Issue 109February 24

2010

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British Handball has launched the biggest ever volunteerprogramme in their history, as they aim to build a large pool ofskilled workers to help make handball a success in Britain -both at the London 2012 Olympics and beyond.

More than 80 volunteerpositions are beingadvertised on theBritishHandball.com website,and with a vast range ofpositions available there issure to be something tointerest everyone. “If people want to beinvolved with the London

2012 Olympics, they reallyshould get involved now,”said British Handball CEO PaulGoodwin. “They need to gainexperience in their chosenrole, so that when theOlympic positions comeavailable they are alreadytooled up to do the job.” With a series ofinternational events alreadyset to take place in Britaininvolving both the GB men’sand women’s teams BritishHandball is looking to put inplace a skilled workforcewhich will help as they bid tohost major internationalevents in the future. Positions currently availableinclude everything from

Deputy Event Manager andTechnical Officials to TeamHosts, Public RelationsOfficers, Official EventPhotographers, TicketingOfficers and Stewards. The list of vacancies isgrowing daily, so please keep

checking back toBritishHandball.com forinformation on new posts. Please register your interestin any of the opportunitieslisted by e-mailingoffice@britishHandball.com.

Event Photographer: Just one of dozens of rewarding volunteeropportunities available with British Handball.

Great Dane SecureSouthern Title

GREAT Dane secured the EnglishLeague Southern title after theybeat rivals Cambridge by onegoal in a thrilling match whichended 25-26. Previously separated by justtwo points, second-placedCambridge cannot now catchleaders Great Dane, whosevictory will put them in a strongposition when the end of seasonplay-offs begin next month. Cambridge led 14-10 at half timeand maintained their lead to 21-17,but they conceded eight goals

without reply as Great Danefought back ferociously to 21-25. A change of defence to 3-2-1helped Cambridge claw back thescore to 25-25, but a late GreatDane penalty was enough toclinch a vital win. Jordi Torres scored seven -including five from the penaltyspot - for Great Dane, while RemiBugariu added six, including fourof those crucial eight goals in arow. For Cambridge, Francisco Secoscored seven and Zsolt Majorosadded six, but it was not enough.

Men’s Scottish League:Gracemount v EK82, Tryst vLiberton, Ayr v Cumbernauld.

Fixtures, Feb 27

Men’s English League (North)(Greenbank): Wirral v SpekeGarston, Salford v NottinghamUni, Manchester v Liverpool.

Fixtures, Feb 28

Men’s English League (South)(Moulton): Ruislip v Thames,Great Dane v Olympia.

Women’s English League(Leyton): Ruislip v Thames,Great Dane v Olympia.

Results, Feb 21Men’s English League (South):Cambridge 25 Great Dane 26.

THE England Handball

Association has announced that

the player transfer deadline for

the English Leagues is 12 noon on

Friday, February 26 2010.

No further transfers of players

between different EHA-affiliated

league clubs will be permitted

after that time, and until the

official end of the season in June.

For more details about the rules

of player transfer, see

EnglandHandball.com.

Handball News is produced by Snowdon Sports Media Partners Ltd for the British Handball AssociationFor more details please contact 0845 230 0803 or log on to BritishHandball.com or EnglandHandball.com

Issue 109February 24

2010

Manchester UniversityCelebrate Double Win

University Handball Championship Glory for Men’s and Women’s Teams

MANCHESTER Universitysecured a clean sweep of theUniversity HandballChampionships lastweekend, winning both themen’s and women’s eventsin thrilling style. Hosts of the event atSugden Sports Centre,Manchester’s homeadvantage proved telling inthe popular event, whichthis year attracted 22 teams

from universities across thecountry. In the men’s event theysecured a nail-biting victoryover Strathclyde. The sideswere level at 17-17 at the endof normal time, but thehosts clinched the win with a5-4 penalty win. And in the women’s eventManchester also overcameStrathclyde, but by a slightlymore comfortable margin of8-6.

Penalty Thrillerin Men’s Final

That winning feeling! Manchester celebrate victory in theUniversity Championships. Pics: Michele Davison.

MANCHESTER Men qualifiedsecond in their group afterwinning three of their four earlygames - the only defeat comingat the hands of Nottingham, 5-6,who went on to lose toStrathclyde in the semi final andalso to Leeds in the battle forthird place. Cranfield were despatched13-8 by Manchester in thequarter finals, while Strathclydebeat University College London13-9. Manchester beat Leeds 9-6 tobook their place in the final,with Strathclyde also reachingthe final after drawing withNottingham 5-5 in regular time,but winning 3-0 on penalties.

The final was a close affair,but Manchester levelled thescores with just three secondsto spare to send the match topenalties. The Glasgow side took anearly 3-1 lead in the shootout,but goalkeeper and businessstudent Glad Rotaru saved thenext two ,while the Manchesterpenalty takers duly levelled thescore at 3-3 and then 4-4. Rotaru pulled off anothersave, and when Piotr Malickislotted home the final shot thehome side could finallycelebrate. Lukasz Berezowski nettednine times for Manchester andChristoph Boettger scored fourto help their side to victory.

More of Michele Davison’spictures from the 2010University Championshipsare available via the BritishHandball website atBritishHandball.com

Manchester Beat StrathclydeMANCHESTER Women had alreadybeaten Strathclyde 8-6 and 6-5 inthe group stages, and went on tobeat Leeds Met twice as well to topthe group and line up a semi finalspot against Nottingham. They overwhelmed their rivals16-2 to make it to the final, whileStrathclyde had beaten Scottishrivals 10-8 in their semi final toensure they faced the hosts insearch of victory. The final proved to be a veryclose and exciting match. It wasinitially characterised by very

strong defences supported byoutstanding goalkeeping. At half time the score was tied at3-3, but in the second halfManchester started to use theirline player well, resulting in anumber of safely convertedpenalties edging the hosts aheadby two goals. This lead was then fiercelydefended until the final whistle toensure Manchester secured theUniversity title for the second timein their short history.