Newcastle Vikings teamed up with Edinburgh Handball Club to make their clubs’ debut showing at the Liverpool International Handball Tournament last Saturday. The post-Covid return of the tournament, this year played on a single day rather than over the usual two days, saw combined Newcastle-Edinburgh men’s and women’s teams take
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Vikings ladies and EK82 men win Tyneside Tournament Honours
Newcastle Vikings’ ladies and East Kilbride’s EK82 men each overcome Edinburgh to win the finals matches at last weekend’s 8th Tyneside Handball Tournament. In a day of quick-fire 20-minute matches at the Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence, Newcastle’s men opened in positive fashion with a big 4-15 victory against Durham
Vikings claim Double Victory over York University
Newcastle Vikings’ men’s and women’s teams got the new year off to a fine start with big wins in their friendly matches against the University of York at Benfield Sports Centre last Sunday. The men’s match saw the Vikings extend a 10-4 first-half lead into a convincing 24-8 victory by
Scots take Under-14 Newcastle Tournament Honours
Scottish clubs Tryst 77 and EK82 scored a double win in Sunday’s Anglo-Scottish under-14s handball tournament in Newcastle. Hosted by Newcastle Vikings Handball Club at the Benfield Sports Centre, the juniors tournament welcomed boys and girls teams from Manchester’s Trafford Handball Club, Cumbernauld-based Tryst 77 and East Kilbride’s EK82. Having
Vikings Victory in Sunderland Derby
Newcastle Vikings came out on top 29-23 in Saturday’s local derby against the University of Sunderland’s men’s team at the Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence. The end-of-year friendly was Newcastle’s first full match since the tentative early summer return to handball after the Covid-19 pandemic had put all handball action
Vikings Men and Edinburgh Women Score Double Wins
Newcastle Vikings’ men and Edinburgh’s women each won both of their matches in Saturday’s three-way friendly games at Benfield Sports Centre that also welcomed the University of Durham’s men’s and women’s teams to Tyneside. In the men’s matches, the Vikings opened with a 17-11 victory over Durham’s students. Playmaker Timo