Jar IL
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Jar Idrettslag is a Norwegian
sports club from Bærum
, Akershus
. It mainly covers the areas Jar
, Lysaker
and parts of Stabekk
.
Jar IL was founded on 2 February 1934 as a merger between the boys' clubs Freidig and Rapp. It had sections for bandy
, association football, track and field
and Nordic skiing
(cross-country skiing
and ski jumping
). Sections were added for team handball in 1940, orienteering
in the 1940s and ice hockey in the 1950s. Ice hockey was the main focus from 1954, while all other sports waned. Only handball survived.
The home field was Jar idrettsplass, colloquially named Jarbanen, which was opened on 20 August 1937. The ground had originally been given to Bærums SK in 1922 by Harald Løvenskiold. The field was owned by Jar Welfare Society from 1938 to 1946, Jar IL from 1946 to 1968 and then by Bærum Municipality.
A field was used for team sports, and nearby there were two ski jumping hills. Both hills disappeared after a time, and the use of the field was limited to handball and tennis during the summer and ice hockey during the winter. From 1965 the club coexisted with the tennis club Jar TK, which existed from 1932 to 2010. A clubroom for Jar IL was opened in 1947, and rebuilt in 1957–1958. In 1976 a similar clubroom was built for the tennis club.
An indoor facility for tennis was raised in 1979. From 1986 the ice hockey field was artificially frozen. In 2006 it was decided politically to build an indoor arena for ice sports, demolishing the current tennis fields. The new arena will be named Jar ishall. The tearing of the old facilities started in 2010.
The men's ice hockey team won promotion to the Main League, the highest league in Norway, in 1966. In the 1970s the team record a third-place finish. After relegation from the highest league, the team had a tenure at the second tier, the First Division. Their last season there was in 2003–2004. The men's team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian ice hockey. When Jar Ishall is finished, the club will add curling
and figure skating
to its roster.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
sports club from Bærum
Bærum
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
, Akershus
Akershus
- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...
. It mainly covers the areas Jar
Jar, Norway
Jar is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 4,868.It is served by the Jar rail station on the Kolsås Line.-References:...
, Lysaker
Lysaker
Lysaker is a section of and a postal code area of the Norwegian municipality of Bærum, just west of Oslo.Geographically, it is bordered by Lysakerelven on the east, which also forms the border to Oslo; Fornebu to the south; Stabekk to the west; and Jar to the north...
and parts of Stabekk
Stabekk
Stabekk is a suburban centre in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Mainly a residential area and have most of the conservative population in Norway the current population is 6,261....
.
Jar IL was founded on 2 February 1934 as a merger between the boys' clubs Freidig and Rapp. It had sections for bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
, association football, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
and Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....
(cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
and ski jumping
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
). Sections were added for team handball in 1940, orienteering
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
in the 1940s and ice hockey in the 1950s. Ice hockey was the main focus from 1954, while all other sports waned. Only handball survived.
The home field was Jar idrettsplass, colloquially named Jarbanen, which was opened on 20 August 1937. The ground had originally been given to Bærums SK in 1922 by Harald Løvenskiold. The field was owned by Jar Welfare Society from 1938 to 1946, Jar IL from 1946 to 1968 and then by Bærum Municipality.
A field was used for team sports, and nearby there were two ski jumping hills. Both hills disappeared after a time, and the use of the field was limited to handball and tennis during the summer and ice hockey during the winter. From 1965 the club coexisted with the tennis club Jar TK, which existed from 1932 to 2010. A clubroom for Jar IL was opened in 1947, and rebuilt in 1957–1958. In 1976 a similar clubroom was built for the tennis club.
An indoor facility for tennis was raised in 1979. From 1986 the ice hockey field was artificially frozen. In 2006 it was decided politically to build an indoor arena for ice sports, demolishing the current tennis fields. The new arena will be named Jar ishall. The tearing of the old facilities started in 2010.
The men's ice hockey team won promotion to the Main League, the highest league in Norway, in 1966. In the 1970s the team record a third-place finish. After relegation from the highest league, the team had a tenure at the second tier, the First Division. Their last season there was in 2003–2004. The men's team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian ice hockey. When Jar Ishall is finished, the club will add curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
and figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
to its roster.