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HANDBALL NEWSEnglish edition 31, May 7 2008

DANES TAKE TITLE AS BATTLEFOR FINAL EURO SPOT GOES ON

TEAM P W L D F A Diff Pts

Great Dane 9 9 0 0 274 173 101 18

Manchester U 9 6 1 2 250 218 32 14

Cambridge 9 4 4 1 268 260 8 9

Manchester 9 4 4 1 226 227 -1 9

Oxford 9 2 7 0 196 225 -29 4

Bolton 9 0 9 0 218 329 -111 0

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RUISLIP Eagles will play

the winner of the

Manchester University

versus Great Dane clash

in the final of the women’s

Division One play-offs

after Tryst forfeited their

place in the end-of-season

competition.

The Scottish club chose

not to contest the play-offs

because of prior

commitments, having not

expected to finish second.

The semi final place

was offered to other teams

in the league but none

accepted, meaning the

Eagles go straight through

to the final at Leyton on

Sunday.

Haslingden had looked

set to finish second with

two games against Wirral

in line, but were forced to

concede one of the

matches and finished third.

North section winners


will need to be on form to

beat South section runners-

up Great Dane in a game

at Leyton on Saturday.

much closer for long

periods.

It was goal for goal

through the first quarter

with Cambridge edging to

9-8 before a time-out saw

them re-organise and pull

away to a 22-11 lead at

half time.

Fast breaks throughout

the second half helped

Cambridge secure the

points, man of the match

David Guehring scoring

12, while for Bolton Andre

Kafack, Patrik Jankoviak

and Adrian Hoxha all

scored five.

Aside from Great Dane

securing the title and


second spot, those results

put Cambridge back

above Manchester on

goal difference, but the

two sides meet each other

on May 18 with the winner

taking third spot and entry

into Europe.

<<< Action from Oxford v

Manchester University in

the Men's play-offs at

Brentwood on Sunday.

Full Name: Lesley Janet Robb

Age: 30

Born: Paisley, Scotland

Club: MGT BW Feldkirch, Austria

Career: Sports co-ordinator and volleyball coach in

North Lanarkshire schools up to 2001, then semi-pro

volleyball player in Austria and English Assistant in

school in Lichtenstein.

Why Handball? I wanted a new challenge after

many years of volleyball. I wanted to stay in

Feldkirch and I knew there was a team here, so I

went along to a training session and was hooked!!

Hobbies: Spending quality time with my partner and

my friends.

Books, CDs or DVDs? Books probably, because I

never seem to have time to sit down and have a

really good read.

Random Fact: I used to work in a fish shop.

Eagles await winner of Great

Dane versus Manchester Univ

RESULTS, May 4

GREAT Dane secured the Men’s National Division one title in style at

Brentwood on Sunday, beating Manchester 32-24 to wrap up the play-off

crown with one match remaining.


clinched second place with

a narrow win over Oxford,

while Cambridge’s win

means the battle for the

third and final European

qualification spot will go

right down to the final

weekend.

In their battle against

Great Dane, Manchester

battled well early in the

match but a full-strength

Danes squad pulled

ahead to lead 17-11 at half

time, and their lead never

looked in danger from that

point.

Their top scorer was

Tomasz Szakola with

seven, while for

Manchester Thomas

Lasek found the net nine

times and was named as

man of the match.

The opening match of

the afternoon saw Oxford

take on Manchester

University, with both sides

fielding reduced squads of

seven and eight

respectively.

Level at 12-12 at half

time, Oxford led by three

goals with a few minutes

remaining, but they let the

Manchester in at the death

to win 24-22.

Malanto Razafindranam

was top scorer with 13

goals for Manchester,

while Karl Karlsson added

six for Oxford.

And Cambridge eased

past Bolton 42-26 in the

final game, although it was

In the first of a series of special features, we

put the spotlight on Great Britain line player

Lesley Robb.

Men's National Div One Play-Off table

Women's Play-offs (Leyton): Sat: Manchester Univ v

Great Dane. Sun: Winners v Ruislip Eagles.

FIXTURES, May 10-11

Men's Div One play-offs (Brentwood): Oxford 22

Manchester Univ 24, Great Dane 32 Manchester 24,

Cambridge 42 Bolton 26.

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