The Irish Handball Discussion Site

A change is due in the comments area: anonymous comments are still permitted, but no comment will be published before I review them.

WHY: I know that a certain amount of people is just lazy and do not bother to put their name, but too many times the “anonymous” option was used to post free insults, or comments that could have been constructive but were written just as insults.
WHAT HAPPEN NOW: as said above all comments will be reviewed by me before publishing. I prefer this option to remove comments post publication because that is proven not efficient.
WHY DO I STII LEAVE THE ANONYMOUS OPTION: because of the laziness of people, because I need to leave the freedom of expression, because people can simply use a false name to go around the issue.
ALL ABOUT ME: yes, the weak part is that now I have a stronger control on the comments. But hey, I had it before, I could have remove any comment. Just now I’m quicker in acting
WHAT YOU CAN DO: just express your opinion without going down the road of “they are a useless bunch of idiots” road. And if possible back up your opinion with information and data.
I: I will do my best to get things flowing nicely freely and respectfully.

The IOHA will host a women’s only Buddy Day on Sunday 23 October in UCD. Women who both play and don’t play Handball are encouraged to come along with a buddy. There will be a host of activities on the day that will include a taster session for women who have never played before.
The day will kick off with a men’s game at 11am and this will be followed at 1pm with the women’s only session until 3pm. There will be a chance then to grab some refreshments on campus. The day will end with a final men’s game at 3pm!
For more information please email Lisa at development@olympichandball.org

The Irish team had the honor to play Andorra last weekend in their first even international match.
Andorra is a small county between Spain and France with a population of just about 85.000 people, and since last May it is the 50th country to join the EHF family. Andorra have been training for 3 months for this game and the team plays in the Catalan league in Spain.
More at the link http://www.eurohandball.com/article/14246

Handball has now a regular slot on the radio. Tune on 103.2 (Dublin City FM)  every Thursday at 7pm.
Sean Buckley will be ON AIR with updates from the Handball community.
Sean is a journalist and former DCU and Ireland handball players.