Category: Sports
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Iceland’s Football Association awards Völsungur for gender equality
Húsavík football team Völsungur has recived the Equal Rights Award of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) for working towards gender equality in the sport. The award was annonced this Saturday at the 74th national congress of KSÍ. “For years, the sports club Völsungur has worked towards the goal of gender equality, with special emphazis…
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New Ski Area in Húsavík Open 6 Days a Week
The new Húsavík Ski Area at Reyðarárhnjúkur is now open 6 days a week. The area was formally opened on December 28 last year after the ski lift from Skálamelur had been moved to the new area that offers snow earlier in the fall and longer into the spring. The Ski Area is open from…
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Völsungur gets grant for two Beach volleyball pitches in Húsavík
The local sports club Völsungur has received a grant from the Ministry of Education and Culture for their project to set up two beach volleyball pitches in Húsavík. The two volleyball pitches were set up last year. The Ministry granted the sports club half a million króna. According to Kjartan Páll Þórarinsson, the sports and youth representative of…
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Völsungur women’s volleyball team wins first home game of the season
Völsungur women’s volleyball team picked up their first win of the season, in a five-set thriller against Afturelding in Húsavík Sports Hall today. Völsungur were able to outlast Afturelding and take the match, 3-2. Both teams had won two sets coming into set five. Völsungur trailed early in the fifth set but then went on…
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Húsavík Golf Club asks support for new Club House
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Húsavík Golf Club has introduced plans for construction of new club house, and asks municipality to assist in financing. The current 96 square meter club house was built in 1979. A formidable nine hole course, crossing streams and navigating awkward slopes, the golf course is tucked away from civilisation…
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National Boccia Championships held in Húsavík
The National Boccia Championships will be held in Húsavík this weekend. This is not the first time Húsavík plays host to the championships, as it was also held in Húsavík in 1995. With around 200 participants, including athletes, officials and operational staff, the National Boccia Championships is one of the biggest sports events in Húsavík this…
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Iceland has qualified for the World Cup for the first time
A little over one year after sensationally knocking England out of Euro 2016, Iceland has qualified for the World Cup for the first time, following a 2 to 0 win over Kosovo at Laugardalsvöllur stadium in Reykjavík. Needing victory to guarantee top spot in European qualifying Group I, goals from Everton star Gylfi Sigurðsson and…
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Popular children’s weekend sports return at Húsavík Sports Hall this winter
The Children’s Weekend Sports, known in Icelandic as Íþróttaskólinn and offered to kids ages 2 to 6 by local sports club Völsungur, will return this winter on Saturday mornings at the Húsavík Sports Hall. The popular weekend activity has been organized and coached by Áslaug Guðmundsdóttir and Unnar Þór Garðarsson for the past 10 years.…
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The most important Goal of the Summer
Reykjavík Football Club KR is now one step closer to winning the Icelandic Premier League on Sunday, after a fine goal from Húsavík born player Aron Bjarki Jósepsson in the final minutes of their game against Keflavík tonight. The game looked like it was going to finish 2-2, when Jósepsson scored in the 92nd minute…