Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.
On Friday, Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar and FÍF signed an agreement under which Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar becomes FÍF’s main sponsor for the next two years. Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar keeps a close eye on what is happening in Faroese sport, and the great progress in athletics is easy to spot. The good results, with the many medals at the Island Games, first on the Isle of Wight in 2011 and then in Bermuda in 2013, are proof of that great development. At FÍF we are delighted that Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar also sees potential in athletics and wants to help take our sport forward. Clearly, much more activity also brings higher costs. That is why it is so welcome that a partner as good as Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar wants to stand with us, and there is no doubt that together we are stronger.
Maria á Dul, department manager at Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar, and Hallur Holm, chair of FÍF, shake hands. Behind them stand two of our most talented young athletes. 18-year-old Hallur Simonsen is the Faroese champion in the discus, and 14-year-old Katarina Høj set a Faroese record in the 800 m this summer. If all goes to plan, both will take part in their first Island Games in 2015, and both will be competing for medals.
The Christmas calendar
Some of you may have noticed that a Christmas calendar has appeared on our front page. The idea is to show some older photos or tell an old story. Or to write an article that has been forgotten, or that we didn’t find time to write when it was topical. The intention is not for the Christmas calendar to be from us to you, but from us to us. This means that everyone is welcome to send me an old photo or an old result from a competition that everyone has forgotten. Material should be sent to hallur@nordbil.fo – don’t hold back!
Today’s story about the agreement with Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar is, in a way, a Christmas present, and perhaps should have been behind door no. 24. But this is very much news right now, and so it is also the first Christmas story this year.
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