New Steering Committee for 2025

At IARA’s first Annual General Meeting, held on Wednesday 22 January 2025 on Zoom, 42 attendees, representing 20 adventure racing countries, were present.

Cormac MacDonnell’s Chairperson’s report gave a good overview of the fledgling association’s first formative year in 2024.

The 11 voting member countries approved the Constitution and the Membership Statutes before voting in a new committee for the year ahead.

IARA Steering Committee for 2025

  • Chairperson: Cormac MacDonnell (Ireland)
  • Secretary: Lisa de Speville (South Africa)
  • Treasurer: Ross Phillips (UK)
  • Media & PR: Wayne Leek (Canada)
  • General: Alen Pujol (Uruguay)
  • General: Nils Filius (Netherlands)

Although there are six official positions on the Steering Committee, Working Groups, like adventure racing teams, focus on specific tasks – like creating safety and environmental guidelines for the sport – and are made up of volunteers from the greater adventure racing community with an interest and/or expertise in the topic. Many hands make light work indeed.

We thank the outgoing committee and Working Group participants for their work during 2024 and wish the Steering Committee continued successes in 2025.

Meeting minutes with Role and Working Group Reports will be published on our website.

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