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Welcome to bristol-handball.co.uk! Whether you an experienced handball player or a complete beginner
wanting to start a new sport, Bristol Handball Club wants to hear from you.
Get in contact or come along to training - first session free of
charge!
Latest news
30/06/08
Attention training
venue changed for next month!!
Out and about for all
We are giving
ourselves a Handball pitch break. To better enjoy the summer weather and to
work on our general fitness, strength and endurance we will move out. We
will meet in the Downs at Ladies Mile (see
picture/link below) to have some fun and a relaxed workout. Doing some
running, training catching and throwing and use the provided trim trail
there. Everybody is cordially welcome to join.
Looking
forward seeing you there and feel free to bring none handball players and
players to be along, too. No special skills are required; just bring
yourself and good spirits.
So
please mark the following dates in your calendar:
Thursday,
3rd July 2008, 21:00
Tuesday,
8th July 2008, 20:00
Thursday,
10th July 2008, 20:00
Tuesday,
15th July 2008, 20:00
Thursday,
17th July 2008, 20:00
Tuesday,
22nd July 2008, 20:00
Thursday,
24th July 2008, 20:00
Tuesday,
29th July 2008, 20:00
Thursday,
31st July 2008, 20:00
Where
to Meet:
 press
here for a map
14/06/08
BHC
sociale event planned for Friday 20th June 2008
The Club would like to invite everyone to
meet in The Old Duke at 7:00pm.
Letīs have a couple of beers and go from there.
08/06/08
Bristol Handball Club has been offered
a place in the British women’s league. We
would like to raise a team and we know we had definitely enough very
skilled and highly potential ladies playing and training with us over the
last year. Now it is your chance, please let us now if you are ready to
take it to the next level and commit playing in a league. So get moving and
call Fabien or Thomas as soon as possible or just turn up at next
Thursday’s training.
30/05/08
After a
longer break, the homepage is now back online with regular news!!!
Many
things happened since the last up-date. Most important of all the first
mans team finished the 2nd (developer) league last week with an
astonishing second place. This is more than was expected for our first
season ever and created enthusiasm, and high expectations for next year.
So now
it is time to get together for our first team meeting preparing the next
season and discuss the clubs future development.
We have
scheduled a get together on Sunday.
The meeting will be held on 1st
of June at 11:30 after the mess in the:
Church of Nazareth
Broad Walk, Knowle
Park, Bristol BS4 2RD
England, United Kingdom
0117 9716629
Pastor Christian Ache
If you could imagine to play next season
with us, then please come along or let Fabien, Chris or Thomas know your
intensions.
Nevertheless everybody is kindly invited to also attend the service
starting at 10:30 in above venue.
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 30/12/07
euro 2008 live online
The Men's European Championship will be available live online via the
European Handball Federation's recently revamped official event website.
Matches can be viewed from 1.99 Euros or 19.99 Euros for the whole
tournament.
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15/12/07
Christmas holiday training break
There will be a three-week break from training over the Christmas
holidays. Here are the revised training dates and times:
Thursday 20 December - NO TRAINING
Thursday 27 December - NO TRAINING
Thursday 3 January - NO TRAINING
Thursday 10 January - Training at the City Academy 9.00 - 10.30 pm
Bristol's next tournament will be Saturday 12 January in Liverpool.
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 12/12/07
New team soon in Bath
Bristol
will soon have a new team right on its doorstep. Handball has been accepted
as a sport at Bath University and
the students will start regular training in Bath's
superb Sports
Training Village
in the new year. Anybody interested in finding out more about the team can
visit their Facebook group.
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12/12/07
Bristol
Cup tournament planned
Following Bristol's league success this season, the club is now
embarking on another new venture, the organisation of its own annual
tournament. The event is planned for Saturday 23 February and teams from
across the South of England have been invited. The tournament will take
place at The Princess Royal Sports Complex, Wellington School in Somerset.
More information
to follow.
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12/12/07
New email addresses for club committee
To improve communication with and within Bristol Handball Club, the club
committee have now been allocated club email addresses
(bristol-handball.co.uk). You can find contact details for the committee on
the contact
us page. Committee members can use
the link on the right handside of the homepage to log into their email
accounts.
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 12/12/07
Play-off date change
The date for the English Development League play-offs have changed. The original
date of 16 February will now be the weekend of the British Student
Championships.. The
new date will be advised when available.
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10/12/07
Bristol
through to league play-offs
The latest league results and table have been added to the bristol-handball.co.uk
results page. With one tournament left to play, Bristol Handball Club are
already through to the English Development League play-offs. Only Deva or
Cannock can hope to catch Bristol
at the top of the league, the men's team now need just a draw to finish top
of the Western Division.
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 10/12/07
Christmas Eve invitation
Bristol's first team goalkeeper, Paster
Chris Ache, has kindly invited all club members and their family to attend
a midnight candlelit service on Christmas Eve at his church in Knowle Park,
Bristol. Click for more details and the
latest club update.
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 09/12/07
Bristol remain unbeaten
With two more wins in the English Development League against Isle of
Man (23-14) and Cannock (21-14) on Saturday 8 December, Bristol men's first
team remains unbeaten. Bristol will meet
Deva and Liverpool on 12th January in the
final round to decide who will win the Western Division.
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06/12/07
Tournament schedule revised
The match schedule for the weekend's English Development League
tournament has been revised. Bristol will
now meet Cannock at 1.00 pm at the Greenbank
Sports Academy,
Liverpool on Saturday, 8 December.
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 04/12/07
League leaders prepare for next round in Liverpool
Bristol men's
squad is busy preparing for the next round of the English League on
Saturday 8th December. With a number of new signings, the team will be
looking to maintain its place at the top of the league table with further
wins against Cannock and Liverpool.
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04/12/07
Have your say on the future of English handball
England Handball has announced the start of an exercise to gather views
both from within the handball community and from the wider education and
sport world, in order to help shape the sport in England beyond 2012.
The first phase of the consultation is an online
survey which is open to anyone with
an interest in handball. This will be followed in January with consultation
workshops where interested parties can discuss the results of the survey
and formulate plans to take the sport forward.
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04/12/07
English League table updated
The latest English Development League table has been updated and posted on the bristol-handball.co.uk website.
The latest table and league results see Bristol
in top spot, ahead of Midlands-team, Cannock,
by two points.
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 04/12/07
Watch Women's World Championships live
The International Handball Federation is offering the chance to watch every
match of the Women's World Championships live online. The Championship is taking place in France from 2 to 16 December. An all-access pass for the whole tournament will be available at
€19.99. A match pass is also available at a cost of €2.99 per
match. This pass allows access to the match live and for up to 24 hours
after the final whistle.
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 05/11/07
Bristol move to top of league
Bristol men's
team took yet again maximum points in their second fixtures of the English
League this weekend (Saturday 3rd November). Playing in Chester,
Bristol beat Cannock
(21-14) and IOM (25-5), another great achievement that takes the club to
the top of the league.
Bristol
team: Top Row (from left): Thomas Engelbrecht, Chris Ache, Kevin Hill,
Roger Dickinson. Bottom Row (from left): Fabien Le Dem, Andi Reimer,
Hussain Al Dafai , JJ Rowland.
(Click photo for
full-sized image)
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05/11/07
Developing handball in Wales
BHC is supporting a new initiative to establish a handball team in the
Newport/Cardiff area of Wales.
Players interested in joining a new club in Wales should contact Marie-Laure CHEVALIER and
register their interest.
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 29/10/07
Handball News from around the UK
Keep up to date with the latest handball happenings around the UK
with the British Handball Association's e-newsletter, Handball News. To
sign up for the weekly newsletter sent direct to your inbox simply click on
the link and enter your e-mail address.
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 16/10/07
Goal difference separates Bristol from
top spot
Bristol
are only three goals from the top of the English League. Following two wins
in the team's first English League event in Liverpool on 5th October, Bristol are equal on points with league leaders, Cannock. Bristol will
meet the Midland team on 3rd November in Chester. League results and table can be
found in the competitions section of the
website.
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 16/10/07
Club coaching team appointed
Bristol Handball Club has appointed its coaching team for the season
2007/2008. Weekly training will be led by a coaching team including
experienced German pair, Thomas Engelbrecht (pictured) and Chris Ache, as
well as Romanian coach, Lidia Jones.
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07/10/07
First blood to Bristol in English League
Bristol
men's team took maximum points in their first fixtures of the English
League this weekend (Saturday 6th October). Playing at the Greenbank Sports
Academy in Liverpool, Bristol beat Deva HC
21-19 and Liverpool HC 21-12, a great achievement in the club's first ever
league matches. Bristol
team: Chris Ache, Thomas Engelbrecht, Andi Reimer, Roger Dickinson, JJ
Rowland, Kevin Hill, Mounim Lakraa & Glynn Hill. Team photo and statistics to
follow.
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 02/10/07
Player registration
Players wanting to play for Bristol
in the English League need to be registered with the England Handball Association.
A registration form can be downloaded below as can an international
transfer form for players, who have been registered with an overseas
federation in the past two years.
 Player Registration Form
International Transfer Form
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 15/09/07
Training venue change
The start of the new academic year has meant that UWE can no longer
accommodate our booking. Weekly training has now moved to The City Academy,
Russell Town Avenue,
Bristol, BS5 9JH
on Thursday evenings from 9.00 - 10.30 pm.
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15/09/07
Bristol
joins English League
Bristol Handball Club will be competing in the English League this season
2007/2008. The club's first competitive season will see the men's team
making the trip to Liverpool each month to play against teams from
Liverpool, Cannock, Isle of Man and Chester.
The club is now recruiting players to join the squad for the coming season.
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 23/07/07
New beach album on-line
Photos from Weymouth 2007 are now on-line on the club's Photo Album. You can also view photos as a slide show on the Photos page of the website.
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23/07/07
Bristol compete at Weymouth 2007
English newest handball club entered two teams in the Weymouth 2007 English
Beach Handball Championships, which took place in the Dorset resort on 22nd
and 23rd July. Results and pictures from the event can be found on the
England Beach Handball website.
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18/06/07
New photo album
A new photo album has been developed for all the club's photos. You can now
find photos from Saturday's match against Oxford University
on-line.
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18/06/07
First match against Oxford University
Bristol's men's squad played its first indoor
match at the weekend (16th June) against Oxford
University in Oxford. Final score 33-26 to Oxford. An excellent
performance from the Bristol
team in their first competitive match (and without an experienced
goalkeeper!) A re-match is planned in the next month or so.
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