There was a drop off again in numbers for this years Ballybunion Half-Marathon & 10k which was held on Easter Saturday the 15th of April 2017. In the half-marathon, there were just 92 finishers which is down 25% on last year. The 10k did much better getting 217 which is good for a race in North Kerry. It was down 7% on last year.
As you can see from the chart above and below, the numbers for this event have changed hugely over the years. At its peak in 2012, it was attracting 1064 runners. In 2017, that number has dropped to 309 which is also down 13% on last year.
As for why the huge drop? I have heard that the course is a bit hilly but other than that, I haven't heard anything bad about it. I'd guess that the main reason is that there are just too many races and this one just gets lost in the noise.
Half-Marathon...
1 Tom Shanahan Male 1:20:44
2 Martin Hennessy Male Kilfinane AC 1:23:51
3 David Toomey Male 1:24:21
19 Maire Walsh Female Midleton AC 1:39:59
32 Michelle Kearney Female 1:49:02
35 Linda Mcmahon Female O40 1:50:41
10km...
1 123 Patrick O'Connor Male An Ríocht O40 0:36:42
2 119 Padraig O Dubhgain Male Leevale AC 0:36:47
3 250 Mark Daly Male 0:39:04
8 2068 Rachel Stokes Female O40 0:41:18
21 112 Niamh Quinlan Female 0:44:21
23 41 Elaine O'Keeffe Female O40 0:44:41
The full results can be seen below...
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Half Marathon Results
POS. NAME GENDER CLUB CAT NET GROSS
1 Tom Shanahan Male 1:20:44 1:20:53
2 Martin Hennessy Male Kilfinane AC 1:23:51 1:23:57
3 David Toomey Male 1:24:21 1:24:30
4 Larry Watson Male O40 1:26:04 1:26:04
5 Seamas Murphy Male 1:27:10 1:27:17
6 Dan Dalton Male 1:29:40 1:29:49
7 Matthew Flavan Male 1:29:34 1:29:59
8 Eugene McCarthy Male Midleton AC O40 1:30:39 1:30:47
9 Stephen Hannam Male BMOH AC 1:31:43 1:32:03
10 Nigel Carroll Male BMOH AC 1:32:07 1:32:24
11 Liam Mcmahon Male Pallasgreen 1:34:37 1:34:46
12 Johnny Morrissey Male 1:35:26 1:35:40
13 Michael Hayes Male Kilfinane ac O40 1:35:58 1:36:05
14 Patrick Buckley Male O40 1:37:30 1:37:39
15 Darren O Connor Male 1:37:57 1:38:19
16 Kevin Roche Male O40 1:38:19 1:38:31
17 James Walsh Male O40 1:39:44 1:39:52
18 John Daly Male None 1:39:48 1:39:55
19 Maire Walsh Female Midleton AC 1:39:50 1:39:59
20 Lorne Gallagher Male DBRC O40 1:40:28 1:40:37
21 James Keogh Male Kilfinane AC O40 1:40:49 1:40:58
22 Brian Flanagan Male O40 1:40:49 1:41:15
23 Nigel Trant Male 1:41:27 1:41:40
24 Tommy Commane Male Kerry Crusaders 1:42:05 1:42:17
25 Tom O'Regan Male O40 1:42:39 1:42:50
26 Andrew pius Fitzpatrick Male 1:42:55 1:43:09
27 Chris Grayson Male 1:44:22 1:44:24
28 David Burn Male O40 1:44:19 1:44:30
29 Niall Culhane Male O40 1:45:58 1:46:13
30 Ben Murphy Male Kilfinane AC 1:47:27 1:47:35
31 Dan Leahy Male 1:48:52 1:49:00
32 Michelle Kearney Female 1:48:55 1:49:02
33 Ray Hayes Male O40 1:49:46 1:50:08
34 Peter Allen Male Peter Allen O40 1:49:59 1:50:09
35 Linda Mcmahon Female O40 1:50:32 1:50:41
36 Kathleen O'Sullivan Female Kilfinane AC 1:52:33 1:52:41
37 Shane Kearney Male 1:52:32 1:52:43
38 Dave Wrenne Male West Limerick O40 1:52:12 1:52:43
39 Colum Flanagan Male Fingallians AC O40 1:52:37 1:53:02
40 Mark Doody Male 1:52:45 1:53:06
41 Chris Pain Male O40 1:53:19 1:53:35
42 Niamh Hynes Female O40 1:53:49 1:54:00
43 Francis Collins Male 1:53:50 1:54:20
44 Michael Downey Male 1:54:25 1:54:54
45 cyril power Male An Bru O40 1:54:57 1:55:19
46 Francisco Urendes Male 1:54:58 1:55:19
47 Paul McCavera Male Marathon Club Ireland O40 1:55:10 1:55:30
48 Tim Segal Male O40 1:56:50 1:57:00
49 Thomas Hayes Male 1:56:39 1:57:05
50 denise byrne Female 1:57:06 1:57:16
51 Marie Sheehan Female 1:57:02 1:57:16
52 Shane Galvin Male 1:57:43 1:57:56
53 Joe Sheehan Male O40 1:58:42 1:59:09
54 Michelle Greaney Female 1:59:07 1:59:22
55 Deirdre Bouderba Female York Postal Harriers O40 1:59:47 2:00:03
56 Kevin Lynch Male O40 2:01:36 2:01:51
57 Norman Paddle Male West Limerick O40 2:02:09 2:02:24
58 Deirdre Mc Ferran Female Drogheda & Distric AC O40 2:02:17 2:02:35
59 Steven Ring Male O40 2:02:26 2:02:38
60 Bridget Kissane Female Athenry AC 2:03:08 2:03:23
61 Mary Browne Female O40 2:03:34 2:03:48
62 Eddie O Carroll Male Macroom Parkrunners O40 2:04:14 2:04:31
63 David Byrne Male O40 2:05:20 2:05:34
64 Pierce Osullivan Male 2:06:48 2:06:58
65 niall byrne Male O40 2:07:09 2:07:19
66 Triona Ring Female 2:07:11 2:07:23
67 Sinead Dillon Male 2:08:16 2:08:35
68 Mel McGerr Male 2:08:24 2:08:37
69 John Coleman Male 2:08:48 2:08:55
70 Soren Larsen Male 2:09:38 2:09:50
71 John G Collins Male St. Ita's AC O40 2:09:41 2:09:50
72 Margaret O'Connor Female 2:10:24 2:10:32
73 Joe Walsh Male O40 2:11:04 2:11:31
74 Ines delgado Female 2:11:13 2:11:33
75 Ivan Tydings Male 2:11:40 2:11:54
76 Stuart Calton Male O40 2:11:57 2:12:08
77 Catherine Gorman Female Ashford A.C. O40 2:12:05 2:12:31
78 Barry Carmody Male 2:13:14 2:13:33
79 Gerard O Connell Male Liscarroll A C O40 2:13:24 2:13:47
80 Andrew Mulcahy Male O40 2:14:47 2:15:05
81 Hazel Allen Female Buckingham & Stowe Run O40 2:15:23 2:15:34
82 Ron Carr Male 2:15:31 2:16:00
83 Liam Daly Male 2:15:55 2:16:13
84 Mary Toner Female Drogheda and District 2:16:29 2:16:48
85 Tony Allen Male Buckingham & Stowe Run O40 2:17:04 2:17:24
86 Thecla Heaslip Female Kerry Crusaders O40 2:26:33 2:26:55
87 Joan Heaslip Male Kerry Crusaders O40 2:26:34 2:26:57
88 Bethany Portland Female 2:30:24 2:30:46
89 Keith Portland Male O40 2:30:31 2:30:53
90 James Stack Male 2:38:18 2:38:31
91 Tina Curtin Female O40 2:38:15 2:38:35
92 Aileen Burn Female O40 2:38:36 2:38:57
10km...
POS. NUM NAME GENDER CLUB CAT NET GROSS
1 123 patrick o connor Male an riocht O40 0:36:42 0:36:42
2 119 Padraig O Dubhgain Male Leevale AC 0:36:47 0:36:50
3 250 Mark Daly Male 0:39:04 0:39:08
4 346 Diarmuid Hennessey Male O40 0:39:21 0:39:30
5 28 Colum McCarthy Male West limerick ac 0:40:18 0:40:18
6 108 Michael Lillis Male Sportsworld 0:41:02 0:41:02
7 72 John Sweeney Male 0:41:06 0:41:17
8 2068 Rachel Stokes Female O40 0:41:18 0:41:18
9 259 John O Sullivan Male 0:41:12 0:41:21
10 347 Kevin Hennessy Male 0:41:38 0:41:44
11 69 John Barry Male O40 0:41:35 0:41:46
12 130 Ray Quinlan Male 0:42:07 0:42:16
13 136 sean o'mahony Male O40 0:42:28 0:42:31
14 122 Patrick Hough Male York Postal Harriers O40 0:42:27 0:42:37
15 68 john o connell Male West Limerick AC 0:42:52 0:42:58
16 71 john hough Male none O40 0:43:01 0:43:11
17 113 Noel Lawlor Male O40 0:43:28 0:43:37
18 323 Sam Marrs Male 0:43:27 0:43:38
19 254 Tom Burke Male 0:43:40 0:43:51
20 148 Tim O'Connell Male O40 0:43:53 0:44:00
21 112 Niamh Quinlan Female 0:44:21 0:44:21
22 345 Thomas McCarthy Male 0:44:15 0:44:33
23 41 Elaine O keeffe Female O40 0:44:41 0:44:45
24 17 Brendan Quinn Male 0:44:56 0:45:06
25 326 Padraig Leane Male 0:45:53 0:46:05
26 111 Nandor Abel Male Glin Triathlon Club 0:46:01 0:46:19
27 12 Anthony Donnelly Male O40 0:46:14 0:46:37
28 29 Cormac Leen Male 0:46:23 0:46:38
29 49 fergal curtin Male 0:46:27 0:46:41
30 317 Shane Walsh Male 0:46:32 0:46:46
31 3 Aiden Guinane Male Feal fit 0:47:05 0:47:22
32 139 Shane Kelly Male 0:47:08 0:47:23
33 65 Jeffrey Quinlan Male 0:47:30 0:47:35
34 263 Kevin Kirwan Male 0:48:13 0:48:13
35 126 Peter Gallacher Male O40 0:48:19 0:48:31
36 63 Jay mitchell Male O40 0:48:41 0:48:57
37 350 Conor Hennessy Male 0:48:44 0:49:02
38 320 Ciaran Stack Male 0:48:47 0:49:02
39 312 Noel Carr Male O40 0:48:53 0:49:22
40 20 brian gallagher Male 0:49:35 0:49:45
41 264 Do Ballinue Male 0:49:23 0:49:50
42 330 Antoinette Breen Female O40 0:50:00 0:50:11
43 268 Shane McCabe Male 0:49:51 0:50:11
44 311 Mary Mc Donnell Female O40 0:49:53 0:50:13
45 321 Sean Horgan Male O40 0:49:58 0:50:19
46 315 Brendan Mc Mahon Male O40 0:50:13 0:50:37
47 80 Katrina O Connell Male 0:50:27 0:50:46
48 319 Denis Houlihan Male 0:50:33 0:50:48
49 307 Finbarr Murphy Male O40 0:50:38 0:50:50
50 129 Ray Fullam Male 0:50:38 0:50:55
51 118 Padraig McMahon Male 0:50:46 0:51:05
52 120 Patricia Browne Female O40 0:51:05 0:51:12
53 84 Laurence McEnery Male 0:51:09 0:51:18
54 34 Diarmuid O'Connor Male none O40 0:51:07 0:51:18
55 339 Elaine Enright Female 0:51:09 0:51:22
56 262 Donal O Sullivan Male 0:51:30 0:51:41
57 92 Mairead Eade O sullivan Female O40 0:51:42 0:51:43
58 335 Audrey Fitzgerald Female O40 0:51:36 0:51:45
59 124 Paul Morrissey Male 0:51:43 0:52:06
60 73 Joseph Fitzmaurice Male 0:51:50 0:52:07
61 325 Claudia Paries Medina Female 0:52:10 0:52:22
62 344 James McCarthy Male 0:52:15 0:52:35
63 135 Sean Kelleher Male 0:52:25 0:52:38
64 153 William Fitzgibbon Male 0:52:46 0:52:56
65 74 Josephine Joy O' Connor Female O40 0:52:52 0:53:07
66 87 Lorraine Doorley Female O40 0:52:53 0:53:08
67 57 Helen Browne Female 0:53:02 0:53:14
68 19 Brian Cahill Male Kerry Crusaders O40 0:53:12 0:53:23
69 260 Tom Quinn Male 0:53:03 0:53:25
70 257 Claire Qunla Female 0:53:09 0:53:25
71 109 Micheal Scanlon Male 0:53:13 0:53:27
72 316 Gavin Beasley Male 0:53:22 0:53:37
73 144 Stephanie Lynch Female 0:53:30 0:53:48
74 104 Maura O Kelly Female 0:53:33 0:53:50
75 4 Aine Kearns Female 0:53:33 0:53:50
76 7 Alan Moriarty Male O40 0:53:53 0:54:16
77 47 Emma Guiry Male 0:54:00 0:54:17
78 52 Fiona Enright Female O40 0:54:06 0:54:17
79 137 Shane Hanlon Male 0:54:04 0:54:21
80 6 Alan Langan Male Spudniks 0:54:26 0:54:39
81 90 Mai Barrett Female Portmarnock Athlestics Clu O40 0:54:51 0:55:02
82 37 Dora Joyce Female 0:54:53 0:55:11
83 35 Don Shanahan Male O40 0:54:50 0:55:15
84 138 shane Healy Male 0:55:07 0:55:31
85 10 Anna Barrett Female O40 0:55:21 0:55:32
86 83 Laura Fitzgerald Female An Riocht 0:55:26 0:55:37
87 66 Jerome Troude Male O40 0:55:24 0:55:38
88 318 Colin Poolman Male 0:55:29 0:55:45
89 348 Jennifer Wallace Female 0:55:35 0:55:46
90 127 Rachel Buckley Female 0:55:42 0:55:51
91 60 James Rohan Male O40 0:55:49 0:56:01
92 102 Mary Donnelly Female St Brendans ac 0:55:53 0:56:09
93 303 Simon Adams Male 0:55:49 0:56:12
94 39 TBC 0:56:11 0:56:22
95 331 Aidan Kelly Male O40 0:56:11 0:56:23
96 101 Mark Horgan Male 0:56:08 0:56:24
97 156 Yvonne Quill Female 0:56:10 0:56:27
98 76 Kate Rohan Female 0:56:17 0:56:32
99 26 Collette Rohan Female O40 0:56:20 0:56:37
100 2 Adrian Trant Male O40 0:56:10 0:56:38
101 327 Ann Meehan Female O40 0:56:37 0:56:47
102 332 Aisling Montano Female 0:56:47 0:57:00
103 267 Micheal O Rourke Male 0:56:42 0:57:09
104 89 Mag O'Callaghan Female O40 0:56:44 0:57:10
105 44 Emer Sugrue Female 0:57:01 0:57:28
106 31 David Metcalf Male 0:57:14 0:57:35
107 2115 Jonathan Stach Male 0:57:35 0:57:45
108 142 Sinead Nolan Female O40 0:58:10 0:58:20
109 27 Colman O Shea Male O40 0:58:25 0:58:37
110 314 Kathleen Collins Female 0:58:26 0:58:37
111 40 Eileen Curtin Female O40 0:58:42 0:58:55
112 256 Billy Barrett Male 0:58:52 0:59:04
113 131 Richard O'Connor Male 0:58:59 0:59:11
114 154 William Murphy Male 0:58:57 0:59:12
115 56 Gloria O Donnell Female 0:59:06 0:59:15
116 343 Aoife McCarthy Female 0:59:05 0:59:25
117 336 Elaine Fitzgerald Female 0:59:28 0:59:37
118 328 Paula Dillon Female 0:59:28 0:59:38
119 82 Kevin Herlihy Male O40 0:59:26 0:59:39
120 11 Anna McGuire Female 0:59:50 1:00:06
121 999 Nollaig Hogan Female 1:00:08 1:00:20
122 77 Kate Sweeney Female Glin Tri Club 1:00:10 1:00:23
123 114 Nora Anne Murphy Female 1:00:15 1:00:29
124 94 Marguerite Cahill Female Brosna Couch to 5k 1:00:18 1:00:34
125 349 Elaie Bennett Female 1:00:21 1:00:41
126 58 Helen Sheehan Female O40 1:00:21 1:00:49
127 100 Mark Eade Male 1:01:16 1:01:17
128 22 Caroline Walsh Female O40 1:01:01 1:01:22
129 96 Marie Farrell Female O40 1:01:12 1:01:29
130 30 Damien Quinn Male 1:02:02 1:02:18
131 18 Brian Lynch Male O40 1:01:56 1:02:21
132 45 Emily Mckeown Female 1:02:08 1:02:24
133 51 Fiona Griffin Female 1:02:33 1:02:42
134 23 Catherine Drinan Female 1:02:30 1:02:42
135 55 Gerardine Stack Female 1:02:40 1:02:57
136 157 Yvonne Bourke Female O40 1:02:49 1:02:57
137 59 James Bourke Male O40 1:02:52 1:03:00
138 81 Ken Breen Male O40 1:02:35 1:03:02
139 338 Michelle Nagle Female 1:02:43 1:03:07
140 21 Caroline Comyns Female O40 1:02:53 1:03:10
141 62 Jason McAree Male 1:02:46 1:03:11
142 145 Stephanie McAree Male 1:02:46 1:03:11
143 103 Mary O'Sullivan Female O40 1:02:56 1:03:12
144 253 DJ Fealy Male 1:03:14 1:03:25
145 117 Nuala Murphy Female 1:03:33 1:03:48
146 125 Paul O Sullivan Male O40 1:04:08 1:04:37
147 32 Dawn O'Hara Female O40 1:04:20 1:04:43
148 99 marina mcdonagh Female O40 1:04:23 1:04:46
149 261 Edel Wallace Female 1:04:25 1:04:46
150 5 Alan Buckley Male 1:04:46 1:04:56
151 14 Bogna Kuleszewicz Female 1:04:45 1:05:05
152 85 Lisa Healy Female O40 1:04:45 1:05:05
153 152 Tracy Moriarty Female O40 1:04:48 1:05:08
154 1 Adrian O'Connor Male O40 1:05:01 1:05:10
155 155 Yvonne O sullivan Female 1:05:02 1:05:11
156 334 Karena O Shaughnessy Female 1:05:15 1:05:28
157 50 Finola Mulvihill Female O40 1:05:14 1:05:28
158 61 Janet McMahon Female 1:05:40 1:05:43
159 128 Rachel Delaney Female 1:05:47 1:05:47
160 301 Ambrose Lanigan Male O40 1:05:39 1:06:05
161 143 Sophie Sugrue Female 1:05:53 1:06:20
162 88 Louise Joyce Female 1:06:45 1:07:00
163 8 Alana Fogarty Female 1:07:35 1:07:56
164 150 tom keane Male O40 1:07:50 1:08:05
165 337 Aisling Stack Female 1:08:40 1:08:56
166 78 kathern Kennedy Female O40 1:08:53 1:09:06
167 107 Meabh OConnell Female 1:08:59 1:09:10
168 324 Csilla Vamossy Female 1:09:05 1:09:15
169 9 Ali Cahill Female Kerry Crusaders 1:09:06 1:09:18
170 340 Michelle O sullivan Female 1:08:53 1:09:20
171 309 Maureen McAdam Female O40 1:09:03 1:09:25
172 310 Fiona O Mahony Female 1:09:03 1:09:26
173 158 Zara Walsh Female 1:09:30 1:09:57
174 13 Barbara Commane Female Kerry Crusaders 1:10:21 1:10:36
175 251 Michelle Daly Female 1:10:53 1:11:10
176 33 Declan Fogarty Male O40 1:11:03 1:11:25
177 93 Margaret O Hara Male O40 1:12:28 1:12:44
178 98 Marie Browne Female 1:15:31 1:15:44
179 46 Emma Shanahan Female 1:15:42 1:16:11
180 42 Elizabeth Portland Female O40 1:15:49 1:16:13
181 79 Kathleen Murphy Female O40 1:16:02 1:16:15
182 141 Sinead O'Leary Female O40 1:16:02 1:16:16
183 146 Stephen O'Leary Male O40 1:16:01 1:16:16
184 116 Norita Moloney Female Kerry Crusaders 1:17:07 1:17:24
185 322 Orla Sheehy Female 1:18:18 1:18:31
186 149 Tom Bonner Male O40 1:21:47 1:22:02
187 265 Eve McEntogart Female 1:22:10 1:22:30
188 54 Geraldine Wallace Female O40 1:22:49 1:23:09
189 121 Patricia Quaide Female O40 1:22:53 1:23:12
190 110 michelle hynes Female 1:23:05 1:23:24
191 75 Karie O Hara Male 1:23:11 1:23:27
192 132 Rita Coffey Female O40 1:23:34 1:23:52
193 151 Tommy Walsh Male O40 1:24:59 1:25:24
194 95 marian fitzsimons Female 1:25:08 1:25:36
195 140 sile fitzsimons Female O40 1:25:08 1:25:37
196 115 nora fitzsimons Female 1:25:13 1:25:39
197 313 Mary Toomey Female 1:25:20 1:25:49
198 342 Samantha Wadding Female 1:26:32 1:26:42
199 341 Martha Wadding Female 1:26:34 1:26:44
200 329 Tommy Quane Male O40 1:28:12 1:28:35
201 305 Annmarie Sloan Female 1:29:32 1:29:44
202 306 Sheila Sloan Female 1:29:34 1:29:47
203 147 Tara Moran Female O40 1:31:05 1:31:23
204 15 Breda Broderick Female O40 1:31:57 1:32:18
205 134 Sarah Broderick Female 1:31:58 1:32:20
206 266 Norma Browne Female 1:35:30 1:35:49
207 252 Trudi Browne Female 1:35:29 1:35:51
208 258 Kerry Moran Bennett Female 1:35:31 1:35:54
209 133 Ronan Bonner Male 1:36:06 1:36:29
210 105 Maurice Kelly Male O40 1:39:02 1:39:29
211 53 Fiona Kelly Female O40 1:38:59 1:39:29
212 97 Marie Bonner Female O40 1:45:16 1:45:34
213 333 Deirdre King De Montano Female 1:45:05 1:45:35
214 91 Mairead Kennelly Female 1:48:41 1:49:09
215 43 Ella Brew Female 1:48:45 1:49:13
216 16 Brendan Brew Male 1:48:45 1:49:14
217 308 Catherine Murphy Female O40 2:41:23 2:41:36
Its No Surprise that Numbers are Down Here as in general if Runners are Treated Well they Will Return to Races. If Not Treated Well they Will Not. They Speak by Not Attending
ReplyDeleteI did this event for the 1st time whilst visiting family in Killarney. I always look for runs to do while I'm over but only found out about this one by word of mouth - maybe it needs better advertising? I really enjoyed it and would definitely recommend and do again.
ReplyDeleteThe Graphs say it all with the numbers participating unfortunately decreasing year on year
ReplyDeleteI couldn't fault the organisation but in relation to numbers the cost has to be a factor. €27 to enter the 10K online with free park runs on the same day. I don't see the point of chip timing in an event like this especially when the times are not accurate.
ReplyDeleteAs far as advertising is concerned it was regularly on with the adds on Radio Kerry in the build up to it. This in itself being unusual extra advertising
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