ENTRY PROCEDURE FOR BALLYCOTTON ‘10’ ROAD RACE 2016
The following is the entry procedure for next year’s Ballycotton ’10’ which will take place on Sunday March 6th. Once again, numbers are limited and there will be a combination of online and postal entries, as follows:
1) Online entries will open on Tuesday December 8th 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.
2) For Athletics Ireland and Athletics Northern Ireland affiliated members plus those who ran the four races in the Ballycotton Summer Series 2015, along with those living overseas, an additional online facility will open on Wednesday December 9th at 10am until midnight on Friday December 11th.
3) Postal entries: A PDF copy of the entry form will be published on the Ballycotton website on the evening of Friday December 11th, 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 Thursday December 17th.The first 200 non-club entries to arrive by post will be also be added to the above.
4) As usual, a limited number of elite entries will be available nearer the date.
Entry fee for the 2016 race is again €15 (plus booking fee of €1.05, if entering online
At today's Stook Hill 10mile, Gary Condon finished in an excellent 2nd place in 58.13. Joe Cawley, 58.50, was 3rd, a great run from Joe. Colm O'Heigeartaigh, running his first 10ml, ran an impressive 65.36 and 30th place. Jason O'Connor ran 75.08, smashing his Pb, set earlier this year in B/cotton, by almost 8 minutes. Richard Kavanagh, 71.29. was 1st O/60.
Dominic Horan finished 6th and ran a fine time of 80.29 in the Gingerbread Half Marathon, in Portarlington earlier today.
Congratulations to Cara Barry who ran her first Half Marathon in Clontarf yesterday. Cara ran a very good 2.13.50. Well done Cara.