Roysnið re-established!

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Roysnið, the athletics club for Eysturoy, was founded in 1998. The founding of Roysnið had a major impact on athletics in the Faroe Islands at the time. Three clubs within a given sport are required to be able to found a sports federation, so when Roysnið was founded in 1998, work began on laying the groundwork for FÍF, which was founded four years later in 2002. Sølvi Reinert Hansen, who was one of the initiators behind founding Roysnið, also became the first chair of FÍF, a post he held until 2006.

In recent years, however, Roysnið has mostly existed in name only. Most athletes from Eysturoy have run for Treysti, and Treysti has also taken over most of Roysnið’s activities. Even so, there have always been athletes who wanted to represent Roysnið.

This winter and last, men and women have been gathering for regular runs on Sunday mornings. At first it was rather hard going to build up the group, but gradually things have moved in the right direction. These shoots have recently taken such firm root that talk turned to re-establishing the club, which has not held an annual general meeting for several years now. And on Thursday evening came the big moment at the library, where some 15 members had gathered and the brand-new executive committee was elected.

The new Roysnið board. From left: Marnar Pattinson, Búi Uni Jensen, Arnfinn Johannesen, Egil G. Olsen and Hallbjørg Danielsen.

On Friday evening the board held a meeting at which it allocated its roles as follows. The new chair is Marnar Pattinson, Arnfinn Johannesen is vice-chair, Hallbjørg Danielsen is secretary, while Búi Uni Jensen and Egil G. Olsen are board members. Eirikur Joensen and Johan M. Jacobsen have been elected as substitute members.

Roysnið can be expected to have several strong runners right from the start. And the idea of once again having a team competition built into either the Winter Series or the summer Grand Prix must surely resurface. In any case, we look forward to seeing the green vests in a field that has otherwise been far too dominated by blue and yellow. The annual general meeting on Thursday evening decided, namely, that the club’s new colour will be green.

FÍF wishes Roysnið fair winds and the board the best of luck… indeed, we congratulate the whole of Eysturoy!

Marnar Pattinson is the new chair of Roysnið. We will soon have to get used to seeing Marnar in green. Not that there was anything wrong with the yellow kit – he wore it well. Here he crosses the finish line in 2nd place in the Winter Series race Runt Agnið in November.