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Men's EURO2012 Live streaming on YouTube

2012-01-11T22:45:00.000Z

The EHF EURO 2012 will be thrown off on Sunday, 15 January 2012, with the opening game between Germany and the Czech Republic at 17:00 hrs local time. While the preparation of the playing venues is in full swing, the EHF is proud to announce that all matches will be streamed free-of-charge on the Official EHF EURO Channel on YouTube. CLICK HERE TO GO TO EHF EURO CHANNEL
http://www.youtube.com/ehfeuro
The EHF EURO matches will have commentary in English by Paul Bray and Clayton Lucas. Bray, a former handball player and coach is an experienced handball commentator from numerous major handball events. His co-commentator Lucas, a former volleyball international, has broad TV commentary experience also from the Handball World Championships in 2007
http://www.eurohandball.com/article/14514

EHF Referee Course in Dublin

2011-12-20T23:11:00.000Z

The IOHA will host a EHF Referee Course in Dublin in January 2012.The course will be lead by Allan Lund and it will run in St Columbas Hall in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 on Sunday 8 January. The course will be €15 to all participants and it will begin at 10am until 2.30pm.
Registration will take place on the day prior to the course. All Olympic Handball clubs are asked to send up to 3 delegates to take part in this course.
For more information or to register your interest please email ioha@olympichandball.org

EHF CAN Teaching Video Library now online

2011-12-08T15:00:00.000Z

The EHF CAN is pleased to announce that the EHF teaching video library is available now on http://activities.eurohandball.com/teaching-videos
The EHF teaching videos are available in the following categories:

1. Minihandball
2. Basic Handball
3. Alternative Games
4. Beach Handball
5. Wheelchair Handball
All videos can be viewed online and/or downloaded.
Based on the advice and conception preparation by both the EHF Methods Commission and the EHF Beach Handball Commission, the EHF video archive will be continuously enhanced in order to serve the needs of the target groups such as teachers, mini, youth and Beach Handball coaches.
Furthermore, related EHF print publications are also available as e-books or PDF files on activities.eurohandball.com under 'Expert Corner'

Women World Cup 2011 underway

2011-12-04T15:32:00.000Z

Do not miss the action with top women handball. 2011 IHF woemn world cup underway in Brazilall info on http://www.ihf.info/.
Mathces can be catch online on various websites such as www.sportlemon.tv and other.

Tom O’Brannagáin has stepped down as Coach of the Irish Men’s National Team

2011-12-02T10:12:00.000Z

The IOHA website reports the news that Tom is not longer part of the coaching staff of the National Men's Team.
http://www.olympichandball.org/2011/11/29/thank-you-tom/

Women's Olympic Handball -2nd open event

2011-12-02T09:22:00.000Z

The second women handball open day will take place at 2 pm on Saturday 10th December in Loughlinstown Leisure Centre
All players, beginners and girls over the age of 14 are invited to attend the event.
For more information please contact Astra Handball Club at astra@astrahandball.com or or Lisa at
development@olympichandball.org .

Challenge Trophy results

2011-11-07T21:33:00.001Z

http://www.eurohandball.com/article/14332
IHF/EHF Men’s Challenge Trophy – Group A results
4 November 2011
Georgia vs. England 31:25
Faroe Islands vs. Ireland 30:20
5 November 2011
England vs. Faroe Islands 22:40
Ireland vs. Georgia 21:37
6 November 2011
Georgia vs. Faroe Islands 21:23
England vs. Ireland 29:24
All Star Team
Goalkeeper: Gaga Samkurashvili (GEO)
Left Wing: Hogni Klain Olsen (FAR)
Left Back: Irakli Chikovani (GEO)
Middle Back: Steffan Meyer (IRL)
Line Player: Daniel Coggins (ENG)
Right Back: Christopher O Reilly (IRL)
Right Wing: Johan Hansen (FAR)

More handball on SETANTA

2011-11-06T19:12:00.000Z

EHF Marketing announces TV deal in IrelandEuropean Handball Federation (EHF) and the marketing arm of the EHF, EHF Marketing GmbH, have announced a one-year deal to show the VELUX EHF Champions League in the Irish market.
The agreement, with Setanta Ireland, will see the TV station show every ‘Match of the Week’ on Setanta Ireland or Setanta Sport 1, all magazine reports and the highlight of the European club handball season, the VELUX EHF FINAL4 at the LANXESS arena, Cologne from 26-27 May 2012.
http://www.eurohandball.com/article/14276
Sunday 20/11/11
16.00 Füchse Berlin v BM Atletico Madrid on Setanta Ireland
Sunday 27/11/11
16.00 MKB Veszprém KC v Füchse Berlin channel TBC
Sunday 04/12/11
16.15 Montpellier Agglomeration HB v THW Kiel on Setanta Sports 1

Some little change in the comments area

2011-10-19T10:58:00.000+01:00

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.

Women’s bring a Buddy Day

2011-10-16T22:09:00.000+01:00

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

Ireland had the honor to play Andorra for their first international game

2011-10-10T13:30:00.001+01:00

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 ON AIR

2011-10-06T18:19:00.001+01:00

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.

Ladies only All ages 5-a-side

2011-09-07T22:55:00.000+01:00

North Kildare Handball organised the FIRST Ladies only All ages 5-a-side friendly tournament!
Date is Saturday 24th of September,
time is 1pm to 4pm,
venue is sport hall of NUI Maynooth,
contribution of €2 towards hall expenses.
Idea is - give matches to youngsters , make stronger relations between players, bring social aspect into sport
Format is - all players will make equal teams, play 10 min matches, 5-a-side.
Tea and coffee will be provided in the end but everybody is welcome to bring something for tea and share :)

Some Summer news

2011-08-28T12:10:00.002+01:00

Astra Handball Club get special greetings

Astra HC is a bit closer to the world handball starts after getting "best of luck" wishes from IHF president Dr Hassan Moustafa. Susanne Schubert, former Astra player and offical, was at the Men's Junior Handball World Championship and in good company. with her was Dr Hassan Moustafa (IHF president), Martin Heuberger (newly appointed Coach of the German Senior teams), Xatziioannou Pantelis (Greek Handball Federation Vice President) and Heiner Brand (former German Senior teams coach).

North Kildare Handball exports player to Germany.I believe it is a first time in the history of Irish handball that a player born and bread in Ireland move to Germany to play handball (and not for other reason as studying or working).

Starting with this coming season Chris O'Reilly is a Wittenberge PHC player.

Chris started playing handball with the North Kildare Handball Club, based in Maynooth.

Last season Chris played for the UCD college team, giving a strong contribution to the college team to reach the senior men's final. Chris was the top scorer for the season with almost 90 goals.

http://www.phc-wittenberge.de/spielberichte/30072011---maenner.php

EHF Challenge Cup Round 2 group stage have been finalised.

The top Irish Team Dublin International will fight its way to the next round in Malta between the 30th of September and the 2nd of October.

DI has a real chance to make it to the next round as all the other teams in the group are at winnig range.

ENG London GD HC

ENG Ruislip Eagles HC

IRL Dublin International HC

MLT Aloysians ProMinent

http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/chc/men/2011-12/round/2/Round+2

IHF/EHF 2011 Men's Challenge Trophy

2011-07-04T22:40:00.001+01:00

Seems that the IOHA official website forgot to report the news:
Ireland will host one of the two groups stages of the Challenge Trophy 2011.
Here some extract from the EHF website.
The IHF/EHF Challenge Trophy is played in two tournaments, which will take place from 04 to 06 November 2011 and will be carried out in Ireland (Limerick) and in Malta.
Groups

A draw based on the seeding of teams took place and divided the teams to the two venues.

Group 1 in Ireland

Georgia
Faroe Islands
England
Ireland

Group 2 in Malta

Moldova
Azerbaijan
Scotland
Malta

The winners of the two events will go through to a final match, which will be played in the Pionir Arena, Belgrade (SRB), on Thursday 19 January 2012 within the framework of the EHF EURO 2012.

Age limit

Per the decision of the EHF Executive Committee there is an age limit: only players that are 23 years old or younger (born 1988 or later) are eligible to participate.

Referees and coaching course

On the occasion of the two IHF/EHF 2011 Men's Challenge Trophy tournaments, a referee course and a coaching course will be organised at both venues.

http://www.eurohandball.com/article/014025/IHF%2fEHF+2011+Men/'s+Challenge+Trophy

EHF publish new Club ranking

2011-06-18T22:27:00.000+01:00

Once again Astra HC (ladies) and Dublin International boost Irish Handball in the EHF ranking.
Full ranking in the documents folder on right sidebar.

EHF Champions League LIVE on Setanta

2011-05-27T10:40:00.001+01:00

Following negotiations between Setanta Sports and EHF Marketing, Setanta Sports have confirmed that they will broadcast the Final of the EHF Final4 weekend from Cologne, Germany this Sunday May 29th.

And if you miss it, you can catch it later at 9pm on EUROSPORT2

Summer 2011 Handball Open Sessions in UCD

2011-05-23T23:22:00.000+01:00

As every year there will be Olympic Handball summer sessions in UCD from June to September, feel free to drop in to any of the following sessions:
Thursdays - 7pm - 9pm in hall B -

June 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th

July 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
August 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
September 1st

As these are not UCD OHC events with players form several different teams in Dublin a small fee for the hall reservation has to be charged each player (shouldn't be more than 5eur per session)!

All-Ireland without the IOHA

2011-05-16T08:39:00.003+01:00

For the last few years the IOHA has offered little or no services to primary schools outside of Dublin. No All-Ireland competition was staged in 2010 and not intended this year by the IOHA. At this stage almost all handball playing primary schools in Galway, Sligo and Kildare have decided not to register with the IOHA. Meanwhile, the association has refused to accept affiliations from Meath, for reasons unknown to anyone but the IOHA Board of Management. Consequently, the IOHA has lost around 50 handball playing primary schools from these 4 counties, a big loss by any standard and particularly for a small body like the IOHA. One wonders if this loss has been duly reported to the Sports Council and the European Handball Federation. Perhaps such downsizing is a part of the great plan: bringing a leaner, meaner IOHA into the 21st Century.
Fortunately, few of us echo the view that the IOHA is more important than handball. At the end of last year representatives of the Galway, Kildare, Meath and Sligo competitions decided to stage their own All-Ireland Championships irrespective of the IOHA. After some consideration, it was decided not to invite Dublin schools as their participation might earn them punitive action from the IOHA. It was agreed that Kildare and Sligo would provide the venues while Meath offered to sponsor trophies and medals. The girls’ competition was held on Wednesday 4 May in Maynooth College and the boys’ competition on Thursday 5 May in the Sligo Regional Leisure Centre.
Unfortunately, the Galway champions were unable to travel to Maynooth for the day, so it was left to the other 3 counties to battle it out for the girls’ title. The girls from St. Joseph’s in Navan were the undisputed winners, recording comfortable victories in all their games, including the final against Scoil Ui Fhiaich from Kildare. The results were as follows:
Group Matches
Meath 8- 2 Kildare
Sligo 1 - 10 Meath
Kildare 14 - 1 Sligo

Final
Meath 6 - 2 Kildare

Final Table
Winners St. Joseph’s, Meath
Runners-up Scoil Ui Fhiaich, Kildare
3rd place Sligo School Project, Sligo

All teams turned up for the boys’ competition: Kentstown from Meath; Oranmore from Galway; Highpark from Sligo and San Carlo from Kildare. In the gold medal match Oranmore overcame Kentstown while in the 3rd place play-off San Carlo edged out Highpark.
Group Matches
Sligo 3 - 11 Galway
Meath 9 - 5 Kildare
Galway 11 - 4 Meath
Kildare 5 - 5 Sligo
Sligo 8 - 9 Meath
Galway 10 - 1 Kildare

3rd Place Match
Kildare 6 - 4 Sligo

Final
Galway 11 - 6 Meath

Final Table
Winners Oranmore, Galway
Runners-up Kentstown, Meath
3rd place San Carlo, Kildare
4th place Highpark, Sligo

Is Irish handball....Irish?

2011-05-13T21:30:00.002+01:00

After sniffing around the IOHA pages (yes, once every a few months I do that to check what they are up to) I realized that the future of handball in Ireland doesn’t seems to be in Ireland at all.
A few weeks ago I published a post to thanks those people in Ireland that day after day are working to keep handball alive.
In one of my latest post someone pointed out how the main figures in the IOHA board showed a total lack of interest in Senior Handball.
What I found recently is a note on the IOHA facebookpage saying that for the first time the IOHA honorary membership was given to two people.
You can read more yourself at this link.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Irish-Olympic-Handball-Association/130456927021610#!/notes/irish-olympic-handball-association/irish-olympic-handball-association-confers-1st-honorary-membership/202945766412170
Let’s be clear that I do not want to discredit these two good and charitable people. Despite, I do believe that almost nobody in Ireland actually knows them? Have they done more than Olena, Conal, Robert, Andres, ……? Just to say, 4-5 of the most talented players in the national team came from Olena’s and Robert’s clubs. Both Robert and Olena were not invited to the AGM and pointed out as NON member. Hence my conclusions or doubts are: is the future of handball in Ireland…in Ireland at all?
I won’t go into details of what Olena, Robert, Andres, Conal have done for handball over the past 10-20 years, neither further comment on this matter. You can make up your mind and comment below if you wish.

Dublin International is Irish Champion 2011

2011-05-13T20:59:00.003+01:00

Dublin International successfully defended its Irish Champion title by taking home victory vs. a very competitive UCD team. The college team played probably the best match of the season keeping the score close and the tension up for most of the game. A few mistakes permitted DI to open up a larger gap and secure the result, at which stage UCD gave space to all its players. The final score 33-23 gives honors to a truly skilful DI team, and over punish a bit a very competitive UCD team.

IOHA nominates New General Manager

2011-05-04T12:08:00.006+01:00

The Irish Olympic Handball Association (IOHA) announced the appointment of Lúcás Ó'Ceallacháin as General Manager of the IOHA.

Ó'Ceallacháin has over 10 years experience in the sports sector and recently completed his MSc in Sport and Exercise Management at UCD. In addition to his MSc he holds qualifications in Sports Psychology, Sports Journalism, Athlete Performance Pathways, Coaching and Strength and Conditioning.
A former rugby international with Kazakhstan, Ó'Ceallacháin has worked extensively with rugby in countries where rugby is a minority sport, including Kazakhstan, Russia and Finland.

We wish the best of luck to Lúcás, and look forward to work with him on future projects

Senior League Men's Final

2011-05-04T11:53:00.002+01:00

Dublin International will defend its Irish Champion title in the Final match of the Senior league vs a surprising and very much deserving UCD team.
UCD secured key victories vs Astra during the league and Lughnasa in the semifinal, and are today the best team to challenge the current champions.

Dublin International HC vs University College Dublin OHC
Match will be played on Sunday the 8th of May at 2.30pm in the Loughlinstown Leisure Centre.

Time for a new poll!

2011-05-04T10:50:00.003+01:00

Last poll was asking about last year of handball. Answers indicated as 2010 was generally quite poor, showing how there is something wrong on how handball is managed in this country. It is true that handball in Ireland is a very small sport, with few and expensive venues available and no real interest outside the handball community. But because the community is so small, it should be easier to get everybody on board on a “all included” project. Instead the already small community got split in 2/3 smaller reality making overly difficult to organize any larger event.
The new poll ask the simple question should the IOHA address the root cause of this “clan culture” and work actively (and not via black mail as done presently) to bring together all the little and isolated Handball Community?

IOHA board still lives in the illusion

2011-05-04T10:47:00.001+01:00

On the IOHA website appears a article that describe the IOHA Festival of handball a great success, in total harmony with the IOHA president view that “the IOHA board is more important than handball”. Surely from an organizational point of view the 3 days event went smoothly, giving the president plenty of chance to shake more important hands.. But from a handball point of view (played handball, the actual game) the even gave very different response.
Let’s look at ladies first. Ladies handball has been in free fall since 2008, when the IOHA board dismantled a perfectly working project with the Irish Selection team. “we have great plan for Irish ladies handball” was the motivation. But that statement is everything that followed. Astra HC worked hard to keep up the motivation and the standard of the games. But everything around was falling apart. Even the club directly controlled by the IOHA board have seen important losses, this club that was supposed to represent the future of ladies handball, can’t even field a team of 7 players. This declining reality came evident when Astra HC played Glasgow in the ladies event. The ladies teams that a bit more of one year ago brought shine to Irish handball with their performance in the EHF Challenge Cup, was easily defeated by the Scottish ladies. Over the last two years the IOHA failed or had no interested in organising a ladies league, and it was clear how the two seasons without playing competitive games had affected the entire Astra HC system, from players to coaches. Prospects for next year don’t look any better, with Astra HC still being the only club with a strong interest in developing ladies handball, but players have lost motivation, as nothing is really there for them to play for.
The National Men’s team is in a different space. Over the past 3-4 years a lot of money, time, resources have been invested on the Men’s teams. A new coaching staff was put together, with local and two European coaches. As often comes with a change in coaching the positive results came fast in the first year, driven by a radical change in mentality and improved fitness. But over the past 2 years the trend reversed and the limits of the coaching staff to provide further development are evident. The Board likes to shine the third place obtained in the Challenge trophy. Little relevance they give to the fact that the competition has drop in quality since it has been split in two by the EHF, and they seems not to consider that the team finds itself 15 goals behind Malta, and the most recent results put them behind Scotland as well. The team is young, sure, but the Far Oer players didn’t look any older, and the excuse of an older and more experienced Scottish side has been used for the past 11years. Where are the coaching staff limits? Despite one of the European coaches officially covers the role of head coach, the local counterpart is too influential in many key decisions. He brought within the national team his personal issue with local clubs, and left out young talents that disagreed with him. His influence is also clear on the layout of players on the pitch, copying his own club team layout and playing other players out of position. The “trials” sessions seems to be on invitation only, hence the local coach still keeps control. The German coaches haven’t seen any league match since they have been involved with Irish handball, no surprise they are and limited and easily controlled in their selection and too often put players out of position. Tactically the team showed little or no improvement, and often the wrong attach strategy is played vs the opposing defence, raising some question about the tactical awareness. Despite all this, this coaching staff is still the best thing that happened to the men’s team for the past 7 years. Some improvement can still be expected but personal and club level issues, should be left out of the national team giving to the coaches the possibility to work with the largest pool of players possible. Moreover the European coaching staff should get to know players better, by attending local matches and observe players how and where they play in their local club.

International Handball

2011-03-25T21:15:00.003Z

International handball is back in Ireland.
(sorry for late post).
International Handball and Intervarsity are taking stage this weekend in Gormanston (co Meath).
Check the flier on the File Folder in the right sidebar for full programme of events.
Astra HC will play Glasgow on Saturday 26th at 4pm.
Check http://www.gormanstoncollege.ie/contact.html for direction.

North Kildare News

2011-03-04T08:07:00.002Z

North kildare Handball Club has a new website:
http://www.kildarehandball.org/

Kildare Handball Finals
Finals for junior boys, junior girls, senior boys, senior girls (4 teams from San Carlo and 4 teams from Gaelscoil Ui Fhiaich) will be played on Monday 7th of March at 1.20pm in Confey . Medals and referees will be provided by NKildare Olympic Handball Club.

Junior Handball

2011-02-07T22:05:00.004Z

Thank you to the organiser, coaches, parents and all participants to the Children's tournament held in Collinstown last Saturday the 5th.
In the tournament competed:
Four boys teams (Group B):
-Sligo (S)
-North Kildare+Terenure (NK+T)
-Muslim School 1 (MS1)
-Muslim School 2 (MS2)
Three girls teams (Group G):
-North Kildare (NK)
-Muslim School 1 (MS1)
-Muslim School 2 (MS2)
Results:
G: MS1 - NK 5:6
B: MS1 - S 9:4
G: MS1 - MS2 6:1
B: NK+T - MS2 7:2
G: NK - MS2 5:0
B: NK+T S 6:1
G: NK - MS1 9:4
B: MS1 - MS2 11:2
G: MS1 - MS2 6:4
B: S - MS2 6:5
B: MS1 - NK+T 5:6
G: NK - MS2 4:3

Recognitions 2010

2011-01-24T13:49:00.004Z

Was checking the EHF website and I saw the 2010 ranking for Club teams. I thought that too often the good work of the handball community passed un-noticed and unrecognised. Ireland left the bottom line of the EHF Club ranking thanks to Dublin International and Astra.
The Irish Handball family should be grateful to all these players for giving to Ireland a higher profile.
So, I would like to use this post to say THANK YOU to a few people that in my opinion did something important to develop and give high profile to Handball in Ireland.
I would like other people to join me and add comments and more THANK YOU to more people.
-Robert Hamm, Conall Collier, Olena Karpenko and Andres Eiriksson for re-organising the National Competition for Junior and schools. THANK YOU.
-Lauren Sweeney for attending the EHF Youth Coaches Seminar and put once again Ireland on the map of Europen Handball. THANK YOU.
-The Astra Ladies team for coming back from the EHF Challenge Cup with EHF ranking points that moved Ireland from the bottom of the ranking, leaving behind ENG and SCO and others. THANK YOU.
-The Dublin International Men's team for coming back from the EHF Challenge Cup with an hystoric win that boosted Ireland further up in the EHF ranking. THANK YOU. and Thank you for keeping an Irish Team in relevant EHF competitions for the 4th year in a row.
(EHF ranking in Files Folder box on right sidebar. Dub Int, Astra, and Ireland Women all have EHF points)

Sweden - Men’s Handball World Championship

2011-01-14T12:07:00.005Z

Men’s Handball World Championship
13th – 30th January 2011

LIVEHANDBALL.TV is the official online broadcaster for the 22nd Men’s Handball World Championship:
Every game LIVE from Sweden with LIVEHANDBALL.TV which will also feature on-demand Highlights of every game.

http://www.livehandball.tv

IOHA General Manager

2011-01-08T18:58:00.000Z

As announced in October 2010 the Irish Olympic Handball Association signed a development agreement with the European Handball Federation.
Alongside the Scottish Handball Association, the IOHA is amongst the 1st to benefit from this "Infrastructure Support Program".
The 1st step in this 3 year program is the recruitment of a General Manager for the Irish Olympic Handball Association.
See file for the job description and application process for the GM position in the Document Box section on right sidebar.
Applications must be received by 5 p.m. on the 5th of February 2011

Little updates

2011-01-03T20:40:00.002Z

-New poll published on left sidebar.
-Link to the Galway Olimpic Handball Association added to the Links and Map section.
-Calendar updated with new schedule (DCU joined the senior men and Senior Ladies restructuring).

This time of the Year

2010-12-24T09:03:00.003Z

It has been a very hard year for Handball, plenty of not resolved discussions and fights, and I'm afraid no much hope to see the end of the conflicts with the New Year.
Let’s hope I'll be proved wrong.

Nevertheless, NOLLAIG SHONA AGUS ATHBHLIAIN FAOI MHAISE

Aslo see the new poll on left sidebar

Women Handball

2010-12-24T08:59:00.003Z

Interesting article on EHF website
http://www.eurohandball.com/article/13615
Point 1 specially:
"1.The national federations should give equal rights to men’s and women’s handball, in terms of providing the same resources to both sides."
IOHA new board killed women handball, drain out all resources and put in place a "development strategy" that will make sure no women handball will ever develop again!

Senior League NEWS

2010-12-13T22:55:00.003Z

DCU managed to get the minimum number of players to enter a team in the Senior Men's league and break the ice with the new season in match vs Lughnasa played in grand secret on Satuday 11th.

Match postponement

2010-11-30T09:26:00.002Z

Matches due to be played on the 4th of Dec have been postpones as the Loughlinstown Sport Hall is not available as refurbishment is not completed.

Something new...

2010-11-21T22:19:00.005Z

Result from first round added to left sidebar.
Link to online submission result form is now live and spreadsheet with all results is also available.
Also on the left sidebar a little test (scroll down bit) . A poll! This a test to see how this feature works, then we can have a few nice polls to check what people thinks about a few things regarding Irish Handball.
Google map to Loughlinstown Sport Hall added to maps on left sidebar

League 2010-2011

2010-11-19T21:33:00.005Z

Finally, with one month delay for the previous years, the Senior Leagues start again.
There will be 4 men's and 3 women's teams battling for the title of Irish champion.
Astra, Lughnasa, UCD have teams in both competition. Dublin International, after the very successful European performance, will defend its title of top Irish team in the men's competition only.
Shortly the full schedule will be available for download. Meantime check the calendar on the right sidebar.

Here this weekend matches. UCD sport hall, Belfield Dublin 4.
UCD – Lughnasa, Men, 12.30pm
Dub Int - Astra , Men, 2.00pm
UCD – Lughnasa, Ladies, 3.30pm

Corn Chrothrom Féinne

2010-10-29T10:12:00.003+01:00

First match and first Trophy of the season.
On Sunday 31st of October UCD OHC and ASTRA HC will challenge each other for the Corn Chrothrom Féinne.
Matches are at 1.30 pm Men ; 3.30 pm Ladies in the UCD sport centre
For all those that do not speak Irish, Corn Chrothrom Féinne means Fair Play Cup.
This is the first edition of a trophy born to celebrate the unique link and friendship between the two Clubs.

No need Broadband anymore HANDBALL IS ON TV

2010-10-11T22:38:00.006+01:00

EHF Champion League is shown on TV on EUROSPORT 2.

Comments are in english and not from our "friedly neighborhood".
Next Sunday there will be two matches to watch: Ladies in the afternood, men in the evening.

Check Sunday 17th schedule.

Matches are also shown on Mondays.
Worth to keep and eye on daily schedule
http://tv.eurosport.com/handball/ehf-champions-league_sto2480409/tvproduct.shtml http://tv.eurosport.com/tvschedule.shtml

IOHA organise coaching course -or part fo it-

2010-10-07T11:10:00.002+01:00

The Irish Olympic Handball Association is hosting a Coaching Course later this month.
The venue for this course is St.Colomba's College, Whitechurch, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. http://www.stcolumbas.ie/location.php
Find information in the PDF document on the right sidebar-Files Folder Box-

The Coaching Course which runs from the 23rd to the 25th of October will be delivered by the IOHA Technical Director Carsten Klavehn .

The cost of the 3 day course is €200 for IOHA registered coaches and players and €250 for non members.

Credits will be awarded to attendees should they wish to sit the IOHA Level 1 Coaching Course in 2011.

IOHA forms

2010-09-30T13:09:00.003+01:00

IOHA affiliation, registration and transfer froms are available in the Document Box on the rigth sidebar. Just scroll down a bit.

IOHA AGM

2010-09-15T21:27:00.003+01:00

The Irish Olympic Handball Association will held its Annual General Meeting
on Tuesday 12th October 2010 at 7.30pm
in the Meeting Room A, Sport HQ, 13 Joyce Way, Park West Dublin 12

The big post of the small news

2010-05-30T22:33:00.008+01:00

As summer comes and handball activities are having a break, I'll list them all in here.
End of Summer handball - IHF videos and social night
On Thursday 2nd at 7pm in the UCD sport centre UCD Handball Club will host a meeting during which it will be shown an IHFs official video with the explanation of the new rules. After that the meeting will turn in a social event at the UCD Sport Bar.
Curiosity
Roberto Baggio, famous Italian football player and one of the world best football player ever, got recently nominated by the Italian Football Federation as president of the technical Sector. What shall be noted is that despite his world famous CV, Roberto had to attend a 3 weeks course and sustain examination on topic such as Football Technic and tactics, Coaching and training methodology, sport psycology, Sport medicine, and Sport administration. In contrast in Ireland people get put in executive places.....
Coaching Ireland 10th Forum. From playground to podium.
11th September 2010. Links now active.
Brochure and Info: http://www.coachingireland.com/files/EMAIL.pdf. Also available in Document Box on Right sidebar
Forum site and entry form: http://www.fromplaygroundtopodium.com/
EHF Challenge Cup Draws.
On 27 July 2010 at 11:00 hrs
Join the Top Irish team Dublin International and follow LIVE the draw of Round 2 of the EHF Challenge Cup.
http://www.eurohandball.com/article/13255
List of seeding available in Document Box on Right sidebar
Sports First Aid Course
Date: Saturday 12th June Time: 9.00am to 4.00pm
Venue: Johnstown Parish Pastoral Centre, Churchview Road, Killiney, Co. Dublin
Code Of Ethics & Good Practice for Children’s Sport - Basic Awareness Workshop
Date: Wednesday 16th June Time:6pm to 10pm
Venue: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s Dundrum Sub-Office
Curiosity
http://www.eurohandball.com/article/13156
UCD Summer Handball Friendly Open Sessions
Every Thursday in UCD at 8pm. check location on map on left sidebar.
http://ireland-handball.blogspot.com/2010/05/summer-friendly-handball.html
Coaching Ireland 10th Forum
11th September 2010.
http://ireland-handball.blogspot.com/2010/05/coaching-irelands-10th-all-island-forum.html

Coaching Ireland's - 10th All-Island Forum

2010-05-25T21:16:00.003+01:00

Ireland Handball got this invitation to the next Coaching Ireland's 10th Forum to pass to all interested Clubs and Coaches.
“From Playground to Podium” 11th September 2010
Dublin Convention Centre (Spencer Dock)
The 10th Coaching Forum “From Playground to Podium” promises to be the most exciting and challenging forum to date. It will address coaching issues at all levels.
Workshops will be delivered in the following areas; Coaching Children, Club Coaching, Developing Talent, Performance Coaching, Women in Coaching, allowing each coach to select topics relevant to you and those you coach.
The keynotes and workshops will be delivered by National & International experts, with practical knowledge and experience of dealing first hand with real coaching issues.

Summer Friendly Handball

2010-05-11T00:19:00.002+01:00

The traditional Summer Handball starts again!
Starting with Thursday the 13th of May,
Handball Open Sessions will take place every thursday in UCD from 8 till 10pm
everybody is welcome to join!!!

Check in the left sidebar for the location of the UCD sport hall

Irish League Finals and Summer Handball

2010-05-09T22:11:00.005+01:00

With the finals of May 9th Dublin International SM and UCD SF were crowned Irish Champion 2009/2010.

Dublin International won a finals vs UCD that gave them the double title: Irish Champion and current holder of the Irish Perpetual Trophy.

UCD ladies overcome ASTRA in the final match and win their first Irish title after 4 finals in a row and become the Irish champions 2009/2010

----CONGRATULATION TO THE TWO WINNER AND THE TWO RUNNES UP----

Astra Handball Club - COACHING FORUM, May 23rd

2010-03-29T22:16:00.002+01:00

Astra Handball Club is Organising a Coaching Forum on Sunday the 23rd of May in the UCD Sport Centre, from 2pm till 5 pm.

This Forum is open to everybody involved or wishing to be involved in coaching.
FORUM means a place where people meets and talks (FORUM is the Latin word for square). A chance to give everybody the possibility to express their feelings, ideas, extern problems, and put forward suggestions.

There will be discussions on the general status of technical and tactical development of players and coaches in Ireland, and try to come up with suggestions on where the focus and energy should be put for the next year and in the medium term.

A Forum as said before, not coaching course. An event where we all talk. The intent is to give as much support as possible to young coaches so they feel more supported, confident and focused.

People can Register by filling the form at the link below by May 7th.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEdOQnJydzNDclZVTzlkRHRoVThuR2c6MA

The form has a comments section where to leave a note about any topic people would like to discuss.

UCC Olympic Handball Tournament – March 20th 2010

2010-03-04T21:56:00.002Z

UCC Olympic Handball Tournament – March 20th 2010
Location: Mardyke Arena

UCC invites all available Olympic handball clubs on the 20th March for a tournament of a life time, so if you know teams that can attend please inform them!
Let us UCC OHC know if you are attending as soon as possible!
Rules and regulations will be sent after confirmation of attendance.For teams that want to stay the night we can help with accomodation!
UCC OHC will also take you out pubbing or clubbing cork style!
Lets make this happen people and have a good time!
Yours in Olympic Handball
UCC Olympic Handball Club - Captain-- Amélie Renaud
UCC Olympic Handball Club - Coach -- Junior
-leave a comment with your details-

Players and Team registration

2010-02-09T19:24:00.003Z

In the effort to continue the improvement of the service and make it easier to manage and play handball , Ireland Handball leagues goes online with registration and more.
Here a set of useful links from players registration to Club and team information and results submission.

Registration of players.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRHR1p6aGs3UWFVZktnT2oyZTBWSWc6MA

Club information sheet.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE1pUkNWTzlFOUtTQU1KanNiRzM2S0E6MA

Senior League Results submission form to use by the home team to submit match results.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDR6VzZwM1FXb2RFM0RIVEVuTm1qNFE6MA

Junior League Results submission formto use by the home team to submit match results
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dERYRTJPZmpJT1NFZjg2czNHRkZXT1E6MA

link available on left sidebar soon!

league resumes with the new year

2010-01-17T22:54:00.003Z

Sunday 17th the men's league resumed with the match
Dublin International - Astra HC. DI won the match 34-27 vs an Astra team that never surrended despite DI had the match under control for the whole 60 min. To note the spectacular performance of the two referees and their table officials.

Good bye 2009

2009-12-15T23:12:00.002Z

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

Junior Leagues results added to the blog

2009-12-01T23:45:00.002Z

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.

Senior league schedule Dec 5th-6th

2009-11-29T22:33:00.003Z

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

Senior League 09-10

2009-11-19T21:37:00.002Z

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

Olympic Handball Tournament - December, the 5th !

2009-11-18T18:08:00.003Z

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.

Players Recruitment - season 2009-2010

2009-11-07T20:00:00.003Z

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!

SLIGO Olympic Handball Association leads the way. SKG Rossdorf (GER) visit Sligo

2009-10-27T23:40:00.004Z

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.

Senior handball - kick off discussion on future

2009-10-24T15:15:00.002+01:00

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!

Senior Handball Ladies - Meath is Back

2009-10-24T15:09:00.002+01:00

Ireland Handball welcome the come back of Meath in the ladies senior handball stage. After a few yeas dedicated to develop handball starting from the younger cetagories, Meath is ready to come back in playing in the senior league. Ireland Handball wish them the best of luck.

October-Irish Handball goes to Europe

2009-09-30T22:39:00.005+01:00

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

Summer news. The big post of the little news

2009-06-04T22:13:00.008+01:00

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

EHF Champinos Leagues Final

2009-05-22T19:18:00.007+01:00

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

Tomás O'Brannagáin will be doing the English commentary for the EHF.

There will be a prize for the one who guess the correct number of times Tomás will say "Lughnasa" during his commentary.

Census

2009-05-18T22:09:00.002+01:00

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

League Finals

2009-05-14T23:17:00.007+01:00

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

Women's Semifinal

2009-05-02T20:20:00.003+01:00

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

Best Handball Video Ever

2009-04-28T22:16:00.001+01:00

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

Men's semifinal

2009-04-27T22:15:00.004+01:00

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)

Table and League Semifinals

2009-04-18T22:18:00.002+01:00

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

Last matches

2009-04-15T07:53:00.002+01:00

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

EHF Champions League LIVE on EHF TV

2009-04-08T13:34:00.001+01:00

All Semi-Final matches of the EHF Champions League will be shown live on ehfTV.com

http://www.ehftv.com/ec/cl
http://www.ehfcl.com/

Resignation

2009-04-08T07:56:00.000+01:00

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

Handball Shoes to buy in Ireland

2009-04-08T07:53:00.001+01:00

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

All results

2009-03-03T23:16:00.002Z

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.

International Handball in Dublin - Ladies

2009-02-27T22:34:00.005Z

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

Hall google maps

2009-02-21T22:59:00.003Z

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.

Schedule and Results

2009-02-20T23:29:00.002Z

FINALLY !!

In the Files Folder BOX (right side bar) there is a EXCEL file with all results and the schedule for the rest of the season.

Benchmarking

2009-02-05T22:00:00.002Z

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....

Finally some result...08/09

2009-02-02T22:09:00.002Z

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

HANDBALL....WHAT IS THAT!! and the League

2009-01-14T00:20:00.006Z

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

January Schedule

2009-01-08T22:00:00.002Z

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

Senior Leagues and......

2008-12-23T18:44:00.002Z

Senior Leagues due to resume with the week end of 17th-18th of January 2009.
The skipped three rounds of matches have been rescheduled.
Round Original Date Re-scheduled date
1 19th Oct 08 18th Jan 09
2 2nd Nov 08 1st Feb 09
3 8th Nov 08 22nd Feb 09
4 6th Dec 08 5th Apr 09

and......

NOLLAIG SHONA AGUS ATHBHLIAIN FAOI MHAISE

FUCOS EUROPE 2009. SLIGO-IRELAND MAY 2009

2008-11-30T18:53:00.004Z

Sligo Olympic Handball Association present the Internation Handball Tournament - Boys U15
FOCUS ON EUROPE
"Focus Europe 2009"Handball Tournament
Sligo – Ireland
30. 5. – 1. 6. 2009
for Boys born 1994 and younger

www.sligohandball.org/focus europe 2009.html

Map archived

2008-11-14T21:38:00.004Z

Some of you migth have noticed that many of the red spot in the Visitor Map have disappeared.

This is due to the annual archiviation of the records.

Yearly records are saved. Nothing is lost

UCC announce Handball Tournament

2008-11-04T23:02:00.001Z

Dear all, It is my privilege to inform you that the inaugural Cork Handball Tournamentshall commence on 29th/30th November 2008 in the UCC Mardyke Arena, Western Rd.,Cork, Ireland. It is located near UCC on the south-west side of the city. Andit will be played on a proper full size handball court!!!
The format of the tournament will be based on a round-robin format, with thetop two teams progressing to the final. The entry fee is 60 Euro per team.
It would be advisable that you stay in Cork on Friday night if your team arebad morning travellers as we have the hall on both days at 12.00h until 18.00h.

If you are interested put a comment here, with your contact and UCC will get back to you.

Ireland Women's Training Camp In Germay

2008-10-29T23:25:00.000Z

http://www.dublin.diplo.de/Vertretung/dublin/de/Irische_20Handballdamen_20in_20Budenheim.html

LEAGUE SUSPENDED

2008-10-18T20:33:00.003+01:00

ALL,
before telling about the suspension of the senior league, let me remind you one important thing!

Two Clubs haven't registered anybody yet!! Lughnasa F and Dublin International have 0 (zero) players registered.
Let me stress one point. It is not only that I want a record of all players, but the IOHA insurance will cover only the registered players. Do not rely on last year registration as we have a seasonal membership, so last year membership is expired! If you are not registered for the season 2008/2009, you are not insured!! IOHA will not permit to any not-insured players to play in any IOHA competition. Most of you have access to the list of registered players on google documents.
Same apply to all junior players.

League suspension.
After the dark facts of the tri-nation (I wasn't there, I heard the two bells and only feeling I got is that it wasn't pleasant for anybody) the IOHA decided that players and all stakeolder must sign a code of conduct. Certain behaviours are not acceptable. IOHA understand that improvement must be achieved in many areas (such as refereeing/officials.) and will try to focus on these needs, but despite this, in a sport environment (expecially one with a small population like ours), unrespectful and violent behaviour is totally unjustified and not acceptable.
So, the board set up a working group which has the task to prepare the code of conduct that all IOHA members will be required to sign. Understanding that the league schedule preparation is full of limitations (hall availability and time) the working group will try to work on a resonable short timeframe and resume the league after Nov 8th.

Senior Leagues Schedule

2008-10-05T23:25:00.001+01:00

M&F Senior Leagues schedule have been finalised and it is available to download (with other useful documents) in the "document box" in the right sidebar

Please note that IOHA continues in its effort in palying only in suitable sizes hall (20x32).
In this vision matches shall not be played in Maynooth (Kildare) , Col de hÍde (Lughnasa F), Collinstown (St.Pat's-Dub Int).

International handball

2008-10-02T23:21:00.004+01:00

Sorry for late notice in publishing this.
International Handball in Dublin.

Friday 3rd October
Scotland - Dublin Selection 26-25
DCU 6pm

Saturday 4th October
IRELAND - Scotland 22-21
DCU 5pm

Sunday 5th October
IRELAND - Dublin Selection 24-23
DCU 10am

IRELAND wins the three nation for the second time.

2008/2009 Senior leagues Schedule

2008-09-28T23:38:00.003+01:00

Find in the download box the REV 1 of the men's and women's 2008/2009 league schedule.
Final schedule should be published by end of the week, upon revision of team feed-back.

Opportunities

2008-09-04T22:57:00.001+01:00

Club is looking for a coach in the Kildare area. If you are interested please leave contact in the comment area or contact the site admin.

Files Download Box

2008-08-25T21:22:00.002+01:00

Little change in the right navigation bar. A File download box is not available.
There it is possible to find and download various files like:
-League Rules and Regulation
-Entry and Registration forms
-Match Score Sheets
-And more......like coaching courses brochures (see below)
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NCTC 9th Coaching Forum “Developing Decision Makers in Sport”
Including the launch of Coaching Ireland and the Strategy for Coaching in Ireland
13th - 14th Sept 2008. DCU-Helix, Dublin. If you wish to register please click on this link:
https://www.eventznet.com/295/ac/nctc/coachingforum08/Register.aspx
Details are also available on the NCTC website http://www.nctc.ul.ie/forum_page
2008 EHF Top Coaches' Seminar
This year a course is planned to take place in Skopje/ MKD, on the final weekend of the Women's 2008 European Championship. http://activities.eurohandball.com/?mode=5&typ=4

2008/2009 Competition dates

2008-07-03T22:34:00.003+01:00

Here the dates for the Senior and Junior competitions 2008/2009. Also see the IOHA calendar on the right.

Senior league dates
18/Oct/2008, 1,8,22/Nov/2008, 6/Dec/2008, 24/Jan/2009, 7,14,28/Feb/2009, 7,21,28/Mar/2009
Junior League dates
15,29/Nov/2008, 31/Jan/2009, 21/Feb/2009, 4,18/Apr/2009
National Semifinal
18/Apr/2009
National Finals
2/May/2009
Tri Nation Men's
3-5/Oct/2008
Tri Nation Women's
9-11/Apr/2009
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Training camps
Senior Men's
Sept 10-14 Germany
Senior Ladies
Aug 16 UCD
Sept 14 Meath
Oct 24-27 Germany
Boys Under 15
Jul 19Aug 2, 16, 31
Oct 4,24 Nov 21, Dec 12
Jan 30Mar 6, 23May 8,22,30
Boys Under 17
Oct 24 Nov 1, Dec 12
Mar 13
Girls U15
Aug 31

2008-05-12T23:08:00.000+01:00

on Sunday the 11th of May UCD hosted the inaugural East Coast Championships.
In all six clubs took part.
Dagda HC won the title at under 16 Level
Lughnasa won at u-14 level.
Results:
Lughnasa 4 - 8 Terenure
Astras 9 - 8 Terenure
Ballinteer 10 - 14 Dagda
Lughnasa 9 - 7Ballinteer
Astras 7 - 15 Dagda
Ballinteer 8 - 8 Terenure
Astras 8 - 9 Kildare
Lughnasa 14 - 11 Dagda
Ballinteer 14 - 7 Kildare
Dagda 16 - 9 Terenure
Lughnasa 8 - 7 Kildare
Astras 8 - 7 Ballinteer
Dagda 13 - 5 Kildare
Astras 8 - 8 Lughnasa
Terenure 9-9 Kildare

National League Results

2008-05-05T23:46:00.003+01:00

Women's
St.Pat's - UCD 32-18
St-Pat's Irish Champion 2007/2008

Boys U14
Terenure - Lughnasa 22-19
Lughnasa Irish Champion 2007/2008

Boys U16
Lughnasa - Kildare 37-16
Lughnasa Irish Champion 2007/2008

Men's
Lughnasa - DIT 23-16
Lughnasa Irish Champion 2007/2008

2007-2008 Nat Finals

2008-04-14T22:52:00.016+01:00

National Leagues Finals
Sunday 4th of May 2008, DCU Sport Hall (http://www.dcu.ie/info/get_to.shtml)
Admission is free

Women's
St.Pat's - UCD 10.30 am
Referees Monika Urbanska- Iannik Pomorski . Table Terenure
Boys U14
Terenure - Lughnasa 12.30
Referees UCD .Table Kildare
Boys U16
Lughnasa - Kildare 14.00
Referees Maros Hruska- Peter Hassler. Table DCU
Men's
Lughnasa - DIT 15.30
Referees Maros Hruska- Peter Hassler. Table DCU

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Senior Leagues Semifinals
Sunday 20th of April 2008, DCU Sport Hall
Women's
Terenure - UCD 22 - 24
Men's
DIT - DCU 31 - 22

New link for Lughnasa

2008-03-13T16:24:00.004Z

Check out Lughnasa's new web site.
http://connect.southdublin.ie/lughnasahandballteam
A great prize is there to catch, just visit the site.
-please update your links-

Round 13 & 14 matches and referees

2008-03-02T22:39:00.003Z

Round 13 Men's March 29th/30th
18 NFR-UCD Clifden, 13:00, Saturday. Referee Peter H(?)
22 DIT-LUGHNASA, TBD
50 KILDARE-ST.PAT'S, Maynooth, 15:00, Sunday. Referee DCU
Round 14 Men's April 5th/6th
42 UCD-ST.PAT'S, UCD, 15:00, Sunday. Referee Lughnasa
4 DCU-NFR, DCU, 10:45, Saturday. Referee DIT
48 LUGHNASA-KILDARE, St.Columba's, 17:30, Saturday. Referee UCD

Round 13 Women's March 29th/30th
18F NFR-UCD Clifden, 14:30, Saturday. Referee Peter H(?)
50F TERENURE-ST.PAT'S, Tallaght, 10:30, Sunday Referee Kildare
Round 14 Women's April 5th/6th
42F UCD-ST.PAT'S, UCD, 13:00, Sunday. Referee UCD
4F DCU-NFR, DCU, 9.30, Saturday. Referee DCU
51F TERENURE-LUGHNASA, Tallaght, 10:30, Sunday. Referee Lughnasa

SemiFinals April 20th in UCD
Finals May 4th in UCD

Senior Leagues Round 10

2008-02-19T23:33:00.002Z

Senior Men’s
10 UCD - DCU , UCD, 15.20, Sunday, 24 Feb. referee St.Pat's
36 St.Pat's - Lughnasa , Collinstown CC, TBD, TBD, TBD. referee DCU
12 NFR - DIT Clifden, 1pm, Saturday, 23 Feb referee Peter H

Senior Women’s
10F UCD - DCU , UCD, 13.30, Sunday, 24 Feb. referee UCD
17F St.Pat's - Lughnasa , Tallaght CC, 21.00, Friday, 22 Feb. referee Terenure

Round 9 Senior leagues

2008-02-13T23:49:00.004Z

Senior Men’s
45 DCU - Kildare , DCU, 10.45am, Sunday, 17 Feb. referee DCU L
17 DIT - UCD , St. Columba's 11:30am Sundays 17 Feb. referee Lughnasa
39 NFR - ST.PAT'S Clifden, 1pm, Saturday, 16 Feb referee Peter H

Senior Women’s
39F NFR - ST.PAT'S Clifden, 3pm, Saturday, 16 Feb referee Peter H