Northern Irish Managers' Federation

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The Northern Ireland Manager's Federation, known colloquially as NIMF, (AllianceID: 11548) was founded to provide a forum for managers from Northern Ireland or those from elsewhere who train Northern Irish players. It currently has approximately 45 members, and organises both an internal cup for members as well as a federation challenge, known as the Buckfast Challenge, which they nearly always lose.

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The NIMF Cup

The NIMF Cup is an internal competition for members of the federation, run in the latter half of the season when most if not all have been eliminated from the national cup.

The Buckfast Challenge

A one week challenge where NIMF, occasionally using non-fed ringers from the NI conference to assist, challenge a federation or national conference, usually held towards the end of each season. Previous winners have included Ireland and Japan, though NIMF did manage to secure a fluke win against Scotland once.

Members

NIMF was founded by Polo_Ulster, and for some time was led by one-time Northern Ireland U20 Manager X3wid. Its first elected fed leader, was Jam57, who resigned to run the NI U20 team. Current chairman is Gideon_Prime, a former U20 manager.