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Irish Indoor Athletics Championships

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Irish Indoor Athletics Championships
SportIndoor track and field
Founded1988
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Related
competitions		Irish Athletics Championships

The Irish Indoor Athletics Championships, also known as the National Senior Indoor Championships, is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by Athletics Ireland, which serves as the Irish indoor national championship for the sport.

It was first organised in 1988 by the Bord Luthchleas na hEireann (Irish Athletic Board), which later folded into Athletics Ireland and made the competition an all-Ireland championships from 2000 onwards.[1][2] Athletes from Northern Ireland are also eligible to compete at the British Indoor Athletics Championships.

Typically contested in mid February, the competition features championships for both men and women, with around 28 events divided equally between the sexes. The event has had a regular title sponsor, with Woodie's DIY serving from 2007-14, Irish Life from 2015-22 and 123.ie from 2023 onwards.

Since 2003, non-Irish athletes may participate as guests only, though non-Irish athletes may compete if they are members of an athletics club in the Republic of Ireland.

Events

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The following athletics events feature as standard on the Irish Indoor Championships programme:

  • Sprint: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m
  • Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
  • Hurdles: 60 m hurdles
  • Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault
  • Throws: shot put
  • Racewalking: 5000 m (men), 3000 m (women)
  • Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women)

Editions

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Edition Date Location Dates Venue Events Sponsor Notes Reference
1 1988 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 20 [2]
2 1989 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 20 [2]
3 1990 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 20 [2]
4 1991 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 29 [2]
5 1992 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 29 [2]
6 1993 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 29 [2]
7 1994 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 29 [2]
8 1995 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 29 [2]
9 1996 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 29 [2]
10 1997 (details) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 29 [2]
11 1998 (details) Nenagh 14–15 February Nenagh Arena 29 [2][3]
12 1999 (details) Nenagh 13–14 February Nenagh Arena 29 [2][4]
13 2000 (details) Nenagh 12–13 February Nenagh Arena 29 [2][5]
14 2001 (details) Nenagh 3–4 February Nenagh Arena 29 [2][6]
15 2002 (details) Nenagh 16–17 February Nenagh Arena 28 [2][7]
16 2003 (details) Belfast 15–16 February Odyssey Arena 28 [2][8]
17 2004 (details) Belfast 14–15 February Odyssey Arena 28 [2][9]
18 2005 (details) Nenagh 5–6 February Nenagh Arena 29 [2][10]
19 2006 (details) Belfast 18–19 February Odyssey Arena 28 [2][11]
20 2007 (details) Belfast 17–18 February Odyssey Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [12]
21 2008 (details) Belfast 26–27 January Odyssey Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [13]
22 2009 (details) Belfast 7–8 February Odyssey Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [14]
23 2010 (details) Belfast 6–7 February Odyssey Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [15]
24 2011 (details) Belfast 19–20 February Odyssey Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [16]
25 2012 (details) Belfast 11–12 February Odyssey Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [17]
26 2013 (details) Athlone 17–18 February AIT International Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [18]
27 2014 (details) Athlone 15–16 February AIT International Arena 28 Woodie's DIY [19]
28 2015 (details) Athlone 21–22 February AIT International Arena 28 Irish Life Health [20]
29 2016 (details) Athlone 27–28 February AIT International Arena 28 Irish Life Health [21]
30 2017 (details) Dublin 18–29 February National Indoor Arena 28 Irish Life Health [22]
31 2018 (details) Dublin 17–18 February National Indoor Arena 28 Irish Life Health [23]
32 2019 (details) Dublin 16–17 February National Indoor Arena 28 Irish Life Health [24]
33 2020 (details) Dublin 16–17 February National Indoor Arena Irish Life Health
34 2021 (details) Dublin National Indoor Arena Irish Life Health Event cancelled due to Covid
35 2022 (details) Dublin 26–27 February National Indoor Arena Irish Life Health
36 2023 (details) Dublin 18–19 February National Indoor Arena 123.ie
37 2024 (details) Dublin 17–18 February National Indoor Arena 123.ie
38 2025 (details) Dublin 22–23 February National Indoor Arena 123.ie

Venues

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The Irish Indoor Championships has been held at four different venues during its lifetime. The Nenagh Arena in Nenagh has hosted the event the most, serving as host on sixteen occasions in an unbroken run from 1988 to 2002. It was the only indoor track and field stadium in the country during that time. The Odyssey Arena in Belfast became a regular host after that period, holding all but one of the championships from 2002 to 2012. The AIT International Arena in Athlone served as the host venue from 2012 to 2016.

Location Venue Venue Image First hosted Years hosted Total hosts
Nenagh, Republic of Ireland Nenagh Arena 1988 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 16
Belfast, Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena 2003 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 9
Dublin, Republic of Ireland National Indoor Arena 2017 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 8
Athlone, Republic of Ireland AIT International Arena 2013 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 4

Championships records

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Men

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Event Record Athlete/Team Date Place Ref.
60 m 6.57 NR Israel Olatunde 19 February 2023 Abbotstown [25]
3000 m walk 11:06.69 NR Alex Wright 2 February 2019 Abbotstown [26]
5000 m walk 18:50.70 NR Alex Wright 18 February 2017 Dublin [27]

References

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  1. ^ Watterson, Johnny (1999-10-07). BLE and NACA set to become one body. Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Irish Indoor Championships. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  3. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 1998 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  4. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 1999 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  5. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2000 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  6. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2001 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  7. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2002 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  8. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2003 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  9. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2004 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  10. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2005 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  11. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2006 - Results. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  12. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2007 - Results Archived 2016-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  13. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2008 - Results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  14. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2009 - Results Archived 2016-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  15. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2010 - Results Archived 2016-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  16. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2011 - Results Archived 2016-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  17. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2012 - Results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  18. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2013 - Results Archived 2016-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  19. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2014 - Results Archived 2015-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  20. ^ Irish Indoor Athletics Championships 2015 - Results Archived 2015-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  21. ^ GloHealth National Senior Indoors. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  22. ^ Irish Life Health Sen Indoor Champs '17. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  23. ^ Irish Life Health Sen Indoor Champs '18. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  24. ^ National Indoor Seniors Championships 2019. Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  25. ^ "'Ireland's fastest man' smashes national indoor 60m record". Athletics Ireland. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  26. ^ "National Record For Alex Wright". leevale.org. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  27. ^ Feidhlim Kelly (18 February 2017). "Alex Wright Sets New National 5k Race Walk Record". corkathletics.org. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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