Team competition turned on its head this year

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The team competition is now in its third year, and it really does add extra excitement to the TF Winter Series. If your team is to have a chance of being in the fight at the top, it is absolutely essential to turn out in the greatest possible numbers. And if you want to be on your club’s best team, it is just as important to turn out regularly.

Last year there was a close battle between the women’s teams from Hvirlan and Bragdið. After round 2 at Undir Kerjum, Hvirlan took a clear lead. Bragdið managed to eat into Hvirlan’s lead somewhat over the last rounds, but the Hvirlan women held on very well and won the team competition last year.

This year the tables have turned. Bragdið have opened up a decent gap to Hvirlan, and the three of them, Duruta á Lofti, Krista Nielsen and Ann Thomsen, have no intention of giving up the lead. Should any of them be unable to compete, Beinta Hoydal Joensen is also ready to help the team.

Rigmor N. Arge and Birna Mohr Joensen are Hvirlan’s top scorers. Both Paula Mohr and Adelaid Kirke have missed a round, and this is reflected in the current standings.

Bragdið 2 are well placed to win the bronze medals, but with 47 or 50 points per race for Rebekka Fuglø, it is possible that Treysti could take the bronze from Bragdið 2.

 

In the men’s competition, too, the tables have turned, after Bragdið won a fairly comfortable victory with Treysti behind them. This year the young Treysti boys Jan Elmar Sørensen, Julian Gregersen and Gunnar Sivertsen have really gained the upper hand, and have moved almost 60 points ahead of Bragdið. For Bragdið, all three of Sam Vang, Henry Olsen and Niels Poulsen have missed a round. This has cost Bragdið in the overall standings. Eirikur Hansen is Bragdið’s top scorer, and has Martin Gravesen and Rógvi Kárason with him on the team.

In the competition for third place, too, it is Bragdið and Treysti who are best placed with their second-best teams. But with good results in the last rounds, Roysnið could also come into contention. We have seen that before.

 

If the fight for the top places is to become exciting again, both the Hvirlan women and the Bragdið men need to do well in the next race, which will be on Saturday, when the Faroese Cross-Country Championships take place in Hoydalar. Studentaskúlin will host round 5 of the TF Winter Series (TF VK5).