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text_direction=”default”]The Northern Ireland Sports Forum<\/a> was originally established in 1955 as the Northern Ireland Council of Physical Recreation and in 1997 was renamed the Northern Ireland Sports Forum. We exist to promote amateur sport and physical recreation, which results in improved physical and mental health.<\/p>\n

The Sports Forum is a voluntary association whose membership<\/a> consists of 70+ Full Members, 20+ Associate Members and 14 Individual Members with an interest in sport and physical recreation.<\/p>\n

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