Meeting is online - Teams meeting

On behalf of the Federation, I am pleased to invite all New Zealand referees to attend a meeting dedicated to reviewing the newly released 2025 IHF rules and preparing for the upcoming Wellington Clubs Championship tournament.

The agenda will include:
- A detailed presentation and discussion of the 2025 IHF rule updates
- Clarifications on interpretations and practical applications
- Preparatory for the Club Championship
- Q&A session

Your participation is essential to ensure consistent officiating and a smooth execution of the tournament. Please confirm your attendance by email to referees@handball.org.nz

Should you have any questions or specific topics you wish to address during the meeting, feel free to include them in your response.

We look forward to your valuable contribution and active participation.

Ngā mihi,

Antoine Desnos
Referee Development Officer

Hi All, 

This is an open invitation to all Male New Zealand Citizen and NZ Permanent Resident handball players who have aspirations of representing New Zealand at Senior Men's level. Note that this session is also suited to Youth and Junior players who want to know what it will take to be considered for training camps, and possible selection in national teams.

Roland van den Tillaar the Head Coach of the NZ Senior Men's team and Karl Fitzpatrick (NZHF Director of High-Performance) will be hosting a kick-off to the next campaign and outline the vision and expectations for players who wish to be considered for selection in future NZ Men's teams. 

The agenda for the meeting will cover the following topics:

• Long term vision of the squad

• Goals for the physical testing and benchmarks of high-level players

• Physical training program

• Will outline draft camp dates and structure.

• Outline of online development sessions

• The HLA and its importance to development and player selection.

• Overview of upcoming tournaments (National and international)

• Plan for how foreign based players will fit into the squad development.

• Next steps.

Please RSVP to this invite by 28th January to confirm your attendance. 

Please contact Karl (Ted) Fitpatrick via high-performance@handball.org.nz if you need further info. 

Happy Handballing,
Karl (Ted) Fitzpatrick
NZHF Director of High-Performance

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This year's AGM for the New Zealand Handball Federation will be held via Zoom.

All Clubs - please email secretary@handball.org.nz, cc president@handball.org.nz, with confirmation of your respective virtual voting reps for the AGM. Each club that has paid its affiliation fee and annual team-based sub by 6 September is entitled to one vote at the meeting.  At the same time, please confirm the Club email address you would like us to send the Zoom meeting invite to. Each Club is free to share the meeting link with its membership base, but the invite will only be directed to the Club's official nominated email address plus the address of the nominated rep. Please note the meeting invite will come from a work email address.

Executive Committee membership - A key agenda item for which a vote will be required is the election of officers to the Executive Committee. Of the current elected members of that Committee, three - Willy Silcock, Karl Fitzpatrick, and Julien Pringot - are one year into their two year terms so will continue in office. The other two elected members - David Ireland and Rowan Moloughney - have now completed our two year terms. In accordance with the constitution we must stand down at the AGM, although will be eligible for re-election. Our sixth Executive Committee Member, Frank Stoltenberg, is an appointee of the Life Members, with the Life Members making a call on their appointee for the next term following the AGM.

There will be openings for three people to be elected to join the Executive Committee at the AGM. We now call for nominees for election. It would be great to have some fresh blood and further diversity at the table to add new ideas and energy to help oversee the ongoing development of New Zealand handball. This is primarily a governance role, but requires someone willing to roll up their sleeves and commit to the cause for at least the next two years. Don't be shy!

The power to make nominations sits with the Members (i.e. Clubs and Life Members). If any Member would like to nominate someone, please email president@handball.org.nz or KC at secretary@handball.org.nz, with that nominee copied so they can confirm their nomination. Please feel free to contact any of the current Executive Committee members if you would like to know more about what is involved. To be valid, nominations must be received by me or secretary@handball.org.nz no later than Friday 13 September.

We would also welcome any items of general business any of you would like to raise at the AGM. If there is anything you would like us to place on the agenda for discussion, please let us know no later than 13 September. 

An agenda for the AGM, including names of those nominated for election to the Executive Committee, will be distributed by 15 September.