Tag: Völsungur

  • Iceland’s Football Association awards Völsungur for gender equality

    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…

  • Völsungur gets grant for two Beach volley­ball pitches in Húsa­vík

    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…

  • Völsungur women’s volleyball team wins first home game of the season

    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…