FÍF visits Dansk Atletik Forbund

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Since Guttorm Sørensen and the undersigned were both in Sweden, first with the talent squad on Saturday and Sunday and then at a Nordic children’s and youth meeting on Monday and Tuesday, we made a stop at DAF today. FÍF is not a member of the IAAF, the international athletics federation. For that reason, FÍF’s former chair, Heri Ziska, worked to secure a so-called association agreement for us. In effect, it allows Faroese athletes to compete abroad and lets Faroese results be recognised internationally through DAF. The agreement was signed in the spring of 2009.

Jacob Larsen and Lars Vermund from DAF, together with Guttorm Sørensen and Hallur Holm from FÍF

There are many other matters that also require contact with DAF. We therefore felt it was important to meet them face to face, so that we get to know one another and don’t just see each other as an email address.

DAF’s new chair, Lars Vermund, and its director, Jacob Larsen, gave us a very warm welcome at Idrættens Hus in Brøndby. We first talked generally about the Faroe Islands and their opportunities to take part in international competitions. We then discussed the association agreement and whether it is working satisfactorily for both parties. We talked about young Faroese athletes competing at the Danish Championships and in Danish national teams. We also talked about the Danish statistics system statletik.dk, which includes Faroese athletes, and about registration systems and course measurement.

We then told them about athletics activity in the Faroe Islands. They were very interested, and it turned out that they knew most of our athletes who have won medals at the Danish Championships. This informal meeting ended with a pleasant chat, in which it turned out that we had quite a few mutual acquaintances,