U19 Men's Team leaves for World Championship

Our U19 men’s team will fly out from Auckland on Sunday, 23 July, to start their journey to the World Championship in Croatia. They will first go to Hungary for a training camp and warm up games. The 10th IHF Men’s U19 Handball World Championship in Croatia will start on 2 August 2023. For the championship, our team is part of Group B with Hungary, Slovenia and Hungary. Their preliminary games will be played in Varaždin in Croatia. For more details about the tournament, schedules and links to games and results, go to U19 Mens Handball World Championship 2023

Speaking prior to the flight on Sunday, Thomas Schmider, Head of Delegation.

“As the head of delegation, I am truly humbled by the dedication and perseverance shown by our U19 national handball team in their preparation for the upcoming World Championships. It has been a remarkable journey so far, and I couldn’t be prouder of each player’s growth and commitment to their sport.

Together, we embark on this exciting adventure, knowing that success is not guaranteed, but we will give it our all with a united spirit. We value the opportunity to represent our nation and showcase our passion for handball on the world stage.

The road ahead might be challenging, but we approach it with humility and gratitude for the chance to compete among the best. We understand the importance of teamwork, and we will lean on each other’s strengths to overcome any obstacles we may encounter.

Our focus remains on the love of the game, and win or lose, we aim to leave a positive impact with our sportsmanship and camaraderie. With hearts full of determination, we are eager to embrace the experience, learn, and grow both as individuals and as a team.

Together, we carry the hopes and dreams of our country, and we promise to give our best effort in every match. We hope to inspire not only through our performances but also through the values we uphold on and off the court.

Thank you to all our supporters for believing in us. Your encouragement fuels our passion, and we are excited to make you proud throughout this incredible journey”

— Thomas Schmider, Head of Delegation

Coach Hayden Juranovich,

“I am super excited for the journey ahead. This is an awesome opportunity for the boys travelling to be able to train and play over in Europe and gain some invaluable experience.

The tournament will be tough. But I know the boys have been training hard and will give it everything they have and do NZ proud.

Time to show off NZ handball to the world.”

— Hayden Juranovich, Head Coach

Messages from New Zealand Handball Federation

New Zealand Handball Federation and its Executive Board wishes the team safe travels and good luck. We know the team will make the country proud. And foremost, enjoy the amazing experience ahead.

Rowan Maloughney, NZHF Secretary General

David Ireland, NZHF President

Shout Out to the NZ Under 19 Mens World Championship Delegation

With the NZ youth team busy training and preparing for the 2023 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, we would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the delegation behind the team.

Please continue supporting the team by going to NZ Youth Handball.

TIM RAYNER

High Performance Director

Tim is the current High Performance Director of NZHF. He coordinates and coaches the NZ representative teams. He has coached the youth team that won the 2018 IHF Trophy Oceania and at the IHF Intercontinental Trophy. He has also coached the New Zealand Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball Team. The men’s beach handball team played at the 2018 World Beach Handball Championship in Russia as a wildcard. And followed that up with winning the Oceania qualifiers to represent the region for the 2022 World Beach Handball Championship in Greece.

THOMAS SCHMIDER

Head of Delegation

Thomas was the president of Auckland Handball from 2019 to 2022. During that time they have setup the foundation for a youth team in Auckland. He took over the management of the national youth teams last year with the successful campaign at the 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania were the Youth team placed 2nd and the Junior Team 3rd. He looks at his main responsibility as the Head of Delegation is to “enable the management team to make choices that create the future for the National Youth Handball Team. The goal is to establish an environment where the players feel well looked after, can train and perform like professionals and are inspired to connect with other players”.

OLLY DONALDSON

Manager

A relatively newcomer to the handball community, he has a Sports Management and Psychology degree. He was part of the team delegation at the 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania were the Youth team placed 2nd and the Junior Team 3rd. He is currently part of the NZ Men’s Beach Handball team and played at the 2022 World Beach Handball Championship in Greece and the 2023 Oceania Beach Handball Championship in Australia.

HAYDEN JURANOVICH

Head Coach

Hayden coached the youth teams at the 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania were the Youth team placed 2nd and the Junior Team 3rd. He has also the coached the Canterbury Women’s team. As coach he is “looking forward to helping (the) guys grow as players and see where this sport can take (them) as many opportunities have opened up recently for our players”

ROLAND NEMES

Coaching Advisor

Roland is an IHF Lecturer and has been involved in handball coaching including national teams, top-tier club teams and young players at grassroots level. He brings a wealth of coaching knowledge and expertise.

Beach Handball Update - December

Tēnā tātou!

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Willy Silcock and I am currently in charge of the New Zealand Handball Federation's Beach Handball portfolio. I wanted to give you a quick update on how we are expecting the current summer’s Beach Handball programme to proceed.

Beach Handball already has a strong regional showing this season with regular games in Dunedin, Auckland and Canterbury and we wish to leverage the growth in the last few years to strengthen our presence on the international scene.

Our approach to achieve this is to create a high performance calendar to compliment the great work that is happening in the regions. The calendar has 3 components. Training camps to help develop skills, a North vs South series to develop healthy competition within New Zealand and a National championships to give all players something work towards.

The training camps are available to any players who have a passion for Beach Handball. Experience is NOT a prerequisite. All camps are based in Canterbury. For more details see the Facebook events below.

Camp 1 (19th December)

Camp 2 (29th – 31st January)

Camp 3 (5th March)

Camp 4 (20th - 22nd March)

Each player who is interested in attending camps NEEDS to fill out the THIS FORM. This form is also required for the North vs South series explained below.

The North vs South Series will give all players in New Zealand a goal to aim at as well as a competitive environment to thrive. Any player can put their names forward for their respective squads. Which squad they will represent will be decided based on which club they are registered to in New Zealand. Note that players who attend camps will be prioritised. Any player wanting to considered for the series OR attend camps NEED to fill out the form above.

The peak of the Beach Handball season is the National championships. This will be run as a two day tournament from the 6th and 7th of March. It will provide competitive and social environments to suit all players. To register individual interest please see the Facebook event. It is requested that at this early stage a representative from each region register approximate team numbers using this form so we can start to correctly shape the tournament format.

Lastly a couple of other events of note in the calendar is the Canterbury Handball Mixed Social Tournament and the Wellington Beach Fun Day these are open to all so go have a look and see if you or any of your players would be interested.

I have a passion for Beach Handball so if you want any more information, help on getting Beach Handball embedded in your handball community please reach out to myself via beach@handball.org.nz.

Ngā Mihi,

Willy Silcock

Executive Board Member, Beach Handball Portfolio

New Zealand Handball Federation

Open Senior Men National Team Training Camp

The New Zealand Senior Men’s team is starting their campaign to the Asian Championships in January 2022.

The kick-off event is an open trial training camp in Wellington over the weekend of the 31st of October. Everyone who is a New Zealand Citizen is welcome to join for the camp.

Over that weekend there will be training sessions, games and we also will provide more details about the ‘Road to the Asian Championships 2022’.

To register interest, please email mensnationalteam@handball.org.nz (coach) or david.ojcc@gmail.com (team manager) with the following information:

• First and Last Name

• Nationality

• The city currently residing in

Agenda

• Friday, 30/10 - training (evening)

• Saturday 31/10 - training (morning), game (afternoon)

• Saturday 31/10 - campaign presentation event

• Sunday 1/11 - training (midday)

Once we get closer to the weekend, the management team will contact all players who registered for this weekend with more detailed information (including financial arrangements.

Please save the date. 

2017 New Zealand U17 Men's Beach Handball Team Announced:

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)

Australia Wins Oceania Beach Championships, Both Women & Men

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.

Results Men

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

Results Women

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

NZ Beach Men's Team Wins First of Two at Oceania Beach Champs

NZ Mens Beach Handball team beat Australia in a penalty shootout in the best of 2 series World Champs qualifier. Aaron Huddleston was unstoppable from the wings and Thomas Roxburgh impenetrable in the shoot out. Coach Gaston Fuso said “the team was strong in defence and accurate in attack.”
He goes on to say how proud he is to coach the first senior and first men’s team to be victorious over Australia. Game two is Saturday afternoon, with a win sending the boys to Hungary.

Unfortunately for the girls, they were unable to match it with a well drilled Australian Womens team.

Scores will follow

2016 Beach National Teams are Selected

Over the last three months our Beach Handball National Teams have worked hard to prepare for the Oceania Beach Handball Championships in Coolangatta (Gold Coast, Australia).
The tournament is hosted by Handball Australia and takes place the 27th and 28th of February 2016.

Both coaches did had not an easy job selecting players, but at the end they had to make some hard calls. 
Here now the official selection for both teams:

Men:
Adam Bradley,
James Cochrane,
Jared Eagle,
Aaron Huddleston,
Willy Makea,
Benjamin Potaka,
Timothy Rayner,
Ryan Roselli,
Thomas Roxburgh,
Nicholas Shields

Women:
Emily Ashby,
Janae Cotter,
Monique Dalley,
Samantha Gard,
Francie Graham,
Madeleine Hazelton,
Erin Roxburgh,
Jordan Thorstensen

Congratulations to all selected players and good luck for the tournament.