Iceland hosts 4th annual dual meet against the Faroe Islands

Tomorrow 13 October 2012 at 16:00 local time, Sundlaug Kópavogs will be the venue of the 4th annual dual meet between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, in Kópavogur, Iceland. I expect us (the Faroese) to win a few battles, but alas yet again to loose the war :-)

Update: The 2012 ISL-FAR dual meet will be streamed live on SportTV.is

The competition is arranged as a 2 on 2 battle in selected events, both teams consisting of 16 swimmers, 8 men and 8 women. Last event is always the 8×50 mixed freestyle in which everyone competes, and which we the Faroese see as ‘the Final’, since we have been able to win it a couple of times :-)

This year’s competition program

Men

• 400 IM
• 200 backstroke
• 50 freestyle
• 100 butterfly
• 100 breaststroke
• 400 freestyle
• 4×50 medley

Women

• 50 butterfly
• 100 freestyle
• 200 IM
• 100 butterfly
• 100 breaststroke
• 50 backstroke
• 4×50 medley

Most prominent participants this year are Olympians Pál Joensen (FAR), Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir (ISL) and Anton Svein McKee (ISL).

The Icelandic team

• Anton Sveinn McKee, Ægi
• Aron Örn Stefánsson, SH
• Birgir Viktor Hannesson, Óðni
• Daníel Hannes Pálsson, Fjölni
• Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson, SH
• Kristinn Þórarinsson, Fjölni
• Orri Freyr Guðmundsson, SH
• Sigurður Friðrik Kristjánsson, SH

• Elena Dís Víðisdóttir, Ægi
• Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir, Ægi
• Erla Sigurjónsdóttir, ÍRB
• Inga Elín Cryer, ÍA
• Ingibjörg Kristín Jónsdóttir, SH
• Karen Sif Vilhjálmsdóttir, SH
• Kolbrún Jónsdóttir, KR
• Snjólaug Tinna Hansdóttir, SH

The Faroese team

• Markus Joensen, HS
• Óli Mortensen, HS
• Alvi Hjelm, Ægir
• Eyðbjørn Joensen, SuSvim
• Bartal Hestoy, HS
• Sigmund Mørkøre, Ægir
• Tummas J. Danielsen, HS
• Pál Joensen, SuSvim

• Birita Debes, Ægir
• Poula Ø. Mohr, HS
• Astrið Foldarskarð, Ægir
• Turid Christiansen, Ægir
• Guðrun Mortensen, SuSvim
• Kristina Elin Thomsen, SuSvim
• Jonna B. Thomsen, Ægir
• Kristina Eliasen, HS

(More to follow)