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Southern Men's League Division 1
Ilford AC's senior men's team acquitted themselves well in the 3rd fixture of the Southern League division 1 held at Stoke Mandeville on Sunday.The squad finished 3rd behind Yeovil and the host club Aylesbury. Ilford's young sprinters Gary Smallman and Aaron Balogun stole the show with both of them lowering their personal bests in the 100metre event. Smallman's 11.1 secs was quickly followed by Balogun's 11.2 sec clocking.
Smallman then went on to set a new U17 club record of 50.2 secs in the 400metres and yet another personal best. Not to be outdone Balogun replied with a similar feat some 30mins later when he erased John Kenny's longstanding club u17 200m record with a 22.5 sec effort.
Results:
100m Gary Smallman 11.1 (1st) Aaron Balogun 11.2 (1st)
110mH Matt Maple 25.5 (4th) Craig Burrow 24.6 (4th)
200m Aaron Balogun 22.5 (2nd) John Manning 23.6 (4th)
400m Gary Smallman 50.2 (2nd) John Manning 52.4 (2nd)
400mH Matt Maple 70.3 (5th) Craig Burrow 94.1 (4th)
800m John McDonald 2.2.6 (3rd) David Amroon 2.5.8 (3rd)
1500m John McDonald 4.23.6 (5th) Ashley Pearce 4.42.7 (4th)
3000msc Matt Maple 10. 33.1 (4th) Malcolm Muir 10.38.1 (2nd)
5000m Malcolm Muir 16.19.6 (4th) Ashley Pearce 17.20.0 (3rd)
LJ Matt Gordon 4.49 (5th) David Amroon 4.42 (5th)
HT Wesley Clarke 43.38 (2nd) Craig Burrow 33.74 (1st)
HJ Matt Gordon 1.0 (5th) Pete Whiting 1.0 (5th)
JT Craig Burrow 46.25 (4th) Pete Whiting 29.73 (3rd)
SP Sol Anwar 12.99 (1st) Craig Burrow 11.18 (2nd)
TJ Gary Smallman 11.28 (5th) Matt Gordon 11.25 (5th)
DT Craig Burrow 36.33 (2nd) Sol Anwar 30.67 (3rd)
4x100 44.6 (3rd)
4X400 3.50.15 (4th)
North Downs 30k Run
In near perfect conditions three Ilford athletes completed the 30 kilometre undulating North Downs Run on Sunday morning.
Finishing times were:
Peter Spelman 2hr 47m 34 secs
Sally Gillam 3hr 2min 33 secs
Ray Rawlinson 3 hr 24 min 10 secs
Trisport Epping Ongar Try-a-Tri
Ilford AC were represented by 3 athletes in Sundays Try-a-TRi novice triathlon held at Ongar Leisure Centre. the event consists of a 300m swim followed by a 21k bike ride and culminates in a 4k run. Leon Thomas was first home for the club after an excellent bike ride. Alan Lattimore suffered on the swim and bike but ran strongly. Keelie Brooks showed her all round versatility and had an excellent swim.
Leon Thomas 6.36(swim) 1.19.08(T1) 33.22(bike) 2.05.11(T2) 16.00(run) 55.58 (total)
Keelie Brooks 4.57(swim) 2.12.54(T1)42.36(bike) 2.58.25(T2) 16.03 (run) 1.03.36 (total)
Alan Lattimore 7.11(swim) 1.32.48 (T1) 50.42(bike) 2.26.57(T2) 14.56 (run) 1.12.49 (total)
YOUNG ATHLETES - UKYAL Ashford
Ilford youngsters took part in Match 3 of the UKYAL @ Ashford. The Meeting was between hosts Ashford, Croydon Harriers, Hastings AC and Ilford. The team was able to field a reasonable side of 26 athletes, however the girls were severely under strengthen due to other commitments.
A CLUB RECORD was achieved as the meeting drew to an end. The boys u/15 4x400 Metres Relay took part in a thrilling race, the team was made up of (Bakr-Al-Akku, Osi Nzeako, Vivek Joshi & Andy Carle). Andy although struggling ran a good first leg. Vivek ran well to put the team back into 2nd place. Osi rang just over 60 sec for his leg to cement the place and Bakr ran a very impressive sub 59sec leg to come home in a triumphant mood for the team in a time of - 4min 13.8sec.
The u/15 girls although not making a club record ran a very impressive 4x100m relay race to come home in a time of 53.4sec just 0.5sec outside their seasons best
There was a couple of other outstanding performances that shone through the bright day. In the u/15 boys Shot Putt David Hughes quitely went about his way to putt a PB of - 7metres 68cm a full 3/4 of a metre further than he has ever putt before. He has improved so well this season in his first ever year for Ilford AC. Even though some of the shot putters exceed over 10metres plus he is not diturbed or daunted by the experience. Vivek Joshi also in the u/15 boys more renowned for his throwing efforts ran a blinding 800m A String, in a strong field, to clock a time of - 2min 31.5 sec, this was a phenomenal 6 secs of his previous PB.
In the u/13 boys David Holder-Reece was making his debut and ran respectable races in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and LJ. This performance in the LJ was very good, jumping a very creditable - 3metres 42cm to finish 2nd in the B-String event. The other debutant was in the u/17 boys, Elijah Collins. He took part in the 200m, HJ & LJ. Again what a jumps man he is. He cleared a very respectful 1metre 50cm in the high jump and not to be out done in anyway leaped his way to a distance of - 5metres 15cm to win the A-String event.
The depleted u/15 girls team rallied around and performaned well, jumping over any obstacles that were in there way. Rachel Giwa and Julianna Dougan took part in the 100m both coming home in fine style to win there respective races in the a & b string. Rachel lowered her PB to 12.8sec and Julianna equalled her PB for a time of 13.3sec. In the 200m, Rachel again exceeded herself to run yet another brilliant race for a time of 26.4 sec another PB by over 0.5sec. Sarah Kigozi also ran a PB in a time of 28.00 sec, both finishing first again.
Lydia Hall was spurred on in the u/15 girls high jump. Lydia seems to be getting a taster for this event now. Cheered on by family and fellow colleagues she was jumping well and was going for her best of 1m 35cm, this was achieved with good applause. Going for her new PB of 1m 40cm, she just failed by a whisker to clear, this record will surely go soon.
Other performances of the day were as follows:
U/13 Boys Liam Leddy, - 800m (PB), Shot Putt & 4x100m Relay
Alexander Best, - 1500m, Shot Putt, H/J & 4x100m Relay
Jerrell Alleyne, - 100m (PB), 200m, LJ & Relay
David Holder-Reece, - 100m, 200m, LJ & Relay
U/15 Boys: Osi Nzeako, - 100m, 200m (PB), LJ & 4x400m Relay
Bakr Al-Akku, - 200m (PB), 400m & 4x400m Relay
Vivek Joshi, - Discus, 800m(PB) & 4x400m Relay
Andy Carle, - Javelin, 400m & 4x400m Relay
Chris Dawe, - Discus, Javelin & 4x100m Relay
David Hughes, - Shot Putt(PB) & 4x100m Relay
Sam Burgues, - 800m & 4x100m Relay
Simeon Stuart, - 100m(PB), HJ & 4x100m Relay
Michael Hughes, - Shot Putt
U/17 Boys: Gull Hassen Ditta, - 400m, HJ & Shot Putt
Stuart Juffs, - 200m, Javelin
Elijah Hughes, - 200m, HJ & LJ
U/13 Girls: Corina Bryce-Arnold, - 75m, LJ
Aimee Jones, - 800m(PB), LJ & 70M Hrdls
Zena Uppal, - 800m
U/15 Girls: Laura Townsend, - 300m, Shot Putt & 4x100m Relay
Sarah Kigozi, - 200m(PB), LJ, Shot Putt & 4x100m Relay
Julianna Dougan, - 100m, Discus & 4x100m Relay
Clarissa Dougan, - Discus, Javelin & LJ
Rachel Giwa, - 100m(PB), 200m(PB) & 4x100m Relay
Lydia Hall, - HJ
Match Results:-
Croydon - 393 Points
Ashford- 364 Points
Hastings - 322 Points
Ilford - 147 Points
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Ilford AC ladies proved they are a force to be reckoned with when they took the team prize in Sunday's High Ongar 10k race Although the very pleasant off road course, was not hilly the terrain proved to be quite testing with plenty of stony paths and potholes
Bree Nordin led the squad home in an excellent 4th place taking the womens over 45 trophy in a very respectable time of 43mins 20secs. The ladies race was won by
Wendy King in 40.07 2nd Sue Spong and 3rd Annette Musset. Other Ilford women's positions and times were:-
8th Nicola Hopkinson 44.59
13th Cheryl Macdonald 48.11
15th Pam Jones 48.45
The men's race was won by Bryn Reynolds from the Omega club in 35.23
with Dave Cox of Woodford Green 2nd in 3537. Ilford's improving athlete Abdi Berleen ran a personal best breaking 40 minutes for the first time clocking 39.35 for an excellent 21st place. Darren Bottrill also recorded a pb finishing 53rd in 44.19.
Early Saturday morning at Bewl Water near Tunbridge Wells Ilford's elite triathlete Karen Sindall easily won an Aquathon event sponsored by Urbanrace Limited . Karen competed in the novice 750m swim and 5k run event as a sharpener for her forthcoming ITU World cup event in Salford.
Recovering from a head cold Karen experienced some breathing difficulties in the swim section but nevertheless emerged from the water as leading woman some 15metres behind the male leader. Karen entered the transition area in a time of 8mins and 3 secs and then sooon went into the overall lead as she began the run.
From then on there was only one winner as the Ilford athlete sped away from the rest of the field. Unfortunately a serious marshalling error occured at the turning point and the whole field missed out a loop restricting the run to only 2.5K.
In Sunday's British 10k London Run Ilford's Keelie Brooks was amongst illustrious company in the form of the great Haile Gebrselassie. The legendary Ethiopian was the runaway winner in 28mins and 12 seconds. After making a very fast Keelie suffered at the 9k mark when a painful stitch reduced her to a walk. Yet she should not be too disappointed with her 47 minute effort as her training suggests there is plenty to come off that time.
YOUNG ATHLETES - EYAL (from Paul Cheal)
lford had a strengthened side that took part in round 4 of the EYAL meeting @ Milton Keynes, this consisted of 21 boys and 10 girls.
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The star of the show must go to Aimee Jones in the u/13 girls 800m. After trying on several occasions this season to lower the CLUB RECORD that had stood for 7 years of - 2min 39.5 secs and with time running out for the rest of the year, Aimee ran a brilliant race to come home in fine style, knocking nearly a second off to finish in a New Record of - 2min 38.8secs, this was a great boost to all the team and especially Aimee. She continued this into her LJ and recorded another PB by over 6cm's, she also did well in the 200m.
The u/13 boys didn't disappoint either, Nathenell Mitchel-Blake and Jerrell Alleyne again excelled in their events. Jerrell stormed to an impressive 100m in a new PB time of 13.1sec, and he continued this into his 200m with another PB time of 26.8sec. The LJ was another sound performance finishing 1st in a height of 1m 40cm. Nethaneel also won his 100m & 200m and his LJ was a PB of 4m 60cm Aaron Akisanya did well coming 1st in the b-string LJ, also discus - 2nd and HJ- 2nd. Liam Leddy set a new PB in the shot putt in a distance of 4m 56cm, ran in the 800m and throw another PB in the discus- 12m 89cm. Alex Richards gave a steady performance in the 1500m coming home 1st, his shot putt was a PB- 4m 50cm as a non-scorer. David Holder-Reece ran the 800m B-String and non scorer in the Shot Putt doing extremely well, over 4m 80cm. There performance was rounded off in fine style with a 4x100 CLUB RECORD time of 57.3sec, taking nearly a second of the previous best set earlier this year.relay team (Alleyne, Holder-Reece, Akisanya & Mitchel-Blake).
Good time was had by all in the u/15 boys. Leading the way was Bakr Al-Akku running a sound 100m, LJ and 400m, which was a very impressive 1st in a time of 55.3s, a PB by over 1.2sec. Ozi Nzeako also ran the 100m, 1st in the 400m and the HJ. Vivek Joshi who keeps improving with every event ran another PB in the 800m, clocking a time of 2min 24.8, slashing a remarkable 6.5sec of his PB. His discus was another PB of - 25m 72cm, javelin he came 3rd. Sam Burgues who is a gritty and determined boy ran the b-string 800m coming home in a time of - 2min 50.2 a PB by over 8sec, he also ran the 200m and H/J (PB). Simeon Stuart competed in the H/J, L/J and non-scoring 100m, David Hughes put in a stable distance of 7m 02cm and non-scorer in the discus. Along with his brother Michael who chalked up a distance of - 5m 75cm just shy of his PB and a distance of 14m 06cm in the discus as a non-scorer his best to date. Chris Dawe throw the discus and javelin, whilst Hayden Samuels rang a nice 200m. Nathaniel Whitfield rang 1500m and was a\ non-scorer in the 400m and discus.They finished with the 4x100m in a time of - 52.5sec.
A strengthened u/17 boys team made a total of 5. Elijah Collins competing in his 2nd match jumped a very impressive 1m 65cm in the H/J for a second consecutive PB. He also did LJ coming 1st in B-String and shot putt. Gary Smallman rang a good 400m finishing 1st, new PB in the T/J with a distance of 12m 17cm and 1st in 200m. Aaron Balogun was not to be outdone either. Coming 1st in A-String 100m in a time of 11.2sec, 1st in 200m and L/J was very impressive leap of 5m 79cm to finish over 70cm in front of his nearest rival. Ekow Quagrine was good in his 100m, Gull Hassen Ditta did well in SP, TJ and HJ. The 4x100m was a solid time of - 46.3sec to finish 1st.
Two competitors lined up for our u/13 girls team. Corina Bryce Arnold best result was a PB in the 100m with a time of - 14.4sec. There was also a L/J and 200m. Aimee Jones (As above).
Lastly the u/15 girls had there say as well Rachel Giwa was on the ball running a time of 12.7sec in the 100m for a PB. She also did the Javelin. Shanise Anderson did a nice 300m coming 2nd just 0.3sec behind the winner, also the H/J. Clarissa Dougan and Julianna Dougan were competing hard, Clarissa 3rd in L/J (PB) by 2cm's, Julianna discus in 1st B-String, 100m - 2nd, Fionnula Crowe coming back to competition started well in the 75m Hurdles, the technique is coming along. A further steady run in the 200m. Sarah Kigozi in the 200m - 4th, L/J - 4m 06cm -5th and Discus - 4th. Maria Whitfield ran in the 1500m and did the Shot Putt. Lydia Hall rang the 1500m & did the H/J. The swansong for the girls was yet another 4x100m relay winning performance in a time of 53.5sec.
The athletes continue to excell themselves with PB across the board and a further 2 CLUB RECORDS. The way they encourage fellow athletes, this could be shown more than ever in the relay races is paramount to much success in the near future. Well Done to you all. The next meeting is round 4 of the UKYAL @ Mile End on Sunday 17th July, see you there.
Final Result:
1st - St Albans – 588
2nd- Milton Keynes - 583.5
3rd - West Suffolk – 523
4th - Luton – 462
5th - Ilford - 386.5
6th - Biggleswade – 133