Ilford AC Press Report. Monday 7th August 2017  

Aug 072017
 

ILFORD AC PRESS REPORT. MONDAY AUGUST 7th 2017​

Orion Forest Five – ELvIS
Epping Forest
Saturday 6 August

The 5th round of this year’s ELvIS competition was held on Saturday over a 5 mile challenging lap on the trails around Epping Forest at Chingford.
Leading the way for Ilford AC was Steve Philcox in 11th spot in 30 mins 15 secs, which saw him victorious in the M50 category.
He was backed up by Neil Crisp in 28th and 3rd in the M50 age group with 32 mins 11 secs and Dennis Briggs 75th with 35mins 46 secs.
Also in the scoring six for Ilford were Andy Catton, 83rd in 36 mins 09 secs and 1st in the M60 category.
Declan Cullen placed 94th in 36 mins 45 secs and 4th in the M60 age group and young Bradley Deacon​,​ who on his first race at the distance recorded 39 mins 13 secs for 116th.

Bree Noordin took the the ladies F55 category prize in 37 mins 47 secs for 100th overall in a field of 300plus.
Nicola Hopkinson was 119th with 39 mins 10 secs and Carlie Qirem placed 150th in 41 mins 07 secs.
Dianne Crisp completed the ladies scoring team in 154th with 41 mins 25 secs.

There were new best times for the 5 mile distance from Tony Young in 117th in 39m 05s, Launa Broadley in 258th with 50.27 secs and Sheila Sinclair in 292nd with 55 mins 53 secs, while Diane Deacon made her club debut and first ever run over the distance in 299th in 57 mins 55 secs

Also ran: Billy Green 126th 39 23s,
Adnan Karim 127th 39.35,
Ernie Forsyth 134th 40.05,
Satha Alaga 151st 41.17,
Pathrose Louis 211th 45.24,
Rachel Halpin 235th 48.00,
Suki Jandu 259th 50.27,
Natasha Mansouri 279th 53.26
Pam Jones 286th 53.53

​BMAF Long Distance Racewalk Championships 20 Miles
Bury St. Edmunds.
Saturday 5th August ​

Mark Culshaw & Ed Shillabeer took gold in their age groups
​ in the 20 mile category of the BMAF Championships on Saturday.
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  Ilford AC Press Report. 31st July 2017  

Aug 012017
 

ILFORD AC PRESS REPORT 31st JULY 2017

Ilford Athlete Peter Spelman has this week been competing in the ‘Swiss Alpine Davos running event’ which is a series of races and trail runs in Davos, Switzerland that is very popular for running tourists.
On Tuesday 25th July Peter ran in the 4k lake race which is held on a hilly course around the Davos lake.
In very wet and cold conditions Peter was the 3rd M65 home in a time of 25:34.

On Saturday 29th Peter took part in the K31 event which is a 31k run starting in Davos, travelling through the Wiesner viaduct before finishing in Filisur.
Peter came 25th in his age group today in a time of 3:49:10.

Sunday 30th Peter competed in his 2nd race in 2 days and third in a week when he lined up for his toughest race of the week, the D22 event. The D22 is a 22k trail run which takes in 1150m of climb.
During the race the participants have the option to shorten their distance at 9k or 15k but Peter battled through to compete the gruelling course in 3:57:00 which placed him 6th in his age group.
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  Press Report 24th July 2017  

Jul 242017
 

Southern Veterans Track and Field League
Hemel Hempstead
10th July 2017

In addition to the previous SCVAC report of 10th July, field events were also on the schedule.
Pete Whiting placed 6th in the M35 Javelin with 22m 65. Cliff Warren placed 4th in the M40 Long Jump with 4m 58. Ted Skinner’s 3m 47 in the M60 Long Jump secured first place.
Henry Ricketts cleared 1m 20 in the M35 High Jump for 8th place and Cliff’s 1m 30 in the M50 category meant that the team had won four events on the evening.

IAC finished 5th in the match and 4th overall for the season.

London Heathside go through to represent the men and Stevenage the women in the end of season finale.

Thank you to all participants and supporters. There’s plenty of time to get some good training in for next season where we will be looking to improve on this fantastic season.

Silver Starling 5k
Battersea Park
17th July 2017

On a muggy Monday evening Steve Philcox ran in the silver starling 5k self-transcendence race at Battersea park (they have given every race in this series a name)
On a fast and flat 2 lap oval course Steve was pleased to clock a time of 17.15 finishing in 21st place and first 50 vet.

AJ Bell London Triathlon 
Excel Centre
22nd July 2017

Ilford Athlete Nicola Hopkinson competed in the gruelling ‘London Triathlon Sprint’ race at the Excel Centre in London on Saturday.
The race consists of a 750m Swim, 20k Bike Ride and ends with a 5k run.
Nicola started well with a 14:55 swim, continued in fine form for a 46:48 Bike ride and finished with a very impressive 22:31 5k to finish with a chip time of 1:30:47 after transitions to finish in 647th place and 2nd female in the 55-59 category.

Race for Life (cancer research) 5k 
Hylands Park, Chelmsford
23rd July 2017

Julie Gillender and Carol Muir both ran in the ‘Race for life’ (cancer research) 5k race at Hylands park Chelmsford.
This event has special meaning for Julie and Carol as they both lost their mums to cancer.
They both struggled a bit with the race as it was quite tough being on a cross country course that was quite muddy, both coming in at just over 30 minutes

Julie and carol would both like to thank all the club members that sponsored them as they both managed to raise over £200 between them.

 

 

  Press Report 18th July 2017  

Jul 182017
 

Southern Veterans Track and Field League
Hemel Hempstead
10th July 2017

ILFORD GIVE ‘EM THE OLD 1-2

Ilford AC contested the latest round of the Southern Veterans Track & Field League on a warm Monday evening at the delightfully situated Hemel Hempstead track.
The Cricklefields-based Club got off to a great start as maximum points were secured in the opening event, a 2,000 metres’ walk, when new signing Mark Culshaw was a comfortable victor in an impressive 11 minutes and 3 seconds – only a day after his top performance over 20 kilometres in the Midlands. Snapping at his heels was Walking team manager and former Scottish International Stuart Bennett who clocked 11.13 for second place.
Both Ilford athletes were well clear of the rest, each being top of their age-groups.

Neither man was finished with athletics after completing their walk as Culshaw re-appeared to run in both 200 where he was 7th in 35.3 and 800m where he was 5th in 3:19.3 , while Bennett also showed in the 800 metres finishing 6th in 3:24.8 and ran a leg in Ilford’s 4 x 200 metres squad which finished in 2mins 6.9 secs.

Also on the night Anthony Young continued his fine form for the club running in both the 800m in 3:06.6 and the 3000m in 13.36 finishing 7th in both.
Three athletes competed in the 200m event, before all appearing again with Stuart Bennet in the 4 x 200m relay, they were Cliff Warren 4th in 28.1, Henry Rickets 3rd in 28.8 and Ed Skinner 4th in 33.3.

VAC 5km Road Race Championships and 5 Mile Race Walk
Battersea Park
11 July 2017

There were two runners and one walker from Ilford AC at the Veterans Athletic Club Championships, who organise events for athletes over 35 in London and the South East
Both events were held on the fast course in Battersea park on a very wet evening with heavy rain falling throughout the event.

In the 5k road race Steve Packer placed 18th out of the 43 entrants in 21 mins 46 secs, which placed him 2nd in the M60 category for the silver medal. Ed Skinner came home in 26th, despite being troubled by a knee injury, in 23m 39s for 4th
in the M60 group.
In the race walk Ilford athlete Mark Culshaw had a great victory, coming in first place in a time of 47:53

Newman Hilly 5
Chigwell Row
Wednesday 12 July

The fourth round of the 2017 ELvIS competition was held over the trials of Hainault Forest in the Ilford Ac annual Hilly 5 race, which is held in memory of Ilford official Newman Sargent. The large field of 287 included 28 runners from the home club. Ahmed Abdulle continued his fine form to dominate the event and win by over a minute in 26 mins 37secs. He was backed up by Tom Gardner in 3rd spot with 28mins 38secs and Steve Philcox in 10th in 29mins 55secs and 1st M50.
Neil Crisp placed 2nd in M50 category and 22nd overall with 31m 44s with Seb Parris next over the line just 6 seconds behind. John Crawley, making his club debut, competed the scoring six in 30th 32m 28s. Overall in the team event the club finished second to East London Runners squad who have good strength in depth.

Bree Nordin led the Ilford ladies team finishing 11th female and winning the F55 age category. Backing her up were Nicola Hopkinson as 16th female and 3rd in the F45 group with 39m 04s and Dianne Crisp who was 23rd female in 41m 03 and 3rd in the F55 group. The team was rounded out by Carlie Qirem in 41m 03s for 25th in the ladies event. On the night the team finished 5th in the team placings

Terry Knightley recorded 33m 54s in 38th and placed 3rd in the M50 category, while in 51st with 35m 16s was Rhoan Alexander. Dennis Briggs placed 74th in 36m 47s and Declan Cullen was 2nd M60 in 79th with 37m 25s.
There was an encouraging run from Adnan Karim in 105th with 39m 14s in only his second run for the club..

Two of the clubs race walkers Mark Culshaw and Stuart Bennett changed code and ran the race to finish 144th (42.27) and 173rd (44.38) respectively

Also ran: Tony Young (122nd 40.21) Rhoan Gabbidon (128th 40.58) Steve Cheal (145 42.33) Peter Spelman (184 45.33) Julia Galea (196 46.23) Nicola Chester (215 48.26) Suki Jandu (216 48.29) Frieda Keane (223 48.48) Natasha Mansouri (230 49.16) Launa Broadley (246 52.28) Shiela Sinclair (274 56.45)

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  Press Report. Tuesday 11th July 2017  

Jul 102017
 

Eversley 3k
Tuesday 4th July

The Eversley 3k is hosted by Pitsea Running club to raise funds for the Eversley School and is held on the first Tuesday of May, June and July.
The course is a 2 lap off road multi terrain course with steep hills.
Julys event attracted 110 runners. Ilfords Tony Hyde took the lead after 600m, a lead which he held on to, to win in a time of 11:30.

​​English Schools 7th/8th July 

As a reward for his excellent run in the Essex schools championship, Aaron Samuel was rewarded by selected by Essex to compete in the English Schools Championship last weekend.
This Championship, took place in Birmingham, after a long drive up on the Thursday Aaron’s was the very first one at 10am on Friday morning. There were two heats of 15 athletes and only the first four in each heat were guaranteed to make it to the final. Aaron was in the leading group in heat one, and managed to finish in 4th place. In qualifying he not only ran a personal best time of 4.11.86, but broke the Ilford Under 15 club record for the third time this season.
The final was at midday the next day, and contained 11 of the fastest under 15’s in the country this year, the initial was fairly slow and the field was fairly bunched for first two laps, Aaron had a good position, but was running fairly wide. At the bell a group of four had broken clear, and Aaron was leading the chasing group. The eventual winner was Ethan Hussey of Nor​th​ Yorkshire in a time of 4.07.63.
Aaron eventually came 8th in a time of 4.13.17, just getting to final of National championship and then setting a personal best in the heats, is a brilliant achievement, for somebody who has only being running for 18 months.

Regents Park Run through 5kSaturday 8th July
Carlie Qirem chalked up another PB this weekend finishing 23rd of 191 runners in a time of 24:15, a time that also ensured Carlie was the 2nd fastest female on the night.

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Southend Half Marathon
Sunday 9th July

The Southend Half Marathon is a 2 lap, traffic free run on a route that finishes along the Southend Coastline.
On a hot Sunday morning Breege Nordin of Ilford put in a fine run and was pleased to finish in 1:38:40 for 158th place

 

British 10k
Sunday 9th July

The British 10k is one of the largest 10k’s in Britain attracting over 14,000 runners.
The race takes runners through Central London, traffic free, and takes in Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, The London Eye and
Houses of Parliament.
En route the runners pass several bands and large union jacks draping the streets.
Sundays race was held on a glorious hot sunny day that suited the spectators (or spectathletes as the official guide called them) far more than it did the runners.
Ilfords Billy Green was pleased with his time of 49:34 in the conditions, a time that put him in 870th place

BMAF (British Masters) 20km Racewalk Championships: 
Coventry: 
July 9th, 2017

Ilfords Mark Culshaw traveled up to Coventry for the British Masters Racewalk Championships this weekend and finished 3rd overall and 2nd in the 50 – 55 age group with a time of 2:08:42

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