Membership stats for athletic clubs in Cork...Nov 2016

Athletics Ireland have recently released the membership stats for all the athletic clubs in Ireland as of the end of November 2016. Mallow AC remains the largest athletic club in Cork in terms of adult membership. These are the athletic clubs in Cork with more than 80 adult members...

See below...




Club (Seniors & Masters)...End of November 2016... (50 plus)
1. Mallow AC    229
2. Ballymore Cobh AC    217
3. Eagle AC        197
4. Leevale AC    190
5. Ballintotis Fit4Life    180
6. St.Finbarrs AC    179

7. Togher AC    179
8. Midleton AC    176
9. Youghal AC    165
10. Bandon AC    139
11. Watergrasshill AC    138

12. Dromahane Road Runners    105
13. Aghada Running Club    95
14. Tracton AC    95
15. Grange Fermoy AC    90
16. Clonakilty Runners AC    80
17. Rosscarbery Steam Runners AC    77

18. North Cork AC    75
19. St.Nicholas AC    67
20. Bantry AC    65
21. Ballincollig AC 61
22. Bweeng Trailblazers    56
23. Carraig na bhFear AC   52

24. Galtee Runners AC 50


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 Nov 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