Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
People always keep a close eye on the weather forecasts before every competition. But if the weather misbehaves a little during the running races, it doesn’t really matter all that much. It is worse for the meets at the Tórsbreyt track, where there is little shelter, where there is waiting time between events, where the paper preferably mustn’t get wet or blow away, and so on. That a bit of the winter chill was still in the air last Friday evening, when the first round of the Grand Prix was held at Tórsbreyt, made no difference at all. The sun gave all the warmth it could for most of the evening, and the wind was so light that it exceeded 2.0 m/s in only three sprint races.
There were a lot of events that evening. All 14 age groups had events in sprints, middle distance, throws and jumps. In addition, the 5–7-year-olds got to try their hand at 60 metres, although this was outside the Grand Prix. The events were 60 m, 100 m, 600 m, 1,000 m, long jump, triple jump, high jump, ball throw and discus. For the first time in a Grand Prix, high jump was held for the 10–11 age group, and here we also got some new age-group records.
Bragdið organised the competition together with FÍF, and Bragdið did an excellent job. When the competitions are this extensive, the clubs need to help each other with the organising, and it was a great help that Hvirlan helped out in the throwing events. There were 100 athletes that evening, the most that have ever taken part in a Grand Prix round. In total, more than 250 starts were entered.
All the results are in a separate article on the website, and below are some photos that Jógvan and Gunnvá took for Bragdið/FÍF. The photo gallery is on Bragdið’s website.
Anita, Rebekka, Edna Maria, Sára, Tinna and Marita ran a fast and exciting 100 m. Unfortunately the wind was too strong, so several age-group records were lost.
Eiri Glerfoss and Jónas Isaksen had a close battle in the boys 5–7 60 m. Their fathers, Jógvan Glerfoss and Gunnleiv í Gerðinum, also had some exciting duels over 400 m about 20 years ago. (photo: Bragdið, Jógvan)
Faroese champion in every gymnastics event. Øssur is also the Faroe Islands’ best high jumper, triple jumper and hurdler. He jumped 13.82 m on Friday evening, an age-group record for boys 22.
No competition without officials and helpers. The parents have to lend a hand. Here it is Kára measuring, and Gunnvá posing for the photographer.
Sólja Jóannesardóttir is one of the few female throwers in the Faroe Islands.
13-year-old Katarina Høj cleared 1.43 m in the high jump. This was not just an age-group record, but also a FAROESE RECORD!!
In the youngest age group, girls and boys competed together. Here they are getting ready for the ball throw.
Rúni Jacobsen equalled Rói Holgarsson’s age-group record of 11.76 and achieved the talent group A standard!
Between them, these two dads have measured a great many kilometres. Símun and Svend Åge are always ready to help.
Helgi Geyti threw the discus 36.01, one centimetre over the A standard for the talent group and at the same time an age-group record for boys 19. Will he soon be threatening Mr Diskos Ziskos?
With Elisabet on her heels, Oddvør Josephsen set a new age-group record in the girls 11 600 m.
The sun shone on faces and faces shone in the sun.
1,000 m. Boys among men and men as happy as boys.
Yes, they know who to keep an eye on. Teitur has made great progress this winter and spring.
