HANDBALL NEWSEnglish edition 46, October 14 2008

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quantity, and GB’s

games against those

nations should provide a

fascinating insight.

The action starts on

Thursday when Latvia

will take on the Faroe

Islands at 2pm, while

GB are in action at

6.30pm against the

Turkish side.

The following day the

Faroe Islands play

Turkey, while Latvia

provide the opposition

for Great Britain that

evening with the

matches starting at 2pm

and 6.30pm

respectively.

The final day of the

tournament on Saturday

has Turkey taking on

Latvia in the afternoon,

while the Faroe Islands

play Great Britain in the

evening as the event

reaches a thrilling

finale.

Log on to www.

britishhandball.com for

details of timings and

tickets, or go to the

Tournament Website at

www.womens-4-nations-

handball.blogspot.com

for regular news and

updates.

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British Teams in European

Challenge Cup Action

GB READY FOR ACTION

FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT:

THE moment of truth is finally here! After months of preparation, the

Great Britain women’s handball team will finally get chance to show to a

home crowd just what they are capable of when the Four Nations

International Tournament is staged in Sheffield on Thursday, Friday and

Saturday.

22 goals - Tomasz Lasek.

THREE British handball

teams took part in the

European Challenge Cup

last weekend, and battled

well against professional

sides from across the

continent.

Great Dane,

Manchester and the

University of Manchester

played in Italy, Austria and

Croatia respectively, and

although not winning any

of their matches they flew

the flag well.

Playing in Group C,

British champions Great

Dane began with a game

against Greek side AC

Fillipos Verias and lost out 39-

17, but were only 13-8 down

at half time. In their second

game against MRK Gorazde

they were beaten 16-32, while

in their final game against

Italian side Gammadue

Secchia they lost 38-18.

Manchester were beaten

16-37 in their opening game

against Russian tean Sungul

Snezhinsk, beaten by hosts

HIT Innsbruck 15-41 in their

second game and overcome

25-45 by Turkish side Bursa

Nilufer BK on Sunday.

Manchester University lost

to HC Buducnost Podgorica

11-39 on Friday, and were

them beaten 17-34 and 16-38

by Croatian team HRK

Karlovac and Swedish outfit

LIF Lindesberg respectively.

The top scorer out of the

three British teams was

Tomasz Lasek who scored

22 goals in their three

games.

Great Britain Women's Handball Team.

Handball fans from

across Britain and

beyond are heading for

the English Institute of

Sport to watch GB take

on Latvia, Turkey Under-

21s and the Faroe

Islands.

Much has been made

of Team GB’s training

camp in Denmark,

where many of the

players live, train and

play together full-time

under some of the best

coaches around.

But the talking stops

now. It is up to the

players to show the

world just how much

they have improved.

National and regional

media will be coming to

the event with reporters,

photographers and film

crews eager to let the

world know about British

Handball’s World Class

Programme.

The other three

nations have been

specifically picked to

give Great Britain a real

test, without lining them

up against the world’s

top teams.

It is all part of a

carefully planned

programme covering the

next four years with the

aim of making the

squad competitive on

the Olympic stage by

2012.

Great Britain will

know something about

the Faroe Islands,

having played them in

the European Challenge

Trophy in Cyprus in

March where they beat

them 19-16 while

topping their group.

But Turkey Under-

21s and Latvia are a

relatively unknown