Who’s Who at Ilford AC – Club Questionnaire
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Steve Parker – Part 2
Name: Steve Parker Born: 25/05/56 Date Joined IAC: 5/06/07 Pam Jones suggested I join because it’s a welcoming & friendly running club. Pam was right. Personal Bests: Track : 5000m 20.25.4 Ilford 28/06/2011 Road: 5k 20.20 Barking Park 25/08/2008 5 Mile 33.29 Ingatestone 28/09/2008 10k 41.32 Southend 04/10/2009 10 Miles 70.10 Great Baddow 17/05/2009 Half Marathon
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Sheila Sinclair
Name: Sheila Sinclair Born: 10th July 1965 Date Joined: September 2012 Personal Bests: 5K 31:43 Olympic Park – June 2019 5K 31:15 Valentines (parkrun) – Sept 2019 5M 55:20 Dagenham, May 2019 10K 66:57 Vitality London May 2019 First Club Race: I think it was the XC (2017). I was
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Pramila Monro
Name: Pramila Monro Born: Yes Date Joined: I think I joined the Wednesday Harriers in Aug 2011 Personal Bests: 5K: 28:17 l0K: 41:26 Half marathon: 2:11:06 Marathon : 4:58 First Club Race: ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE Gloucester Park, Basildon 7 Km Basildon Race 38.53 min Favourite Race: Don’t think I have a favourite race. I
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Paul Grange
Name: Paul Grange Born: 17/5/79 Date Joined: June 2019 Personal Bests: 800 – 1:53.01 1500 – 3:57.41 5k – 15:25 Mile 4:17:18 First Club Race: 800m at the Southern Counties Veterans league in Stevenage Favourite Race: Westminster Mile on the road, and Hadleigh for XC. Notable Performances: – Essex Champs 2021: Double Gold in
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Gaye Young
Name: Gaye Young Born: 21.03.1969 Date Joined: October 2017 Personal Bests: 1500m track race: 6:25.74 5K: 22:26 5 miles: 37:57 10k: 47:23 10 miles: 79:23 HM: 1:44.01 20 miles: 3:03.23 Marathon: 3:56.19 First Club Race: 28th October 2017 – Horseheath, Essex League. Time achieved was 32:26. It
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NERINGA MASILIONIENE
Name: Neringa Masilioniene (née Aidietyte) Born: 05.06.1983 Date Joined: Early 2011 Personal Bests: 20 km race walking – 1:29.01 10 km race walking- 44:09 50 km race walking- 4:28:53 half marathon run – 1:18:33 First Club Race: honestly, can’t remember Favourite Race: they were all favourite where I achieved PB Notable Performances: World Race walking
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” Carlie Qirem”
Name: Carlie Leanne Qirem Born: 28th April 1984 Date Joined: I think it was early 2017 Personal Bests: 1500m – 6:00:60 5km – 20:22 5m – 34:54 10km – 42:16 Half marathon – 1:36:59 20 mile – 2:34:45 Marathon – 3:26:22 First Club Race: I believe it was the Havering midweek Elvis in 2017
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Kevin Newell
For obvious reasons this is not the usual format for our ‘Who’s Who’ series, but if the club is going to have a record of our runners for future generations to read about then the records will be very incomplete without recording KEVIN NEWELL. Kevin was one of our top runners, and as you can
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Tom Gardner
Name: Tom Gardner Born: 1983 Date Joined: 2010 Personal Bests: 800: 2:02.15 1500: 4:03.66 3000: 8:40.79 5000: 15:22.32 5m: 25:48 First Club Race: Raphael’s Park 5m – Elvis. Favourite Race: Newman Hilly in Hainault forest. There’s something about a mid-week, peak summer cross country race which makes this event more pleasurable than others. Really
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Danny Holeyman
Name:Danny “Steptoe Race Face” Holeyman Born:8 November 1973 Date Joined1st time 2001-2003 (ish)2nd time Feb 2018 Personal Bests: Mile – 5.35 3K -10.36.73 5K – 18.58 (or was until his incredible 17:48 at the Olympic Park Wednesday – Ed!) Parkrun – 18.41 5 Miles – 30.33 10K- 38.00 10 Miles – 63.48 Half
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Gary Coombes
Name: Gary Coombes Born: 23rd February 1972 – age 49 Date Joined: April 2018 Personal Bests: Parkrun: 16.35 (2020 Raphael’s Park) 5k: 16.25 (2019 Hyde Park) 5m: 28.22 (2018 Wix) 10k: 34.31 (2019 Southend) 10m: 55.59 (2019 Stebbing) HM: 76.21 (2019 Pleshey) Marathon: 3:43 (only ran one back in 2005 – it hurt so
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Frieda Keane
Name: Frieda Keane Born: 10 July 1963 Date Joined: April 2017 PBs: 5k- 27.29 5m- 45.26 10k- 57.35 10m- 1.36.55 Half Marathon- 2.08.38 20m- 3.32.10 Marathon- 4.48.22 First Club Race- Dagenham ELVIS in the pouring rain Favourite Race- Difficult- I like our Hilly 10, Parliament Hill and have a soft sport
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Alison Sale
Name: Alison Sale Born: 15th July 1965 Date Joined: May 2018 Personal Bests: 5K – 23:44 (at Hog Hill of all places!) 5M – 42.46 10K – 54:43 10M – 92:00 Half Marathon – 2:06:55 First Club Race: Witham MayDay 10 Mile in May 2018 – I`d just joined but hadn`t got my club
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Dennis Briggs
Name: Dennis Briggs Born: 22/07/1975 (I tell the truth about my age) Date Joined 08 /09/2016 Personal Bests: 100m 15.4 400m 80.1 (I got lost) 1500m 5:38.1 5k 20:53 Parkrun 20:55 5 miles 33:32 10K 43:26 10 miles 72:54 Half Marathon 93:23 20 miles 2:33:42 Marathon 3:42:43 First Club Race: Valentines Elvis 5k Favourite
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Sam Rahman
Name: Sam Rahman Born: 10th September 1982 Date Joined: 1st January 2013 (although starting training with the club since 2012) Personal Bests: 400: 59.82 800: 2:13.3 1500: 4:32.12 1mile: 4:55.07 3000: 9:53.49 5000: 16:43.01 10000: 36:00.7 1M: 4:55 5K: 17:02 5M: 28:22 10K: 35:46 10M: 58:36 HM: 1:18:10 20M: 2:05:27 Mar: 2:50:36 First Club Race:
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Julie Gillender
NAME Julie Gillender DATE OF BIRTH 18th January 1968 Date joined IAC: 2016 Personal Bests: 100m 19.88 (2015 v45 ranking 123rd in UK) Mile 8.01 5k 28.24 Parkrun 28.35 5 mile 48.35 10k 59.41 First Club race in which I participated was the Essex
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Stephen Philcox
Name – Stephen Philcox Born – 14/10/65 (in a flat in green lane, Ilford) Date joined – October 2011 Personal bests – 400 – 63.2 800 – 2.14.6 1500 – 4.31.9 3,000 – 9.45. 6 mile – 5.03.55 5,000 – 16.53.5 1m – 5.01 5k – 16.34 parkrun – 17.01 5 mile – 28.04
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Kim Baxter
Name: Kim Baxter Born: 1950s Date Joined : a long time ago Personal Bests: parkrun – 28.19 – Victoria Dock 5k 29.35 – Barking Elvis 5m 51.21
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Billy Green
Name:Billy Green Born: 25th February Forest Gate Hospital (It says ‘Born in West Ham’ on my Birth Certificate which I am particularly proud of!) Date Joined August 2008 Personal Bests: 5k 22:40 5m 37:43 10k 48:00 10m 86:19 HM 1:51:11 Marathon 4:19:22 First Club Race: Remember it well. Havering Elvis 5m.. Running with Satha who
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Carol Muir
Name: Carol Muir Born: 1971 Forest Gate Hospital (all the best people were born there) Date Joined 23rd July 2008 Personal Bests: 1500 metre 7.04. 1Mile 8.41.30 3k 16.43 5k 25.55 Parkrun 25 46 5 miles 43 18 10k 54.06 10 miles 92.54 Half marathon 2.03 20 miles 3.58.09 Marathon 5.11 First Club Race:
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Robin Davis
Name: Robin Davis Born: 13th July 1947 Date Joined 1993. Personal Bests: Winning 2 bronze medals at Southern Counties Vets 10 mile road race. And 1 I.A.C medal for 5 mile road race in my age group pos. 60-65. First Club Race: Southend 10K. Favourite Race: Cabbage Patch 10 mile road race. Essex Way Notable
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Jimmy Huddart
Name: James Huddart Born: 3.6.1947 Date Joined 1982 Re-Joined 2013 Personal Bests: 3 miles Victoria Park, 17 mins 25 secs 5 miles Victoria Park 27 mins 30 secs 10k Walthamstow A.C 36 mins 09 secs 7 miles Woodford Green A.C. 42 mins 31 secs 10 miles Bishops Stortford 57 mins 06 secs Half Marathon Roding
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Mel Jones
Name: Mel Jones Born: 11/3/68 Date Joined October 1988 Personal Bests: Track 200m – 27.00, 300m – 41.2 sec, 400m – 59.9, 800m – 2.23, 1500 – 5.01 Road 5k – 21.05 10k – 41.36 10 miles – 1.12.14 Half marathon – 1.31 20 miles – 2.44.5 Marathon – 3.47.16 First Club Race: Southern league 1979 Essex Beagles 800m
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Les Hislop
LES HISLOP Born 03/04/1942 Most people don’t think I am that old, they think I am a lot older!. Joined Ilford A.C. October 1982. Personal bests all done when I was 40 or older. Didn’t do many track races other than in the vets league. I ran 5 mins 12 secs for the mile in
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Robert Dobson
Name: Robert (Bob) Dobson Born: 04/11/1942 Date Joined: 1979 Personal Bests: 3k 12m 40.4s 5k 21m 50.4s 10k 44m 16s 20k 1h 30m 2s 30k 2h 27m 28s 50k 4h 07m 22.4s 100k 9h 56m 34s 12 hours 118.805km (world best) = 73.822miles 24 hours 204.330km = 126miles 1709yds First Club Race: 21/5/1963 (with Essex