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between the
UK, Holland and
France. It is a
huge honour for
us to be invited.
On top of the
above we are
returning to
bringing coaches
courses back
to the DF from
grassroots
up and the
continuing
great work by
the referee
committee
in terms of
developing
our referees
to the highest
standard. And
at committee level we will be
finalising our next 3 year strategic
development plan.
DF ATHLETICS
The DF hope to send a male and
female team to the CISM World
Cross Country Championships
in Greece from 25 Feb to 02
Mar - this has not been approved
yet! DF Track and Field outdoor
championship will be held in
Kilkenny. The dates are still TBC.
The DF Cross Country 2026 will
be held in DFTC on 4 Nov. DF
Athletics have received an invite
to the AGS Cross Country event
on 18 Feb and hope to enter a
team.
There will be no DF Indoor
Athletics this year.
BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU
To wrap up 2025 we handed out a few awards, Lt Ciarán
Feeney and Cpl Jamie Martin both got club man of the
year awards for all their hard work in the development
of the club.
Airman Balti took home rookie of the year and Pte
Dylan O'Donovan was given Competitive Player of
the Year due to his multiple wins at international
competitions.
We had our AGM which was a great success and laid
out the road map for 2026. We have also been lucky
to be invited by the UK Armed Forces to compete in a
competition in May.
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