Irish Indoor Athletics Championships

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Irish Indoor Athletics Championships
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Sport Indoor track and field
Founded1988
Country Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
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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.

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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:

Editions

EditionDateLocationDatesVenueEventsSponsorNotesReference
11988 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena 20 [2]
21989 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena20 [2]
31990 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena20 [2]
41991 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena29 [2]
51992 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena29 [2]
61993 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena29 [2]
71994 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena29 [2]
81995 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena29 [2]
91996 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena29 [2]
101997 ( details ) Nenagh Nenagh Arena29 [2]
111998 ( details ) Nenagh 14–15 FebruaryNenagh Arena29 [2] [3]
121999 ( details ) Nenagh 13–14 FebruaryNenagh Arena29 [2] [4]
132000 ( details ) Nenagh 12–13 FebruaryNenagh Arena29 [2] [5]
142001 ( details ) Nenagh 3–4 FebruaryNenagh Arena29 [2] [6]
152002 ( details ) Nenagh 16–17 FebruaryNenagh Arena28 [2] [7]
162003 ( details ) Belfast 15–16 February Odyssey Arena 28 [2] [8]
172004 ( details ) Belfast 14–15 FebruaryOdyssey Arena28 [2] [9]
182005 ( details ) Nenagh 5–6 FebruaryNenagh Arena29 [2] [10]
192006 ( details ) Belfast 18–19 FebruaryOdyssey Arena28 [2] [11]
202007 ( details ) Belfast 17–18 FebruaryOdyssey Arena28 Woodie's DIY [12]
212008 ( details ) Belfast 26–27 JanuaryOdyssey Arena28Woodie's DIY [13]
222009 ( details ) Belfast 7–8 FebruaryOdyssey Arena28Woodie's DIY [14]
232010 ( details ) Belfast 6–7 FebruaryOdyssey Arena28Woodie's DIY [15]
242011 ( details ) Belfast 19–20 FebruaryOdyssey Arena28Woodie's DIY [16]
252012 ( details ) Belfast 11–12 FebruaryOdyssey Arena28Woodie's DIY [17]
262013 ( details ) Athlone 17–18 February AIT International Arena 28Woodie's DIY [18]
272014 ( details ) Athlone 15–16 FebruaryAIT International Arena28Woodie's DIY [19]
282015 ( details ) Athlone 21–22 FebruaryAIT International Arena28 Irish Life Health [20]
292016 ( details ) Athlone 27–28 FebruaryAIT International Arena28Irish Life Health [21]
302017 ( details ) Dublin 18–29 FebruaryNational Indoor Arena28Irish Life Health [22]
312018 ( details ) Dublin 17–18 FebruaryNational Indoor Arena28Irish Life Health [23]
322019 ( details ) Dublin 16–17 FebruaryNational Indoor Arena28Irish Life Health [24]
332020 ( details ) Dublin 16–17 FebruaryNational Indoor ArenaIrish Life Health
342021 ( details ) Dublin National Indoor ArenaIrish Life HealthEvent cancelled due to Covid
352022 ( details ) Dublin 26–27 FebruaryNational Indoor ArenaIrish Life Health
362023 ( details ) Dublin 18–19 FebruaryNational Indoor Arena 123.ie
372024 ( details ) Dublin 17–18 FebruaryNational Indoor Arena123.ie
382025 ( details ) Dublin 22–23 FebruaryNational Indoor Arena123.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.

LocationVenueVenue ImageFirst hostedYears hostedTotal hosts
Nenagh, Republic of Ireland Nenagh Arena DF Indoor Athletics (4367482931).jpg 19881988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 200516
Belfast, Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena Odyssey Complex - geograph.org.uk - 1132193.jpg 20032003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20129
Dublin, Republic of Ireland National Indoor Arena 20172017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 20258
Athlone, Republic of Ireland AIT International Arena Athlone IT.jpg 20132013, 2014, 2015, 20164

Championships records

Men

EventRecordAthlete/TeamDatePlaceRef.
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]

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