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Opportunities for our Youth Runners to Wear the Irish Singlet!

Monday March 4 - Miriam Maher

Mountain running (as you all know!) is a fantastic sport with huge opportunities for junior athletes to represent their country, and to experience international competition.

We are targeting three main events in 2024:

- The u20 European Off-Road Championships: 31 May – 2 June, Annecy, French Alps. We are aiming to select 2 teams of 4 female, 4 male, and possibly 2 further teams for the uphill only race.

Uphill Trials Friday, 12th April, Up and Down Trial Sunday 14th April, in Seefin, Co. Limerick. (Meet & route recce 10th March).

- The u18 Mountain Running World Cup: 21/22 June, Palencia, Spain: We will be planning to send 2 teams of 4 female, 4 male.

Trials Monday, 6th May, Scarr, Co. Wicklow.

- British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships: 8th September, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. U17 & u20 categories, 4 teams of males and females, plus development teams. This will be extra special as we are the host country this year!

Trials Saturday, 24th August, Brockagh Route, Co. Wicklow.

For more information please email our Junior Development Officer, Elizabeth Wheeler: juniors@imra.ie.

The IMRA HP selection guidelines and policy can be viewed here: https://media.imra.ie/ad-hoc/Selection_Criteria_Guidelines_2024.pdf

Please encourage all youth runners to take part and if you are a club athlete, let your juvenile club coaches know too!