Ballycotton 2015

opus

Here we go again Hopefully the online entry system will be a bit more robust this time round!

http://www.ballycottonrunning.com/

ENTRY PROCEDURE FOR BALLYCOTTON ‘10’ ROAD RACE 2015

The following is the entry procedure for next year’s Ballycotton ’10’, to take place on Sunday March 8th. Numbers are limited as usual and there be will be a combination of online and postal entries as follows:

1) Online entries will open on Friday December 5th at 2pm when the first 1,300 will be accepted. At 8pm on the same evening, a further 1,000 will be accepted, making an online total of 2,300.
2) A PDF copy of the entry form will be published on the website on Monday December 8th (forms will also be available in John Buckley Sports, Tri n Run in Midleton and Ger Wyley Sports, Dungarvan, the same day). Also, those who have sent in stamped addressed envelopes will have the forms posted out on Friday December 5th. The first 200 non-club entries to arrive by post will be added to the above number, giving a total of 2,500.
3) After that, only AAI club members and those who ran the four races in the Ballycotton Summer Series 2014 will be accepted (by post) up until Friday December 19th and for those living overseas up until Tuesday January 6th.

4) As usual, a limited number of elite entries will be available nearer the date.
Entry fee for the 2015 race is again €15 (plus booking fee of €1.05 if entering online).

viperlogic

opus wrote: »

Hopefully the online entry system will be a bit more robust this time round!

I hope so too but you can always look at it from their end also, why invest when we still will sell out and get our cut! Yes, wrong attitude, but sometimes makes business since (other than potentially brand damaging, but people remember the race not the 3rd party service provider who last year was Precision Timing)

TFBubendorfer

viperlogic wrote: »

I hope so too but you can always look at it from their end also, why invest when we still will sell out and get our cut!

Ballycotton always try and provide the best racing experience while charging the cheapest possible entry fee possible, and that's an unfair comment

viperlogic

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Ballycotton always try and provide the best racing experience while charging the cheapest possible entry fee possible, and that's an unfair comment

This was not aimed at Ballycotton at all, its at the service provider.

Cona

I agree Viper, very poor service from Precision last year especially with people losing out on a places. I would cut them some slack as maybe they were not expecting such a demand (although I doubt it). If the same happens this year, Ballycotton should take the business from them.

ger664

Given the demand for this race I would be surprised if the online reg doesn't fall over again. ~3000 people all trying to register at the same time. It would be easier if they took all entries in a ballot over a couple of days and then pulled the 2300 names from that ballot.

viperlogic

Precision were the service provider for the Cheetah Run which also has huge demand and usually sold out in an hour each year. For that I believe they used a queuing system, just like Ticketmaster, but only after the system fell over this year. If they use the queuing system from the very start then there should be no issues and hopefully alleviate the frustration.

viperlogic

Don't forget all, entry is tomorrow

Murph_D

How easy is it to get in as an AAI club member?

ger664

Murph_D wrote: »

How easy is it to get in as an AAI club member?

One of the few benefits of been an AAI member. Once you submit the postal entry on time you are in.

rom

Let the madness begin

CorkRunning

Ballycotton 10 entries open today Fri 5th at 2pm & 8pm. 2,300 online spots available. All the info and the entry link... http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2014/12/ballycotton-10-entries-open-today-fri.html

viperlogic

Entered! That was painless compared to other years

Cona

Entered as well... painless and swift...yahoo!

RunningFree 2014

Woohoo! I'm in!
It'll be my first year trying it after many years of wishing I was fit enough to give it a go! This will be great motivation to keep running over Christmas.

boydkev

That was Easy, Compared to the hassle people had last year.

WithCheesePlease

I was still nervous every step of the way, but clear sailing now that it's done!

sixpack's little hat

Entered a few minutes ago but still waiting on a confirmation email. Have other people gotten emails immediately?

Whatsthisabout

I went to register and got in easy enough. It was missing Waterford AC though. Also noticed it was missing West Waterford. Guess I will wait for the club postal entry on Monday.

Dukie

Whatsthisabout wrote: »

I went to register and got in easy enough. It was missing Waterford AC though. Also noticed it was missing West Waterford. Guess I will wait for the club postal entry on Monday.

Did you register in the end? I didn't see Waterford AC on the list so don't know whether to pick any club or leave it!

viperlogic

sixpack's little hat wrote: »

Entered a few minutes ago but still waiting on a confirmation email. Have other people gotten emails immediately?

Got an email alright.

rom

Dukie wrote: »

Did you register in the end? I didn't see Waterford AC on the list so don't know whether to pick any club or leave it!

Similar here club not on the list. Entered anyways. Painless compared to other years. No email yet too.

sixpack's little hat

Yeah I just got it now, took about 10 minutes from when I completed the order.

Phew!

Whatsthisabout

Dukie wrote: »

Did you register in the end? I didn't see Waterford AC on the list so don't know whether to pick any club or leave it!

I left it off I am going to send in a postal one on Monday when the form comes out. I had a quick look at others there seems to be quite a few missing from the list. Ferrybank, Tramore, leevale.

skeleton_boy

In. Painless even on the phone.

rom

First wave gone.

Nash Bridges

Whatever adjustments were made worked quite well. Got an entry in smoothly.

Took a while for the email confirmation to arrive, had me a bit worried.

raddo

Hassle free entry online this year, email arrived about 5 mins after registering.
Well done to the people that took note of the problems that occurred last year and made this years entry much easier

Dukie

Whatsthisabout wrote: »

I left it off I am going to send in a postal one on Monday when the form comes out. I had a quick look at others there seems to be quite a few missing from the list. Ferrybank, Tramore, leevale.

Left it off too. Hopefully I won't regret it.

Extrasupervery

I had the window open all morning but FOOKIN FORGOT til now! I need to be on the ball at 20.00. Bad form altogether.

Extrasupervery

Here goes round two. It's like trying to get tickets to glastobury...

tiegan

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Here goes round two. It's like trying to get tickets to glastobury...

Well round 2 worked for me!! How bout you??

Condo131

We always knew the Ballycotton 10 was a great race. Now it has been ranked on the world stage by ARRS, the Association of Road Racing Statisticians: Ballycotton 10 listed 26th in the ARRS World Quality 10 Mile Performances for men

Extrasupervery

tiegan wrote: »

Well round 2 worked for me!! How bout you??

Round 2 was succesful! Yay!

opus

Was away on a bit of a break but managed to get in on the first round, assuming getting the email from Precision Timing is all I need.

Run and Jump

I got my entry - now all I have to do is get down to Ballycotton from Dublin, and I don't drive. Does anyone here know of a group organizing a bus from Cork city (or even from Dublin!) to and from the race?

viperlogic

Run and Jump wrote: »

I got my entry - now all I have to do is get down to Ballycotton from Dublin, and I don't drive. Does anyone here know of a group organizing a bus from Cork city (or even from Dublin!) to and from the race?

I'm not aware of any but respond to one of the latest Ballycotton posts on corkrunning.blogspot.ie and you may get an answer

ClashCityRocker

In around 2008 i got a train down from Dublin and there was a bus at Kent station to take runnners to the race, and back again after. No idea if they still do this though

HelenAnne

Entries posted. Fingers crossed!

HelenAnne

Does anyone know when the full, updated 2015 entry list goes up on their site?

rom

HelenAnne wrote: »

Does anyone know when the full, updated 2015 entry list goes up on their site?

Prob in a few days time

http://corkrunning.blogspot.com/2013/01/final-list-of-entries-for-2013.html

Racman

ClashCityRocker wrote: »

In around 2008 i got a train down from Dublin and there was a bus at Kent station to take runnners to the race, and back again after. No idea if they still do this though

Check with the organisers. The last time I did it, there was no bus. The year before that, the bus left before the train arrived - mainly due to pressure from other people travelling out from Cork to the race when the train was slightly delayed. On another occasion, the bus left while I was in the toilet in the station. Taxis were expensive. In fairness, there were never many runners on the train from Dublin - the timing was always cutting it a bit fine for the race start.

Your best bet if you don't drive is to try to get a lift from someone going down on the day - took me exactly three hours to get from Dublin to the car-park at Ballycotton last time I went so it wasn't a particularly early start.

HelenAnne

The list is up!

http://www.ballycottonrunning.com/

Condo131

Entry list also here on Cork Athletics website, along with brief analysis of the entries.

KielyUnusual

Yes . I'm in. Now to sort out a place to stay.

CorkRunning

Looks like a jump in entries again this year...



If anyone wants a list of the members from their own club, you'll find a link to a spreadsheet in this post.... http://corkrunning.blogspot.ie/2015/01/ballycotton-10-entry-list-now-online.html

rom

CorkRunning wrote: »

Looks like a jump in entries again this year...



If anyone wants a list of the members from their own club, you'll find a link to a spreadsheet in this post.... http://corkrunning.blogspot.ie/2015/01/ballycotton-10-entry-list-now-online.html

Prob due to a bigger drop out as entering online is much easier then bothering to get a stamp etc.

boydkev

Under a week to go to this years race, Looking forward to it as its my first Ballycotton 10.

viperlogic

Possible tear in calf from racing this weekend in Fota Duathlon. Will find out later this eve from physio how bad it is. Still have to run this race even thou had entry past few years. Maybe its not ment to be!

RunningFree 2014

I have a place for Sunday but not sure if it suits me timewise. Can anyone who goes regularly tell me how long they think it would take to get from finish back to car park and out of ballycotton? Is there likely to be delays? Are the car parks very far from the finish line?

HelenAnne

The village / town isn't very big, so you can walk in ten mins or so to your car (depending on which carpark you're in - but I think they're all close enough). It may take you ten mins or so to get from finish to baggage field as well, so say max 30 mins crossing the line to sitting in your car?

Don't know what the roads out were like straight after. we hung around for a good while.

Can't wait! Did it in 2013 & loved it; had an entry last year but ended up injured and could not run. Fingers crossed I saty in one piece between now & Sunday & can run !