U16's National County Final's Tournament.

This weekend we were lucky enough to be asked by the England Handball Association's Performance Department to help assist with the running of the Under 16's National County Finals, being held at our Home Court in Wellington, Somerset.
We got to see first hand the progress and potential of the UK's youth development system and what the Olympic legacy has started to produce through grassroots handball.
FYI the future looks good!

The volunteers manning the scoring table for the matches

The Tournament:

From start to finishes the tournament ran smoothly without a hitch. The atmosphere from the spectators watching in the stand was superb and all the teams involved were very professional on and off the court.

How the county finals worked; The five teams in both girls and boys tournament will play each other once in a league style table to determine a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place. Once this is done the top four teams will enter the play offs: 3rd vs 4th and 1st vs 2nd teams

Each match run for a straight 18mins, with each team having one optional 1min time out card they can play while their team has control of the ball.

The girls tournament ran first throughout the morning below is how all the games played out;

Cheshire vs Dorset: 4 - 2

Kent vs Staffordshire: 3 - 7

Warwickshire vs Cheshire: 1 - 5

Dorset vs Kent: 4 - 1

Staffordshire vs Warwickshire: 9 - 4

Cheshire vs Kent: 7 - 3

Dorset vs Staffordshire: 6 - 11

Warwickshire vs Kent: 3 - 1

Staffordshire vs Cheshire: 8 - 4

Warwickshire vs Dorset: 3 - 3

Playoffs

3rd vs 4th) Warwickshire vs Dorset: 6 - 3

1st vs 2nd) Staffordshire vs Cheshire: 13 - 3

 

Staffordshire Girls are the New U16's National County Champions!



Staffordshire Girls Team with Trophy

After the girls had received there well deserved trophy and a presentation by the tournament co-ordinator from the EHA Scott Harrington, It was on to the Boy's tournament. Which kicked off with a high scoring match! Here's how the afternoon played out;

 

Bucks' vs Cheshire: 10 - 12

Devon vs Middlesex: 6 - 10

Notts' vs Bucks': 8 - 6

Cheshire vs Devon: 8 - 11

Middlesex vs Notts': 12 - 7

Bucks' vs Devon: 10 - 7
Cheshire vs Middlesex: 9 - 10

Notts' vs Devon: 11 - 5

Middlesex vs Bucks': 12 - 8

Notts' vs Cheshire: -

Playoffs
3rd vs 4th) Notts' vs Bucks':  -

1st vs 2nd) Cheshire vs Middlesex:  -

 

Apologies we had to leave before the playoffs began so currently unsure on the final couple of scores once I have these confirmed from the EHA I will edit these in.

 

Having said that we know Cheshire are now the Under 16's County Final Champions! Congratulations to them.

 

Cheshire Girls Team with Trophy

Overall this was a fantastic day of Handball and great to see so many people showing their support for the game. Thank you to everyone that was involved and helped the day run smoothly, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Looking forward to the next one, hopefully we will see a Bristol based team attending in the near future.

One final note; I would like to praise the Princess Royal Sports Complex, Wellington School. These facilities our top class and were the perfect setting for the County finals. The atmosphere was great from the stand which gives everyone a clear view of the court.

"One of the best handball venues we have been too would highly recommend and look forward to returning in the future."

- Spectator from Staffordshire -

 

 

We will be returning to Wellington as a team for our Men's and Women's final league home games of this season against Southampton on the 10th of May 2015. If you would like to come down and watch please feel free to come and show your support.

To see the day as it happened please check out EHA_Performance

All Images shown were taken by the EHA 

EasyFundraising

Please help raise money for the club while your spending money online... Click Here

 The club has now setup an Easyfundraising.org.uk account for the club. If you could please take a couple of minutes to register that would be most appreciated, it costs nothing to do. All you have to do is go through this site everytime you shop online and you will be helping us raise some additional needed funds for the club.

How it works;

 1. Start at easyfundraising

Let's say you want to buy a pair of shoes from John Lewis. Instead of going to johnlewis.com directly, you first go to easyfundraising.org.uk.

 2. Make a purchase
From the easyfundraising website, click through to John Lewis to make your purchase. This tells John Lewis you came from easyfundraising. The price of the shoes is exactly the same.

 

 

 3. Get a donation

After you buy your shoes, John Lewis will give you a cash reward that you can turn into a donation for your good cause. easyfundraising collect this and send it on at no extra cost.

 

 

 4. Get the easyfundraising Donation Reminder

You can skip steps 1 and 2 with the easyfundraising Donation Reminder. Just click the reminder when you shop to receive any eligible donations. You’ll never forget a free donation again!

 

 GOT IT! :)


Basically the bigger the purchase the more the club will earn, so get out there and book a new holiday, or treat yourself to that something special you have had your eye on. Although any purchase will be most appreciated and help towards the cause.

There are over 2,700 retailers online that take part in this great cash reward scheme such as; Sports Direct, Argos, M&S, John Lewis, Apple Store, Amazon, Next, LateRooms.com, Curry's, Travelodge, Ebay and Vodafone to name a few...

So please sign-up for free today and start raising donations simply by shopping online, and at no extra cost to you!

Click here to learn more about EasyFundraising.org.uk

Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

See you at the bar

To all members,

We will be holding a meeting tonight (Monday 16th Feb 2015) at one of our local watering holes "The Hole in the Wall" (Address below) from 8pm. 

 

 This is an open invite for anyone that is interested in the club and would like to contribute on how we will be moving forward in trying to make our club a more successful team.

  The main discussion tonight will be about the on going season. The work done so far and what still needs to be improved in the club for the next season and the immediate future.

 

 We would like to give the opportunity to everyone to be involved in the club, we have some roles that still require filling so if you would like to become a major part of the club please let us know.

 

 It is very important for the club to receive as much feedback  as we can from everyone in order to progress in the right direction. So if you would like to have your say but unfortunately can not make the meeting this evening, please let us know by commenting on any of the teams social media or send us a quick email. We will be sure to bring your comments to the table for discussion.

Apologies for the delay in posting this I know it maybe short notice for some.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

 

 

See you at the bar!

BHC

Address:

The Hole in the Wall,

2 Three Queens' Lane,

Avon, Bristol

BS1 4QZ

Time: 20:00pm

 

Onwards & Upwards...

Hi,

Let me first thank you for taking the time to visit our new page, And most importantly Welcome you to the NEW home of Bristol Handball Club online.

As you may of noticed our original website has been unattended and outdated since 2013. Due to a lack of access... But onwards and upwards! :)

Over the following weeks and months you will notice we will be regularly making changes and updating all areas of the site and adding all the up to date information about the club and everything that you may have missed. Such as things like the Beach Handball Festival we attended last summer, the introduction of our Women's team to the league and of course the usual match results and everything BHC...

Once again thanks for checking in, please take a look around and let us know your thoughts on the updates or just please feel free to say Hi!

We have a lot of exciting things happening within the club over the next year or so and cannot wait to tell you about them.

If you do not already please follow us on Facebook & Twitter for all the up to date and latest club news. (Details of both our in the 'Contact us' section)

More updates on there way,
Thanks for now.

BHC