Category: Faroe Islands
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Nordic Junior / Pre-senior Championships Entry Lists Online
The entry lists for the Nordic Junior & Pre-senior Championships are now online, see LiveTiming.se. Competition starts Friday morning, first team arrives tomorrow, and the weather forecast is (unchangingly) miserable.
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CC photo #697: Still kicking
Now all together, a fun little competition – one length of kicking, all out – where each team has a noodle, and no one is allowed to let go of it. In this case hopelessly unfair, the big boys versus the small boys versus the girls. They still give it a go, though, the little…
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CC photo #695: Swimteam Faroes
Just a photo taken at the 2009 Faroese (Short Course) Championships. If I’m not mistaken, the model will be swimming at the upcoming 2013 Nordic Junior Championships.
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Nordic Junior & Pre-senior Championships 2013 coming up
This weekend 6 – 8 December 2013, the Faroe Islands Swimming Association will host the annual Nordic Junior & Pre-senior Championships, in the main swimming pool in our capitol Tórshavn. See the invitation, njs2013.org and LiveTiming.se. I’m pretty sure that I will be commentating for our national broadcasting company Kringvarp Føroya, and that the live stream…
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Sperm whale explodes here in the Faroe Islands
So you might have seen this video that went viral this week, now at 1.9 million views since the incident Tuesday 26 November. (Warning, very graphic, as in exploding intestines) The background story is that 4 sperm whales got stuck near the bridge between our two biggest islands, here in the Faroe Islands, Thursday 21…
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CC photo #692: Ping Pong Ball War
Mayhem about to begin during the “Swim Day” organized by (local club) Havnar Svimjifelag and (federation) Svimjisamband Føroya on Saturday 16 November 2013, here in the Faroe Islands. Two teams and a lot of ping pong balls. When the whistle goes, the teams must try to blow the balls to the start line of the…
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CC photo #689: Reysta-stevna 2013
A photo taken during warm-up at the swim meet in LeirvÃk, Faroe Islands, Saturday 23 November 2013, arranged by local swim club Reysti. ‘Like herrings in a barrel’, as we say around here :-)
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CC photo #688: Lego Challenge game during the HS/SSF Swim Day 2013
A not so typical for swimming game played during the “Swim Day” organized by (local club) Havnar Svimjifelag and (federation) Svimjisamband Føroya on Saturday 16 November 2013. A relay in which the kids took turns going into a room to observe and memorize a Lego model, that they then had to build without being able…
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CC photo #686: “Spaghetti relay”
A photo from the “Swim Day” arranged by Havnar Svimjifelag and Svimjisamband Føroya on Saturday 16 November 2013. The swimmers took turns swimming 25 meters while transporting a swim noodle. The girl over on the far side never touched the water ! ;-)