Ballycotton 10 Mile Road Race 2017 Entry Procedure
40th Ballycotton 10 Mile Road Race
Ballycotton, Co. Cork
13:30pm, Sunday March 12th 2017
Ballycotton Running Promotions website
Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - April 2014 - May 2016 (on Old Cork Athletics website)
Results of Athletics Ireland Registered Events - May 2016 to date
Race Calendar / Fixtures List - Athletics Ireland Registered Events
Direct Ballycotton 10 Online Entry Link
https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/Ballycotton102017
Ballycotton Running Promotions have announced details for next year's event
ENTRY PROCEDURE FOR BALLYCOTTON ‘10’ 2017
The following is the entry procedure for next year’s Ballycotton ’10’ which will take place on Sunday March 12th. Once again, numbers are limited and there will be a combination of online and postal entries, as follows:
1) Online entries will open on Wednesday December 7th at 2pm, when the first 1,000 will be accepted. At 8pm the same evening a further 1,000 will be accepted, making an initial online total of 2,000. This entry route is now closed
2) For Athletics Ireland and Athletics Northern Ireland affiliated members, plus those who ran the four races in the Ballycotton Summer Series 2016, along with those living overseas, an additional online facility will open on Thursday December 8th at 10am until midnight on Friday December 9th.
3) Postal entries: A PDF copy of the entry form will be published on the Ballycotton website on the evening of Friday December 9th, and will also be available in the usual local outlets.
All club and Summer Series entrants (see above) and overseas will be accepted by post up to and including Friday December 16th.The first 200 non-club entries to arrive by post will be also be added to the above. (All postal entries close on Friday December 16th).
4) As usual, a limited number of elite entries will be available nearer the date.
Entry fee for the 2017 race is again €15 (plus booking fee of €1.05, if entering online).
No refunds (this also applies for duplicate entries) or no transfers.
Summary of Options for Non-Members of a registered Athletics Ireland/Athletics Northern Ireland Club
You have limited options, so will need to be quick off the mark. If you have run all four races in the Ballycotton Summer Series, you can relax a little – you have the same options as a club member.
If not, you probably need to be online early, on Tuesday December 8th. If you can’t, for whatever reason, it might be an idea to have someone do it for you.
If You Miss Out in the Initial Rush
If you miss out on the two online entry slots, you still have the option of hoping that your entry will be among the first 200 non-club postal entries opened.
A much more civilised and stress free way of entering is simply join a club. You will find a list of Cork Athletics Registered Clubs on the Cork Athletics website, or nationally on the Athletics Ireland website. Those on Northern Ireland will find club details on the Athletics Northern Ireland website.
“But I’m not good enough to join a club….?”
Don’t worry, most clubs will welcome you with open arms. We all started with one foot in front of another. Very, very few are gifted with natural talent….the rest of us have to work at it, and a club is a great place to bring your running form on pretty quickly. ...and the social side can be great too. So….check it out!