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Cork Athletics Registration Figures - September 30th 2017

Record Cork Athletics Registration Figures - September 30th 2017

 

 cork athletics registration plate september 30th 2017

 

As of September 30th, Cork Athletics Registrations stand at 7,897 registered Cork Athletics-Athletics Ireland members, a 5.45% increase on August.  The December 2016 end of year figure was 7,822, so, with just under three months to go to year end, The 8,000 mark will surely be broken

 

All of Cork's fifty three registered clubs now have registered athletes, however, as per the past three months, both Cork Varsities AC, with 9 registered members, and Ballinacurra Villagers AC, with just 1 registered member, have less than the requisite ten (10) members to constitute an Athletics Ireland registered club.

 

At the May meeting of Cork Athletics County Board, Registrar, John Copithorne, said that many coaches and officials are continuing to be actively involved in Athletics,  but remain unregistered.

 Unregistered athletes, coaches and/or officials are NOT covered by the Athletics Ireland insurance for any purpose whatsoever, leaving those athletes, officials, coaches and clubs in a precarious position. 

Any club having difficulties registering their athletes should contact Cork Athletics Registrar, John Copithorne 0861713500

 

2017 Athletics Ireland Registrations are now Due

Clubs are reminded that UNREGISTERED athletes are NOT covered by Athletics Irelands insurance, for ANY purpose, training or competition.


Clubs are urged to register all remaining unregistered personnel without further delay.

 

 

Webmaster's Note: I have been 'Banging on' for ages about the Bandon Rugby Club case. The Irish Times reported on the case in April 1997.  Twenty years later, the judgement is still as relevant, and stands out as a warning to the consequences of not registering members of an organisation.  A further related Irish Times article advises clubs to ensure that members are registered.

 

Overall Registrations as at September 30th 2017

Leevale AC consilidate their position at the head of the list, ahead of Bandon AC, with over 700 members. Bandon are in solid second place, while third placed Ballymore-Cobh AC have exceeded the 400 mark, with Midleton AC on their heels, in fourth position. Youghal AC are in fifth place, with 324, while Togher AC and Belgooly AC are both within striking distance of the 300 registrations mark.   Eight more clubs have passed the 200 registrations mark, while another seventeen clubs have over 100 registered members. 

Sadly two clubs have less than the minimum required 10 members to constitute a valid Athletics Ireland club.

 

PosTeam nameJuniorJuvenileMastersSeniorTotal
1 Leevale A.C. 19 482 125 92 718
2 Bandon A.C. 10 499 117 40 666
3 Ballymore Cobh A.C. 1 209 174 20 404
4 Midleton A.C. 0 204 153 18 375
5 Youghal A.C. 2 169 132 21 324
6 Togher A.C. 3 156 109 28 296
7 Belgooly A.C. 2 240 34 3 279
8 North Cork A.C. 1 181 59 12 253
9 West Muskerry A.C. 1 196 41 8 246
10 St. Catherine's A.C. 0 178 51 11 240
11 Mallow A.C. 2 1 204 22 229
12 St. Nicholas A.C. 1 115 88 19 223
13 Grange/Fermoy A.C. 0 102 91 8 201
14 Tracton A.C. 0 120 67 11 198
15 Carraig-Na-Bhfear A.C. 2 142 40 8 192
16 Ballincollig A.C. 0 135 46 7 188
17 Clonakilty Road Runners 0 121 63 4 188
18 Eagle A.C. 0 0 164 22 186
19 St. Finbarrs A.C. 0 3 126 26 155
20 Ballintotis Fit4Life 0 3 126 18 147
21 Skibbereen A.C. 0 118 17 5 140
22 Watergrasshill A.C. 1 0 106 28 135
23 Doheny A.C. 0 126 7 1 134
24 Fanahan Mc Sweeney A.C. 0 128 5 0 133
25 Carrigaline Road Runners A.C. 0 79 31 9 119
26 Millstreet A.C. 0 73 34 5 112
27 Old Abbey A.C. 2 103 6 1 112
28 Aghada Running Club ARC 0 0 98 13 111
29 Dromahane Road Runners A,C, 0 0 74 30 104
30 Riverstick/Kinsale A.C. 0 90 10 2 102
31 Bantry A.C. 0 44 39 15 98
32 Liscarroll A.C. 3 69 16 3 91
33 Courcey A.C. 0 78 11 0 89
34 Durrus A.C. 0 57 20 2 79
35 Blarney/Inniscara A.C. 0 65 8 3 76
36 Bweeng Trail Blazers 0 2 56 11 69
37 Carrigtwohill A.C. 0 1 43 21 65
38 Duhallow A.C. 0 0 36 7 43
39 Rosscarbery Steam Runners A.C. 0 1 37 5 43
40 Galtee Runners A.C. 0 1 33 8 42
41 Churchtown Road Runners 0 0 21 12 33
42 Buttevant R.C. 0 0 26 6 32
43 Fota Island Running Club 0 0 20 11 31
44 Donoughmore A.C. 0 0 28 1 29
45 East Cork A.C. 0 0 17 12 29
46 Shandrum A.C. 2 2 21 4 29
47 Glanmire A.C. 0 23 2 0 25
48 Rising Sun A.C. 0 1 22 0 23
49 Cork Mental Health A.C. 0 0 9 13 22
50 Garryvoe A.C. 0 0 12 5 17
51 Abbey Striders A.C. 0 5 4 3 12
52 Cork Varsity A.C. 1 0 0 8 9
53 Ballinacurra Villagers 0 0 0 1 1

 

Juvenile/Junior Registrations as at September 30th 2017

 

Bandon AC and Leevale AC have both passed the 500 mark in the Juvenile/Junior listings, with 509 and 501 respectively, more than double that of their closest rivals. Regarding the 200 mark, Belgooly AC have been joined by Ballymore-Cobh AC and Midleton AC. Another fifteen clubs have over 100 registered Juveniles/Juniors.

PosClubJuvenileJuniorTotal
1 Bandon A.C. 499 10 509
2 Leevale A.C. 482 19 501
3 Belgooly A.C. 240 2 242
4 Ballymore Cobh A.C. 209 1 210
5 Midleton A.C. 204 0 204
6 West Muskerry A.C. 196 1 197
7 North Cork A.C. 181 1 182
8 St. Catherine's A.C. 178 0 178
9 Youghal A.C. 169 2 171
10 Togher A.C. 156 3 159
11 Carraig-Na-Bhfear A.C. 142 2 144
12 Ballincollig A.C. 135 0 135
13 Fanahan Mc Sweeney A.C. 128 0 128
14 Doheny A.C. 126 0 126
15 Clonakilty Road Runners 121 0 121
16 Tracton A.C. 120 0 120
17 Skibbereen A.C. 118 0 118
18 St. Nicholas A.C. 115 1 116
19 Old Abbey A.C. 103 2 105
20 Grange/Fermoy A.C. 102 0 102
21 Riverstick/Kinsale A.C. 90 0 90
22 Carrigaline Road Runners A.C. 79 0 79
23 Courcey A.C. 78 0 78
24 Millstreet A.C. 73 0 73
25 Liscarroll A.C. 69 3 72
26 Blarney/Inniscara A.C. 65 0 65
27 Durrus A.C. 57 0 57
28 Bantry A.C. 44 0 44
29 Glanmire A.C. 23 0 23
30 Abbey Striders A.C. 5 0 5
31 Shandrum A.C. 2 2 4
32 Ballintotis Fit4Life 3 0 3
33 Mallow A.C. 1 2 3
34 St. Finbarrs A.C. 3 0 3
35 Bweeng Trail Blazers 2 0 2
36 Carrigtwohill A.C. 1 0 1
37 Cork Varsity A.C. 0 1 1
38 Galtee Runners A.C. 1 0 1
39 Rising Sun A.C. 1 0 1
40 Rosscarbery Steam Runners A.C. 1 0 1
41 Watergrasshill A.C. 0 1 1

 

Senior/Master Registrations as at September 30th 2017

Mallow AC remain the largest senior club in Cork, toping the list with 226 registered members, closely followed by Leevale AC, with 217 registered adults. The number of clubs with 100, or more, registered adult members remains at fourteen (14).

Twenty four clubs have five or less Registered Juveniles/Juniors, including eleven clubs that have no Registered Juveniles/Juniors.

 

PosClubSeniorMastersTotal
1 Mallow A.C. 22 204 226
2 Leevale A.C. 92 125 217
3 Ballymore Cobh A.C. 20 174 194
4 Eagle A.C. 22 164 186
5 Midleton A.C. 18 153 171
6 Bandon A.C. 40 117 157
7 Youghal A.C. 21 132 153
8 St. Finbarrs A.C. 26 126 152
9 Ballintotis Fit4Life 18 126 144
10 Togher A.C. 28 109 137
11 Watergrasshill A.C. 28 106 134
12 Aghada Running Club ARC 13 98 111
13 St. Nicholas A.C. 19 88 107
14 Dromahane Road Runners A,C, 30 74 104
15 Grange/Fermoy A.C. 8 91 99
16 Tracton A.C. 11 67 78
17 North Cork A.C. 12 59 71
18 Bweeng Trail Blazers 11 56 67
19 Clonakilty Road Runners 4 63 67
20 Carrigtwohill A.C. 21 43 64
21 St. Catherine's A.C. 11 51 62
22 Bantry A.C. 15 39 54
23 Ballincollig A.C. 7 46 53
24 West Muskerry A.C. 8 41 49
25 Carraig-Na-Bhfear A.C. 8 40 48
26 Duhallow A.C. 7 36 43
27 Rosscarbery Steam Runners A.C. 5 37 42
28 Galtee Runners A.C. 8 33 41
29 Carrigaline Road Runners A.C. 9 31 40
30 Millstreet A.C. 5 34 39
31 Belgooly A.C. 3 34 37
32 Churchtown Road Runners 12 21 33
33 Buttevant R.C. 6 26 32
34 Fota Island Running Club 11 20 31
35 Donoughmore A.C. 1 28 29
36 East Cork A.C. 12 17 29
37 Shandrum A.C. 4 21 25
38 Cork Mental Health A.C. 13 9 22
39 Durrus A.C. 2 20 22
40 Rising Sun A.C. 0 22 22
41 Skibbereen A.C. 5 17 22
42 Liscarroll A.C. 3 16 19
43 Garryvoe A.C. 5 12 17
44 Riverstick/Kinsale A.C. 2 10 12
45 Blarney/Inniscara A.C. 3 8 11
46 Courcey A.C. 0 11 11
47 Cork Varsity A.C. 8 0 8
48 Doheny A.C. 1 7 8
49 Abbey Striders A.C. 3 4 7
50 Old Abbey A.C. 1 6 7
51 Fanahan Mc Sweeney A.C. 0 5 5
52 Glanmire A.C. 0 2 2
53 Ballinacurra Villagers 1 0 1

 

Age Distribution & Analysis

The graph show some disturbing aspects, which athletics shares with other physically-active sports such as soccer, rugby and GAA, particularly the drop off from early teen, until the later twenties.  The dropout in there age groups is not confined to athletics, it could also be looked upon as an opportunity, as athletics is a healthy, cheap and clean (apart from cross-country (LOL)) sport, so, if this could be capitalised upon participation might be significantly increased.

A second, more worrying aspect is the low participation rate in the late teens to mid twenties, as this is the age group from which our representative International athletes is most likely to be drawn.

cork athletics overall age distribution september 2017

Overall Age Distribution

 

cork athletics juvenile age distribution september 2017

Age Distribution - Under 8 - Under 23

 

cork athletics 24 plus age distribution september 2017

Age Distribution - Under 23 to 35

The increase in participation in the later 20's is welcome, but the lower age involvement is an area that might receive particular concentration

 

cork athletics over 35 age distribution september 2017

Age Distribution - 36 to 50

Participation within this group is pretty steady, with an apparent drop-off at the top end. An alternative view of thuis might be that rates among 'older' adults is actually increasing. More data is required, however.

 

cork athletics over 50 age distribution september 2017

Age Distribution - 51 to 60

 

cork athletics over 60 age distribution september 2017

Age Distribution - Under 61 plus

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