Much merriment at Hatfield Broad Oak with some great techy prizes as runner up Malcolm Muir wins the new super slim transparent Iphone6S mini with 9.7 inch retina display and 500 megapixel camera. Watch the birdie!

A lady official has laughed her right arm off but all is not lost as her mum waits in the wings carrying her replacement prosthetic.

 

Hatfield Broad Oak 10k
Monday 26th May 2014

On Bank Holiday Monday a small number of Ilford Athletes took part in the popular 10k course on the figure of eight loop through the quiet country lanes of rural Essex.
First home and 2nd in the overall race was Malcolm Muir in a time of 32.54 . Muir put in a fine run to end a superb week of racing and results. Paul Holloway, who is returning to fitness completed his debut of the course in a time of 40.24.
In the ladies race, Jenni Sheehan continued her pb week to finish in 45.29, Carol Muir finished off her three consecutive days of racing with a course best of 56.56. New member, Julia Galea, on her debut race for the club was pleased with her time of 59.28, and Pam Jones, after racing on the previous day, enjoyed her run in an unrecorded time of 61 mins.

Report and picture by Jenni Sheehan

SCVAC – Match2
Report for Monday 19 May.

Ilford Vets travelled to Lee Valley for match 2 on 19 May.

The events started with the 800m where Malcolm Muir came home first in 2:12:6. Mike Horsey’s time of 2:28:7 (PB) placed him fifth overall. Neil Crisp running in the age 50 group came home third overall also achieving a PB with 2:34:8.
In the 200m Mike Horsey recorded a time of 28.9s for third place. Rohan Alexander making a welcome return to track finished sixth overall in the 40 plus category with a PB of 27.2s. Pete Whiting picked up valuable points in the 50 plus category with a time of 31.6s for seventh.
Malcolm Muir was a clear first in the combined 3000m with a time of 9:19:2. Dave Butler was also a clear first in the 60 age group with 9:55:9. Kevin Newell finished tenth overall in 10:13:0. Neil Crisp running in the 50 age group finished fifteenth overall in 10:50:7. Rohan Alexander and Rob Sargent running as guests finished seventeenth and twenty second in 11:15:7 and 13:13:2 respectively.
Wesley Clarke competing in the 50 plus hammer finished first with a throw of 46m 61. Pete Whiting moved down to the 35 plus age group throwing 17m 66 for seventh. Wesley also guested in the category throwing 39m 72 for third.
The evening closed with the 4x400m relay where the team of Rohan, Malcolm, Mike and Kevin placed third in a time of 4:14:7.
The team finished third on the evening and are placed third after two matches.
The next match is on Monday 16 June at the Allianz Stadium, Barnet where Pete Whiting will have the honour of Team Manager.
Full results are on Power 10.

Thanks to Claire Levey for her track officiating.

Rport by Henry Ricketts
Vets Manager
Westminster Mile
St James’ Park
Saturday 24 May

A series of one mile races were held on Saturday on the flat roads around St James’ Park, starting on the Mall and finishing outside Buckingham Palace. A group from the Ilford AC endurance squad were among the nearly 2000 entries in the adult open races.

Krystle Balogun was in excellent form finishing 9th female in 5mins 41 secs, beating her time from last year by over 20 seconds.
Sam Rahman also improved on his 2013 time with 4m 56s in 27th. Steve Philcox came home 45th and 5th in the M45 category with 5m 03s and Kevin Newell recoded 5m 18s in 90th. Group coach Rob Sargent also laced them up coming over the line 489th with 6m 43s.

Report by Robbo

BUPA 10K
Sunday 25th May
British internationals Andy Vernon and Gemma Steel were impressive winners at the Bupa London 10,000 last Sunday as record numbers turned out in bright sunshine for the seventh edition of the central London event on an excellent course taking in many of the capital’s iconic sights.
Several runners runners paraded the Ilford Club vest proudly with Malcolm Muir once again being the pick of the bunch in 33.14. Stephen Philcox was next home in 35.51 followed by Kevin Newell in 36.34 with Satha Alaga 47.48, Billy Green, 50.25 and Peter Spelman 51.41.
Pam Jones stood out for the ladies with her 58.25 giving her the 3rd best age graded time of the day. Melinda Jones and Nicola Hopkins recorded 43.56 and 48.14 respectively. Two other Ilford ladies enjoying good runs were Carol Muir and Nicola Chester with times of 55.02 and 55.46.

And later….

Having now perused the supporting photographic evidence (below) I am now delighted to confirm that Bree Nordin and Steve Parker did indeed compete in the BUPA 10k this weekend recording excellent times of 44.08 and 43.38 respectively. Apologies for their cruel omission from my original report compiled hastily at the 11th hour using BUPA’s inferior online lookup software.
In addition Steve topped the charts of all runners sporting the surname of Parker beating 17 other family members in the process including brothers Peter “Spiderman” Parker and distant cousin Nosey. Not to be outdone Bree also topped all competitors with the surname Nordin and as for Satha …….well hang on I’ll have to check.

Bree was an incredible 2nd in her age category and Steve 16th.

Report by A N Other

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Pembrokeshire Coastal Ultra

Little Haven, Pembrokeshire

Saturday 3 May

Ilford AC’s New Zealand sensation Blair McWhirter continued his winning ways at the Pembrokeshire Coastal Trail Ultra Marathon. The race is over undulating rugged but scenic terrain in the Pembrokeshire Coastal national park measuring 34.8 miles. Blair, running on his London Marathon training, finished 1st in a new course record of 4hrs 31mins 31 secs, which was previous held by sub 2:09 marathon runner Mark Steinle. His winning margin was over 23 minutes.
McWhirter now intends to concentrate on shorter distances over the early summer looking to set new personal bests at 5km and 10km.

Night of 10000m PBs
Parliament Hill, Hampstead
Saturday 10 May

A series of 5 10000m races were held on the track at Parliament Hill, the home of British Cross Country racing. The final 2 races were trials for the British teams at this summer’s European and Commonwealth Championships and runners achieving the target times were Andy Vernon, Jo Pavey and Beth Potter.
Ilford AC were represented on the night by Malcolm Muir who ran in heat 2. Malcolm gave his usual gutsy performance moving up the field as the race progressed to come home 14th in a field of 23 in a new best time for the distance on the track of 32mins 48.36 secs.

Crystal Palace Open Track Meet
Saturday 10 May

Bradley Brown of Ilford AC has been concentrating on trackwork of late and his efforts were rewarded with a new personal best of 5mins 16.87 secs as he placed 6th in heat 1 of the meeting at the Crystal Palace track

We Own The Night 10km
Victoria Park, Hackney
Saturday 10 May

Krystle Balogun was another Ilford AC athlete in good form at the weekend. She took part in the bizarrely named We Own The Night 10km race for women only in Victoria Park and on the fast flat course ran an evenly paced race to set a new nbest time for the distance of 41mins 28secs in 17th spot.

Bluebell 5 – Report by Kim the Blur

Two Ilford AC runners along with 250 other athletes went for a 5 mile race through the muddy Little Havens Wood Nature Reserve at Thundersley on Sunday 11th May in the annual BLUEBELL 5 MILES RACE. Across a picturesque undulating cross country route Steve Philcox boldly came home 3rd finishing in a spritely 30.26 winning the first over 40 veteran award. He was followed by Over 50 Veteran, Terry Knightley, in his first race of the year after a 3 month lay off from the sport finishing in 40 minutes and 24 seconds Taking 52nd Position. The Overall winner of the event was Crispian Bloomfield of Billericay Striders.

Grand East Anglian Run 10km
King’s Lynn
Sunday 4th May

13 runners from the endurance squad of Ilford AC travelled up to Norfolk to take part in the Gear 10km which incorporated the British Masters Championship. The fast, flat course,, ideal weather conditions and a field of over 2000 led to them returning their fastest times for many years.

First over the line for the club was Malcolm Muir in 7th with 32mins 31 secs, backed up by Kevin Newell in 36m 18s for 71st and Mike Horsey taking spot 168 in 39mn 46s. Together they combined to finish runners up in the British Masters Championship in the M35-44 age group.

Neil Crisp was the club’s leading runner in the M45-54 age category in 93rd place with 37m 07s, Steve Parker was next up in 42m 49s for 271st and Rob Sargent came home 400th in 45m 18s.This team placed 4th in the BMAF event.

Kieran McKenna finished in 39m 45s, while Steve Cheal recorded 48m 55s in 600th.

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The ladies had a good day. Melinda Jones finished 48th in the ladies race and 370th overall in 44m 41s and took the silver medal in the F45 category in the British Masters race. Nicola Hopkinson had a fine run for 64th lady (489th overall) in 46m 50s and Dianne Crisp recorded 47m 22s for 69th, 509th overall. Combined they won the British Masters Championship in the F45-54 grouping and took home the gold medals.

Pam Jones had a close battle with Anne Martin of local team Wymondham AC winning the F75 category by just 6 seconds in 57m 51s for 278th lady. Pam also won the British Masters medal for this group, moved to number 1 at 10 km and number 3 all time at 10km for F75.

Carol Muir smashed her personal best time by almost 2 minutes to 54m 15s in position 195th in the ladies listing.