2nd and maintain that position in the series.

Ilfords ladies consisted of a small, but perfectly formed squad of 7 runners, all putting in excellent performances.

Leading the squad home was Carlie Qirem in a new PB time of 35:56 for 77th place, which also placed her 3rd senior female on the day. Jenni Sheehan finished 85th in 36:18, closely followed by Anna Crawley who achieved a new PB in a time of 37:08 for 99th place.
Nicola Hopkinson was 126th in 39:23, Gaye Young 130th 39:40, Natalie Crisp 133rd 39:56 with Alison Sale completing the squad in 42:30 for a new PB in 168th place

The ladies also achieved 2nd on the day to maintain 2nd place in the series

Also running on the day was Danny Holeyman 34th 31:37, Dennis Briggs 80th 35:56, Andy Catton 96th 37:08, Rhoan Gabbidon 111th 38:06, Anthony Young 131st 39:46 and Ray ‘Sparra’ Everingham 225th 47:22.

2019 Assembly League 5k series.
Leyton
Thursday 6th June

A team of 3 runners from the Ilford squad travelled to Leyton on Thursday for match 3 in the Assembly league.
First home in 35th place was Gary Coombes in 18 minutes exactly

Second home, with a second PB in 2 days was Anna Crawley who with a time of 22.10 took over a minute off of her previous 5k pb  to grab 144th place. Anna was closely followed by Andy Catton who grabbed 149th place with a time of 22:20 which also placed him 3rd M65 on the day.

 

Orion Forest 5 Miles
Chingford
Saturday June 8th

On Saturday morning, 4 Ilford AC athletes were amongst the 210 runners lining up for the first of Orion running clubs 3 race ‘Forest 5’ summer series.

The undulating multi-terrain course follows a one lap route around Epping Forest.

First home for Ilford was Gary Coombes, who continues his impressive run of form, in 30:34 for 14th place.
Second Ilford runner home (not often I get to say that) was Billy Green in 40:10 for 73rd place.

First lady home, and placing 3rd in the W60 category was Julia Galea in 46:37 for 120th place.

Mandeep Bassi continues to impress, coming in for a time of 47:19 in 126th place.

Mandeep, like Julia and Billy, used the tough hilly course as a preparation run for the following days Half Marathons!

 

Southend Half Marathon
Sunday June 9th

A small squad of 3 Ilford AC runners travelled down to Southend on Sunday for the Annual Southend Half Marathon which took place on a very warm morning.

The race is mainly flat, apart from some undulations in the last couple of miles, and the middle 8 miles of the course takes you up and down the Southend sea-front twice where you are greeted by large crowds of locals cheering loudly. This also gives you the chance to see club mates passing on the other side of the road a few times so there were many encouraging shouts of “Come on Ilford”.

First home for Ilford (even rarer I get to say that!) was Billy Green in 711th place for a time of 1:55:02. Second home was Alison Sale in 1,258th place for 2:11:02, closely followed by Mandeep Bassi who achieved a new PB at the distance in a time of 2:16:08 for 1,417th place.

St. Albans Half Marathon
Sunday June 9th

Julia Galea was the sole Ilford runner in the scenic but undulating and challenging St. Albans Half Marathon on Sunday.Julia was delighted with her time of 2:06:53 which placed her 1,330 in a field of nearly 2,000 runners.