Spirits high in Húsar

Machine-translated from Faroese and not yet reviewed. Read the original.

Last weekend the youth national team held its first training camp of the winter. Because preparations for Stórmót IR are in full swing, and the upper secondary schools are busy at the moment, there were several cancellations from the older age groups. On the other hand, several very young athletes were at a training camp for the first time. Including leaders and coaches, there were 19 of us at the camp.

We headed to Húsar, where we stayed in the village hall. Not wild, flashy and fancy, but good, old and cosy. Garðalíð Catering spoiled us at every meal, so we were very well looked after on the food front.

On Friday evening there was circuit training with Treysti in the Badminton Hall, before we went to Syðradalur, where a stew was waiting. On Saturday morning the middle- and long-distance runners went on a cross-country run towards Blankaskáli, while Rúni Seloy stayed behind and held coordination and hill training with the sprinters, jumpers and throwers. There were no showers available in Húsar, so we went to Klaksvík to swim, and then headed back out to Kalsoy. The rest is a story in pictures:

William, Miso, Andreas, Julian, Hans and Gunnar hide most of the Seal Woman

The Bragdið girls Bára, Unna Ró, Hervør, Kristianna and Elin, all at a training camp for the first time. And we are already looking forward to next time

These two have been to training camps before. Is it the Seal Woman, or Liverpool’s fresh 5-4 win against Norwich, that brings out the smiles?

It’s not just the Seal Woman, but the whole rock shelf and landing place where she stands, that is magnificent and worth a visit

Andreas counts the steps on the way up. Easier to count when it goes quickly

Boathouse chat about this and that, birds and fish, weather and wind, waves and currents, 4G and Bluetooth

Then on to Trøllanes, where the bright moon welcomed us

Gutti asked the farmer in Trøllanes to tell us the legend of the Seal Woman

The schoolroom in Trøllanes, which Kalsoy runners know so well. Eyðun Eliasen could tell a story like few others. In the blue jacket is Lovisa, who was trip leader for the first time. She will be asked again.

Sunday morning, 9:00. Ready for the last training session

“Who’s afraid of the child catcher?” Not fun to be caught

Hans, Andreas and Hervør try their hand as “child catchers”

Then there was crab football between the kelp crabs and the shore crabs

Kelp crab Julian was a decisive player and scored four goals in the 5-1 win over the shore crabs. Shore crab Hervør tries to defend, but to little avail

It isn’t all that long since Maria was crawling on the kitchen floor, so her crawling skills are quite decent

Unna Ró, Hervør and Gunnar in the middle of the hopping relay

An ordinary sprint relay, and here it gets fierce. Julian, birthday boy Hans (15) and William. Nobody wants to give in.

Always sensible to take the heaviest one first in the chair-carry relay. Bára, Elin, Hans, Andreas and Kristianna rushed back and forth with Julian in mid-air

Then it was Kristianna’s turn….

Unna Ró is light, and Gunnar, Maria and Hervør were going so fast that William and Miso lost their grip

The last race. A game relay

Play session over, and a group photo with Kalsoyarfjørður and the spire of Húsar Church (1920) in the background. From left: Bára, Maria, Hervør, Unna Ró, Elin, Kristianna, Hans, Julian, Andreas, Gunnar, Miso, William and Hallur

Not exactly the Hilton, but in many ways better than Fawlty Towers. Hannebeth and Magni Garðalíð from Húsar made sure with good food that we didn’t go hungry. Many thanks to them

After training we went straight on board the Sam, and then showered in the Badminton Hall in Klaksvík. And then all that was left was the bus ride to Tórshavn.

Gutti and Hallur say thank you for a very good training camp. Special thanks to Rúni Seloy and Lovisa Niclasen. We are looking forward to the next training camp, which we will put on the calendar at the first opportunity.

More photos on FÍF’s Picasa: Training camp in Húsar, January 2016

 

 

 

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