Athletics Ireland: Proposed road race levy

Condo131

To clarify a few things.

AAI Club Races ARE covered by AAI insurance when a permit has been granted.

All other races, even though they must go through an AAI club to get a permit, are NOT covered. They MUST provide their own insurance.

The Levy: The Levy was brought in by the AAI Board, without any approval by the AAI Congress, and has not, even now, been put before the organisation. It is understood that motions on the matter were not approved (by AAI) for the Clár of this years congress.

The levy of €2 applies to Non-AAI members. Experience, so far, indicates that approx. two thirds (67%) of AAI members are NOT using their AAI Life Reg No when entering, so are paying the €2 levy. In other words, approx 93% of race entrants are paying the levy.

€1.62 of the €2 goes to AAI, the €0.38 goes to Eventmaster.

Transaction charges: AAI has 'negotiated a 4.5% preferential rate' with Eventmaster. [There is also a 2% additional stripe fee]. The base charge is 5%, plus Stripe. In contrast Dublin Marathon charges 3%, and other AAI sanctioned races charge as much as 7% (plus stripe). The UK equivalent is 4%.

For races charging an entry fee of €14 or less, the minimum transaction charge is €1. This means that a race charging €5 (they still happen!), an AAI member will pay €6, or, if not an AI member, or simply not entering their reg no, it will be €8.

Entry Central, https://www.entrycentral.com/about/organiser , who are the main UK equivalent of Eventmaster, charge £0.50 for any entry fee of €12.50 or less. Everything above that is 4%, however events with 1,500 or more entrants can negotiate lower fees.

The Legal Situation: AAI said, at its Congress recently, in reaction to a question about a complaint to the competition Authority, that the matter is "Sub Judice", and that there will be no murther discussion allowed on the subject" [This was met with an audible gasp from the attendance].

Based on the topic being 'Sub Judice', there is a legal case, at an advanced stage, facing AAI. There is also an active investigation being carried out by the Competition Authority. This involves at least two, maybe more, separate complaints that have been merged. The Competition Authority has not initiated proceedings, so their investigation isn't Sub Judice.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Murph_D

Very interesting and useful post, thanks.

t00019475

AAI National 10km Championship: Has anyone checked the results on https://www.myrunresults.com/events/great_ireland_run_2023/4629/results

In the male over 40 section, one of the medalists is only about 38, born in 1985. How did they manage to end up in the over 40 section.

Murph_D

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120520809#Comment_120520809

Well two of those M40 times are better than the 2nd and 3rd M35 times, so it's possible he might correct the results and claim an M35 medal.

But if you are aware of a discrepancy you should let AAI know so that the medals are allocated correctly.

rovers_runner

No race levy disclaimer or check box for one day license for the Frank Duffy 10 or Dublin Half Marathon, is it on hold now or what?