Press Report 7th August 2019  

Aug 072019
 

Harold Wood 5km (Elvis)
Wednesday 31 July

The latest round of the Summer League ELvIS competition was held over a demanding course at Poges Wood in Harold Wood.

Ilford AC had a good entry of 24 runners. Leading the way was Gary Coombes in 6th spot with 17 mins 47 secs and the prize for the first in the M40 category. Next home was James Rigby placing 13th with 18 mins 21 secs with the leading M50 group runner Steve Philcox one place behind in 18 mins 25 secs. Seb Parris had a good run for 19th in 18 mins 58 secs Dan Holeyman was next over the line for the club in 24th with 19 mins 11 secs, with John Crawley closing the scoring six in 27th in a time of 19 mins 25 secs. This placed Ilford a close 2nd in the match and they are second in the league after 5 rounds.

There was an excellent run from Jenni Sheehan for the Ilford ladies team placing 5th with 21mins 46 secs. The improving Anna Crawley was next in 7th spot in 22 ins 05 secs. Carlie Qirem placed 9th with 22 mins 46 secs.. Bree Nordin took the F60 category trophy as she placed 13th in 23 mins 36 secs. Nicola Hopkinson recorded 24 mins 21 secs for 20th while Alison Sale closed the scorers in 44th with 26 mins 36 secs.  The team placed second in the match like the men and are also in second in the summer league.

Diarmuid Mac Donnell came home 30th with 19 mins 28 secs while Neil Crisp returned to action after a lengthy injury with 20 mins 10secs for 41st. Dianne Crisp was another returning after injury and placed 47th female in 26 mins 53 secs.

Also running were: Terry Knightley (48  20.35) Adam Coals (49 20.37) Dennis Briggs (91  22.36) Tony Young (101 23.08) Ray Everingham (201  27.35) Doris Gaga (207 27.49) Mandeep Bassi (217 28.39)  Kim Baxter (255 31.15) Jim Huddart (292 35.37)

Soar Mile
Stratford
Friday 2 August

Sam Rahman of Ilford Ac took part in the evening pf mile races at the Olympic Stadium warm up track. Sam ran in heat 9 and took pole position behind the pacer for the first 2 laps and took up the lead as the pacer stepped aside. On the last lap Kames Hotham of Victoria Park Harriers sprinted by but Sam kept his speed up to finish second in a new personal best by over 4 seconds of of 4 mins 55.07 secs.

 

Assembly League
Victoria Park
Thursday 1st August

The Assembly League, now in its 44th year, takes place on Thursday evenings during the summer from April to September. The six road races provide competitive, fast paced runs for men and women.
Thursdays race at Victoria Park saw two Ilford AC runners compete, albeit for second claim clubs. Gary Coombes came in for a time of 19:22 in 20th place whilst Anna Crawley finished in a time of 24:14 for 144th place.

 

  Press Report 30th July 2019  

Jul 292019
 

SCVAC Match 4 (Southern Counties Veterans Athletic Club)
Monday 22nd July

The Men and Women’s team travelled to Hemel Hempstead to compete in the last match of the Herts and North Middlesex Vets.

The Mens team were going into the match in first place knowing that a finish 3 places behind London Heathside would guarantee representation as the league champions in the Ashford season finale on 1st September.

The Women’s team was under-represented due to availability and injuries however the Walking team of Emma Dyos and Lesley Morris finished first and second respectively in V35 and V50 in the 2000m.

Seb Parris comfortably won the V35 walk as did Steve Uttley in V50. At the same time Sam Malekout won the M35 javelin. Due to an injury he eased round the 200m for sixth.

At the same time as Seb and Sam’s first place, Henry Ricketts secured first in the V40 long jump. His V35 high jump placing was eighth and V50 200m sixth.

After a bit of a hiccup missing a V35 athlete for the 800m, Paul Grange claimed first in the V40 category. This placing was mirrored in the 200m for the same age group.

Roger Honey who had already grabbed second in the V60 long jump, was again second in the javelin and finished seventh in the 200m.

Due to the injury that Sam had picked up Pete Whiting covered the V50 high jump so that Henry could cover V35. Pete was able to secure sixth place.

Steve Philcox covering the V50 middle distances placing third in the 800m and second in the 3000m.

Gary Coombes took 5 seconds off his PB in the 3000m finishing third just 3/10ths outside 10 minutes.

David Butler covered the 800m in the V60 age group earning third place.

Seb, David and Steve Chissell also ran the 3000m as non-scorers.

The final event of the men’s schedule was the 4 x 200m relay and for all intents and purposes was a “you should have been there” moment. The team of Gary, Henry, Sam M and Paul progressed at handovers from sixth, third, third to first with an absolutely storming leg from Paul who weaved between the two athletes ahead of him to grab the relay win.

These great performances meant the team were clear by 11.5 points and had won all four matches.

The women’s team understandably finished last on the evening with only 2 events covered however finished the season sixth out of seven teams which is an admirable achievement considering the number of available athletes.

As mentioned the men’s team will go onto Ashford on 1st September to compete against 6 other teams at the SCVAC finals.

 

VAC 5000m Championship
Battersea Park Arena
Wednesday July 24 

On a sweltering night the Veterans Athletics Club (who organise events for athletes over 35 in the south and London) held their 5000m track championship in the Battersea Park Arena. There were 4 entrants from Ilford AC and one ran in each of the four races.

In heat 1 was Sam Rahman and he ran his usual well paced race to record 17 mins 20.35 secs to place 5th and win the M35 category.  Seb Parris was in the next heat and ran a good race moving through the field to come home second in 17 mins 56.50 secs, less than 3 seconds outside his personal best for the distance. This performance placed him behind Rahman in the M35 age grouping and winning him the silver medal. Tony Young gave a creditable performance in the third race placing 15th in 23 mins 07.73 secs and 8th place in the strong M50 category. Club endurance coach laced them up for heat 4 coming home in a seson’s best for the distance of 26 mins 19.88 secs for 9th spot and earned the bronze medal in the M65 group.

 

Last Friday of the Month 5km
Hyde Park
Friday July 26

Two members of Ilford AC used their lunch break at work to compete in this popular 5km over a fast Hyde Park course. Adam Coals equalled his personal best of 19mins 49secs in 91st place, while in 123rd Rohan Alexander recorded 21mins 33 secs.

 

  Press Report 23rd July 2019  

Jul 232019
 

TRACK

 

SIAB Schools International
Swansea
20th July 2019

Samuels wins on England debut

Aaron Samuels of Ilford AC was picked by England to compete in the annual competition  against Scotland, Ireland & Wales, in Swansea last Saturday. This came as a result of his stunning win in the English Schools 1500m Steeplechase the previous weekend

Aaron came home first again to win convincingly again in a time of 4:30 to end a great couple of weeks of success

 

 

Eight Counties U17 Inter Counties Championships
Chelmsford
21st July 2019

Wright competes for Essex in Inter Counties

Jak Wright competed for Essex on Sunday in the Intercounties, after his great success of winning the Essex u17 3000m title, earlier in the summer. Jak came a very credible 11th in 9.28

 

BMC Regional Races
Eltham
17th July 2019

Grange storms to worlds best

A number of Ilford athletes competed at the British Milers Club competition last Wednesday night.
Top performance of the night must go to Paul Grange. Paul , who recently hit 40 ran in the A race 800 and competed against some quality younger athletes. Amazingly Pauls performance was one  of the best performances by an Ilford AC athlete for some time. Paul ran 1.54.9.and as a result ran the fastest time for a 40 Year old in the WORLD in 2019. Well done Paul

Also competing on the night was Mungo Prior in the 1500. Mungo ran 4.06, which was a big Personal best. Farris Patel and Alex Richards both ran in the 800 and both are getting fitter again after exams and injury respectively. Both ran 1.57 and expect both those time to come down very soon

 

ROAD

 

NEWHAM HILLY 5
Hainault
18th July 2019

 

Ilfords Men take top honours

 

Ilford Ac staged the annual Newman Hilly 5, which celebrates the life of former club official Newman Sargent, over a challenging two lap course at Hainault Country Park with 330 entrants.  The Ilford club also ran well in the event, fielding 32 runners, with Ahmed Abdulle winning the 5 mile race with an impressive performance by over 90 seconds in 26 mins 27 secs. he was supported by Malcolm Muir in 7th spot with 29 mins 19 secs and taking the trophy for the first in the M40 category.
Next home was Paul Holloway as first athlete in the M50 age group and 10th overall in 29 mins 53 secs, with Gary Coombes one place behind in 30 mins exactly. Rounding the scoring Ilford team were two of the club’s young prospects Jak Wrignt, 15th 30.55, and Bradley Deacon, 17th 31.02.
The club won the team race in the 4th round of the ELvIS competition and are now joint top of the league table with East London Runners.

Jenni Sheehan was in fine form for the Ilford ladies finishing 6th in 37 mins 13 secs and was well supported by Carlie Qirem in 8th with 38 mins 21 secs and Anna Crawley with 38mins 24 secs for 9th. Bree Nordin came home 16th with 39mins 28 secs to claim the F60 category prize while Nicola Hopkinson ran 41 mins 33 secs for 25th. Alison Sale closed the team scores in 60th spot in 46 mins 42 secs.
The team finished 3rd in the ELvIS match are in second place in this years competition.

James Rigby, a recent recruit to the club, had a good run finishing 20th in 31mins 10 secs while Steve Philcox was 2nd in the M50 age group in 31 mins 28 secs.
There were good performances from two more of the club’s masters runners; Diarmuid MacDonnell recorded 32mins 40 secs in 33rd pace and in 38th was Dan Holeyman  with 33 mins 18 secs.

Other Ilford runners were: John Crawley (39  33.29) Will Crossley (44 33.55) Terry Knightley (51  34.55) Adam Coals (71 36.28) Steve Chissell (80 36.57)  Alan Pearl (90 37.24) Andy Catton (106 38.27) Tony Young (138  41:14) Bradley Brown (157 42.29) Steve Parker (158 42.30) Adnan Karim (163  42.57) Julia Galea (219 47.13) Mandeep Bassi (228 47.49_0 Sparra Everingham (233 48.26)  Doris Gaga (265 51.17) Karen St John-Kufour (309 58:21)

BBC Women’s Couch to 5K
Olympic Park
21st July 2019

 

Anna Crawley powers home for a PB at the Olympic Stadium

 

The BBC Women’s couch to 5K was a free event that allowed athletes entry to the Anniversary games after, and despite the name was open to runners of all abilities.
This was a race that Ilford runner Anna Crawley had targeted for a first ever sub 21 minute 5K and a PB.
Setting off at a hard pace, Anna decided to see how long she could hang for. A quick first 2 miles saw Anna on target, and although the pace was beginning to tell she knew if she could push on she could reach her goal.
The final part of the race finishes on the track in the Olympic Stadium, and as Anna entered the stadium she saw the clock getting closer to the 21 minute mark which made her put her foot down for the line.
To Anna’s delight she came home in 7th place overall with a time of 20:53, her first Sub 21 and a massive PB.

Two other Ilford ladies took advantage of the opportunity for free entrance to the Anniversary games, Zuzana Sinalova and Nicola Hopkinson.
Both were happy with their times of 21:28 and 24:03 respectively.

 

Felsted 10k
21st July 2019

Terry takes home a seasons best

Ilford AC Super Veteran Terry Knightley was the sole club representative at this years annual Felsted 10K Road Race around the surrounding country lanes in rural Essex.
Having won outright the first ever edition of the race in 1999 this year was a different story. 

Competing against a huge field of 468 other Athletes in hot conditions Knightley finished in 40th place overall in a seasons best time of 41 minutes and 1 second for 4th position in the MV50-59 Age category.

 

 

 

  Press Report 16th July 2019  

Jul 152019
 

TRACK

Samuels storms home at English Schools championships

 

ESAA English Schools’ Championships
Birmingham
13th July 2019

Ilford AC had 2 athletes compete in the prestigious English Schools athletics championships 2019, held at Birmingham. The English Schools is seen as competing at the highest level achievable at school level, as every top athlete in the Country competes and Aaron Samuels and Marion Dobrescu were the Ilford AC athletes in the Essex team  

Due to GCSEs Aaron Samuels has had to try and combine his studies with his training , which has obviously reduced the amount of time he has been able to train. Aaron decided about a month ago to compete in the 1500 steeplechase at the Essex Schools , an event he had never done before. In the Essex Championship Aaron won the race in 4.33, after falling at the waterjump, missing out on the National standard. However Essex Athletics still picked Aaron to compete in the finals. An intense few weeks of Practising jumping the hurdles  and especially the water jump, prepared Aaron for the finals in Birmingham.

Aaron, in his second ever Steeplechase race  went with the leaders in the race and there was  break away of 3 athletes with a lap to go. Aaron made his move with a lap to go and move 5 meters  clear of the field. Coming into the final waterjump, which Aaron successfully jumped, he pulled away from the field to win by a large margin. Even better for Aaron, he ran 4.20 to not only run the fastest time in the UK in 2019 by a long way, he broke the Ilford AC club record and will win his first England vest this coming weekend when he will run for England against Wales, Scotland,and Ireland

Mario was picked to run the 200m.The 200m involved a Heat, semi and Final over 2 days. Mario ran 22.07 in the heats, 22.06 in the semifinal and then ran a storming 21.90 in the final, to come a great 3rd position. He was also part of the Essex 4×100 relay which achieved a gold medal in a championship best performance.

For a club like Ilford to have 2 athletes not only compete at the English schools  but to bring home 3 medals is an amazing achievement

 

 Grange excels at InterCounties

Senior 8 Counties Inter County Match
Ashford
14th July 2019

Ilford AC had 3 athletes compete for Essex in the senior intercounty championships on Saturday.
2 of the athletes competed in the 800m, Paul Grange and Alex Richards.

Paul competed in the senior team as a V40 and amazingly won the 800 in 1.55.06, which is the 2nd fastest time by a V40 in the world in 2019. This is an amazing achievement for an athlete that has recently come over to Ilford  to train and race. Alex Richards, in the same race, is coming back from injury, but as usual ran at a very high level to finish 5th in 1.57.56
Paul’s time is also an Ilford AC V40 club record and he is currently ranked no.1 for run Britain for 2019.
Unfortunately things did not go so well for club stalwart Krystle Bolagun who’s pulled up injured in the 400m

Ilford AC finish 4th in Southern League

Southern Athletics League
Walthamstow
13th July 2019

Ilford AC sent a team to Walthamstow for the penultimate league match of the season. With a number of athletes competing at English schools, inter counties, holidays or just unavailable, Ilford athletes all performed to a high standard to come a credible 4th position. Many athletes were willing to do many events and try events they have never done before

In the Mens Sprints Ilford had Dan wheeler and Sam Malekout , who both came 3rd in 100m and 2nd in the 200m in very credible times. Dan also came 2nd in the 400m hurdles and High Jump and brought the 4 x 100 relay team home in 3rd. Sam had a busy day also , running in the 4 x 100 relay, , coming 5th in the Shot and Discus, as well as third in the javelin and high jump. Pete whiting , always reliable did the hammer, discus, shot and Triple jump to gain Ilford valuable points

Jack Halil came 3rd in the 400m hurdles, 5th in the 400 and 5th in the long jump and the other jumpers were Mungo prior and Jak Wright in the Triple jump and Long jump respectively.

In the womens sprints Krystle Balogun came 2nd in the 100m but also came 5th in the shot putt and 3rd in the discuss.
Eshimu Massamba Gemima was one of the 4 winners for Ilford on the day running 60.1 for the 400. She also came 2nd in the 100 m and competed in both 4x 100 and the mixed 4 x 400 where Ilford came 3rd and 2nd respectively

Ellie Wright ran very well in the 200 to come third in 27.5 and also did the high jump

Busiest lady of the day was Jordan Hinds, coming back after her studies. Slowly getting back to her best Jordan ran 2.28 in the 800 for third,3rd in the 1500 with 5.20 and ran in both relays . Zuzana Sinalova ran the womens 1500 to come 4th and then ran the womens 4x 100

Amie Harrison, also a busy athlete came third in the 400m hurdles, 4th in the 800m and competed in the shot, discus and high jump.Anna Crawley competed for the first time for Ilford on the track and ran very well for 5th place in a time of 21:31

Another winner on the day was Farris Patel, who ran the mens 400m. Farris ran 52.2 to win quite convincingly and ran in both relays. Mungo Prior was hoping to break 2 mins in the 800 and came very close to achieving this in a very competitive race with 2.01

Best event for Ilford of the day was the mens 1500m. This was the first race back for Ahmed Abdulle, who rejoined Ilford recently. Ahmed ran the race out on his own to run an excellent 4.01. Bradley Deacon , who seems to get better with every race ran a big PB of 4.21 to break his best by a long way and win the B string 1500

Jak Wright went off very fast in the 3000m and looked very comfortable during the whole race but just got beaten in the last lap to run a very good time of 9.40. Gary Coombes ran an outstanding 3000m to come second in 10.06 and then run his first ever steeplechase in 12.46 and win for Ilford, despite providing the comedy on the day by falling into the water on one of the jumps.

Malcolm Muir ran the A string in 11.47, winning very comfortably

John Crawley also competed for Ilford on the track for the first time coming 4th in the 800m

A great performance from all the Ilford  athletes

Ryan makes Dad Danny proud as both achieve PB’s 

Woodford Open track meeting
9th July 2019

6 ilford athletes traveled to Woodford for last Tuesdays ‘open meeting’, including father and son team Danny and Ryan Holeyman.

In the 1500m Ryan smashed his PB at the distance to finish 7th in a time of 4:40:36 to place 2nd U15..
In 9th place was Joseph Grange who finished in a time of 5:04:30 to place 2nd U13.

In the 3000m two of Ilfords U17 team members, Jak Wright and Bradley Deacon, finished in 2nd and 4th places with impressive times of 9:27:10 and 9:40:37 respectively.
2nd Senior male over the distance was Danny Holeyman who finished 13th in a time of 10:59:95, and like his son just before him achieved a new PB over the distance.

Earlier in the afternoon Bradley Brown competed in the 400m and finished in 8th place, and first V40 in a time of 1:29:58

 

 

ROAD AND CROSS COUNTRY

VAC 5km Championships
Battersea park
10th July 2019

The Veterans Athletics Club, which is a London based club that organises events for athletes over 35, 5km championship took place on a muggy night last Tuesday over a fast flat 2 lap course in the picturesque Battersea Park.
A strong line up for the race, included 6 runners from Ilford AC.
First home for the club in 6th place and winner of the gold medal for the M35 age category in 17 mins 05secs was Sam Rahman,  a few seconds off his personal best for the distance.
Also winning gold was Carlie Qirem in her first race in the masters finishing 5th female but taking the F35 title in 21 mins 45 secs.
All the remaining Ilford runners posted improved times than in recent races. Steve Philcox finished 17th in 17 mins 48 secs, Tony Young 46th with 22 mins 52 secs.
Julia Galea took the bronze medal for the F60 category in 26mins 25 secs and Rob Sargent recorded 27 mins 03secs for 58th spot

Thorndon Country Park 10k
13th July 2019

The Essex Cross Country Series takes is a 5 event 10k series that takes place annually between April – September, with one race per month. Taking place in 5 different spectacular country parks in Essex, these races offer an opportunity to get away from the road and experience trail running in the summer months.
In todays race Danny Holeyman ran a great time of 42:13 to finish 11th on the day and 3rd V40

Hexham Half Marathon
14th July 2019

Another Ilford athlete to place well at the Weekend was Tony Young, who travelled back to his native North East to compete in the Hexham Half Marathon.
The course is all on road. It runs from Hexham, through Acomb and along to Corbridge then back to Hexham. Along beautiful country roads

Tony placed a magnificent 12th on the day finishing in a time of 1:47:41

 

West Bergholt 5m
13th July 2019

Saturday saw the first running of the West Bergholt 5m race, so all runners were guaranteed a course PB!
A 5 mile race along the Colne Valley & Essex Way, taking in the beautiful countryside around West Bergholt, with some challenging hills en route.

Ilford athlete Billy Green traveled up for the race and was looking forward to meeting ‘Eddie the Eagle’ who was advertised as starting the event.
Billy was slightly disappointed though when ‘Eddie the Eagle’ turned out to be the Colchester United mascot, basically a man dressed as an Eagle, and not the former Winter Olympic Ski jumper!

Overcoming the disappointment Billy went on to run a fine race on the tough course, finishing 34th in a time of 40:44.

 

Shoreditch 10k
14th July 2019

Billy Green ran his second race of the weekend, competing in the Adidas Shoreditch 10k.
Taking place in one of London’s most creative and diverse boroughs, the Shoreditch 10K is a flat route that takes part on the closed streets around the Borough of Hackney.
In a field of 3,800 runners Billy finished in 863rd place in a time of 48:19

 

  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.