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The talent group’s regular training camps are now starting up again. The first camp is as soon as this coming weekend, and it will be held up north in Haraldsund. We will be staying at the old glove factory, which today stands as a splendid village hall.
A lot of hard work has been done in the clubs, and there have been many competitions this summer. As a result, more young athletes have met the tough qualification standards to earn a place in the talent group. It is very pleasing that the talent group this coming winter will be bigger than it has ever been before. And if we turn our eyes to those who are a little too young for the talent group, there is little doubt that there is a lot of promise on the way!
Exciting challenges lie ahead for the talent group. Work is currently under way to prepare a trip to Pallas Spelen. This is an indoor competition organised by the club Pallas in Helsingborg. Some members of the talent group can be expected to achieve the qualification standards for the Island Games. The others will go to one of the big summer meets in Sweden.
It is noteworthy that no fewer than four of Hvirlan’s javelin throwers are now in the talent group. The javelin is not thrown indoors, so these throwers are expected to join a training camp abroad organised by Hvirlan.
Only those who have achieved the A standards will go to the competitions abroad. This means that it is already too late to qualify for this winter’s challenges, while the deadline for achieving the A standard for the summer’s challenges is 8 May.
This year Helgi Geyti and Rebekka Fuglø have outgrown the talent group, but since there is no properly organised national team programme for senior athletes, they will continue in the talent group on the same terms.
These are the athletes who have achieved the A standard:
Helgi Geyti ’93, Hvirlan. A standard = 42.00 Hvirlan open meet 42.04, VU-Spelen 42.41 and GP B&U1 44.49
Rebekka Fuglø ’93, Treysti – 400 m (Island Games standard 64.70) DMU indoor 63.16
Rúni Seloy ’94, Bragdið – 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1000 m, and 1500 m
Trygvi Laksafoss ’94, Hvirlan – High jump (A standard 166 cm) Hvirlan open meet 170 cm
Regin Joensen ’95, Bragdið – 800 m (A standard 2:12.00) Tårnby Games 2:11.89
Hanus Bergsson ’95 Hvirlan – Javelin (A standard 40.00 m) Faroese Youth Championships 43.16 m
Marnar Djurhuus ’95, Treysti – 800 m (A standard 2:12.00) VU-Spelen 2:04.51 1500 m (A standard 4:35.00) DM-Ung 4:24.38
Dánjal Jákup Niclasen ’95, Bragdið – 100 m (A standard 12.5 sec) Tórshavn 20/6 11.97 400 m (A standard 57.00 sec) Tórshavn 20/6 54.21
Elsa Berg ’96, Bragdið – 200 m (A standard 29.30 sec) Reykjavík 29.03 400 m (A standard 67.00) Tórshavn 20/6 66.09 sec 800 m (A standard 2:35.00) Jatnatøk 2:34.1
Marita Petersen ’98 – Javelin (A standard 22.00) Tórshavn 16/5 24.79 m
Sára Debesardóttir ’98, Bragdið – 200 m (A standard 31.00) Tårnby Games 30.77
And these have achieved the B standard:
Hans Jacobsen ’94, Bragdið – 400 m (A standard 55.75, B standard 57.00) Faroese Youth Championships 55.93
Hallur Simonsen ’95, Hvirlan – Discus (B standard 32.50) Faroese Youth Championships 33.13
Fríði Hammer ’96, Bragdið – 100 m (A standard 13.00, B standard 13.75) GPBU1 13.25
Teitur Bjarnastein ’97, Bragdið – 80 m (A standard 11.25, B standard 11.50) Tårnby Games 11.27 + 300 m, 600 m and 1000 m.
Steingrímur Hallsson ’97, Bragdið – Shot put (A standard 9.50, B standard 9.00) Faroese Youth Championships 9.03 + 300 m, 600 m and 1000 m.
Hildur Poulsen ’97, Bragdið – 80 m (B standard 12.10) Tårnby Games 12.01 sec
Here is the talent group pictured in Gothenburg in summer 2010
