Who’s Who at Ilford AC – Club Questionnaire
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Neil Crisp
Name: Neil John Crisp Born: 17/1/63 Date Joined A few years prior to 1983 when I was about 17 or 18. Had previously been a member of Victoria Park Harriers and Havering AC with my younger brother. Personal Bests: Track 400 67.5 V50 800 2.34.8 V50 1500 4.59.0 V40 / 5.21.7 V50 3000 10.31.29 V40
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David Kates
Name: Dave Kates Born: 1948 Date Joined : I think it was 1970 Personal Bests: Ah P.B’s. They’re important in the moment, particularly when you are young, because they are a measure of how well you are adapting to the training process. You know that, Bob Beamon & Jonathan Edwards aside however, that P.B’s do
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Martin Clarke
Name: Martin ClarkeBorn: 29/02/1952 (Oldchurch Hospital Romford).Date Joined : 1997Personal Bests: (most as a vet 45+, bit of a late starter) Track 800m 2min 20? sec 1500m 4min 55sec 3000m 10min 03sec 3000m s/c ?? Forever. Spent most of the evening trying to get out the water jump 5000m 17.00 dead. (Special thanks go to
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Jill Plater
Name: JILL PLATER Born: 26.05.1939 Date Joined April 1952 Personal Bests: 100m 13.5 200m 26.1 400m 59.5 800m 2m.23.1 1500m 5.11.0 10K 42.02 5miles 31.20 10mile 67.27 ½ marathon 89.00 Marathon 3h.15m.33s 1500 to marathon times mostly when over 45 First Club Race: May 1952 – Inter club meeting at Tooting Bec – 2nd junior
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Nicola Hopkinson
Name: Nicola Hopkinson Born: September 1962 Date Joined : June 2002, Bree introduced me to the club. Personal Bests: Marathon 3:26:31 V40 20 miles 2:36:00 V40 Half 1:37:42 V40 10 M 72:15 V40 10K 43:01 V40 5M 35:04 V40 5K 21:15 V40 Favourite Race: The races with a sense of occasion so my journey to collect the six
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Henry Ricketts
Name: Henry Ricketts Born: 29.01.1967 Date Joined Probably 01.04.2004 Personal Bests: 100m 12.3 200m 25.5 (24.5 age 14) 400m 56.8 (55.9 age 15) 800m 2.24.8 1500m 6.07.51 (5.25.2 age 13) 5 mile (did the Vicky Park 5 but can’t find the time) 10K road 44.27ish Half
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John Mackenzie
Name: John Duncan Mackenzie Born: 06/09/1954 Date Joined : March 1978 Personal Bests: (all in the 1980’s) Track 800m 2min 00.1sec 1500m 4min 05sec 3000m 8min 35sec 3000m s/c 9min 42sec 5000m 15min 10sec 10000m 32min 50sec Road
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Seb Parris
Name: Sebastian “Beardy” Parris Born: 8th may 1983 Date Joined: September 2016 Personal Bests: track 400m – 69.0 800m – 2.23.2 1500m – 4.50.68 3000m – 10.11.98 5000m – 17.53.9 mile walk – 9.26.17 2000m walk – 9.26.6 3000m walk – 15.12.50 5000m walk – 28.13.86 road 5km – 17.47 5m –
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Ernie Forsyth
NAME ERNIE FORSYTH DATE OF BIRTH 3RD OCTOBER 1954 JOINED NOVEMBER 1985 FIRST CLUB RACE This would have been one of the Metropolitan League cross country races P.B’s Can’t find any track times as I mainly ran road and Country but I couldn’t
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Jordan Hinds
Name – Jordan Hinds DOB – 06/04/2001 Date joined Ilford and why – I think I joined around late 2015 because I really enjoyed running at school. Personal bests – 200m 29.57 400m 62.28 800m 2m 20.40 1500m 5m 10.85 Parkrun 20m 42 5k 20m 32 First club race – I think it was
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Gary and Kim Webb
Name: Gary Webb Born: 28th May 1958 Date Joined 1971 Personal Bests: 400 54.5 800 1.59.4 1500 3.59.4 3000 8.33 5000 14.44 10,000 30:02 10 mile 50.02
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Andy Catton
Name: Andy Catton Born: Yes definitely (Ilford) Date Joined: 18th June 1967 – club founder and my Godfather, Edgar Moon, knocked on the door on my 14th birthday membership form in hand. Oh that’s a bit of a give away for the previous question ! First race for club: Had memory failure on this
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Efe Austinz
Name: Efe Austinz Date Joined:- Joined Ilford March 21st because I thought I was fast First Club race:- Woodford may 22nd 2017 was my first club race P.B’s:- PB 100m: 13.10 PB 200m: 27.1 Favourite Race:– Essex championships 2019 100m has been my favourite and quickest race Notable performance:- 8.25
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Terry Knightley
Name: Terry Knightley Born: 22nd July 1960 (Romford, Essex) Date Joined Ilford AC: I joined very Late 1997 (With Martin Clarke and Owen Phipps and others) after many years of being a member of Barking Road Runners – we all wanted to improve by joining an Athletics club. Personal Bests (All Achieved back in the
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Pauline Tester
Name: Pauline Tester Born: 17 March 1964 Date Joined: 1977 Brian Meadows, a teacher at Dane High School invited interested students to the track at Cricklefields, I went with Katy Pestell, we trained that summer. I returned in 1981 and officially joined 15 October 1981. Personal Bests: Road: 5k: 18m02s Barking Park 1993 5 miles:
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John Batchelor
Name: John Batchelor Born: 23rd January 1941 Date Joined: January 1957 Personal Bests: (Back In the day!) 880 yds 2:05.4 1 mile 4:21.8 2 miles 8:58.2 3 miles 13:57.2 5000m 14:26.8 6 miles 28 :41.0 Road 10 miles: 49:33 Half marathon: 66:12 20 miles: 1:43:27 M40: 5000m 15:20.7 10000m 31:45.9 Road 5 miles 25:09 10K: 31:12 Half
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Tony Nixon
Name: Tony Nixon Born: 14-12-1947 Date Joined: 1962 Personal Bests: 400m 52.1 (51.7 R) 800m 1.55.0 1500m 3.51.0 3000m 8.26.9 5000m 14.34.5 2000s/c (steeplechase) 5.54.2 3000s/c 9.00.4 Road 5k 15.10 10k 31.54 First Club Race: Novices CC at Chigwell Row, Oct 1962 Favourite Race: No
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Pam Jones
Name Pam Jones DOB 7/7/1936 Date joined July 1950 Personal bests Track 400m 59.7 800m 2.17 1500m 4.49.7 3,000m 10.49.2 5,000m 20.05 W45 I did run a few 10,000m on the track but since my move results have gone missing. Road All road times are as a vet. There were no road races for ladies
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Krystle Balogun
Name: Krystle Balogun Born: 17 January 1987 Date Joined Late May 2013 after Coach Ian Gains persuaded me to join. Personal Bests: 100m: 13.0 , 200m: 26.22, 300m: 42.61, 400m: 59.25, 800m: 2.18, 1 Mile: 5.22, 5k: 19.40, 5Mile: 32.00, 10k: 40.17 First Club Race: 1st June 2013, Orion Harriers Forest 5 in Epping
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Jak Wright
Name: Jak Wright Born: 04/09/02 Date Joined: I started training in July 2017 and joined officially in mid-September 2017 Personal Bests: Track: 400 – 56.9 800 – 2:05 1500 – 4: 11.81 3000 – 9: 08.26 Road: Mile – 4:39 ( virtual time trial!) 2 mile – 10:20 3 mile – 16:41 5k – 16:55
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Ian Gains
Name Ian Gains Born 1946 Scotland Clubs Eton Manor / Ilford A.C. Club President 2003 BIO:- Joined Eton Manor as an 8 year old in the swimming club. At 12 joined the Athletic club,this club was set up by the old Etonian’s and financial help from the City. We had excellent facilities for that period,
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Sam Malekout
Name: Sam Malekout Born: 1982 Date Joined: April 2004. I just moved to London from the Midlands at the end of 2003 and in the Easter break I was looking for some kind of sports activity. Luckily I live in Newbury Park and from Google I found Cricklefields Sports Stadium to be just a 15
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Sharon Honey
Name: Sharon Honey Born: 1957 Joined Club: I joined Ilford AC on 17 April 1980 so I’m doing this around my 40th anniversary of joining the club! I initially ran for Essex Beagles from 1975. RECORDS TRACK 800m 2.28.4 25/08/1981 Ilford Club Champs SL 1500m 4.57.3 20/09/1980 Ilford Gibson Trophy SL 3000m
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Dave Ainsworth
Like so many, Dave commenced race walking through his employer, in his case the Royal Air Force which he’d joined in 1965. While training at RAF Hereford (now SAS HQ) 2 were needed for an Inter-Squadron athletics meeting in May 1966. None volunteered, so the Sergeant in charge of the athletics team called out names
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Dianne Crisp
Name: Dianne Crisp (nee Cater) Born: 1962 Date Joined: 1st April 1976. I ran at school and my teacher said I should go to a club. So as Kim & Tracey Trunley were at my school (Warren) it was only natural that I went along to Ilford Athletic Club. I first trained with Margaret Gilham