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ÍSF and Strandferðslan have changed the arrangements for travel cards and sports travel. All travel cards currently in circulation expired on 1 April 2015. (This is NOT an April Fool!) This means that the clubs must obtain new travel cards.
Here are the guidelines for using the cards, guidelines for how to apply for a card, etc. It is important that the people responsible in the clubs read these guidelines carefully!
1. Use
1. From now on, cards can only be used on SSL ferries and on Bygdaleiðir buses in Suðuroy and Sandoy. The cards can be used for matches, training camps and national team training sessions. The cards cannot be used for regular training.
2. When a sports team boards the bus or the ship, the team leader (the cardholder) must go first, hand the card to the bus driver and state how many travellers (adults/children) are with the team. The bus driver registers the journey. This must be done every time the team travels. The card must be processed before the athletes board the bus.
3. The cardholder can get a receipt showing how many people are travelling. This receipt must be kept so that it can be shown later in the journey.
4. Without a card, the journey must be paid for.
2. Booking journeys
1. If there are 10 or more people in the travelling party, places must be booked with Strandfaraskip Landsins no later than 2 working days before the desired departure. SSL is obliged to reply 1 working day before the desired departure. The club is bound by this booking and is liable for any additional costs. Bookings can be cancelled by 15:00 the day before at bilegging@ssl.fo
2. The journey must be booked by email at bilegging@ssl.fo or by contacting Farstøðin on tel. 343000.
3. SSL checks whether there is room for the group on the desired trip. SSL then sends a confirmation or refusal by email.
4. If there is a lack of space, SSL may find another trip for the group. SSL can put on extra transport for an additional fee.
5. As proof that the trip has been booked, the SSL confirmation must be shown before departure. If the group does not have a confirmation, the driver is not obliged to take the group.
3. About the scheme
1. Cards for national sports federations, officials and national team players are issued to the federations, which then issue them to their members.
2. The condition for clubs to have cards issued is that their membership affairs with ÍSF are in order. If a club has outstanding membership fees, these must be paid, or a repayment agreement must be made with ÍSF, before the cards can be used. The condition for clubs to have their cards issued is that their membership affairs with the relevant federation/federations are in order.
3. The cards are permanent. This means that they can be used year after year. The card is electronic and contains a “microchip”. This means that the card must be handled carefully. The card must not be bent or placed near strong heat. Strong magnetic fields can also affect the card.
4. The card costs DKK 50. If a card is lost or damaged and therefore has to be replaced, an administration fee of DKK 1000 will be charged for each card. The clubs pay this amount themselves.
5. If a card is misused, the card will be blocked and the matter will be taken up for consideration by the executive committee. The executive committee has the authority to impose a penalty on the club.
4. Issuing procedure
1. Clubs order cards through ÍSF. SSL then sends the cards to the clubs, with notification to the ÍSF office.
2. The club gives one card to the person responsible for each team, against a receipt on a special form. The club is obliged to keep this receipt. The form can be downloaded from www.isf.fo.
3. When the competition season is over, the people responsible must return the cards to the club for safekeeping until the next competition season, when the same issuing procedure is followed.
Jarvin Feilberg Hansen, sports adviser at ÍSF, administers the travel cards
