1) Entry fee only €5.
2) No chip timing. This would have added probably something like €2.50 to the entry fee and yet a full set of accurate results were still produced.
3) ........and what most of you don't know. The results were being worked on until the early hours of Friday morning. They were e-mailed to me around 3am and I started on this post about 7am. The full results are up on the Internet and available for people to check just 12 hours after the race finished.
So it is worth remembering that Ballycotton Running Promotions, the organisers of the Summer Series and the Ballycotton 10 are doing all of this work on a voluntary basis. You might turn up and just run the race but there is an awful lot of work going on behind the scenes to make races like this a success.
Results....
Place Time Name Team Race Age Category min/mile
1 25:46 MCGRATH, Sean East Cork AC M 05:09.1
2 26:07 BERKELEY, Noel Dundrum South Dublin AC M45 05:13.3
3 26:12 HARTY, Michael East Cork AC M 05:14.3
44 30:33 HUYCK, Linda Club Northwest (USA) F40 06:06.5
54 31:03 KIELY, Martina St. Finbarrs AC F 06:12.5
57 31:16 LYNCH, Rhona Eagle AC F35 06:15.1
The full results can be seen HERE
Photos...(Updated 9:45am)
1) Gearóid O Laoi has a nice gallery of photos HERE
Overall Positions in the Ballycotton Summer Series....The overall results in the series after the first two races can be seen HERE ...Compiled by John Robinson of Mallow AC
Agree with everything you say. Fantastic effort and repeated each month for the Summer. Thanks to Ballycotton Running Promotions for giving us, the runners, such a high quality series of 4 races for €20.
ReplyDeleteGreat atmosphere after the race in the GAA grounds as the evening was so good and all we had was water and a plain biscuit. NO sign of the "Spread" and no need for it.
Great job by Ballycotton running promotions. Great race and the results out the next morning is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWell done to all who organised this. Great race, from the local community cheering you on, the man at the 3 mile mark there again giving the time, the water station crowd, the tea lady, and the stuarts etc. I don't think i ever sweated so much in a race.
ReplyDeleteit was very well organized , good price and testy track
ReplyDeleteAnother great evening in East Cork. Credit to the organisers as usual for the efficient and speedy work. Access to the GAA pitch for warm-down was handy.
ReplyDeleteThe Ballycotton 5 series is an absolute pleasure to run in, best races in the running calendar by a long shot, with 4 good testing courses, look forward to it every year. It's a credit to everyone involved in the organisation of it.
ReplyDeleteEverything in this race ran like clockwork. Brilliant organisation from start to finish and the effort that the organisers have gone to in producing the results and the updated league table so fast are incredible.
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ReplyDeleteWith regards to the previous comment, there`s always one... A great race again by Ballycotton Running Promotions. Thanks to everyone involved in all aspects of the evening, very enjoyable. Its amazing how a local community can host these events with such professionalism especially taking on board John Desmond`s comments.Well done also to John Mallow AC for the overall results. Thanks lads
ReplyDeleteA great race again by Ballycotton Running Promotions. Thanks to everyone involved in all aspects of the evening, very enjoyable. Its amazing how a local community can host these events with such professionalism especially taking on board John Desmond`s comments.Well done also to John Mallow AC for the overall results. Thanks lads
ReplyDeleteWell said John, these guys deserve ultimate respect. These races are such a pleasure to run and all aspects of proceedings run perfectly. What incredible value for money too. Well done to John, Nina and all the rest o the team.
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