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The first TF Grand Prix will be held at Tórsbreyt on Saturday 21 May, in just over two weeks. We are all looking forward to this summer’s competitions. A whole winter and many hard training days are behind us, and now we are looking forward to spring and to some exciting competitions at Tórsbreyt, which we hope everyone will get behind.
The rounds of the TF Grand Prix this spring/summer are:
- Saturday 21 May – Hvirlan hosts
- Saturday 11 June – Bragdið hosts
- Saturday 18 June – Treysti hosts
On all three days the competitions start at 12:00 and will last 3-4 hours. In the first round, which will be on Saturday 23 May, the following events are on the programme:
Children under 7 – born 2009 and later:
60 m
Girls and boys 8-9 – born 2007-08:
60 m hurdles, 600 m, ball throw and long jump
Girls and boys 10-11 – born 2005-06:
60 m hurdles, 600 m, ball throw and high jump
Girls and boys 12-13 – born 2003-04:
60/80 m hurdles, 600 m, discus and high jump
Girls and boys 14-15 – born 2001-02:
80 m hurdles, 1,000 m, discus and triple jump
Girls and boys 16-17 – born 1999-00:
100 m, 1,000 m, discus and triple jump
Girls and boys 18-19 – born 1997-98:
100 m, 1,000 m, discus and triple jump
Women and men born 1996 and earlier
100 m, 1,000 m, discus and triple jump
So the officials’ yellow jackets and the black-and-white hurdles are heading back out into the fresh air. Here is hurdling in 2013.
Registration is at this link: Registration 1st TF Grand Prix 2016
The rules are largely the same as in 2015. The middle-distance sprint is dropped this year in favour of the long sprint. The rules will be updated under “rules” here in the next few days.
More news about the competition will follow later.
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