Sunderland’s Oxclose Community Academy scored a double win in Thursday’s North East regional Handball Schools Games finals at South Shields’ Temple Park Leisure Centre. Featuring schools from Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Durham and the Tees Valley, the North East Schools Games is now in its third year, and is organised
Author: Andrea King
Coventry and Edinburgh Win Tyneside Handball Honours
Coventry Sharks won the annual Tyneside Handball Tournament on Saturday to break the Scottish stranglehold on the men’s title, while Edinburgh regained the women’s crown. Hosted by Newcastle Vikings Handball Club at the Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence for the first time, the Tyneside tournament is now in its seventh
Vikings League Champions!
Newcastle Vikings’ men’s team won their first England Handball Regional League North title by picking up the draw they needed in their second of three matches on Saturday. With the Universities of Warwick and Leeds opting not to take part in the final weekend of league competition, thus forfeiting their
Vikings Win and Draw over Leeds Boosts Title Chances
Newcastle Vikings’ women’s and men’s teams scored a win and a draw against the University of Leeds in Saturday’s home England Handball Regional League North fixtures at the Temple Park Leisure Centre in South Shields. The men’s teams were first on court for their midday showdown and the Vikings quickly
Schools Score County Handball Games Honours
Yesterday’s Tyne & Wear Handball School Games saw 20 teams of girls and boys from nine schools representing each of the five Tyne & Wear districts competing for county handball honours at the Temple Park Leisure Centre in South Shields. Organised by Tyne & Wear Sport in partnership with Newcastle
Unbeaten Vikings Men Jump to Top of the League
Newcastle Vikings’ men’s team jumped to the top of the England Handball North-Midlands Regional League on Saturday after drawing with the University of Loughborough II and beating the University of Lincoln. With the University sides from Birmingham and leaders Warwick both opting not to take part in this first of