Registration forms and tournament information for the NZ Secondary Schools Handball Championships are now available at http://nzsssc.org.nz (under events/entry info & safety plans).
Register before 16 March 2018. The event will be held in Wellington 6-8 April.
Email youthleague@handball.org.nz if you have questions or need further information.
The Australian Club Champs will be held in Geelong from 24-27 May. Entries are open to NZ Clubs.
The key dates are listed below – note entries are due by 28 March. A full tournament pack is available. Please email secretary@handball.org.nz and it will be sent to you.
Dates:
• Registration close 28 March
• Team entry deposit $100 due 4 April
• Team entry fee (minus deposit) due 25 April
• Team list to be submitted by 1 May
• Nominated referee form by 1 May
• Nominated scorer/bench official form by 1 May
Lynda Hagen
NZHF Secretary-General
Wellington Parrots took out first place at the 2018 Australian Beach National Championships just completed in Adelaide. They won in a tight final against Melbourne Knicks 16-12; 17-16.
Congratulations to Wellington's Nicholas Shields who was named top scorer for the tournament and MVP.
The Wellington Parrots Women took out third place in their competition.
The Nationals were held in conjunction with the Oceania Beach Handball Champs. Congratulations to Australia who took out both the men's and women's events. They will now represent Oceania at the World Championships.
2018 is an IHF trophy year for men. This year will provide opportunity for both the Junior and Youth age groups. Date and location of the tournament are not known yet, but we expect the tournament will happen in June 2018 outside of New Zealand.
PLAYERS: If you are interested in trialling, we are looking for expressions of interest from male players:
- Junior (born on or after 1 January 1998)
- Youth (born on or after 1 January 2000)
If you are interested in trialling, please contact the Men’s Head Coach, Ludo Galliegue at ludovic.galliegue@yahoo.fr First trials are expected to be held in Wellington on 14/15 April. Players from out of Wellington who cannot attend this trial will be given another opportunity to trial.
COACHES, ASSISTANT COACHES AND MANAGERS: We are seeking official positions for both teams, so please send expressions of interest to secretary@handball.org.nz
Further information on IHF Trophy from IHF:
The IHF Trophy has been reconfigured for 2018 onwards and now includes two age categories - Junior (born on or after 1 January 1998) and Youth (born on or after 1 January 2000). The best teams from both categories will advance to the Continental Phase, to be held later this year with the winners of the IHF Trophy Intercontinental Junior Championships earning an automatic spot at the 2019 IHF Men’s Junior World Championships in Spain.
In 2019, the IHF Trophy will be for junior and youth women with the same format and qualification potential for the following years’ IHF Junior World Championships (2020).
Lynda Hagen
NZHF Secretary-General
We congratulate the NZ Senior Men’s team on their first Asian Championships campaign. Team members and officials were:
Players:
Tim Banks
Jimmy Cochrane (Co-Captain)
Justin Cope
Aleksa Djorovic
Karl Fitzpatrick (Co-Captain)
Jack Gallagher
Harry Ireland
Luke Ireland
Aston Lang
Willy Makea
Predrag Mijatovic
Luke Naylor
Cassius Papera-Sipeli
Nick Potter
Thomas Roxburgh
Officials:
Head coach: Ludovic Galliegue
Assistant Coach: Frederic Han
Head of Delegation: Michael Roxburgh
Results:
18/01/2018, 17:00 New Zealand vs Qatar Result: 14-58 (11-27 half time)
19/01/2018, 19:00 New Zealand vs Saudi Arabia Result: 12-42 (6-20 half time)
20/01/2018, 17:00 New Zealand vs China Result: 14-31 (7-16 half time)
22/01/2018, 15:00 New Zealand vs Uzbekistan Result: 19-33 (8-13 half time)
23/01/2018, 15:00 New Zealand vs India Result: 24-38 (10-17 half time)
26/01/2018, 11:00 New Zealand vs Bangladesh Result: 24-31 (10-16 half time)
Congratulations to the following players selected to represent New Zealand. The squads play Australia in Adelaide, February 2018 in the Oceania Championships, with the winner qualifying for the World Beach Handball Championships.
NZ WOMEN'S SQUAD
Erin Roxburgh
Daniela Conforte
Francesca Graham
Hanne De Ridder
Jaclyn Parker
Jordan Thorstensen
Langi Winitana
Nore De Ridder
Samantha Gard
Shrena Faitua-lati
Stacey Bascand
Tamara Baker
James Cochrane ( Head Coach )
NZ MEN'S SQUAD
Tim Rayner
Aaron Huddleston
James Cochrane ( Captain )
Nicholas Shields
Ryan Roselli
Max Brookes
Thomas Roxburgh
Tim Banks
Willy Silcock
Peter Ellis
Coach – Ben Dawson
New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships - Wellington 7-8 April
New Zealand Regional Championships - Auckland 5-6 May
South Island Club Championships - Queenstown 2-3 June
New Zealand Club Championships - Wellington 14-16 September
Note there are no Palmerston North or Christchurch tournaments planned at this stage in 2018.
Information on all NZHF Community activity will appear in the calendar under the Events tab on this website. If you have events or information you wish to share on the Events Calendar, or spot errors that need corrected, please contact me on secretary@handball.org.nz
Lynda Hagen
Secretary-General
NZHF
The New Zealand Handball Federation are pleases to announce that the NZ Mens Team have been invited to compete at the Asia Handball Champs in January 2018. This will be held in South Korea from the 18th of January through to the 1st of February 2018. The team will be announced at a further date.
This is an incredible opportunity for the New Zealand Handball Federation and we thank the AHF and the OCHF for this opportunity.
The New Zealand Handball Federation are please to announce the U17 Men's Beach Handball Team, this team will represent New Zealand at the IHF U17 Challenge Trophy in the Cook Islands in May 2017.
Head Coach: Tim Rayner
Assistant Coach/ Manager: Aaron Huddleston
2017 Team:
Max Brookes (Scots College)
Joe Poata (Wellington College)
Paul Ireland (St Pats Town)
Johnny English (St Pats Town)
Danyah-Lee Skelton-ChongNee (St Pats Town)
Boston Christie (St Pats Town)
Michan Hunter (Palmerston North Boys High School)
Gus Hamilton (Cashmere High School)
Josh Holland (St Pats Town)
Miguel Aizpuru (St Pats Town)
Congratulations to both Australian Senior National teams, women and men, who won the Oceania Beach Championships 2016 played at the Gold Coast in Australia. Unlucky for the New Zealand teams who challenged the Australians in both finals.
The NZ men team was well prepared and included some players who already competed at the Oceania Beach Championships in 2012. The team played outstanding well the first game which they won with 2:1 after a nail biting shoot-out.
The second game was even closer, but the Australians had a tiny bit more luck and managed to win both halves and therefore the Oceania Championships
The NZ women team was relatively new to Beach Handball and faced a very experienced Australian side. Lessons are learned and the girls have made huge progress over that weekend and will come back stronger.
Game 1 – 26/2/2016 – NZ vs AUS 2:1 (11:12, 24:12, 7:4)
Game 2 – 27/2/2016 – AUS vs NZ 2:0 (18:17, 11:8)
Australia wins 3:2 in total
Game 1 – 26/2/2016 – NZ vs AUS 0:2 (2:24, 5:20)
Game 2 – 27/2/2016 – AUS vs NZ 2:0 (16:0, 14:4)
Australia wins 4:0 in total