{"id":14238,"date":"2019-02-13T07:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T07:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilfordathleticclub.co.uk\/?page_id=14238"},"modified":"2019-02-14T20:57:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T20:57:37","slug":"dennis-plater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilfordathleticclub.co.uk\/dennis-plater\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Plater – RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dennis Plater r.i.p\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Dennis died on Monday afternoon in Broomfield Hospital. He had been ill with mitochrondial myopathy for a few years and developed a chest infection and pneumonia. He hadn’t had much quality of life for some time so, hopefully, he is now in a better place.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
There is a long wait for the funeral which will be on Thursday 7<\/b>th<\/b><\/sup> March at 11.30am <\/b>at the Bentley Crematonium, Ongar Road, Pelgrims Hatch, Brentwood CM15 9RZ and afterwards at the Bentley Golf Club, Ongar Road. Brentwood CM15 9SS.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Condolence cards can be sent to Jill Plater – 5 Wakelin Chase, Ingatestone, Essex CM4 9HH.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Dennis – One of IlfordAC’s Greatest<\/b>
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Dennis joined Ilford AC in 1951 aged 17 and in the coming years gradually made his mark at every level – Club, County, Regional, National and Internationally.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The period 1963\/64 is perfect for showing Dennis performing at the very highest levels,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
In 1963 he contested the Polytechnic Marathon and improved the club record by over eight minutes with a time of 2h 31min 44sec .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
In 1964 Dennis began to post a range of top class performances, first in both the Essex and Southern 20miles championships and a worthy 5th in the Inter-Counties in 1hr 44min 58sec and a superb run in the Polytechnic Marathon finishing 6<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/sup><\/span> in 2hr 20min 29sec ( a time not to be beaten by a Club runner until the marathon boom 20 years later.) The Poly performance gained Dennis international honours later in the summer when he was selected for Great Britain in the Kosice Marathon in Czechoslovakia where he came 2<\/span><\/span>nd<\/span><\/sup><\/span> just 23 seconds behind the local hero Pavel Kantorek.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
In the years following Dennis continued to perform at a high standard over his favoured distances well into his veteran years.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Gerry<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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