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Victory Treble for Vikings Boys in Trafford Tournament
Newcastle Vikings’ youth boys team came up trumps to win all three of their matches and take top spot in Trafford Handball Club’s under-16 tournament on Sunday. Coach Adam Batley said “The boys had a fantastic day in Manchester at Trafford’s tournament! They got the opportunity to play three matches
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Vikings On Tour in Ireland for Celtic Cup
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s ladies travelled to Dublin for the group stage of the Celtic Cup tournament over the weekend of 19-20 October, but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Final 4. Having finished last season in 3rd place in the Scottish league, the Vikings ladies had qualified for
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Tyne & Wear County Handball Trials
Open trials the Tyne & Wear County Handball under-13 teams will be taking place during October and November. The trials sessions, which are being run in partnership with the England Handball Association, are open to all boys and girls in school year groups 6, 7 and 8 (aged 10-13). No
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Yesterday's 20-15 league win over EK82 for our Vikings ladies was followed by a fun mixed friendly game with our Vikings lads! Thanks again to EK82 Handball Club for a good competitive match and joining in the friendly match too π€ΎπΌββοΈπ€ΎββοΈ Scottish Handball Association Glasgow Handball Club York Handball Club PRO - EM UK
We wrapped up an early Christmas present with a first win of the season for our Vikings ladies in a rare home Scottish league match against EK82 today. We dominated the first half 13-4, but lost our groove a bit in the second half as we tried switching things around which let the Scots back into it, though we held out for a good 20-15 victory come the final whistle ππ€ΎπΌββοΈ Congratulations to our player-of-the-match captain Sandra Christke-Lamb who led by example with a fab 9 goals, our all-time top goalscorer passing the 250 Vikings league and cup goals milestone on the way π Our other goals came from Judyta Turulska with 4 (taking her to 199 altogether), while Nadine Waehning netted 3, Andrea Gunner 2, and Beata Bartnik and Caroline Bergum 1 apiece. Andrea King blocked a penalty among some good saves π₯ "Well done everyone!" said Christke-Lamb afterwards. "Only possible as the whole team pulled together πͺ goals all round and a strong goalie". Head coach Marlen Slinning Goulty added "I am very proud of you girls playing today, great team work and overall a good performance. Lots of great assists and goals and savesπͺππ ". Thanks for coming down for the game EK82 and joining in the mixed friendly game with the lads afterwards too - more photos coming soon on our Facebook page. We hope all our Scottish visitors got back home safely in the awful wet and windy weather! We look forward (?) to venturing up to East Kilbride for the return double-header in the new year! Scottish Handball Association EK82 Handball Club Glasgow Handball Club York Handball Club PRO - EM UK #vikingsvictory #scottishleague #homegame #newcastlevikings #newcastlehandball #vikingshandball