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See you all back in 2007!

Posted by 53 at 7:55 am 0 comments  

The IOHA has two junior teams currently without coach. Anyone interested in the position should immediately contact the IOHA office specifying their interest in coaching junior teams.

Posted by 53 at 1:48 pm 4 comments  

Labels: Coaching

Results from Round 3 and schedule for Round 4 and 5.
Please publish results and comments as soon as possible

Posted by 53 at 6:02 pm 5 comments  

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A New Senior Competition will Kick off on the 21st of January 2007. If you are interested in entering a Team post here your comment or contact the Competition Master….who you should know pretty well by now!

Posted by 53 at 7:22 pm 11 comments  

HOME TEAM MUST BOOK THE VENUE AND GUARANTEE THE PRESENCE OF THE REFEREE.
REFEREE MUST COMMUNICATE THE FINAL RESULT BY SMS, OR E-MAIL, OR PHONE, AND POST THE MATCH SCORE SHEET TO THE IOHA OFFICE.

Posted by 53 at 10:49 pm 12 comments  

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21-22 October.
ÉIRE travel to England for the Tri-Nations Trophy

Fír ÉIRE - Scotland 24 - 22
Mná ÉIRE - Scotland 19 - 18

Fír ÉIRE - England 21 - 19
Mná ÉIRE - England 19 - 27

Posted by 53 at 3:02 pm 7 comments  

Here the first two rounds .

A few men's matches have been postponed due to a committment of the Irish Team to play in an International tournament in Scotland on the 21, 22 October.

HOME TEAM MUST GUARANTEE THE PRESENCE OF THE REFEREE AND BOOK THE VENUE.
REFEREE MUST COMMUNICATE THE FINAL RESULT BY SMS, OR E-MAIL, OR PHONE, AND POST THE MATCH SCORE SHEET TO THE IOHA OFFICE.

Posted by 53 at 4:04 pm 3 comments  

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New leagues start soon!!!

Deadline for Club entry --> Sept 29th
(need a minimum of 5 players)

Men's and Women's leagues start on October 15!
Please register before October the 10th

All match dates:
October 15,22
November5,19,26
December 9
January 21,28
February 11,18, 25
March 11
April 1,15,29 (semi)
May 6 (Final)

Posted by 53 at 5:38 pm 3 comments  

Proposed changes to be introduced in Senior Men’s League Rules.
Please download and read 2005/2006 rule from IOHA web.

--ON Season Club to Club player transfer
Currently the only rule is "players are allowed to only one transfer per year". No forms need to be submitted.
Change to "A transfer form need to be submitted signed by the two club secretary and the player"
This in order to have a record or transfers and having all clubs to acknowledge the transfer
Obviously still only one transfer is possible.

--OFF season Club to Club player transfer
Currently no rules exist, and players can freely change team every year.
Change to "Players are owned by the club for the current season and the next".
A transfer form needs to be submitted signed by the two club secretary and the player
This rule will protect clubs. UCD saw three of its players changing team over summer, without any note from the other club or the players themselves.

--Teams are responsible to book hall time for their home matches (minimum of 2 hours per match)
I understand the having my self doing the booking for all matches fro the full year is "handy". But it start getting annoying when I have to chase teams and hall management. Also UCD got charged by St Columbas for matches UCD didn't play and considered responsible for people behaviour.

--Each Team must register two referees
Teams will be penalised of 1 point per referee not registered
Referee individual registration cost 25€...to be paid by the referee.
Referee courses will be organized ad-hoc if required
This is in accordance with the referee development plan

--Each Team must register a Coach (either L0 or L1, or enrolled in a coaching course to be attend before the end of the league)
Teams will be penalised of 2 point if coach is not registered
Over 18 coach individual registration cost 15€...to be paid by the coach.
Under 18 coach individual registration is free.
This is in accordance with the coaching development plan

--Teams will be entered only if not payment to the IOHA are pending. In case of new clubs a brief description of financial status should be submitted.
IOHA reserves to refuse entry if feels that clubs cannot fulfil payment commitment.
A few thousand Euro are still due to the IOHA form the past season. This is unacceptable, and IOHA need to protect itself.

Proposed changes to be introduced by season 2008/2009
--Club not registering a Junior team will have the senior Team penalised of 1 point per each category. (U17-U15-U13)

Posted by 53 at 11:02 pm 8 comments  

Sunday 21st Handball Finals
Venue: Univeristy College Dublin
11.20 Ladies 3rd-4th DCU-St.Pat's Referee Ciaran-Padraig
13.20 Ladies 1st-2nd UCD-DIT Referee Ianik-Sandra
15.20 Mens 1st-2nd DIT-Lughnasa Referee Jean Francois-Vaidas

Posted by 53 at 5:36 pm 2 comments  

Hi all.

just want to reming again that on April the 30th the senior mens league (women are also invited) will have a general meeting.
Since all or almost all teams will play in UCD the meeting will be held there. So just stay around after your match.
The time is not fixed yet, but I believe it will be sometime around 2.30/3 pm
We will discuss a bit how the senior league evolved since 2000, and how it is organised now. Then there will be a big open discussion on how it ran this year, and what can be changed.
Also some member of the organising commetee might need to be changed, so it will be a good chance to see who wants to take action.

Also important is the IOHA General Meeting (AGM). Here you can have a look at how the IOHA is organised, what they do,etc. Also you get to ask question and say someting if you need.
check the information at the link http://www.olympichandball.org/news/news/225/00226.html
the Annual General meeting of the Irish Olympic Handball Association will be held at SportHQ, 13 Joyce Way, Parkwest, Dublin 12 on Sunday May 14th at 12:00.

Remember if you miss these two chance....your complaining in January 2007 will be totaly a waste of your own energy.

Post comments below to get the ball rolling....

Posted by 53 at 3:56 am 3 comments  

Hi Remind of matches this week end:

St.Pat's -UCD Saturday the 8th, St Columbas 4pm
DIT-UCD Sunday the 9th, St Columbas 10.20am

Remind of the general senior mens league, April 30th in UCD.
IOHA AGm MAy 14th.

Posted by 53 at 12:00 pm 0 comments  

Dear all referees, teams heads and associated players,
The Irish Olympic Handball Association has put together a Refereeing Development Plan for 2006 - 2007. This, the first published edition of the plan, has undergone several versions prior to publication in March 2006. What is outlined is intended as the initial step in a difficultand lengthy process. The plan itself will be updated and revised on an ongoing basis. The onus is on all referees, players, coaches, and other interested parties to make the plan better by getting involved. Please discuss the plan, ask questions, suggest answers - contribute.
http://www.olympichandball.org/extras/downloads/refereeing.html
The first step involves a initial get together of referees, to discuss problems within the league - problems which are listed in the linked document. This meeting has been arranged on Tuesday 14th March at 20:00 in Starbuck's cafe on Dame Street. Anyone who wishes to contribute towards making change should attend. Anyone who cannot attend should let their views be known by sending an e-mail to Ciaran O Brannagain or by posting on this site

Posted by 53 at 4:06 pm 0 comments  

WE09 06

Date: Sun 5th March
Time: 14.20
Venue: UCD
Match: UCD v Dagda
Referees: Mark Whelan & Nikolai Homin

Date: Sun 5th March
Time: 15:40
Venue: UCD
Match: DCU v UCC
Referees: Jean-Francois Zubillaga & Bratkaukas Vaidas

Posted by 53 at 5:51 pm 0 comments  

WE15 06
Just looking ahead, to the 15-16th of April matches

UCD-DIT St. Columba's 10:30 15Apr Ciaran O Brannagain Oisin O Brannagain Lughnasa
Dagda-Lughnasa St. Columba's 17:30 15 Apr Damir Vukovic Janina Galz DIT2
UCD-UCC DCU 16 Apr Mark Whelan Nikolai Homin DCU ???????
DCU-St. Pat's DCU 16 Apr Damir Vukovic Janina Galz DIT2

This is Easter week end. Are we actully able to play these matches???
check with your team!!

Posted by 53 at 6:25 pm 0 comments  

WE 6 06
UCC UCD 26 - 23

WE 7 06
DIT 2 DCU St. Columba's 10:30 18 Feb CANCELLED
Lughnasa DIT St. Columba's 17:30 18 Feb Mark Whelan Nikolai Homin DCU
St. Pat's Dagda Tallaght 12:00 19 Feb Michael Moloney Samir Kurjak Lughnasa
UCD UCC UCD 14:20 19 Feb Postponed

COMMUNICATIONS
Would Tuesday the 25th of April be good for a general meeting? All interested in the Senior League invited to discuss and comment on this year organization and bring suggestion for next year? NO TIME WASTER! I got a few comments a short while ago, so let take the heat of the moment to analyse the situation see where and how we can improve. And who can and will help.

Posted by 53 at 2:35 pm 11 comments  

WE 5 06 results
DCU Lughnasa St. Columba's 17:30 4 Feb 0 - 5 DCU could not field a team. Rule 1.6
DIT Dagda Tallaght 12:00 5 Feb 44 - 15
DIT 2 UCD UCD 14:20 5 Feb 0 - 5 DIT2 withdrew team from Senior competiton
UCC St. Pat's Cork 11:30 5 Feb 20 - 17

WE 6 06
UCC UCD Cork 11:30 12 Feb

Communications
St. Pat's DCU DCU 18 Dec 0 - 5 St.Pat's could not field a team. Rule 1.6

The team DIT2 withdrew from Senior competiton. All matches (played included) are cancelled from record.

Posted by 53 at 12:15 am 18 comments  

Match DCU- DIT Location UCD Time 15:40 Day 29 Jan
Referees Jean-Francois Zubillaga - Bratkaukas Vaidas UCD

Match Lughnasa - UCD Location UCD Time 14:20 Day 29 Jan
Referees Alexi Ciornii - Tomas Martinosis DIT

Match DIT 2 - St. Pat's Location St. Columba's Time10:30 Day 28 Jan
Referees Mark Whelan - Nikolai Homin DCU

Match Dagda - UCC Location Tallaght Time 12:00 Day 29 Jan
Referees Damir Vukovic - Janina Galz DIT2

Good luck to all

Posted by 53 at 2:55 pm 9 comments  

January 22nd 2006.

Hi all and welcome into 2006!

Please post results from last round of matches:
Lughnasa - St Pat's
UCC - DIT
Dagda - DIT2

Posted by 53 at 1:54 pm 4 comments