Newcastle Vikings’ ladies rounded off their Scottish Handball League season with a tightly-contested 23-19 victory over East Kilbride club EK82 to consolidate their third place finish. Newcastle went into the game at Scotland’s Oriam Sports Performance Centre knowing they had already secured third position in the league, but were out
Author: Andrea King
Junior handballers enjoy fun tournament
Over 40 children thoroughly enjoyed a friendly mixed handball tournament on Saturday, organised by Newcastle Vikings Handball Club at the Benfield Sports Centre. The Vikings players were joined by boys and girls from several local schools – Gosforth Park First School, Gosforth East Middle School, Gosforth Junior Academy, Whitley Lodge
Battling Vikings narrowly beaten by Tryst
Newcastle Vikings’ ladies were narrowly beaten 25-27 by Tryst 77 in a tight Scottish handball league encounter between the second and third-placed teams in Edinburgh on Saturday. Newcastle’s line-up was boosted having signed up line player Nadine Waehning from York Handball Club and former Edinburgh half-back Andrea Rašpolić for their
Super 6 Vikings ladies beat Troon-Kelvinside …again!
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s ladies bounced back from last month’s loss to Scottish league leaders Edinburgh, with a stunning 17-24 victory over Troon-Kelvinside on Saturday. Remarkably, it was the second time this season that Newcastle had had to take a depleted team of just six players up to the Oriam
Vikings ladies fight back but lose to Edinburgh
Newcastle Vikings’ ladies returned to Scottish league action on Saturday with a hard match against unbeaten league leaders Edinburgh at the Oriam Sports Performance Centre. The Vikings struggled to find their way through Edinburgh’s solid defence line and hold back their pacy attacking plays during the first half, which ended
Vikings men suffer hard loss to Kelvinside
Newcastle Vikings’ men’s team played their second Scottish Development League match of the season on Sunday, but lost out 43-8 to Kelvinside. With Newcastle fielding a somewhat makeshift team, with four of the seven available players making their Vikings league debuts and not having had an opportunity to train all