Press Report 23rd July 2019  

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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

 

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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.

 

  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