Ballincollig 5k parkrun cancelled - Sat 22nd Feb25

Due to all the rain this week, the course for the 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park is flooded and the event on Saturday 22nd of February 2025 is cancelled.

Other options include the parkruns at 9:30am in Macroom or in the Tramore Valley Park. Getting the train to Midleton might make for an interesting option as well. (... and Glen River as well of course!)

Update: Mallow is cancelled as well.

Ballincollig Regional Park

Guest Post: Two hundred 5k parkruns for Michael Comyns ...by Mick Dooley

Michael Comyns (L) with Mick Dooley (R)

Well done to Michael Comyns on completion of his 200th parkrun this morning (11th Nov 2023) in Ballincollig Regional Park. 

An avid GAA man who took up parkrunning in 2016  and 9.30 of a Saturday morning is an important date in the diary each week for Mick . 

A big man with a great handshake and a pleasure to meet at the end of each parkrun. 

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun - Sat 1st Jan 2020

The first 5k parkrun of 2020 in Ballincollig Regional Park got off to a flying start on New Year's Day with 394 taking part. For the equivalent event last year, it was 264.

1 Aidan MC SWINEY Male VM35-39 16:46
2 John SPELMAN Male JM15-17 Midleton AC 17:24
3 John O MAHONY Male VM45-49 17:28
27 Mairead PEREZ Female VW45-49 21:06
35 Sorcha KEARNEY Female VW40-44 St Finbarrs AC 21:22
38 Siobhan HOLLAND Female VW40-44 Eagle A.C. 21:29

Full results

Photos...
1) Mick Dooley has a gallery HERE

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 28th Sept 2019

The numbers for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park dipped just below the 300 mark with 298 taking part.

The chart above shows the numbers since the start of 2018. As you can see, the numbers at the moment are up on the same period last year.

1 Joe BOSONNET    17:38    JM15-17  M1 Sanctuary Runners
2 Nick HOGAN    17:44    VM35-39   M2 Sanctuary Runners
3 Owen FLETCHER    18:29    VM35-39   M3 Dunboyne AC
10 Rachel SMITH    19:43    SW20-24  F1
13 Fiona MCCARTHY    19:56    VW40-44  F2
15 Rosaleen MACKEOWN    20:19    VW40-44   F3 Leevale AC

Full results

Photos...
1) Colette Ryan has a gallery HERE

New path in Ballincollig Regional Park now open

The new path in the eastern part of Ballincollig Regional Park is now open to the public.

As can be seen from the photos, the Council workers have made a great job of it and should be a welcome addition to the park.

Hopefully in time, this path will eventually link up to a path by the River Lee and into the city.

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun - Sat 22nd June 2019

 

370 runners turned out for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park.

1 Nick HOGAN    17:51    VM35-39    M1
2 Kevin FULIGNATI    17:56    SM25-29    M2
3 Joe BOSONNET    18:17    JM15-17    M3 Sanctuary Runners
9 Carol FINN    19:28    SW30-34    F1
40 Mairead PEREZ    21:43    VW45-49    F2
41 Mary SWEENEY    21:51    VW55-59    F3 St Finbarrs AC

Results

Photos...
1) Colette Ryan has a gallery HERE
2) Joe Murphy has a gallery HERE 

New riverside path proposed for Ballincollig Regional Park

9th May 2019... Update on the new riverside walkway in Ballincollig.

From Cork County Council....Last week marked the final contract signing by Cork County Council for improvement works to Ballincollig Regional Park.

Works on the project, carried out by Sole Sports & Leisure Ltd., will link the Regional Park to the 20 acre amenity lands at Fionn Laoi. The development will open a section of the park behind the former heritage centre to the public and create a 1km riverside walk and cycleway. It is anticipated that the work will start on the 20th of May and be completed in July.

This is one of the final projects to be completed by Cork County Council in the park since its acquisition in 1977. Usage of the park, which had formerly been a gunpowder mills, has seen a huge increase in recent years, with over 660,000 visitors for 2018.

In addition to the walkway project, Cork County Council will be planting hundreds of additional trees and developing wildflower meadows and picnic areas.

The park will be transferred to Cork City Council on the 1st of June 2019 for future maintenance.

New junior 2k parkrun in Ballincollig on the way!

It looks as if there is a group forming in Ballincollig to set up a junior event there, a separate entity totally from the 5k event.

This event will be for 4 to 14 year olds and will be held on a 2km course in the Regional Park every Sunday morning at 9:30am. As with all parkruns, it will be completely free.

They've already got a course mapped out which they're waiting for approval from the council for & also they're trying to do a bit of fundraising to pay for the startup costs.

If you're interested in being involved or want to help out then send an email to john DOT kissane AT parkrun DOT com

He will then put you in touch with the event director.

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun - Sat 1st Dec 2018

 

After the inaugural 5k parkrun in the Glen last week, the numbers were up again this week for the parkrun in Ballincollig. The weather was also a bit dryer before the event.

1 Rory O' SULLIVAN    17:12    VM40-44    M1    St Finbarrs AC
2 Kieran SHEAHAN    18:25    VM35-39    M2
3 Unknown   
29 Aine CROTTY    22:20    SW25-29    F1
46 Linda HOGAN    23:33    VW50-54    F2
58 Mairead PEREZ    24:04    VW45-49    F3

The full results are HERE

Photos...
1) Colette Ryan has a gallery on Google photos
2) Joe Murphy has a gallery on Facebook

New Defibrillator for the Ballincollig 5k parkrun!

Thanks to some Tesco Blue token campaigns and generous donations by runners, a new defibrillator has been bought for the 5k parkrun in Ballincollig!

The model purchased was a Zoll AED Plus which was in the region of €1,200.

Another local volunteer group, Ballincollig First Responders, have kindly offered to train 10 of the organisers of the local parkrun in its use.

The photo above shows Suzi Quirke and Maretta Brennan, co-Event Directors of Ballincollig parkrun with the Manager of Tesco Ballincollig.

Perhaps the organisers of other 5k parkruns might consider doing something similar?

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 17th Nov 2018

 There was another big turn out for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park with 357 taking part. That's well above the average for 2018 which is 293 so far. The average since it started is 266.

With the new 5k parkrun starting in the Glen next week, I wonder how the numbers in Ballincollig will fare?

1 Damien GERAGHTY    18:57    SM30-34    68.87 %    M1    Sportsworld
2 Unknown
3 Alan O'SULLIVAN    19:17    VM35-39    68.37 %    M3
39 Anna KLIMEK    21:59    VW35-39    68.01 %    F1
43 Olga O'SULLIVAN    22:11    VW40-44    69.35 %    F2    Eagle A.C.
70 Gillian FLYNN    23:30    VW35-39    64.40 %    F3

Results... http://www.parkrun.ie/ballincollig/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=125

Photos...
1) Collette Ryan has a gallery on Google Photos
2) Joe Murphy has a gallery on Facebook (Album 1)
 with a second one here (Album 2)

Results of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 27th Oct 2018

A total of 286 runners turned out for this weesk 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park. As can be seen from the chart above, this is pretty much the usual number for the last few weeks although the number do look as if they are down a bit compared to what they were in the Spring.

1 Finbarr ODWYER 17:26    VM45-49    M1 Leevale AC
20 Denise TWOHIG 21:47    VW45-49    F1 St Finbarrs AC 


Results

There was a problem with one of the scanners after the race so quite a number of people are in the results as 'Unknown'.

See below...
***Issue with Results 27/10/2018***
One of our scanners today had ZERO results when we uploaded, so there are approx 150-170 people affected who are marked on today's results as 'UNKNOWN'.

IF you ran today and your result is 'unknown', and if you know your exact finish position and your (approximate) finish time (be honest!!) please email us - INCLUDE YOUR ATHLETE BARCODE - and we will manually update these missing results.

ballincolligoffice AT parkrun DOT com

Thanks folks, please email in asap so we can endeavour to have the results finalised as soon as possible.

Photos...
1)  Colette Ryan has a small gallery HERE

 

Sonia O'Sullivan with some of the Sanctuary Runners. Photo : Colette Ryan

Photographer turned witch with some Halloween themed runners

 

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 3rd Aug 2018

313 runners turned out for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park, well above the long term average of 265.

1 Lance DOHERTY    18:59    VM40-44    M1    St Finbarrs AC
2 Piotr SPYT    19:12    VM40-44    M2    Polish Runners Club Ireland
3 Declan MCGIBNEY 19:26    SM30-34    M3
15 Sandra MANNING 21:03    VW35-39    F1    Eagle A.C.
25 Gillian SOHUN 21:35    VW45-49    F2
57 Eva HARRINGTON 23:26    JW11-14    F3

The results of the 110th edition can be seen HERE

Photos...
1) Collette Ryan has a gallery of photos HERE

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 21st July 2018

258 runners turned out on Sat 21st July for the 108th 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park. As can be seen from the chart above, it's pretty close to the long term average of 265.

1 Rory O' SULLIVAN    17:26    VM40-44 M1    St Finbarrs AC
2 Cathal PRENDEVILLE    18:44    VM35-39 M2
3 Piotr SPYT    19:31    VM35-39 M3    Polish Runners Club Ireland
17 Aoife MAHONY    21:22    VW35-39 F1    Cork Triathlon Club
23 Helen WALSH    21:37    VW40-44 F2    Togher AC
27 Sinéad HEALY    21:48    VW45-49 F3   

The full results can be seen HERE

Photos...
1) Joe Murphy has a gallery HERE
2) The organisers have a gallery HERE

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 30th June 2018

The numbers were down a bit for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park with 212 taking part, down from the 294 of last week. As can be seen from the photo above, it was another scorcher.

The reason I noticed this photo in particular was that the runner on the right Kei Ado, ran 21:49 in Ballincollig and also ran in the 5 mile race in Castletownbere in West Cork a few hours later!

1 Nathan O LEARY    18:05    SM18-19    M1    Leevale AC
2 Shane HARRINGTON    18:09    VM35-39    M2
3 Piotr SPYT    19:14    VM35-39    M3    Polish Runners Club Ireland
15 Helen WALSH    21:09    VW40-44    F1    Togher AC
16 Claire O' BRIEN    21:09    SW30-34    F2    Watergrasshill AC
34 Rachel O'CALLAGHAN    22:23    VW45-49    F3
Results

Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 23rd June 2018

The 104th edition of the weekly 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park was held on Saturday the 23rd of June 2018. A total of 294 runners turned out in the sunny conditions for the 5k run which comes just one week after the 2nd anniversary.

As can be seen from the chart above, the numbers are still very healthy with a long term average of 265 runners per week. At the end of 2016, the average was 219. The average for 2017 was 243 so you can see that the numbers so far for 2018 are pushing that two year average upwards.

1 Tobi GRAB    18:19    VM40-44 M1    Leevale AC
2 Lance DOHERTY    18:22    VM40-44 M2    St Finbarrs AC
3 Bryan CROWLEY    18:28    VM45-49 M3    Watergrasshill AC
21 Orla CROSBIE    21:20    VW50-54 F1    St Finbarrs AC
37 Maria CALACO MULERO    22:17    SW25-29 F2
55 Lauren Lucy CROWLEY    23:16    SW25-29 F3

Full results

Photos...
1) Joe Murphy has a gallery HERE

First place finish for Tobi Grab (left)... Photo:Joe Murphy

Results & Photos of the 100th Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 26th May 2018

The weekly 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park passed an important milestone this week with its 100th edition!  A total of 326 runners took part which is pretty mmuch in line with recent numbers. The long term average is 246 so this event is certainly getting more popular.

1 Tobi GRAB    18:03    VM40-44    M1    Leevale AC
2 Unknown                                   
3 Dermot COFFEY    18:40    VM35-39    M3
43 Maria MADIGAN    23:14    VW40-44    F1
50 Maria CALACO MULERO    23:26    SW25-29    F2
54 Suzanne TWOMEY    23:33    VW35-39    F3    

Full results

Photos...
1) Joe Murphy has a gallery HERE

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 19th May 2018

The numbers for the 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park have been down a bit for the last two weeks with around 250 taking part each week.

1 Morgan O'REGAN    18:50    VM40-44    M1    Midleton AC
2 Brian LINEHAN    19:37    VM55-59    M2
3 Eoin MAC MAHON    19:54    SM25-29    M3   
14 Orla CROSBIE    21:23    VW50-54    F1    St Finbarrs AC
22 Rachel O'CALLAGHAN    22:26    VW40-44    F2
31 Laura HEFFERNAN    22:55    VW35-39    F3

The full results are HERE

Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 28th Apr 2018

There was a big turnout for this weeks 5k parkrun in Ballincollig Regional Park with 333 runners taking part.

1    Darragh O'CONNOR    18:15    SM20-24 M1
2    Julien PASTEL    18:20    SM30-34  M2    Kinsale Tri Club
3    Neff MCGHIE    19:10    VM45-49  M3
9    Sorcha KEARNEY    19:55    VW40-44  F1    St Finbarrs AC
39    Rachel O'CALLAGHAN    22:15    VW40-44  F2
50    Olga O'SULLIVAN    22:38    VW40-44  F3    Eagle A.C.

Full results

Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE
2) Joe Murphy has a gallery HERE

Results & Photos of the Ballincollig 5k parkrun... Sat 31st March 2018

The numbers were up again this week with a very respectable 352 runners taking part.

1 Cathal REILLY    17:49    SM30-34    M1
2 Denis BUCKLEY    18:10    JM15-17    M2
3 Piotr SPYT    18:54    VM35-39    M3    Polish Runners Club Ireland
6 Ailbhe MCDAID    19:22    SW30-34    F1
8 Laura LOMBARD    19:29    VW35-39    F2
42 Sonia O'SULLIVAN    22:04    VW45-49    F3    Glenhuntly AC

Full results

Photos...
1) The organisers have a gallery HERE