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HANDBALL NEWSEdition 68, April 8 2009 - page one

Name P W D L F A Diff Pts

Great Dane 7 7 0 0 211 143 68 14

Olympia 7 5 0 2 183 161 22 10

Manchester 7 4 1 2 183 178 5 9

Liverpool 7 2 1 4 175 193 -18 5

Cambridge 7 2 0 5 160 179 -19 4

Manchester Uni 7 0 0 7 168 226 -58 0

Name P W D L F A Diff Pts

Great Dane 7 5 2 0 157 97 60 12

Ruislip Eagles 6 5 1 0 152 85 67 11

Olympia 8 4 0 4 143 175 -32 8

Thames 7 1 1 5 109 138 -29 3

Oxford Univ 6 0 0 6 63 129 -66 0

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SHA seek

Men's CoachTHE Scottish Handball

Association is looking for a

men’s national team coach.

The non-salaried position

will have expenses paid,

and applications should be

sent to SHA chairman

Stevie Neilson at

stevie.neilson

@scottishhandball.com.

Initially the contract will

be to the end of the EHF

Challenge Trophy in

October.Bart Zych on the attack for Cambridge.

Women's English Division One (South): Great

Dane 18 Olympia 10, Ruislip Eagles 26 Thames

16.

Men's English League Play-offs: Liverpool 29

Cambridge 33, Manchester University 28

Olympia 39, Manchester 29 Great Dane 36.

Men's Scottish Cup, round one: Liberton 11

Cumbernauld 33, Tryst 25 Gracemount 26.

The London side

remain unbeaten

through the season so

far, and although they

can still mathematically

be caught, few would

bet against them lifting

the title once again.

But they were given a

tough time of it by

Manchester, with the

result in doubt until late

in the game.

Manchester were in

front as half time

approached, with only a

couple of quickfire late

goals from Great Dane

edging them ahead 16-

17 at the break.

But as time went on

the London side took

control, eventually

winning by seven goals.

Torras top-scored with

ten goals, while for

Manchester Girost

scored seven.

Meanwhile,

Cambridge scored only

their second victory of

the play-off campaign

when they scraped a

dramatic 33-29 verdict

over Liverpool.

The hosts took an

early four-goal lead with

some good fast breaks

which forced Cambridge

into an early time-out.

Even when play

resumed, Cambridge

struggled to cope with

Liverpool who led 14-10

at the break.

GREAT DANE IN COMMAND

Men's English National League play-off table

Women's English Div One (South)

RESULTS, April 4-5

Action from Cambridge's Play-Off clash with Liverpool.

GREAT Dane continued their romp towards the National League title

when they beat rivals Manchester 36-29 in a dramatic clash at the

Greenbank Academy in Liverpool on Sunday.

The two sides were

goal for goal in the early

stages of the second

half. But some vital

saves from Cambridge

keeper Dan Guz –

including two penalties

– combined with some

superb goals, turned a

four-goal deficit into a

three-goal lead.

However, Liverpool

regrouped and battled

back to close the deficit

to just one goal with

three minutes

remaining.

Vital Saves

A 4-2 defence from

Liverpool backfired with

Cambridge penetrating

the gaps to add more

goals, while at the other

end more good saves from

man of the match Guz

ensured Cambridge held

out for the win.

Top scorer for

Cambridge with ten was

Bart Zych, while David

Guehring and Fernandez

both scored eight. Gier

Hagna scored eight for

Liverpool.

With Manchester losing

to leaders Great Dane,

Olympia took full

advantage when they beat

bottom of the table

Manchester University

39-28, but they had to fight

hard to secure the points.

Hunault top-scored with

nine goals for Olympia,

while for Manchester

University, Aden Woodall

scored nine and Lorenz

added eight, but it was not

enough to avoid defeat.

The play-offs resume

after Easter at the Leyton

SCORE Centre in London

on April 19.

HANDBALL NEWSEdition 68, April 8 2009 - page two



dramatic improvement

and bodes well for the

tournament.

With a couple of days

rest before their opening

match of the World

Championship qualifying

tournament on Friday,

Chris Mohr should have

time to recover from a

knee injury he picked up.

And Chris McDermott –

who played superbly in

defence along with Robin

Garnham – is carrying a

back injury, but should

also be back to full fitness

in time for the weekend’s

games.

Sign up for Coaching

ConferencePLACES are still

available on a

handball coaching

conference which will

be addressed by

some top coaches

from Sweden and

Denmark.

The three-day

event at the

Greenbank Sports

Academy in Liverpool

has been arranged by

England Handball

and runs from June 26-

28.

For more details –

and for an online

booking form – please

go online at

englandhandball.com

Whether online or

on your mobile, you

can get the latest GB

handball news from

www.twitter.com/

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on TwitterYOU can now follow

the exploits of British

Handball using

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Euan honouredTALENTED young

handballer Euan

McMurtie has been

honoured for his

sporting achievements

at a top awards

ceremony in Scotland.

The youngster was

just one of many

sporting stars

honoured at a special

ceremony in East

Kilbride.

He was named as

Junior Under-12

Performer of the Year

for his achievements in

both handball and

athletics.

He was part of the

team that won the

league and cup double

and was top scorer in

the East Kilbride

Primary Schools

Handball League.

And in athletics he

won the under-13

discus title at the South

Lanarkshire Athletics

Open last year and won

gold at the Scottish Age

Group Championships.

Great Britain Men’s Under-21s are travelling to Holland this week to

compete in the World Championship qualifying tournament in Emmen.

The squad will play

three games in three

days as they bid for a

place in the finals of the

prestigious tournament

in Egypt in August.

After a successful

training camp last

month, the squad

returned to Essen in

Germany last week for

final preparations, which

saw them notch up

some particularly good

performances against

strong sides.

Seven goals from

Gawain Vincent proved a

highlight as they took on

Bundesliga side Essen in

their final match before

travelling to Holland.

Despite losing 16-26,

the game gave the team

valuable match time and

experience ahead of the

weekend where they will

face Hungary, Iceland and

hosts Holland.

Vincent’s seven goals

underpinned a strong

performance from the

young side, while Chris

Mohr – a first team Essen

player in his day job –

added three and Seb

Edgar two. Stephan

Bulmer had another good

performance in goal with a

42 per cent save ratio.

“It was a good

performance and we were

well pleased,” said coach

Bill Baillie. “A lot of the

players did well and made

their claims for a starting

spot in Holland. We’ve

got about nine players

that we know we will use,

but the rest of the squad

are also capable players.”

Earlier in the week, the

team had beaten Essen’s

Under-20 side 36-24, with

Vincent again being top

scorer, alongside Edgar

who also scored six.

In an earlier training

camp, GB Under-21s

could only draw with

Essen under-20s, so their

victory last week shows a

READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD

HANDBALL NEWSEdition 68, April 8 2009 - page three



GB Aces help

save Asker

ASKER Handball Club –

which features several of

the Great Britain

women’s team – have

staved off the threat of

relegation after a

dramatic weekend of

matches in Norway.The team battled to

avoid automatic relegation

with a string of good

results as the normal

season drew to a close,

and they won the play-offs

in dramatic style last

weekend to ensure they

remain in the Second

Division next season.

Asker beat Baekkelaget

II 33-23 on Friday, but

then lost 25-29 to a strong

Ull/Kisa side on Saturday

before winning 29-27

against Holand. A final

victory over Lunner, 36-34,

saw them home.

There had been strong

performances from all the

Asker players, but Cerys

Walker was in superb form

in goal, while Kelsi

Fairbrother and Holly Lam-

Moores also played well.

Ruislip for the first 20

minutes of their clash,

but a switch to a 4-2

defence proved a

turning point.

Gaps started

appearing and line

players Solomon and

Nagy scored crucial

goals to give Ruislip a

three-goal lead at half

time.

Strong Defence

The second half saw

Ruislip’s strong

defence keep Thames

at bay and gradually

the holders started to

pull away as Thames’s

small squad started to

tire.

Great Dane played

Olympia without their

top scorer and

playmaker Ann

Kandler, but were

strengthened by the

return of last year’s

Marketing

firm on

the case

“This is an exciting new

relationship for British

Handball,” said Paul

Goodwin, Chief Executive

Officer at the BHA. “British

Handball needed a quality

marketing organisation to

develop its commercial

value and Oaks bring

professionalism and

expertise to our organisation

at a critical stage of the

sport’s development.”

Oaks’ Commercial

Director Jo Coyne added:

“Our challenge is to ensure

that our British athletes see

a return for the sacrifices

they’re currently making,

and we are tackling this with

enthusiasm and passion.”

INFLUENTIAL sports

marketing agency Oaks

Consultancy has been signed

up by British Handball to find

funding for the national sides.

Thailand to play in a

tournament and compete

with teams where we

could learn a great deal.

“The money that would

have paid for the flights

can then be used to buy

us more hours with our

coach and therefore have

a massive impact on our

progression as a team.”

Please log on to

http://greatbritons.

ba.com/users/1628

for more details

and to vote for the

Great Britain

Handball Team!

Eagles and Danes set for

titanic title showdownRUISLIP Eagles and

Great Dane both remain

unbeaten and on track

for a dramatic winner-

takes-all showdown on

May 16 following

victories in the

Women’s English

League last weekend.

However, both sides

face the remainder of

the season with serious

injury concerns to key

players.

Danes influential

playmaker, Ann

Kandler, missed the

weekend match with the

injury she sustained last

time out and is having a

scan to assess the

damage, whilst Ruislip’s

captain, Dani Sposi is

out for at least four

weeks with a broken

ankle from the match

against Thames.

Newcomers Thames

were goal for goal with

joint player of the year

Iris Manu, whose

influence was obvious,

especially with her feeds

to the line players.

It was another game

of two halves, with

Olympia contesting well

in the first half,

particularly as they had a

newcomer to the game

in goal.

The second half

however was all about

the opening 15 minutes

with Danes completely

shutting out Olympia and

pulling away with fast

breaks, all converted

and the line players

exploiting the spaces.

The Danes continued

to dominate Olympia’s

attack and restricted

them to just four goals in

the second half. Danes

ran out 18-10 winners

and remain top of the

league, though Ruislip

have a game in hand.

VOTE NOW to help GB Women win free

flights to Tournament in Thailand

THE GB Women’s

Handball Team have made

the shortlist of just eight

entrants bidding for free

flights from British Airways

– and now they need YOU

to vote for them!

Hundreds of people left

messages of support on

the site which helped the

team reach the last eight,

and now the competition is

in the voting stage.

The competition judges

who shortlisted the team

said: “The Women's GB

handball team made the

shortlist by showing their

strong desire to compete

at the top level in their

sport.

“Despite the financial

challenges they face the

team want to perform to

the best of their abilities at

London 2012 and we hope

the flights will help along

the way.”

If they win, the whole

team will get free flights to

a crucial tournament in

Thailand as they continue

their preparations for the

London Olympics in 2012.

GB player Louise Jukes

came up with the idea to

enter the contest. Her

application reads: “If we

were to win the free flights

it would mean that our

team could travel to

GB SHORTLISTED FOR BA AWARD

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