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Another year is over. Thank you all for having been part of the Ireland Handball Family.
Looking forward to the new year!

NOLLAIG SHONA AGUS ATHBHLIAIN FAOI MHAISE

Posted by Ireland handball at 11:12 pm 3 comments  

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Notice on the left sidebar links to the result for Senior and Junior Leagues.
More about the Junior first round at the link http://www.sligohandball.org/news.html.

Posted by 53 at 11:45 pm 0 comments  

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The senior League enters now the third weekend of games. See on the left sidebar the results and league table. Schedule is in the calendar on the right sidebar.

Here the schedule for the weekend 5th-6th December is.
*As far as I know DCU doesn't have a hall, so match will be re-scheduled.
**Also Lughnasa ladies have been removed from the schedule, So St.Pats' is free to schedule vs Meath if suit both team

Also, very likely a fifth team will join the senior men league. This team will take Lughnasa place in the schedule. Check this blog for updates.

Sat Dec 5, 2009
SM DCU-Astra - TBC *
SF Pat's-xxx - **

Sun Dec 6, 2009
SF 10:30am – 1:30pm Terenure-UCD - Tallaght, Dublin

Posted by 53 at 10:33 pm 5 comments  

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Senior League started officially last weekend with the clash in the Ladies category between last year finalists, St.Pat’s and UCD.
St.Pat’s turn out to be the winner once more against a UCD team decimated by flu and injuries.
This weekend it is going to be the Men League to do its debut.

Here this Sunday 22nd matches:
10:45 – 12:30 SM UCD - DI – Venue UCD
12:45 – 14:30 SM Astra - DCU - Venue UCD
14:45 – 16:30 SF Terenure -Meath - Venue UCD

Posted by Ireland handball at 9:37 pm 10 comments  

It is the privilege of the UCC Olympic Handball Club to inform you that the Cork Handball Tournament will take place on Saturday 5th December 2009 in the UCC Mardyke Arena, Western Rd,Cork, Ireland.
The format of the tournament will be based on a round-robin format, with the top two teams progressing to the final. The entry fee is €40 per team.
UCC Olympic Handball Club will be organising a party for the Saturday night (December 5th) somewhere in Cork City.
If you want to find out more leave a post and Mélanie or Benny will get back to you.
Or contact Ireland Handball via mail with "Cork Handball Tournament" in the subject and we will forward the mail to them.

Looking forward to seeing you during this Great Hand Ball Day !
Sincerely Yours in Handball,Mélanie Masson, Secretary of the UCC Olympic Handball Club.

Posted by Ireland handball at 6:08 pm 4 comments  

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The new season is about to start and teams are recruiting players.
If you are living in Ireland and want to play Handball, get in touch Irelandhandball (see contributors) and we will help you to find the team for you.
If you were playing in the open hadball sessions in UCD last summer....what are you waiting to get back into the game??
Men's and Women's league are friendly and good fun!

Posted by 53 at 8:00 pm 16 comments  

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Source and more information: http://www.sligohandball.org/news.html

For a full week a team from SKG Rossdorf (Germany) stayed in Sligo during their autumn holidays. 15 boys in the age of 11 - 16 found a 'new home' during their stay with families of players of our club.
A program of great diversity was organised and it can be safely said there was no chance for the guests to be bored at any time.Summerhill College provided the opportunity for the handball players to get a sniff of gaelic football in a workshop specifically organised for them. A 'town treasure hunt' in Sligo made them familiar with the area (and the fact that nearly every person would know the melody of "oro se do beatha bhaille").

They took part in a tournament with secondary schools from Sligo, Ballisodare, Galway and Ros Muc. A family day provided opportunities for a range of activities in the wider surroundings of Sligo. Handball dominated the weekend when Astra (Terenure), Sligo and Rossdorf played club v club matches - and the U-17's got involved in a challenge match with the adults from Sligo and Rossdorf. Surfing in Strandhill was a particularly unique experience for the German boys whose home town is located near Frankfurt with the sea some 600 km away.

A day in the local schools with their hosts gave an impression of the differences in the school settings in Ireland and Germany. And last not least a small court jamboree in Collooney brought together all players from Sligo and Rossdorf for a wonderful 'farewell party' ... with incredible food supplied by parents of our club.

The entire week was extremely enjoyable for all involved. The feedback from the German boys and also from their six coaches/parents was overwhelmingly positive with a specific note on the hospitality on the side of the host families.Without the support of so many individuals in the club, all contributing within their own area and as good as they could, such an exchange program would be simply impossible.

Looking at it from another angle, where it is possible to provide such opportunities to our children (and ourselves) it is a demonstration of simple cooperation beyond the realms of profit and personal gains - and this in itself is worth probably hundreds of times more than any old trophy.

So: a great thanks to all parents, players, helpers, teachers, family members - who all contributed to make the exchange a huge success.

Posted by 53 at 11:40 pm 0 comments  

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Find in the comment area a note from Tom to all senior players and some reply. Feel free to add your contribution. Help open discussion is actually the purpose of this blog!

Posted by 53 at 3:15 pm 30 comments  

Posted by 53 at 3:09 pm 0 comments  

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The month of October will see three Irish teams representing Ireland in three European competitions.
Ireland never had such a large representation in Europe.

Dublin International will play in the men's Challenge Cup in Siscia (CRO) on the 9-11 October week end
http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/chc/men/2009-10/round/2/Round+2

Astra Handball will travel to Prilep (MKD) to play in the women's Challenge Cup on the 2-4 October week end
http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/chc/women/2009-10/round/2/Round+2
-SHORT ARTICLE IN COMMENTS-

The Irish squad instead will go to sunny Malta to play in an almost fully english speaking group on the halloween weekend 30 Oct-1 Nov
http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/2/Group+Matches

Posted by 53 at 10:39 pm 9 comments  

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To make it easier to check all recent and summer news, all summer news will be added to this one Post. This because usualy older posts get burried down down in the blog. Instead, collecting them in one post all news should be move visible

5th September '09 - Anglo-Irish Cup 2009. Great Dane wins the first edition of the Anglo-Irish Cup (35-32 final score). In a very intense match, with constant overtaking between the two sides, the current English champions managed to keep their coolness and win in the last few minute over the equally strong Dublin International team. Chris O'Reilly deserve a special mention. This young player, recently moved from North Kildare to DI, showed already to benefit from the summer training with DI's experienced players. We hope that this competition, born as an initiative of the Dublin International Club and with the support of the English Handball Association, will see continuation in the coming years. -DVD of the match is available on request.

30th August '09 - Astra Handball Club has a new web site. The site, still under construction, is accessible at the address http://www.astrahandball.com/

30th August '09 - International handball in Dublin, Anglo Irish Cup 2009 Dublin International are honoured to be the first host nation of the Anglo Irish Cup. The tournament, to be held in St Columba's College, Co Dublin on the 5th of September at 17.30 will hopefully be the first of many in years to come. The tournament showcases the National Champions from England and Ireland to play for the title "Best Club of England and Ireland". This years teams are, Dublin International, 2 time All Ireland National Champions, and Great Dane, 5 time National League Champions and 6 time Cup Champions of England. England Handball Federations General Secretary Stephen Jones has confirmed he will be attending the game after receiving an invitation from Dublin Internationals President Magnus Clarke. Dublin International would like to invite everyone to come and support the Irish team in this International tournament. Entry is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

reference: http://dublininternationalhc.info/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=1&Itemid=31

30th August '09 - Dublin International men & Astra Handball ladies will be representing Irish handball in the EHF Club competition Challenge Cup. Dub Int is at its second experience while Astra is entering for the first time this prestigious competition. Thanks to this two teams Ireland mantains its presence on the European stage, where handball counts.
http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/chc/men/2009-10/round/2
http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/chc/women/2009-10/round/2

30th August '09 - Susanne & Silke have left the building. This summer has seen the departure from Ireland of Silke and Susanne. the two UCD players were important personality of the UCD and Ireland handball life. They contributed by playing, partying, baking cakes, and coaching. Silke and Susanne were the first two coaches of the re-etablished Girls U14 Irish team. Thanks to them DJK Budenheim travelled from Germany to Dublin with their U14 team, and the Senior Irish Ladies team travelled to Budenheim in a exchange/training collaboration project. With the and of their Irish adventure Irish handball exported a piece of its history. We wish them a lot of good luck, and we hope to see them soon......Athens may be!!

4th June '09 - Summer hanball is on every week in UCD. Check the site http://ucdhandball.blogspot.com/ to stay updated on when handball is on week by week.

4th June '09 - Dublin International has a new website check it on http://dublininternationalhc.webs.com/

4th June '09 - IOHA AGM is being held on Saturday June 13th in Sports HQ, Park West, Dublin 12

Posted by 53 at 10:13 pm 0 comments  

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Check the links for the upcoming champions league handballfinals.
http://www.ehftv.com/ec/cl/men/2008-09/live/high/000607

Posted by 53 at 7:18 pm 7 comments  

Season is over, and the blog might be quite for a while, so it is time to count... YOU.
I would like to know how is checking this site.
So please put a note in the comment saying...how you are (if you wish), what were you looking for (even if you ended up here by mistake), where are you in this planet, and any info you want.
I know you are shy and have no time to waste, but I left you alone for 3 years...so please leave a note

Posted by 53 at 10:09 pm 8 comments  

Sorry for the delay, but.....believe it or not....I've been busy

U15 Boys Final
Terenure - Lughnasa 18 - 20

Senior Ladies Final
St.Pat's - UCD 19 - 18

Senior Men Final
Dublin International - Lughnasa 34 - 27

Posted by 53 at 11:17 pm 0 comments  

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UCD won the Women's semifinal and have access to the 2008/2009 Finals where they will play St.Pat's for the title.
UCD - Terenure 25-11

U15 Finals will be played in UCD on the 10th of May at 10.45am.
Terenure - Lughnasa

Women's Final will be played in UCD on the 10th of May at 1.30pm
St.Pat's - UCD

Men's Finals will be played in UCD on the 10th of May at 3.30pm.
Dublin International - Lughnasa

Posted by 53 at 8:20 pm 2 comments  

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Isn't a great sport??
thanks to Emiliano for this Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqh4DygD60

Posted by 53 at 10:16 pm 0 comments  

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Lughnasa won the Men's semifinal and have access to the 2008/2009 Finals where they will play Dublin International for the title.

DCU - Lughnasa 32-41

Final will be played in UCD on the 10th of May at 3.30pm.

Women's Final will be played also in UCD on the 10th of May at 1.30pm
(St.Pat's vs winner of UCD-Terenure)

Posted by 53 at 10:15 pm 0 comments  

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See on the left sidebar the latest results. So here the semifinals

Men's
Dublin International --> 1st place, straight to Final
Semifinal is Lughnasa vs DCU

Women's
St.Pat's --> 1st place, straight to Final
Semifinal is UCD vs Terenure

Posted by 53 at 10:18 pm 3 comments  

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SM Dublin International - UCD, Saturday 18th April, 2 pm, St. Columbas (not 4pm as announced previously)
SF St.Pat's - UCD, Saturday 18th April, 12pm, Collinstown Sport CC

Posted by 53 at 7:53 am 6 comments  

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Posted by 53 at 1:34 pm 0 comments  

Andrea Ongaro resigned as IOHA executive board member, as IOHA company director, as Competition Committe chair and Senior leagues organiser.

Posted by 53 at 7:56 am 1 comments  

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Got message that Lifestyle Sports are selling blue Adidas Stabil Handball shoes for €70. Kind of historic event for Ireland!!

Posted by 53 at 7:53 am 1 comments  

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All results from the Senior, Junior and School leagues are available in the FILES FOLDER box on the left sidebar. It is an excel file to be downloaded...might have to scroll down a bit to see it.

Posted by 53 at 11:16 pm 3 comments  

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Andres Eiriksson coach of Ireland U15 and head coach of Terenure Handball Club organised this week end Ireland and Scotland joined training camp and set of friendly matches.
These will take place Tallaght on Saturday and UCD-Belfield on Sunday.
Here the Schedule
Saturday
tournmanent in Col, hIde in Tallagth, 12pm-6pm, 2 Scottish teams, 2 Lughnasa teams and Terenure.
Sunday
matches in UCD sport hall.
12:00 Scotland U15 vs. Irish Schools U15 B
13:15 Scotalnd U13 vs. Muslim NS
14:30 Scotland U15 vs. Irish Schools U15 A
15:35 Scotland U13 vs. Irish Schools U13

Posted by 53 at 10:34 pm 3 comments  

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Added to the left sidebar links to some sport hall where handball games and training are on. Leave a comment if you want me to add some other hall....and may be direction or google link... as I might not know which hall you are talking about. Hope you find it useful.

Posted by 53 at 10:59 pm 0 comments  

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Posted by 53 at 11:29 pm 3 comments  

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Sorry, have to put the original version:
Gara nr 143: 3092 GSA Povegliano – 3100 Pall. CamisanoMICHELETTI Milko (3092 GSA Povegliano) SQUALIFICA PER TRE GIORNATE EFFETTIVE DI GARA inquanto dopo una esclusione a qualche secondo dalla fine del 1^ tempo protestavaavvicinandosi all' arbitro con fare minaccioso; si è evitato il contatto fisico per l' intervento deipropri compagni i quali, l' hanno trattenuto; successivamente è stato espulso e dalle tribune pertutta la durata del 2^ tempo proferiva frasi blasfeme e irriguardose nei confronti dello stessodirettore di gara.G.S.A. POVEGLIANO: AMMENDA DI EURO 80,00 (Ottanta) in quanto la Società ha consentito alproprio tesserato di proferire reiterate frasi offensive, dalla tribuna, all' indirizzo dell' arbitro.

Basically this guy (good friend of mine) got three matches suspension for insulting the ref, walking toward them and only being stop by team mates. Hence he got sent off. He kept insulting the ref from the stands for the entire 2nd half. The team got fines €80 because let the players keep going with the insults.

Ah, this is good stuff, good handball!! Missing it a bit.....
I think I should publish more of this.....just to relax a bit....

Posted by 53 at 10:00 pm 0 comments  

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Find on the left sidebar latest results and the league table.
All results will soon be available on the IOHA official website.
Thanks for the patience

Posted by 53 at 10:09 pm 2 comments  

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• Curiosity, handball made to the big screen. Some handball can be seen in the Film "The Reader"...played in berlin 1958. In cinema now. But I can't guarantee that the remaining of the two hours are enjoyable.
  
• if you are interested in the HANDBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, log on www.handballworldcup.tv and http://www.croatia2009.com/
• 
  so, the league start this week. Find rules and Regulation, schedule, and disciplinary procedure in the box on right sidebar.
  
  -EACH TEAM MUST PROVIDE REFEREES
  -PLEASE PASS THE SCHEDULE TO YOUR REFEREES AND TELL THEM TO PICK THE MATCHES THEY WANT/CAN REF AND THEY WILL BE SCHEDULE FOR THOSE MATCHES. AFTER THAT I'LL TRY TO COVER ALL OTHER MATCHES WITH OTHER REFS...PLEASE STRESS YOUR REFS THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT MAKES EVERYBODY'S LIFE EASIER IF THEY COME FORWARD.
  
  FEES
  CLUB AFFILIATION €100
  ANY SENIOR TEAM ENTRY€150
  JUNIOR TEAM ENTRY €50
  SENIOR PLAYER REG €40
  JUNIOR PLAYER REG €15
  
  REFEREES WILL BE PAID CASH ON THE DAY, €20 PER REF, AND YOU EED TO CALL 3 REFEREES (SO HOPEFULLY 2 WILL SHOW UP) AND IF NEEDED YOU WILL NEED TO PAY THE 3 OF THEM

Posted by 53 at 12:20 am 2 comments  

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Please look on the Events calendar on the right sidebar for the upcoming January matches.
This calendar is fairly updated. You can access the entire calendar through the icon on the bottom of the box.

MEN
3 Dublin Intern-Kildare , TBD , 17/18 Jan
6 UCD-Kildare , UCD, 15.00, Sunday 25 Jan
17 Dublin Intern-Lughnasa , TBD, 24/25 Jan
WOMEN
10 Lughnasa-St.Pats , St Columbas, 1130. saturday 17 Jan
19 St.Pats-Lughnasa , TBD,24/25 Jan
12 UCD-Terenure ,UCD ,12.00, Sunday 25 Jan

Posted by 53 at 10:00 pm 0 comments  

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