Membership is open to all people in employment on payment
of a €10 registration fee for 2009. Each race on the calendar, with
the exception of the Business Houses Challenge which is
promoted by the association itself, is organised by individual
companies, or jointly organised by two or more companies
affiliated to the BHAA.

Individuals who have not got sufficient numbers of runners in
their place of employment to form a team, are always
welcome in BHAA events. Indeed, registered individual
runners with less than a full team form a good part of any
entry. The incentive is then to 'coerce' a fellow worker or
workers to run.

Most events use company recreational facilities or company
canteens for registration, dressing and post-race catering.
This keeps the promoters costs within reason and also allows
them to offer superior facilities to the runner.

Affiliation and registration with the BHAA is arranged in
large organisations through a team secretary. If you work in
Telecom, ESB, An Post, CIE, Bank of Ireland, Guinness,
Primary Teachers, Secondary Teachers, or any of the
companies listed in the results in this website, finding your
team secretary should not be too difficult. If it is difficult, the
BHAA registrar or any committee member at a BHAA event
should be able to find out for you.

Events vary in distance from 5K to 15 miles, though
most road races are between 4 and 6 miles and there is also a
cross country event on the calendar.

While you do not have to be registered before you arrive at an
event, it is in your own interest that you should complete a
registration form and send it off a week before the event. This
saves going through a registration process on the day, and
ensures that you are eligible in the prize list.