These are the Cork clubs entered by size...
Eagle AC 38, St.Finbarr's AC 27, Midleton AC 26, Youghal AC 26, Watergrasshill AC 18, Grange Fermoy AC 16, Ballintotis Fit4Life AC 15, Galtee Runners AC 13, Clonakilty Road Runners AC 13, Ballymore Cobh AC 12, Mallow AC 10 & North Cork AC 10.
Other clubs around the country with large entries are...
Marathon Club Ireland 94, Crusaders AC 61, Clonmel AC 52, Slaney Olympic AC 50, Brothers Pearse AC 48, Athenry AC 44, West Waterford AC 44, Mullingar Harriers AC 41, Raheny Shamrock AC 39, Mayo AC 37, Waterford AC 36, Roscommon Harriers AC 35, Newry City Runners AC 34, Dunboyne AC 33, Kilkenny City Harriers AC 33, St.Lawerence O'Toole AC 33, Tallaght AC 33, Clonliffe Harriers AC 32, Sligo AC 31, Drogheda & District AC 31 & Tullamore Harriers AC 30.
All the Mallow crowd are going over to Frankfurt, they have nearly a dozen runners going there
ReplyDeleteHow does the scoring work?
ReplyDeleteHere are the rules...
ReplyDeleteIn team events athletes may only score in the category for which they declare.
Team scores calculated on first 3 across line unless declared
Team positions calculated on finishing times of each athlete
Interesting. A real pity that they can't include more athletes in the scoring, especially as there will be so many from each club doing this race. I have yet to finish in the top 3 for my club (and am some way away from doing so), so unfortunately have little hope of my efforts contributing to the clubs potential success. Most other club runners would be in this bracket too when only the top 3 are considered.
ReplyDeleteIn general, I think it should be in divisions (e.g. MyClub Team A consists of their finishers 1,2,3, MyClub Team B consists of their finishers 4,5,6 and so on).
Alternatively they could simply have a larger number (e.g. 5,8 or 10 for the Dublin Marathon and other big races). With Chip Timing and modern technology, it should be easier than ever to put the scores together (I'm sure just having 1,2,3 from back in the day is when all scores would've been calculated manually?).
It would be great if you could do a Poll on this John -I'd love to know if other club runners feel the same? There's more to a running club than just their elite athletes!
F.