Welcome to the official website of the Northern Ireland Boys’ Football Association (NIBFA), founded in 1976 NIBFA is the governing body for Youth Football in Northern Ireland
OBJECTS – The objects of NIBFA shall be to legislate for, foster, develop and support activity that will improve the game of Association Football among all classes of youth football clubs, leagues or associations of such clubs in Northern Ireland and to conduct annually such competitions and events as aid the development and promotion of association football in Northern Ireland.
(a) The management of NIBFA shall be vested in the NIBFA Committee, consisting of the following office bearers: - a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson, a Secretary, a Treasurer and elected and/or co-opted representatives not exceeding 9 persons from Clubs and or Leagues in Membership of NIBFA.
(b) The NIBFA committee members and office bearers shall be elected bi-annually (Commencing 2015). All retiring office bearers shall be eligible for re-election.
(c) Nomination of any candidate for any office shall be submitted in writing to the NIBFA Administration Officer not later than 14 days prior to the notified date of the Annual General Meeting or Extraordinary General Meeting called for the purpose. The NIBFA Committee may at any time fill a vacancy amongst the Office Bearers and any Office Bearer so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired period of his predecessor’s term of office.
(d) Five (5) members of the NIBFA Committee shall form a quorum. In the event of a vacancy occurring at any time, the NIBFA Committee shall have the power to fill such vacancy.