handball news, sept 29 2010

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Issue 138Sept 29 2010

Strong PerformancesEarn Coach’s Praise

GB Women Continue Development At Four Nations Tournament

HEAD Coach Jesper Holmris heaped praise on the GBwomen’s team this week after they put on somegreat performances during the Four NationsTournament in Liverpool. Despite losing to Switzerland andPortugal, GB’s performances were muchimproved from their previous matches inEuro 2010, culminating in an emphatic31-21 victory over Italy on Saturday. “Looking at the tournament as awhole we have shown we can competeagainst Switzerland, Portugal and Italy,”said Holmris, pictured right. “We areheading in the right direction so we arevery positive. We were actually quiteclose to winning the tournament so weare a little bit disappointed about that.

Atmosphere “It’s really great to come back to GreatBritain again to play matches. There issuch a great atmosphere here with thecrowd screaming, and the players lovethis and love playing matches here as it

allows their familiesto come and see andsupport them. “What we areseeing now is that wehave a bigger depthof players to pick from in the squad. Twoyears ago we played in Holland in theWorld Championship qualifiers and weplayed the same seven players more orless all the time, but now we have theopportunity to swap players on court. “Of course, Lyn and Lynn are veryimportant in defence, but we have playerslike left-back Kathryn Fudge and LouiseJukes who played on the line yesterdaywho are doing very well and this makes thesquad more competitive and if we canbuild this environment then we will see aprogression.” * interview by Andrew McSteen.

GREAT Britain’s strong performance at theFour Nations Tournament marked thebeginning of a unique link-up withTastyLimburg. The Dutch Region are keen to promotetheir superb cuisine and healthy lifestyle, andsaw the British Handball team as the perfectvehicle to promote their message. “This was the first time we have teamed upwith British Handball,” said MauriceAmbaum from Topsport Limburg. “It was avery positive experience and gives usconfidence in a sustainable partnership.” TastyLimburg provided a fine lunch for theVIP guests at the event, displaying theproduce from their region which all wentdown well with those in attendance.

But Limburg is not just about great food.They take their sport seriously, and handballis a major sport in the country. Under their Go for Gold scheme, athletesfrom the region are guided to national andinternational success. And the GB Women’shandball team will travel to Limburg inNovember for a training camp, prior to theirWorld Championship qualifying matches inPoland the following week. The link between British Handball andTastyLimburg is the first of hopefully manypartnerships to come, with British Handballhaving launched their Partner a Dream

concept to give businesses a unique way toget involved in an Olympic sport. www.Partneradream.com has beencreated by Matt Shuker from OaksConsultancy, who said: “Handball is a prioritysport in Limburg and as a result TastyLimburg see the GB handball team as a keyvehicle to connect their brand to the Britishpublic and the wider Olympic audience. “ Tasty Limburg understand GB teams suchas handball will enjoy much of the mediaspotlight prior to the games and partneringthe team will ensure Tasty Limburg can reallybenefit from the raised profile.” British Handball are seeking additionalpartners to support them in theirpreparation for London 2012. Theseopportunities can be viewed atwww.partneradream.com.

Great Britain’s Lyn Byl in action during the FourNations Tournament. Pic by Michele Davison.

For more photos by MicheleDavison at the Four Nations

Tournament, click here.

Sport and Business:A Recipe for Success!

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Nottingham Win OpeningClash with Student RivalsNOTTINGHAM University made an emphatic start to the new EnglishNational League season when they secured a dramatic 22-20 victoryover Manchester University at Belle Vue on Sunday.

Some excellent goalkeeping was onshow, particularly from Nottingham,and both sides made it difficult for eachother to build any sort of lead. Manchester’s Berezowski showed hewas in lethal form from nine metres, andHough netted himself five goals. ButNottingham were careful to ensuregoals kept coming, particularly fromMardaras and Bodet. At half time, thescore was 11-11.

Creative The second half saw both teams losingtheir shape and discipline, andManchester University’s Castro, whoplayed on the edge all game, was able toforce Nottingham into concedingpenalties.

The red card for Mardaras in thesecond period meant Nottingham wereforced to be without their most creativeplayer, but good work with two minutesto play meant they were able to open upan all-important two-goal lead, whichthey hung on to with some good defence. In other action on Sunday, seniordivision debutants Deva put on animpressive second half display, but itwas not enough to force a comebackagainst a depleted but well-oiledManchester side who eventually won25-17. Hammache for Manchester was thestar of the show with nine goals, whileLIatouji added eight. A new and inexperienced Wirral sidelost heavily to a Salford which waslittered with Great Britain Under-21players.

Jack Hennessey scored 14 goals, whileAden Woodall added ten to help Salfordto a 46-21 victory. Anthony Elston scoredeight for Wirral. And league newcomers LiverpoolWolves Foundation emerged 28-10winners over Liverpool Speke Garston,with Caralo scoring nine goals. But gooddefence proved the key to their victory.

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Discounts Availablefor VELUX EHF Final4

THE European HandballFederation is offeringspecial discounts tohandball clubs wanting toattend the final of theVELUX EHF Men’sChampions League inGermany on May 28-29 2011. More than 40,000handball fans from acrossthe world attended lastyear’s thrilling event,which saw the semi finals,the third-place play-off andthe main final take placeover one weekend.

British handball clubs whobook ten or more ticketscan benefit from a special 10per cent discount on ticketsin category 2-4, but youmust book before the endof 2010. More information aboutthe event, tickets, VIPtickets and hotels can befound on their officialwebsite atwww.ehfFINAL4.com. To take advantage of the10 per cent discount, pleaseemail [email protected] for therelevant form.

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Top European Handball to beBroadcast Live in English

ENGLISH-speaking fans of the European handballscene will find it easier to follow top match actionafter the EHF launched a new Match of the Weekfeature.

Sunday, Oct 3 (1445 GMT):THW Kiel v FC Barcelona Borges.

Saturday, Oct 9 (1525 GMT):MKB Veszprem v Montpellier Agglomeration.

Saturday, Oct 17 (1300 GMT):KS Vive Targi Kielce v Rhein Neckar Löwen.

Sunday, Nov 21 (1430 GMT):Flensburg-Handewitt v Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb.

Sunday, Nov 28 (1625 GMT):Szeged v Chekhovskie Medvedi, or

Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb v Flensburg-Handewitt.

Sunday, Dec 5 (1615 GMT):FC Barcelona v THW Kiel.

Starting last Sunday,www.ehfTV.com will beshowing live games and on-demand repeats with Englishcommentary from the VELUXEHF Men’s ChampionsLeague. The www.ehfTV.com web-site has proved a massive hit,and continues to grow withthis new expansion. Top IrishTV and radio commentatorTom O’Brannagain, who hasprovided the commentary onwww.ehfTV.com for severalChampions League matchesin the last two years, will doso for this new weekly feature. “I can’t wait for the start ofthe new season and thechance to bring the fantasticaction of the VELUX EHFMen’s Champions League tohandball fans across theworld,” he said. “I’ll be commentating liveat some of the best matchesof the season, and will bedoing my best to bring theamazing atmosphere at thesevenues to the fans at home.”

And if you can’t watch thematch live, they will also beoffering a weekly highlightsshow called ChampionsLeague Rewind, which willfeature match action andinterviews with top playersand coaches.

Amazing O’Brannagain is a formerhandball player and nowcoach of the Ireland nationalhandball team. He providedthe English languagecommentary for the 2008-09EHF Champions League finalin Kiel, and also covered theVELUX EHF FINAL4 2009-2010,commentating on all fourmatches and providingspecial video reports fromCologne. The Match of the Weekconcept aims to bring a widevariety of matches featuringdifferent clubs and venues togive handball fans a realflavour for the competition.

GB Make SpecialVisit to School

PUPILS at Christ Church C of EPrimary School got a specialintroduction to handball lastweek, with several membersof the Great Britain Women’steam paying them a visit. Five players went along tothe school on the Wirral withTeam Manager MelanieChowns, who gave thechildren an introductory talkabout the game, before theygot a chance to try out theirskills. GB Players teamed up withsome of the children in apenalty shootout competition,with GB goalkeeper LauraInnes in goal.

The team were in the regionpreparing for the Four NationsTournament at the Echo Arena,and pupils from Christ ChurchPrimary were just some ofhundreds of pupils across theNorth West who tookadvantage of the free ticketoffers available to schools. Teacher Claire Cooper saidafterwards: “Thank you for afabulous day. The childrenreally enjoyed the match too! Itwas great for some of yourplayers to come and sit with thekids, it made it really special.”

Christ Church pupils, picturedright, with their special guests.



Great Dane ClaimLondon Honours

Reports and Pictures from the Four Nations Tournament are at www.BritishHandball.com

ENGLISH Leaguechampions GreatDane lifted themen’s London Cuplast weekend, butdid it the hard way.

Champions Ruislip Eagles beat thechampions 13-14 in theiropening match, butGreat Dane weren’tabout to make the samemistake twice and thenwent on to win thetournament. A highly-contestedclash followed betweenThames and Olympia inthe second game of the

afternoon and only inthe dying seconds of thegame Olympia wentahead 11-10. Thames howevershowed their good runof form by beatingRuislipEagles (15-14) whereasGreat Danereturned towinningways bystriking arch rivalOlympia (13-12). Olympia finishedsecond of thetournament by beatingnarrowly Ruislip Eagles(13-11) whereas Great

Dane finished in styleagainst Thames (17-7) tofinally win the Cupoffered by thetournament partner,Kits-Direct.co.uk.In the women’s event,

which isspreadover twoweekends,a full GreatDanewomen

team took on Thamessquad with just sevenplayers available. Defying the odds,Thames battled hard andproved a strongchallenger leading at

half time 10-9. Thesecond half was asentertaining with bothteams really close. Thegame had unfortunatelyto be stopped fiveminutes before the finalwhistle due to the injuryof a Thames player whois recovering well. GreatDane was winning 23-21.

Women

The Women’s LondonCup resumes on Sunday,October 3, with RuislipEagles, Olympia andThames competing atLeyton SCORE Centrefrom 12pm.

IT IS not too late to apply for the roleof Handball Technical OperationsManager for the London 2012Olympics. Applications are due in by October8 for the post, which will play a keyrole in making the handballcompetition a success. The successful applicant will beresponsible for the planning,

organisation, management andconduct of the technical functions ofthe handball events. The Handball Event Managementteam are responsible for planning

and organising the handballcompetitions and developing theschedule, and providing input intothe venue design, planning andmanagement. They will also be involved inplanning and conducting the TestEvent. For more details of the role, pleaseclick here

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