From John Walshe in Ballycotton

Due to circumstances outside of our control, we have had to move the date of the 2010 Ballycotton ‘10’ from Sunday March 7th to Sunday March 21st. We apologise for any inconvenience caused as a result of this change.

Our original date of March 7th clashes with the AAI National Senior & Junior Cross-Country Championships. In 2009 these championships were held on Sunday March 1st but as the first of March next year falls on a Monday, they have been moved forward to the 7th. In the past, these championships were always held at the end of February so that’s why this problem hasn’t arisen before.

Our second choice of Sunday March 14th clashes with the Cloyne Point-to-Point race meeting and with the resulting huge volume of traffic in the area it would be impossible to hold both events on the same day.

We did consider moving back to February 28th but felt this would detract from the elite side of the race as it is just a week before the National C-C.

So the date of the 33rd Annual Ballycotton ‘10’ is Sunday March 21st 2010.

Details of the entry procedure will be published on the Ballycotton website www.ballycottonrunning.com on Thursday next, October 22nd.