IJRU held its 4th General Congress on 1 October 2022 with delegates gathering virtually from around the world. Highlights from the 4th General Congress include the following. See the highlights and links bellow from the General Congress.

IJRU 2022 General Congress: Full Recording

IJRU 2022 General Congress: Slide Presentation

President’s Address

IJRU President, Shaun Hamilton spoke to the membership and encouraging them to “Jump In”. President Hamilton said, “Its time to jump into, NGB recognition, athletes council development, full participation from our NGBs. This no time to sit on the bench. We need everyone to do their part. If we don’t do our job to manage the sport, someone else will.” President Hamilton concluded his remarks by thanking and welcoming all the leaders to another IJRU General Congress sessions.

New Members

The General Congress confirmed the following new members into the IJRU family bring our total to 63 members 26 Full members , 25 Provisional members,  12 Observer status

• Greece: Hellenic Cheerleading Federation (HCF) as a full member.

• Somali Jump Rope Federation (SJRF) has advanced to the provisional membership.

Membership Survey Results

IJRU continues to grow in our athletes and NGB members. Review the presentation, starting at slide 12, to hear how our sport is growing and how you can help. If your NGB has not taken the survey, take it today by clicking HERE.

New Board Members Approved

Please help IJRU welcome the three new board members at large approved at the IJRU 2022 General Congress and the approval of the new IJRU Treasurer.

• Luke Winstanley, Treasurer – (Australia)  

• Maria del Sol Rodriguez Lopez - At Large Member Pam Am- (Mexico)

• Kurt Moens - At Large Member, Europe-(Belgium)

• Nadia Aidli - At Large Member, Europe- (France) 

Anti - Doping

As signatory to WADA, IJRU is committed to fair play. Jump in and take advantage of these resources today. We need NGBs to learn about the WADA platforms, sign your athletes up in ADAMS.

• Anti-Doping Education and Learning Platform ADEL  

• Anti-Doping Administration and Management System

  • System NGBs sign up your athletes through ADAMS

• The new Prohibited Substance and Method List has just been approved presented in 10 languages www.wada-ama.org Please become familiar with this list.

2023 World Championship Update

The preliminary schedule, event entries and registration schedule has been releaSed by the Championship Organizing Committee.

• Competition dates 16-23 of July in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA in the Ed Robson Arena

• See presentation slides 52-59 for detailed information.