Video: Arena in Kórinn named after longtime volunteer
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- Sigurður Viðarsson has volunteered with HK handball for 18 years.
- A television segment featured his work and showed a room in Kórinn named Sigga-stofa in his honor.
Sigurður Viðarsson has spent the past 18 years volunteering with HK handball. He completes the match reports and sits at the scorer’s table for every home game.
Daníel Franz Davíðsson visited Viðarsson for the first episode of “The People in the Ball,” a new segment on Sjónvarp Símans’ Handball Hall. The segment aired in a review program after the opening round of Iceland’s premier handball division.
During the interview, Viðarsson discussed his work with HK and showed a room in Kórinn named Sigga-stofa in his honor.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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