Handball News
Issue 105 January 27 2010
Emphatic Victory for Leaders Manchester MANCHESTER Handball Club extended their lead at the top of the English League’s Northern Section to five points after securing an emphatic 29-17 victory over hosts Nottingham on Saturday. Four goals before half time from Thomas Lasek helped Manchester to an 11-7 lead at the break, and he went on to add another three and finish on seven goals. Also on seven goals was his team-mate Karim Hammache, who scored six of them in the second half to help Manchester open up a 12-goal lead and secure their ninth win in ten league games so far this season.
Cedric Biguenet scored nine times for Nottingham University, but with the next best player scoring just two, it was not enough for victory. In other Northern Section action last weekend, Liverpool boosted their bid for the end of season play-offs with a 27-18 win over Manchester University. With Manchester University fielding a weakened team due to exams, in-form Liverpool started as favourites for the clash – and they did not disappoint.
After a quick-fire three goals from Liverpool, Manchester seemed to get a grip on the match and pulled back to a 3-3 draw after 10 minutes. In this phase of the match both defences had the upper hand. Manchester did well with their aggressive 5:1 defence while the Liverpool 6:0 defence proved effective against the strong line players from Manchester. Slowly however, Liverpool gained an advantage and pulled away goal by goal to a 7-3 lead.
Frustration set in amongst the Manchester ranks culminating in a red card for bad language after a refereeing decision, and by half time Liverpool had gained an eight-goal advantage at 14-6. With their limited resources it was always unlikely that Manchester University would be able to stage a comeback, but they never gave up fighting. The second half was an evenly balanced affair with Liverpool only winning it 1312, and the final result of 1827 was a fair reflection of the day's match.
Pictures by Michele Davison. See the Picasaweb Page at BritishHandball.com for more images from the weekend’s games.
Regional Championships England Handball Seek Prove a Handballing Hit Assistant Coaches HUNDREDS of young handballers from across the country have taken part in this year’s EHA Regional Handball Championships, and the popular competition reached a climax last weekend. The West Midlands team were crowned the boys champions, while Merseyside won the girls competitions after a series of superb matches in the finals at the Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton. Teams from across the country took part, demonstrating the amazing growth of handball in the last few years – something that looks set to continue
with the appointment of handball development officers in locations across the country. Regions represented were London, Bedfordshire, West Midlands, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire. In the boys events, West Midlands just pipped a strong Cheshire outfit to the title, while there was a tie for third spot between Merseyside and Greater Manchester. While Merseyside won the girls event, Cheshire played well to take second, and Greater Manchester were third.
ENGLAND Handball has successfully appointed a team of performance coaches, but they’re now looking to appoint assistant performance coaches to help drive forward their Four-Year Player Pathway project. The EHA is aiming to develop a full complement of national sides in all EHFrecognised age groups by 2013, and this latest set of appointments will play an important part in achieving that. The assistant coach positions are on a fixed term basis until August 31 2012, and will be subject to a six-month probationary period and regular
reviews by the National Performance Group. Although voluntary, the positions offer an exciting chance for coaches with high aspirations of their own capabilities and ambitions. The successful candidates will attend world class coaching courses and seminars, and will have the chance to work with the GB Olympic Programme in developing the best English players. Closing date for applications in February 5 with interviews taking place on February 13, so for more details about the posts, please go to www.EnglandHandball.com
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Handball News
Issue 105 January 27 2010
Big Three Battle on in Scottish League THE top three teams in the Scottish Men’s League all secured victories in the latest set of matches on Saturday – but not all were easy wins. Second-placed Cumbernauld came up against a determined East Kilbride who belied their position at the bottom of the league with a strong performance, only losing 2821. EK82 improve each week, and despite Cumbernauld fielding a weakened team for the clash, their rivals looked sharp and on this
performance the first inexperienced Liberton side victory should come soon. 35-18. Seven goals from James Christian Wolf scored an Johnstone helped impressive 11 goals for Cumbernauld to victory, Gracemount, while Allan while the Stokes game’s top added scorer was another ten. Andy Wallace Florent who netted Dumont was eight for EK82. Liberton’s Leaders best with Gracemount seven. notched up And thirdtheir seventh placed straight Glasgow league win, enjoyed a beating a Action from the Manchester University high-scoring v Liverpool clash in the English League. young and victory over See page one for report.
Results, January 23 2010 Men’s English League (North): Nottingham 17 Manchester 29. Men’s Scottish League: Gracemount 35 Liberton 18, Glasgow 36 Ayr 19, Cumbernauld 28 EK82 21.
Results, January 24 2010 Men’s English Lge (North): Liverpool 27 Manchester University 18, Salford 33 Wirral 17.
Fixtures, January 30 2010 Women’s English Lge: Thames v Great Dane, Olympia v Ruislip Eagles.
Men’s English Lge (South)
P
W
D
L
F
A
Diff
Pts
Great Dane
5
4
1
0
137
94
43
9
Cambridge
5
4
1
0
121
90
31
9
Olympia
5
2
0
3
91
108
-17
4
Ruislip Eagles
5
2
0
3
92
110
-18
4
Thames
6
0
0
6
105
144
-39
0
Men’s English Lge (North)
P
W
D
L
F
A
Diff
Pts
Manchester
10
9
0
1
301
211
90
18
Liverpool
10
6
1
3
262 236
26
13
Nottingham University
9
5
1
4
223
221
2
11
Salford
7
4
0
3
200
185
15
8
Liverpool Speke Garston
8
3
0
5
201
193
8
6
Manchester University
8
2
0
6
149
207
-58
4
Wirral
8
0
0
8
150
233
-83
0
P
W
D
L
F
A
Diff
Pts
Men’s Scottish League
Fixtures, January 31 2010 Men’s English Lge (North): Manchester v Manchester Univ, Wirral v Nottingham, Liverpool Speke Garston v Salford. Men’s English Lge (South): Great Dane v Ruislip Eagles, Olympia v Cambridge.
Ayr, winning 36-19 after running away with the game in the second half. It took Glasgow a while to get into full stride, with Kriss Szulc scoring most of their goals. But they improved their scoring accuracy in the second half and scored many, including some impressive fast breaks against a tiring Ayr defence, who had few substitutes to call on. Joint top scorers were Szulc with 12 for Ayr, while Danos Sagias also netted a dozen times for Glasgow.
Gracemount
7
7
0
0
301
156
145
14
Cumbernauld
7
6
0
1
220
162
58
12
Glasgow
7
5
0
2
229
191
38
10
Liberton
7
3
0
4
160
188
-28
6
Tryst 77
6
2
0
4
141
135
6
4
Ayr
7
1
0
6
134
200
-66
2
EK 82
7
0
0
7
166
279
-113
0
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