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The attentive reader may have noticed that the programme for the summer season was announced a few days ago. March is more than half over, and the last events of the winter season are the TF Run in Klaksvík on 19 March and round 5, the final round, of the Winter Series in Runavík on 26 March.
April gets off to a strong start with coaching courses on both 1–3 April and 29 April–1 May. April will also see VILT in Suðuroy and Bragdið’s big Flag Day Run. Late in May comes the first of 5 rounds in total of the Grand Prix for children and young people. This competition will run in the same format as last year. It has not yet been finally decided which club will host on which day. We will have that confirmed once the football matches at Svangaskarð have been fixed. It may also well be that the clubs want to move the competition day slightly from what has now been announced. So there is still a bit of flexibility in this competition.
Hopefully the Grand Prix for children and young people will be as successful this year as last year. This is from the third round at Tórsbreyt.
It is clear, however, when the three Faroese Championships in road running will be held. The first will be the 1/2 marathon in Tórshavn on the first weekend of May, then comes the Faroese 10 km Championships, which will be at Eystanstevna, and the Faroese Championships in the full marathon will be in Tórshavn in connection with the Tórshavn Marathon at the beginning of September. Again this year we will hold the Faroese Track and Field Championships over a whole weekend – for both children and adults. The Faroese Track and Field Championships for adults will be on Saturday and Sunday 6 and 7 August (the same weekend as the Summarfestivalur), and the Faroese Track and Field Championships for children and young people will be on the weekend of 20–21 August. Both competitions will be at Tórsbreyt.
The Grand Prix for adults will again this year be held at the village festivals around the country, finishing at Ólavsøka. The first round will be at Norðoyastevna on 4 June. It has not yet been fully decided how many GP races there will be, and the regulations for the competition have not yet been updated either. But everything will be sorted out some time before Norðoyastevna.
Again this year the Grand Prix for Adults starts at Norðoyastevna. This is from the start in 2010, when there was a record turnout of adults
Hvirlan has three events on the calendar. First is Virkisleikir in May, then the big children’s event Stuttleikir in June, and then the international competition Jatnatøk in July. Treysti also has three events on the programme: the Fossanes Run in July, the Viðareiði Run in August and finally the big, enjoyable club outing, the Kalsoy Run. Again this year MÍF will organise the tough Top Run. It will be in late August.
Last but not least, 2011 is an Island Games year. The Faroese team leaves the Faroe Islands for the Isle of Wight on 25 June and returns on 1 July.
The Island Games take place this summer. Heri Ziska has won many a medal at the Island Games.
It may well be that the clubs have other events in the period, or that some competition or event has been forgotten in the mass. Please do let us know if there are other events that should be included in the programme.
