Young Athletes Report 21st June 2016  

Jun 212016
 

Essex Schools
George Jumps to EssexSchools Gold and top ranking in the country

Ilford’s young athletes had 4 representatives at the Essex Schools champs , held at Chelmsford on Saturday June 11th All 4 athletes competed to an extraordinary high level and showed how much progress they have all made in their short athletics career to date.
All rounder Anthony George was chosen to compete in the Triple Jump very late in the day and after a few training sessions, jumped to win Gold in the u15s Age group in 12.38m. To add to Anthony achievements , his jump on the day pushed him to the highest ranked Triple jumper in the country and will be making his way to the English Schools, representing Essex ,as one of the favourites for Gold.
Jordan Hinds continued her constant improvement over 800m by breaking her personal best again by a massive 6 seconds. Jordan has improved over 25 seconds in the last year over this distance and ran a superb performance to win her first Essex medal by coming home second in 2.20 in a very classy field. Jordan is now only 5 seconds behind the Ilford AC club record and has another year in this age group
Mungo Prior ran in the u15s 1500m and ran 2 big Personal bests in the heat and final of 4.32 and 4.31 respectively. Mungo competing against a very high quality field was unlucky to finish in the dreaded 4th place and just missed out from a deserving bronze medal.
Finally Farris Patel ran in the u15s 800 and ran a very comfortable heat in 2.13 to qualify into the final but found the final very tough, to run a very respectable time of 2.11, 2 seconds off his best from the previous week. Farris still has a year left in this age group so will come back much stronger next year.

Southern League Match 3
Superman Sam
In the third round of Southern League matches held atWoodford last Saturday, Ilford achieved their highest points score of season,but unfortunately this was still only good enough for 5th place.Despite finishing 5th there were some great performances and the team manager is optimistic about the future.
Star man for Ilford was Sam Malekout, who has just recently rejoined Ilford, but threw him into the match, by taking part in 8 events and amassing almost 30 points. Sam’s day started off with the Shot and High Jump, where he took two 4th places. He then decided to have a rest from throwing and jumping to take to the track in the 100m and 800m, with a 3rd in the 100m and a 4th in the 800m. Next up was back to the throws and his favourite event the Javelin where he threw 44.66 which is his furthest throw since 2010.Next up was another 4th place in discus. Finally he did both long and triple jump taking 3rd in the long and 5th in the triple.

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Temi Adeshon in only his second race for came 3rd in the 100m in a time of 12.30 into a strong headwind, he followed this with a rare outing over 200m where he came 5th in a time of 25.00.
Sam Rahman and Neil Crisp, both had great runs in the 5000m,recording times of 17.00.7 for Sam which give him 2nd in the A string and 18.10.4 for Neil for 3rd in the B string. Bradley Brown also ran as a non scorer and recorded a time of19.36.5. Thirty minutes later Neil and Sam were back on the track for the 1500m gaining more value points with Sam taking 2nd place in the A string with 4.42.5 and Neil 3rd in the B string with 5.28.9.
The final member of the mens team was Pete Whiting, who firstly arrived at the venue one week early and then on match day was an hour late. However he made up for this by competing in almost as many events as Sam,gaining a 5th in the Long jump and a 4th in the Triple Jump. Followed by 4th in the Discus, 3rd in the Javelin and 5th in the Hammer.
The womens side only had 5 athletes but they all performed brilliantly. Kelly Mavididi back from University looked really good in winning the A string 400m in a time of 62.10 and followed this up with a seasons best of 27.96 in taking 3rd place in the A string 200m. Jordan Hinds had a rest from her usual event this week and ran in the 400m where she won the B string in 65.34 and a never before outing over 200m where she came 3rd in the B string in a time of 29.57.
Nicola Hopkinson turned up to officiate and have a beer and despite never having thrown anything other than temper, proceeded to do the shot, Javelin and discus. Where she came 5th in the shot and discus and 4th in the Javelin.I have been sworn to secrecy as to the distances, but they will be on power of 10 soon.
The final events of the day were the relays and Isabella Hick and Ellie Wright joined Kelly and Jordan to compete in both relays. In the 4x 100 Isabella gave Ilford a great start, before handing over Ellie who kept Ilford in second place, but the last two changeovers were not as sharp and the team came 3rd.
The last event was the 4x 400 with the same quartet lining up, Jordan ran a powerful first leg to give Ilford a 10 metre lead, before handing over to Ellie, who went off slowly and by the back straight had been caught by the Woodford runner. However with 200m to go Ellie shifted up the gears and moved away to establish a 30 metre lead. Although running on her own Isabella stretched the lead even further to almost 70 metres. Kelly could have taken it easy on the last leg, but she pushed it all the way running the fastest leg of the team and Ilford won in a time of 4.30. 2. Almost 16 seconds clear of second place.

  Young Athletes Report 14th June 2016  

Jun 142016
 

Woodford Open Graded Meeting
Ilford Youngsters Make the Grade

Ilford’s young athletes had a great night at the recent open graded meeting at Woodford. The late afternoon thunderstorms had finished and it was a perfect night for running, with for the first time in living memory, no gale force wind at a Woodford Open meeting.
First up was new member Temi Adeoshun, who despite getting lost on route and only turning up 15 minutes before the start, ran a great 100m in a time of 12.12. Next up in 100m was Ellie Wright who achieved a personal best time of 13.98 in placing 2nd in the 100m, followed up less than an hour later with another personal best of 29.23 for 3rd place in the 200m. Ayeshah Lawrence was competing in her first ever race and although she was nervous before the race, she ran really well in the 200 to place 5th in a time of 31.27.
All the other athletes competed in the 800m.In the first race Isabella Hick pre race intention was to run 2.40 as she set off exactly on schedule and was even leading the race, but between 400m and 600m, she began to tire and fell 2 seconds off schedule. With 200m to go, she suddenly picked up and produced a great finish to cross the line in 2.40.17 an improvement of 4 seconds. Also in this race was Keshan Beckett Edwards, who was returning to racing after a knee injury, he looked good the whole way and finished strongly to record a personal best of 2.48.51.
Jordan Hinds continued her assault on her 800m personal best knocking another 2 seconds off her best in taking 3rd place in a time of 2.26.70, she has already improved by 18 seconds already this season, and is ranked in the top 200 in the country for her age group.
The final race of the night involved both Mungo Prior and Farris Patel , the pace was fast from the start and both the Ilford athletes were up with the pace. Farris made a move along the back straight, before kicking off the final bend to not only win the race, but set another personal best of 2.09.78. Mungo also knocked 5 seconds off his best in setting a time of 2.12.78
Gary Floate had a night off from coaching to take part in the Self Transcendence 5K at Battersea Park last Monday and clocked 20.38 for 74th place.

 

  Young Athletes Report Ilford 31st May 2016  

May 312016
 

Westminster Mile
Personal bests galore for Ilford youngsters

Ilford ACs Young middle distance group competed in the Vitality Junior British Champs this weekend, with all athletes achieving a personal best. It was great to see so many Ilford youngsters competing in the various Boys and Girls events.

Some of the best junior athletes from all over the country travelled to St James Park for this prestigious event and the Ilford athletes delivered strong performances in perfect weather conditions.

First up was the under 11s Boys where Matthew Hick battled through the field to come 12th position, in a time of 5.49.Euan Johnstone was not far behind in 29th in a very encouraging time of 6.16

A special mention goes to Aaron Hick, who competed in his first athletics race. Aaron is only 8 years old and sprinted the last 200 of the race, taking over many athletes in his way and ran a superb time of 6.58

Next up was the u13s Boys where Farris Patel was with the leading group the whole race and once again used his speed at the end to out sprint a number of athletes to come an outstanding 6th place, in a time of 5.06westminster Mile

Bradley Deacon improves with every race and backed Farris up with a solid 43rd position in 5.45.

In the u15s Boys, Mungo Prior, competed against some really quality athletes and broke his personal best by over 10 seconds to run 4.55 and come 29th

Last but not least was the U15 Girls where Ilford had 2 youngsters compete. First home was Jordan Hinds who came 18th in 5.51 and Isabella Hick ,21st in 6.35.

 

  Young Athletes Report 17th May 2016  

May 162016
 

Ilford Young Athletes go Fourth

Ilford’s young athletes produced some impressive performances in the Essex T&F Championships held at Chelmsford last weekend  but unfortunately were unable to bring home a county medal. Three of Ilford’s young stars just missed out by taking 4th place.
First up was Mungo Prior in the Under 15 boys 1500m, in his first ever 1500m race running a great race to finish 4th in a time of 4.40.8. On the Next day Farris Patel claimed the same position in a very fast under 15 boys 800m, with a time of 2.14.0, which was just 2 tenths outside his personal best.
Best performance of the weekend was from Jordan Hinds in the U17 girls 800m, having recently missed a few training sessions due to studying, she defied expectations. In a fast race Jordan let the leaders get away early but was always moving through the field and put in an excellent finish to come 4th in a time of 2.28.7 , her third PB of the season.
Three other squad members set personal best times including Isabella Hick who set a personal best running 46.90 in the U15 girls 300m and also ran 2.44.5 in the 800m. Bradley Deacon knocked 5 seconds of his best in the U15 boys 1500m in a time of 5.25.1. Despite being disappointed with his run Jack Halil ran a personal best of 44.5 in the U15 boys 300m, before returning the next day to run 2.38 in the 800m for 9th place.
The squad’s two youngest members Euan Johnstone and Matthew Hick, both ran well. Euan ran in the worst of the conditions on Saturday, but managed to equal his personal best in the under 13 boys 800m with a time of 2.56. Next day Matthew came 7th in the 1500m in a time of 5.31.

  Young Athletes Report – London Mini Marathon – 26th April 2016  

Apr 262016
 

London Mini Marathon 24th April
Ahmed shines at the Marathon

Nine Ilford athletes had to previously come through tough Trials to represent their local borough in this years London Mini Marathon on Sunday. All of the young athletes competed to a very high standard, but it was Ahmed Abdulle ,who shined through to win the U17s Boys 3 mile race. Ahmed beat a very high quality field to win by over 20 seconds in an outstanding 15:05.
In the same race Usamah Patel , running with an injury came home in 91st with a time of 18:07
In the U15 Boys, Mungo Prior gets better with every performance and came a very promising 19th place. His time of 16:57 was outstanding , for an athlete who has only been in the sport for 6 months


In the U 13 Boys, Ilford AC had 5 athletes competing and all of these performed well against a very tough field. Farris Patel, after a bad start , came through the field to come a very credible 10th Position, in a time of 17:26. Farris once again is getting better with every race this year and used his speed at the end to take over many of the other athletes.
Bradley Deacon ran his fastest time in the Mini Marathon to come 92nd and Matthew Hick,only 11 and 2 years left in the age group,came 100th. Bradley ran 19:22 and Matthew 19:31 respectively.
Euan Johnstone, also only 11, ran 21:53 for 166th and Mehdi Hurun was 168th

In the Girls U15s race, Jordan Hinds and Katie Deacon were Ilfords representatives. Jordan came 59th in a time of 20:31 and Katie 29:00 to finish 172

It was great to see so many of the Ilford youngsters perform to such a high standard

Woodford Open Meeting 23rd April

A number of Ilford ACs youngsters competed at Woodford open meeting on Saturday in a very testing conditions. As usual the conditions at Woodford was windy and cold but we still saw some good performances

Isabella Hick,14, ran her first ever 300m hurdles race in the u17s age group came third , in a very promising 55.87.She followed that up with a 200 m and came 4th in a time of 30.63
Young sprinter Anthony George ran in the 75 m Hurdles, 200 and 300 . Anthony ran some very good times, all against the wind . He ran 15:00 seconds in the 75M Hurdles for 3rd, 27.11 to win the U15s 200 m and came third in the 300m in 41.36
Krystle Balogun moved down events to show her speed over 200 and 300 respectively. Krystle came 4th in the 200 in 28.97 and 4th in the 300 m in 45.14