Irish Indoor Athletics Championships

Irish Indoor Athletics Championships

Sport	Indoor track and field
Founded	1988
Country	Republic 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

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

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

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

Men

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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External links

• Athletics Ireland website