Cork City Sports rate high on rankings list

BUPA Cork City Sports received another off-season accolade this week when last summer's edition was ranked sixth on the evaluation list of outdoor meetings for 2005, with the points total reaching a stunning 79,994 - only slightly behind the total for the second-placed meeting.

"Naturally we are thrilled with the evaluation, which places us among the top meetings in Europe and ranked alongside some of the big world meets," chairman Dick Hodgins said yesterday. "The previous year we were ranked 12th with 77,686 points."

The points total is critical in attracting world class athletes to a meeting because, at the end of the season, the points decide which athletes are invited to compete in the lucrative Grand Prix Final which is decided over two days.