Cork Athletics Registration Figures - September 30th 2017
Record Cork Athletics Registration Figures - 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.
Pos | Team name | Junior | Juvenile | Masters | Senior | Total |
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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.
Pos | Club | Juvenile | Junior | Total |
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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.
Pos | Club | Senior | Masters | Total |
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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.
Overall Age Distribution
Age Distribution - Under 8 - Under 23
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
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.
Age Distribution - 51 to 60
Age Distribution - Under 61 plus