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Thursday, February 14, 2019
Results of the Poll for the Best 4 mile race in Cork in 2018
Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll for the best 4 mile road race in Cork in 2018. Congratulations to Watergrasshill AC on their Great Glenville 4 mile run topping the poll!
Hot on their heels was Ballintotis in 2nd place and Buttevant just behind in 3rd.
These were the nominations....
Ballintotis 4 mile (Apr 2018)
Lee Fields 4 mile (June 2018)
Killeagh 4 mile (May 2018)
Great Glenville 4 mile (Nov 2018)
Boherbue to Kiskeam 4 mile (Apr 2018)
Buttevant 4 mile (May 2018)
Inniscarra 4 mile (June 2018)
Rathcormac 4 mile (Aug 2018)
Belgooly 4 mile (Dec 2018)
Clonakilty 4 mile (Aug 2018)
All of the comments about why runners voted for the Glenville 4 mile road race are shown below...
Great announcer / music at start finish, good refreshments
Great value for money. Fabulous cup!!
Great location. Great grub! Super organised!
Good club event
Well organised
Great atmosphere & most impressive 'spread' I've seen in a long time!
Scenic course. Great prizes, fantastic food afterwards.
Well Orgainised and good value
Really well organised event this year and a nice challenging course. Nice time of year of a testing 4 miler before the winter. Lovely free travel mug too!!
great circuit
Course
Excellant course and Excellant atmosphere.
Great organisation, well run
Environmentally friendly race. The club collected rubbish in the route the previous day. No plastic bottles and reusable cup.
Well organised, great atmosphere, great spread afterward
Well run race. Challenging course, great atmosphere, plenty of food and very good prizes
It was a great route
Great organisation, very friendly club
So well organised, friendly and a great spread ??
A really well organised event by Watergrasshil AC, a fair course with a high quality field.
Lovely course
Very good route, well marshalled, plenty of toilet facilities, tea and cakes after, great prizes
V well organised, friendly atmosphere, lovely food after race
Very well organised
Great value for money and well organized
Clean well map out
Fantastic atmosphere
Good course, well organised
Challenging course, great spread and coffee mug
Very well organised
Good course
Extremely well organised run
Well organised
Great atmosphere
Very well organised and great family day out ??????????????
Well organized, challenging course and great snacks the finish.
Well organised and a good, challenging course.
Very well organised, very friendly atmosphere
The organization, safety during and spread after the race
Well organised and a great run
So well organised and had dj anouncer at finish line and great spread
So well organized, with an emphasis on a sustainable race , the re useable finishers cup was a stroke of genius.
Course , timing and spread
Well organised. Tough and honest course. Great support.
Fantastically organised event.
did it for the 1st time in 2018 and really enjoyed the whole event. Good value great course even with the hills a good test and fab food. great support all around
The souvenir mug was a great keepsake ????
I liked their eco friendly approach this year and the biodegradeable mugs they gave away and their non use of a car to lead the way and only cyclists. Very forward thinking
Green aware, route was litter free. Nice route, great coffee mug for everyone, lovely spread,great club organisation
Green initiative, awesome spread afterwards and well thought out organisation.... route was challenging too
The course was great. The stewards were fantastic and the spread afterwards was the best I’ve seen in a long while.
so well organised, great course, very friendly team, but most importantly, a real effort towards improving the environmental sustainability over the whole day, waste reduction, compostable cups, hybrid car etc
Atmosphere and the actual course
Organization
Great atmosphere. Well run. Tough test.
Challenging course, well organised and an eco friendly ethos.
Best organised, great value for money, green policy & reusable cups!
Organisation & post race refreshments.
Very well organized, lovely route and great atmosphere from arrival to departure
Well organised ,great afterspread,great value
Green event this year and very well marshalled
Just a great atmosphere
Nice course. Really like the fact that they try to be environmentally friendly
Good
Liked the green theme. Well organised event.
Great spread. And Green.
Well organised...great day
Brilliantly organized. Well laid out course with several race Marshalls. Music playing at Finish line. Great spacious facilities after race with huge effort made to provide refreshments to all runners and spectators
Very well organised.
Great course, well organized, great food, great day
Great atmosphere, very welcoming and above well organised.
Was a nice day and well organized
Liked the route and well organised.
Atmosphere,varied route,well run and great refreshments.
It's a clean run Watergrasshill running club works hard to clean up the route. well organised race Local race Gifts and prizes are good nice food after the run
Well Organized
Brings the whole community together
Had fab environmentally friendly aspects to the race and fab spread ???
Fantastic family friendly atmosphere and fun ethos.
Well organised and a great course
Best Organised. great atmostphere and great spread after
Well marshalled, challenging course, great after spread and coffee cup. Great value for money.
great crowd and atmosphere and wonderful get together at the hall
Well organised
Nice country roads, good atmosphere and food
Nice course & great travel mug! Loved the ‘green’ theme!
Well organized
Great hospitality
Excellent organised, friendly and Green
Well organized.
The friendliness people, most rural community all pulling together. Very obvious it meant a lot to the people involved.
Online registration option, eco friendly race, keep cup for all runners, challenging but fair course, great spread and all for a tenner
Nice course great spread after lots of cat prizes
Very well organised,lovely route,fab spread afterwards and a lovely mug all for 10 euro
Great route and spread.
Well organised, very friendly, fab reusable cup, green event
The club
Great event
well organised, loads of stewards, great energy/music at the end. fabulous food after.
Friendly, well run and green
Community friendly and environmentally conscious run.
Best Organized, route and refreshments.
Lovely course, very well marshalled, great refreshments and a travel mug! Best value race going.
Great fun and great turn out from a brilliant community,
Superb organisation.....every little detail was looked after....it was very obviously organised by runners for runners
Well organised. Great Valu for money. Green initiative super idea. Fab travel mug
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