Press Report 8th September 2025

The Essex Way Relay 2025

The Essex Way relay is held on the first Sunday in September every year and covers 82 miles of ancient trails, footpaths, and countryside across Essex starting from Epping Station at 8am and finishing after 6pm at the Harwich Old Lighthouse in a 10 stage relay.

This is one of the County’s premier events with over 80 teams from across Essex and beyond competing.
For various reasons Ilford AC were unable to cover all legs, but 8 of the stages were covered and there was a great team spirit on the day

Ilfords squad this year consisted of :-

Leg 1 Epping to Chipping Ongar No runner,

Leg 2 Chipping Ongar to Good Easter Rachel Halpin (9.5 miles)

Leg 3 Good Easter to Little Leighs,Frieda Keane and Alison Sale (9.5 miles)

Leg 4 Little Leighs to Cressing Jim Tilbrook,(10.1 miles)

Leg 5 Cressing to Great Tey Malcolm Muir,(9.4 miles)

Leg 6 Great Tey to West Bergholt Mandy Reid,(5.7 miles)

Leg 7 West Bergholt to Dedham No runner,

Leg 8 Dedham to Bradfield Billy Green, (8 miles)

Leg 9 Bradfield to Ramsey Dianne Crisp, (5.7 miles)

Leg 10 Ramsey to Harwich Stephen Lacey (5.5 miles)

Of the 81 competing teams Ilford AC finished in 7th place in the vets category.

At the end of the race it is tradition for some of the runners and support crew to meet up at the end of the last leg for a Fish and Chip supper as reward for the day’s work.