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
- DanÃel Hannes Pálsson, Fjölni
- Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson, SH
- Kristinn Þórarinsson, Fjölni
- Orri Freyr Guðmundsson, SH
- Sigurður Friðrik Kristjánsson, SH
- Elena DÃs VÃðisdóttir, Ægi
- Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir, Ægi
- Erla Sigurjónsdóttir, ÃRB
- Inga ElÃn Cryer, ÃA
- Ingibjörg KristÃn 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)
