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England Handball Association
The England Handball Association is the governing body for non-International Handball Federation related matters of team handball in England. The British Handball Association has governance over matters relating to the International Handball Federation. It is an Associate member of the European Handball Federation (EHF). League The men's league in England is currently divided into three tiers. The elite tier is the Premier Handball League in which 12 teams from England compete to be the national champion split in 2 regions (North and South). The second tier is the Regional League. This competition is currently divided into North and South (and South West and East). Following an end of season play-off in May/June, the overall winners are promoted to the Premier League, replacing the team finishing last in the top division. The runners-up in the Championship play a sudden death promotion match against the seventh placed team in the Super 8 for a place in the top division for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruislip Eagles West London Handball Club
West London Eagles Handball Club is a team handball club based in Gunnersbury Park, West London. The club has men's and women's teams in the EHA national Premier Handball League (former men's Super 8 and women's Super 7 league) and development teams in the South East regional divisions. They also have junior boys' and girls' teams competing in the U14, U16, U19 and U21 competitions. Club history West London Eagles Handball Club was founded in 1972 by Bill Holderness, a GB goalkeeper and were originally based in the old South Ruislip Leisure centre. Originally the teams were largely made up of British players but gradually more overseas players joined the club. The club had a successful spell through the 1980s playing in the national leagues, when many of their players were picked for the regional and national teams whilst the women won the national league and cup on several occasions alongside fierce rivals Wakefield. In 1982 the women became the first British team to win a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisations Based In Cheshire
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Handball In England
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Handball Clubs In England
List of handball clubs in England sorted by England Handball Association (EHA) league: 2023 onward Source: Men's senior competitions EHA Premier League EHA Regional Leagues (RL) Women's senior competitions EHA Premier League EHA Regional Leagues (RL) 2012 to 2023 Men's Clubs Men's Super 8 English National League The 2012/13 season saw the introduction of the Men's Super 8 English National League consisting of the top eight teams in England. Championship North Teams for the 2016/17 season: *Bolton Hussars *Deva HC *Liverpool HC *Manchester HC *University of Loughborough Championship South Teams for the 2016/17 season: * Brighton Seahawks * Carshalton Titans * Cranfield * Islington * Oly Cats * Poole Phoenix South West Regional Development League Teams for the 2016/17 season: *Bath Bombs HC * Bristol HC *Poole Phoenix - 2nd VII *Reading Lions *Southampton University *South Wales Handball *StroudUniversity of Bath South East Regiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughborough University
Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when Loughborough Technical Institute was founded. In March 2013, the university announced it had bought the former broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as a second campus. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £363.2 million, of which £47.8 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £251.6 million. In 2024, Loughborough Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom, ranked ninth nationally for undergraduate education. History The university traces its roots back to 1909, when the Loughborough Technical Institute was founded in the town centre. There followed a period of rapid expansion led by principal Herbert Schofield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool Hope University (abbreviated LHU) is a public university with campuses in Liverpool, England. The university grew out of three Normal school#United Kingdom, teacher training colleges: Saint Katharine's College (originally Warrington Training College), Notre Dame College, and Christ's College. Uniquely in European higher education, the university has an Ecumenism, ecumenical tradition, with Saint Katharine's College having been Anglican and Notre Dame and Christ's College having both been Catholic. The Church of England, Anglican Bishop of Liverpool David Sheppard and the Catholic Church, Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool Derek Worlock (who give their names to the university's Sheppard-Worlock Library) played a prominent role in its formation. Its name derives from Hope Street, Liverpool, Hope Street, the road which connects the city's Liverpool Cathedral, Anglican and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Catholic cathedrals, where graduation ceremonies are alternately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thames Handball Club
Thames Handball Club is an amateur handball club founded in 2005 in London, UK. It is affiliated to the England Handball Association and currently runs competitive men's handball team in Development leagues. The women's team voluntarily withdrew from official competition in 2016/17 and plays in a newly formed Handball Union. History The club started with Junior teams, before getting involved in Senior competitions in 2007, first starting with a women's team, then in 2008 adding a Men's team. Both teams competed in the England Handball League. The women's team in Division 1 and the Men's team in Division II. The club has enjoyed particular success in mixed team events and competitions, such as the Brentwood Mixed Team competition and the Oxford Open Mixed team competition. Both of which were won in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Of the Men's team, Chris Higgins made the selection into the Ireland men's national handball team in 2012. Of the women's team, Ulrike Stange now Ulrike Mertesac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge HC
Cambridge HC is a handball club from Cambridge, England, which has a men's team in the Super 8 and a women's team in Women's Super 8 Super 8 or Super Eight may refer to: Film * Super 8 film, a motion picture film format released in 1965 * Super 8 film camera, a motion picture camera used to film Super 8mm motion picture format * ''Super 8'' (2011 film), a science-fiction f ... European record Team Current squad :''Squad for the 2016–17 season'' ;Goalkeepers * Graham Jack * Pierre Larraufie ;Wingers ;RW: *Tobias Barber*Kevin Guy*Thibaut Page;LW: *Antonio Pedro Albuquerque*Rickie Bailey* Oliver Holway ;Line players *Alejandro Garcia Costa* Levente Kovacs * Jean-Daniel Malcor ;Back players ;LB: * Zsolt Majoros ;CB: * Jose Ballester Beltran * Francisco De Almeida Seco * Nicolas Martin ;RB: * Fernando Gicci * Jürgen Harter * Florian Ströhl External linksOfficial website Cambridge HC {{England-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry Handball Club
Coventry Sharks Handball Club was formed in the aftermath of the 2012 Summer Olympics by Paul Cross and Colin Littlewood. The club has teams in men's and women's EHA Super-8, the men's team promoted from the Championship in 2016. The women's team reached the final of the England Handball National Cup in 2015 and 2016, only to lose to London GD and Olympia, respectively. There had in fact previously been a handball club existing with the same name, playing at the same venue in Coventry, but it had disbanded in 1983. About the club In its first year, the club had two men’s teams and a ladies team competing in the top league in the Midlands as well as in their respective national cups. Men’s and women’s first teams finished 2nd in their respective leagues, earning them the right to compete in the national play-offs. The men took this opportunity with both hands, defeating Manchester Uni 21—15 to earn themselves a place in the top national league, the EHA Super 8 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Handball League
The Premier Handball League is the highest level of men's club handball in England. It is organised by the England Handball Association. History The Premier Handball League was formerly known as the Super 8, and was re-branded for the 2017/18 season Data sources: 1972-2019; 1975-1976 Wirral Handball Club ''Clubs and Honours''; 1977-1982 Midlands Handball Association (1982) ''Handball Directory''. page 12.; 1983 British Handball Association ''Word is ...'' No.5 page 3; Format The league consists of 8 teams which play each other twice in a season, once at each club's home venue. 3 points are awarded for each win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss. Should the situation occur that two or more clubs finish with the same number of points, their final positions shall be determined by (and in the following order): a. goal difference; b. taking into account the results of the headtohead Super 8 matches between the clubs concerned; c. goals scored; d. further matches played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia HC
Olympia Handball Club London is a handball club from London, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ... that has men’s and women’s teams competing in the Premier Handball League, Regional Development League and a number of Junior leagues. Club history The club was established in 2005 as a multi-national team and remains one of the most diverse handball clubs in London, now boasting members from more than 23 countries. In addition to providing an opportunity for everyone to play handball, Olympia has four senior teams that participate in England Handball Association (EHA) leagues and cup competitions at different levels. Both of the Women and Men's first teams compete in the Premier Handball League, which is contested between the best teams in England. Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
