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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

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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!!

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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.

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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....

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Posted by 53 at 11:02 pm 16 comments  

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

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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.

Posted by 53 at 8:33 pm 9 comments  

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)
____________________________________________________

• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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-

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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

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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

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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

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Dublin Secondary schools league

1st year Boys
Tallaght CS 19 - Drimnagh castle 6
Top Scorer
Craig Palmer Tallaght 12 Goals

2nd Year boys
Drimnagh Castle 29- Tallaght CS 12
Top Scorer
Jason Germaine Drimnagh Castle 18 Goals

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Apologies for last week big mess.
This week end Senior National Selection Training Camp is on, so it will not be easy to find ref. Please help!

Senior Men’s
40 DCU - ST.PAT'S, Collinstown CC, TBD, Saturday, 10 Feb. referee DIT
56 KILDARE - UCD , Maynooth 15:00 Sundays 10 Feb. referee DCU
32 ST.PAT'S - DIT, Collinstown CC, TBD, Sunday, 10 Feb referee Lughnasa

Senior Women’s
56F TERENURE - UCD, Tallaght, 10:30, Sunday, 10 Feb. referee St.Pat’s
28F LUGHNASA - DCU, Col de hÍde, 19:30, Friday, 8 Feb. referee Lughnasa

Also
4 Nations Tournament.
We are organising a tournament over the St.Patrick week end (March 15th and 16th) for both men's and women's. in St.Columba's College. If you are interested just add a comment below or contact either Tom or My self. Please state your Nationality as we will form teams based or contry of origin.

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Apologies for last week big mess. Here the schedule for this week end.

A bit of pressure on DCU referees. This is caused by the Senior Selection Teams Trainin Camp which involve most of the available referees.





Senior Men's

40 DCU - ST.PAT'S Collinstown CC TBD Saturday,10 Feb. referee DIT

56 KILDARE - UCD Maynooth 15:00 Sundays, 10 Feb. referee DCU

32 ST.PAT'S - DIT Collinstown CC, TBD, Sunday, 10 Feb. referee DCU

28 LUGHNASA - DCU St.Columba's, 17:30, Saturday, 9 Feb. referee UCD


Senior Women's
56F TERENURE - UCD, Tallaght, 10:30, Sunday, 10 Feb. referee LUGHNASA

28F LUGHNASA - DCU, Col de hÍde, 19:30, Friday, 8 Feb. referee DCU

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Result from re-scheduled Match N29.
Lughnasa - DIT 32-23

Disciplinary and other
Seen the Referee reports from the Matches N29 Lughnasa-DIT:
Paul Gray Lughnasa has been suspended for one match for verbally abusing the referee.

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To all viewer of http://ireland-handball.blogspot.com/ we wish a very happy and brillant 2008.

Business now. Before Christmas a number of matches were postponed. These matches need to be played as soon as possible. Please have a look at the table below.

Men's League
41 DIT - ST.PAT'S
53 KILDARE - NFR
2 DIT - NFR
37 LUGHNASA - ST.PAT'S
8 UCD - NFR
29 LUGHNASA - DIT

Women's
33F ST.PAT'S - DCU
53F TERENURE - NFR
9F DCU - UCD
31F ST.PAT'S - UCD
8F UCD - NFR
49F ST.PAT'S - TERENURE

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1st Years
Tallaght CS Vs Greenhills College 5-0
St Tiernans Vs Coolmine A 3-2
St Kilian's Vs Coolmine B 2-0
Drimnagh Castle Vs Eurocampus 5-0
Semi-final 1
St Kilian's Vs Tallaght CS 3-9
Semi final 2
St Tiernan's Vs Drimnagh Castle 2-6
Final
Tallaght CS Vs Drimnagh Castle 8-0

2nd years
Greenhills College Vs St Tiernan's 9-2
Eurocampus Vs Drimnagh castle 1-9
Ballinteer CS Bye
Tallaght CS Bye
Semi final 1
Drimnagh castle Vs Ballinteer 8-7
Semi-Final 2
Greenhills College Vs Tallaght CS 3-4
Final
Drimnagh castle Vs Tallaght CS 13-3

Final 4th year boys
Eurocampus Vs Coolmine 6-4

Dublin open champions Boys section
1st year Tallaght CS
2nd year Drimnagh castle
4th year Eurocampus

Top scorers
1st years
Craig palmer Tallaght CS 10
2nd Years
Jason Germaine Drimnagh castle 22
Luke Moran Ballinteer CS 6
Craig Foy Greenhills College

The boys section of the Dublin Open Olympic handball championships took place in Inchicore VEC on Wed 12th December. In all seven schools were represented at the event. Tallaght CS, Ballinteer CS, St Tiernan's, Drimnagh Castle, Greenhills College, Coolmine CS and Eurocampus, Clonskeagh ( an amalgamation of the German and french schools) This was a knock out competition from the strat. There were no seedings and the luck of the draw was all that kept you away from some really good teams. The competition was divided into 3 sections 1st year, second year and 3rd/4th year. The idea was that young boys would be able to play with their own class mates as opposed to other sports whereby 1 day either side of a date can put you in another age bracket. The games were fast and furious as each team knew that a loss meant an early shower. Coolmine hedged their bets with two 1st year teams but only their A-squad came close to winning eventually losing on the tightest of margins to St Tiernan's who had un earthed a gem of a player in Hungarian Fazekus, his shooting was unstoppable. in the other first round matches Tallaght St kilian's and Drimnagh castle all progressed. In the semi finals Tallaght easily brushed aside St kilians due to some fantastic team play from seasoned handballers from Lughnasa HC and a new find in craig Palmer who has been signed up by the Tallaght club. unfortunately for St tiernan's although they came up against a relatively new team in Drimnagh castle the castle had an ace up their sleeve. Ireland u-14 goalkeeper darragh Hallows played a personal duel against Fazekus with the Irish keeper coming out on top and his team scoring at will against the St Tiernan's keeper. However in the final a team of seasoned handballers from tallaght CS easily swept aside the Castle to win at 1st year level again in Olympic handball. the school that brought us handball in 1973 is rising again. The second years competition was a fantastic affair. Almost all teams had members of the u-15 Irish squad and the duels on the court made for breath taking games. Greenhills easily swept aside St Tiernan's, castle easily beat Eurocampus. But the match between Ballinteer and Castle was the best match of the day. Speed, jump-shooting, full contact defending the game had everything. Luke Moran with 6 goals and Jason Germaine also with 6 were the stars of the game. At the end they shook hands but in truth this was a war of attrition. Castle had some Irish squad players after this game some of the Ballinteer boys will be asked to join. In truth this was the final and even though Tallaght beat Greenhills by the 1 goal they were annihilated in the final. In the final of the 4th years the boys of Eurocampus beat Coolmine in what was Coolmine's worst display of the season. They never really got going but that was in large part to Julien eberle and his team mates, they kept the pressure on Coolmine all the time and when they eventually thought to mark Julien out of the game his team mates rowed in with some great goals. If you ever wanted your schol to try a different sport this is the time to do it. Boys and girls from Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare have played each other in 5 major tournaments this year and the number is growing. With professional refs at each tournament there is no doubt that Olympic handball is on the up and schools are now deciding to "Create their own Tradition" After the new year St Joseph's Rush, Maryfield College, St Paul's, Presentation terenure will all be joining the competition along with schools from Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Galway, Mayo and Sligo. If you are interested in playing Olympic handball contact the IOHA on 01-6251165 or e-mail ioha@olympichandball.org or check out the website the Lughnasa Handball club website http://connect.southdublin.ie/lughnasahandballteam/
and get playing.
Tomás Ó Brannagáin (IOHA)

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Disciplinary and other.
Seen the Referee reports from the Matches N 19 DCU-UCD :
Lughnasa OHC has been charged a €40 fine for missing Referee commitment.

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Senior Men's
UCD - NFR, POSTPONED
DCU - UCD, 10:00 Sunday 9th Dec, DCU, referee Lughnasa
Lughnasa - DIT , POSTPONED
St.Pat's - Kildare, TBD, Collinstown, referee DIT

Senior Women's
UCD - NFR POSTPONED
DCU - UCD, POSTPONED
St.Pat's - Terenure, POSTPONED
St.Pat's - UCD, POSTPONED

Disciplinary and other.
Seen the Referee reports from the Matches N 31 St.Pat's-UCD :
Robert Hamm of UCD has been suspended for one match for being punished with a red card (Disqualification, not sum of three 2min), and the UCD OHC charged with a €20 fine.
St.Pat's OHC has been charged a €10 fine for absence of a table official present.
see new rules...
http://ireland-handball.blogspot.com/2007/11/senior-leagues-new-rules.html

To be confirmed is the communication that UCC withdraw both its teams from the Senior competitions

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Senior Men's
14, NFR - DCU, referee Monika, Clifden, 13:00, Saturday, 1st Dec
3, DIT - UCC, TBD
31, St.Pat's - UCD, referee DIT, Collinstown, 12:00, Sunday, 2nd Dec
51, Kildare - Lughnasa, referee UCD, Maynooth, 15:00, Sundays, 2nd Dec

Senior Women's
14F, NFR - DCU, referee Monika, Clifden, 14:30, Saturday, 1st Dec
3F, NO GAME - UCC
31F, St.Pat's - UCD, referee St.Pat's/Kildare, TBD
48F, Lughnasa - Terenure, referee UCD, Col de hÍde, 19:30, Friday, 30th Nov

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Senior Men's
Lughnasa - St.Pat's, referee DIT, Sat 5.30pm St Columbas
DIT - NFR ,referee Lughnasa, venue TBD
UCC - Kildare, referee TBD, venue Little Island

Senior Women's
Lughnasa - St.Pat's, referee St.Pat's M, Friday 7.30pm Col de Híde
UCC - Terenure, referee TBD, venue Little Island

Disciplinary and other
Seen the Referee reports from the Matches N9 Lughnasa-UCD and N30 DIT-DCU:
WBof UCD has been suspended for one match for verbally abusing the referee.
CDof UCD has been suspended for five matches for repeatedly abusing verbally the referees and table officials.
MIof DIT has been suspended for two matches for verbally abusing the referee and threatening a player of the other team.
To be confirmed is the communication that UCC withdraw the ladies team from the Senior Women competition

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Senior Men's

Lughnasa - UCD referee DCU Sat 5.30pm St Columbas

DIT - DCU referee St.Pat's Sun 3pm Kildare

St.Pat's - NFR referee DIT Sat 4.30 Collinstown

Senior Women's

Lughnasa - UCD referee Lughnasa M Friday 7.30pm Col de Híde

St.Pat's - NFR referee St.Pat's M/NFR Sat 6.00 Collinstown

Disciplinary and other

Seen the Referee report from the Match N24, NFR-Lughnasa, Ciarán ÓBrannagáin of Lughnasa has been suspended for one match for abusing the referee after the final whistle.

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The following Rules have been added to the 2007/2008 Competition Rules. These Rules shall be effective form 1st December 2007.

Rescheduling of a Match
And administrative fine will be applied to the responsible team for the re-scheduling of matches
- Basic fee is €20.
- And extra fine of €30 will be applied if the team asking to re-schedule is the away team. These €30 will be credited to the home team toward hall booking fees.

Transfer of Players
Non-Irish players moving to play in the Irish league will have to fill an EHF or IHF International transfer Form accordingly to EHF/IHF transfer regulation. http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/generalHBI/E_EHFRulesofProcedure.pdf http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/generalHBI/E_TransferProcedure.pdf

Fines
A fine of €10 will be applied to the home team if NO Table officials are present at the match.
A fine of €40 will be applied for missing referee commitment.
A fine 0f €20 and one match ban will be applied to player sanctioned with a red card (excluding 3X2min).
Semi-F. and Finalist team must pay all outstanding fees 10 days before the Semi-Finals.

2007/2008 Competition Rules have been sent out to all teams. These new rules are highlighted in bold characters.

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Men's
NFR-Lughnasa 33-49
St.Pat's-DCU 32-33
DIT-Kildare 31-21

Women's
NFR-Lughnasa 18-12

UCC -UCC matches (M&W) have been both postponed by UCC request.
St.Pat's -DCU match (W) postponed by St.Pat's request.

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As part of a Long Term Players Pevelopment Plan the IOHA entered an women's U20 team in the IHF U20 World Cup.
This is the first time Ireland participate in an IHF top competition.
Qualification matches for the final stage will be played in Iceland on March 21st-23rd 2008.
In the same group with Ireland and Iceland there is Romania, Serbia and Hungary.
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The European Handball Federation has confirmed that the EHF Challenge Trophy (senior men's) is to take place in Luxembourg in October 2007.

Originally scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, the Luxembourg Handball Federation has stepped in to organise the event following the withdrawal of the Scottish Handball
Association.

Ireland , together with teams from Luxembourg, England, Scotland, Faroe Islands and Malta will take part in the week-long event and challenge for a place in the Challenge Trophy final, which is due to take place during the European Championship in Norway in January.The event is scheduled to take place 23rd to 28th October 2007 in Luxembourg.
See results at http://www.flh.lu/news.htm

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here links to the Senior Men's and Women's schedules.

http://www.olympichandball.org/competitions/seniors/Senior07-08/senior-M-07-08.xlr

http://www.olympichandball.org/competitions/seniors/Senior07-08/senior-F-07-08.xlr

Please reports errors.

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Welcome all to the new Handball Season

Here the first round of the Men's and Women's Senior Leagues 2007/2008

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....almost there...
Deadline for Club registration and Teams entry is the 28th of September
League Matches start on October 13th.

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Summer....not much happens...
Time to think about EHF tournaments. St.Pat's (M&F) and DIT (M) will play in the EHF Challenge Trophy.
Time to think about next season. The Competition commettee will meet on Sunday 24th of June to draw the competition calendar 2007/2008.
Time to enjoy handball in relax. Every Thursday in UCD at 8pm till 10pm...everybody is invited to play.
Time to....add stuff to this Blog. Check the new feature...the calendar on the right-side bar.

Have a nice summer everybody.

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Finals held in Killannin co Galway - May 23rd

Senior Girls
Scoil Aine Kylemore 21 - Gairmscoil na Piarsagh Rosmuc 1

Junior Girls
Scoil Aine Kylemore 17 - Sacret Heart Westport 9

Senior Boys
Lycee Francais/St Killians 17 - Gairmscoil na Piarsach 9

Junior Boys
Lycee Francais/St Killians 10 - Gairmscoil na Piarsach 9

Second year Boys
Balinteer Community School 13 - Gairmscoil na Piarsach 7

Second year Girls
St.Paul Dublin 37 - Ursuline College Sligo 5

First Year Girls
St.Paul Dublin 15 - Ursuline College Sligo 11

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Candidates to Election
Position Candidates
President Robert Hamm ; Fintan Lyons
Honorary Secretary No Candidates
Honorary Treasurer No Candidates
Rules and Refereeing Officier Monika Urbanska
Ordinary Member 1 Magnus Sean Clarke
Ordinary Member 2 Pádraig Ó Seighin

Also 4 positions are available for each of the following Subcommittee: Competition, Rules and Refereeing, Coaching.

The IOHA AGM will be held at Sport HQ, 13 Joyce Way, Park West, Dublin 12, on Saturday May 26th at 12:00

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May 16th Finals
St Paul's Greenhills is 1st year girls 2nd year Dublin Girls Champions
Tallaght C.S. is 1st year Dublin Boys Champions
St Kilian's Vs Tallaght Full time 8-8 AET 8-14

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Boys U 14
North Kildare - Lughnasa 20- 30
Lughnasa Irish Champion U18 Men's

Senior Men's
Dagda- St.Pat's 26 - 27
St.Pat's Irish Champion Senior Men's

More pictures at :http://ireland-handball.wetpaint.com/

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National Finals
6th May, UCD, Belfield D4
10.45 Boys u14 Semi NFR - Kildare Referee Mick Moloney - Tomás ó Brannagáin

12.00 Boys U14 semi Lughnasa - Terenure Referee Peter Hassler - Flip Kostelka

13.30 Senior Men's Final St.Pat's - Dagda Referee Peter Hassler - Filip Kostelka

15.15 Boys U14 Final Referee Peter Hassler - Filip Kostelka

Dublin Seconday School Championship Finals
May 3rd Finals Results
2nd Year Boys
St.Tiernan's - Ballinteer C.S. 5-6 Ballinteer C.S. is Champion of Dublin
3rd Year Boys
St.Kilian's -Lycee Francais 20-8 St.Kilian's is Champion of Dublin

16th May, Inchicore S.C.
10.30 1st year girls St. Paul's, Greenhills Vs Maryfield College, Drumcondra.

11.30 1st year boys Tallaght Community School Vs St. Kilian's Clonskeagh

12.30 2nd year girls St. Paul's, Greenhills Vs Maryfield College, Drumcondra.

Match 20 minutes a half. 1 time out per half. Match will be decided by two periods of extra time and penalties if it should end in a draw.

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Girls U 14
Lughnasa - Na Fianna Rua 12 - 8
Lughnasa Irish Champion U14 Ladies

Female Development League
Na Fianna Rua - Lughnasa 24 - 5
Na Fianna Rua Irish Champion FDL Ladies

Boys U 18
North Kildare - Na Fianna Rua 32- 29
North Kildare Irish Champion U18 Men's

Senior Women's League
DCU- St.Pat's 10 - 26
St.Pat's Irish Champion Senior Women's

Senior Men's Semifinal
DIT - Dagda 26-27
Dagda qualifies for Senior Men's Final

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Semifinal A
1st Terenure vs 4th DCU 12-21
DCU qualify for the 2006/2007 Senior Women's Final

Semifinal B
2nd UCD vs 3rd St.Pat's 18 - 22
St.Pat's qualify for the 2006/2007 Senior Women's Final

Senior Women's Final, April 29th 11am in DCU

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The IOHA has fixed the AGM for the 26th of May. Expect to receive in your inbox the official confirmation and invitation from the IOHA office, with all relevant details.

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Please schedule the TBD matches as soon as possible

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Senior Men's

Senior Women's

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Welcome to the New Year

• HUGE EVENT took place on Saturday 13th of January, in Roedding, Denmark :
  ÉIRE-Australia 19-35 (8-22)
  11 Players and 3 Coaches is the Irish contingent travelling for this high profile friendly
  Australia is in Denmark in prepration for the Germany-2007 Handball World Cup. In their round of friendly they will also play GB.
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• Senior Leagues, Next two rounds.

Senior Men

Senior Women

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See you all back in 2007!

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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.

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

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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!

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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.

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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

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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.

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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)

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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)

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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

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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....

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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.

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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

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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

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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!!

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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.

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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

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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  

NOLLAIG SHONA AGUS ATHBHLIAIN FAOI MHAISE

Happy Hanukkah, Yule, Makar Sankranti, Saturnalia, Eid ul-Adha, Christmas, whatever… to you all and have a great 2006!

Posted by 53 at 3:15 pm 5 comments  

Last round before Christmas - 18th December

Seems that a few matches will be cancelled.
DIT and DIT2 willl not be able to field a team.

So far the schedule in DCU is:

10.30 DCU-Meath Ladies
12.30 Pats-Terenure Ladies
14.30 DCU-St Pats Mens (friendly?)

Posted by 53 at 4:05 pm 10 comments