HANDBALL NEWSEnglish edition 39, July 9 2008

GREAT BRITAIN UNBEATEN AFTER

SUPERB PARTILLE CUP CAMPAIGN

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Ochtrup Handball Club, who finished as runners-up in the Liverpool Invitation

Youth Tournament.

DEVA Handball Club ran

out winners in the recent

Liverpool Invitation Youth

Tournament.

The Chester-based

club were unbeaten in

the five-team event at the

Greenbank Sports

Academy, which included

teams from Liverpool and

Haslingden handball

clubs as well as two

teams from Ochtrup in

Germany.

The Ochtrup A team

looked strong and had

beaten Deva the previous

day in an exhibition game

at Chester’s Northgate

Arena, but Deva gained

revenge with a 12-9 victory

24 hours later.

Deva’s other results

were a 10-8 victory over

Haslingden, an 11-2 win

over Ochtrup B and a 13-9

win over Liverpool.

Haslingden beat

Ochtrup B 16-9 and

overcame Liverpool 13-9,

but lost out narrowly 12-13

to Ochtrup A.

Liverpool lost by one

goal to Ochtrup A, 6-7, but

beat their B team 10-3.

Deva Handball Club win Youth Tournament

Ciaran Williams in action for Great Britain during the

Partille Cup 2008.

SEVEN teams of young

British handball players

also travelled to Sweden

to compete in the Partille

Cup in Gothenburg last

week.

Scottish team Tryst sent

two sides, while

Beauchamp Middle School

from Bedford fielded three

teams and Newham

Borough from London

had two teams

competing.

With the Partille Cup

attracting dozens of the

best young handball

teams in the world the

British teams struggled,

but learnt much about

the game which will set

them in good stead for

the future.

Tryst under-15 girls

were the only side to

register a victory,

beating Icelandic outfit

Grotta 16-7, but the

other British teams all

played well and scored

plenty of goals.

GREAT Britain men

remained unbeaten

throughout their Partille

Cup campaign in

Sweden last week after

turning in some superb

performances in the

Under-21 competition.

The squad were the

only unbeaten side in

the under-21 section of

the Cup, and were

placed in the strongest

of three groups which

went on to produce both

finalists.

Special dispensation

was given to the GB

Young teams battle well in Sweden

side to field three over-age

players, with their results

all shown as 10-0 defeats

as a result. But the popular

tournament provided some

excellent competition.

“The Partille Cup is a

great tournament,” said

performance coach Bill

Baillie. “And when you get

up to under-18 and under-

21 level there are no

mugs. It’s a really high

standard of handball and it

wouldn’t surprise me if

some of the players will be

in their national sides at

2012.”

The GB men last took

part in the cup in 2006,

where they won just one

of their group games and

another in the knockout

stages.

But this year they were

unbeaten and showed

great improvement on

their performance of two

years ago. In 2006 they

were heavily beaten by

Swedish side IK Nord,

while they gained

revenge for that with a 13-

11 victory in their opening

game of the tournament.

Line player Allan

Stokes was in fine form

with 31 goals, and the

Braband player was

voted as the players’

player of the tournament.

Goalkeeper Jesper

Parker had some great

performances, especially

against both the eventual

finalists who the GB side

managed to beat.

There were also 18

goals from left back Chris

Mohr, while play maker

and squad captain Ciaran

Williams led by example

with a determined

performance.

HANDBALL NEWSEnglish edition 39, July 9 2008 - page two

HANDBALL FESTIVAL A SUCCESS

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played some good handball.

All were invited to take part

in handball coaching sessions

at the school’s community

centre on Monday evenings at

4pm.

The event was organised

and run by students from the

school’s CSL course, and the

handball leaders umpired the

matches.

Trophies were presented by

Mick Hegarty from England

Handball Association, who

was impressed with the

students.

A PRE-season friendly

tournament is being

arranged in Nottingham

for August 30, giving

teams the chance to

hone their match

fitness before the start

of the new league

season.

The event is being

organised by Colin

Wills of Nottingham

Handball Club, who

has booked the hall for

the day from 10-6.

Space in the event will

be given on a first come

first served basis, with

entry costing £20 -

although this amount

may fall if sponsorship

can be secured for the

event.

Wills plans to have 25

minute games played in

30 minute spots to give

the teams several

matches. For more

details contact Colin on

07791 646087 or at

colin.wills@nottingham.ac.uk

New pre-season event

gives clubs chance to

prepare for 2008-09

Blessed Sacrament Primary School - event winners 2008

Primary Schools do battle in first

handball championshipTHE hard work being done

to promote handball in the

community in the North

West continued last month

when the first City of

Liverpool Handball

Championships were

staged at Archbishop Beck

Sports College.

Four schools took part,

with all but one entering

both boys and girls into the

round-robin format event.

Blessed Sacrament

School won the event with

12 points, while Holy

Name Primary were just

behind. St Mary’s and

Fazakerley Primary also

Trophies were presented by Warrington Wolves rugby

league players, above.

the competitions were highly

competitive and the games

were played within good

spirit.

In the high school events

Woolston stormed to victory

in the boys whilst

Bridgewater won a closely

fought girls tournament. And

in the primary schools event

Culcheth, who recently won

the National Mini’s Plate

Competition in Rossendale,

were champions in both the

Boys and Girls events.

Warrington Wolves

Superleague stars Matt Blyth

and Mike Cooper were on

hand to give out the trophies,

which included awards for

players of the tournament.

Shaun Charnock from

Woolston High School

collecting the boy’s award

and Caitlyn Hayes from

Bridgewater High School the

girls.

Mick Hegarty, Director of

Development to the England

Handball Association and a

former Great Britain

international, said: “The

events were a resounding

success and the direct result

of the EHA World Class

Schools Initiative being

piloted in WASSP.

“A great level of play was

shown by all and certainly

there were quite a few

players who have been

identified for Handball

Academy trials.”

Action from the Warrington schools handball

tournaments.

TWO days of handball

tournaments held at

schools in Warrington

during National Schools

Sports Week have been

branded a success by

organisers.

The tournaments,

which took place at

Bridgewater and

Culcheth high schools,

showcased the recent

link up with Rugby

League club Warrington

Wolves, which aims to

develop a Handball

Academy for boys and

girls to produce the

players of the future for

the National Leagues in

the next five years.

The tournaments

involved more than 200

boys and girls from five

high schools and six

primary schools. All the

officiating was carried

out by recently qualified

Junior Handball Leaders

and Referees, and while