Membership stats for Clubs in Cork...Sept 2016

Athletics Ireland have recently released the membership stats for all the athletic clubs in Ireland as of the end of September 2016. They show that Mallow AC is still the largest athletic club in Cork in terms of adult membership after adding an additional 23 members in September.

It seems to be a common theme across many club as those with active Fit4Life and beginners groups add new members. These are the athletic clubs in Cork with more than 80 adult members...

Club (Seniors & Masters)...End of Sept 2016 (Change since Aug)
1. Mallow AC    228 (+23)
2. Ballymore Cobh AC    215 (+23)
3. Eagle AC        190 (+1)
4. Leevale AC    174 (+7)
5. St.Finbarrs AC    172 (+7)
6. Ballintotis Fit4Life    163 (0)
7. Youghal AC    162 (+1)
8. Midleton AC    160 (-1)
9. Watergrasshill AC    137 (+3)
10. Togher AC    137 (+7)
11. Bandon AC    129 (+16)
12. Dromahane Road Runners    104 (0)
13. Aghada Running Club    91 (+2)
14. Grange Fermoy AC    87 (+3)
15. Tracton AC    81 (+3)
16. Clonakilty Runners AC    78 (+2)
17. Rosscarbery Steam Runners AC    77 (+14)
18. St.Nicholas AC    66 (+1)
19. North Cork AC    64 (+2)
20. Bantry AC    60 (0)
21. Ballincollig AC 57 (+6)
22. Bweeng Trailblazers    56 (0)
23. Galtee Runners AC 50 (-1)

Some points...
1) Clubs with Fit4Life beginner programmes tend to have a large membership. There are plenty of smaller clubs that are more focused on other areas like track and field and the faster end of road running.

2) Adult membership tends to reflect the clubs active in road race. There are plenty of clubs with lots of juvenile members but the number of adults coaching them would be relatively small.

3) These stats are for clubs registered with Athletics Ireland. There are a growing number of small running clubs who are doing their own thing.

You can find the stats for September 2016 up on the Athletics Ireland website.

You can find more info about clubs in Cork here... http://corkrunning.blogspot.ie/p/clubs-groups.html