A second-half turnaround saw Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s men cruelly knocked out of the National Shield competition at the quarter-final stage by Reading Lions on Saturday at Temple Park in South Shields. In a battle between the same teams who met at the semi-final stage of the predecessor League Cup
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s opening North East friendly league match of the season on Saturday saw their men’s team pick up a long-awaited first win of the year as they ran-out 24-20 victors over York Hunters at South Shields’ Temple Park Leisure Centre. With Newcastle giving a run-out to several
Newcastle Vikings’ women completed a first season double victory over Manchester Handball Club with a 21-14 win in Saturday’s home Regional League North fixture to take them level on points with Liverpool at the top of the league. However, it was the visitors who sealed the double 13-27 in the
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s juniors enjoyed their first win of the season in a friendly mini-tournament against Scottish club Tryst 77 on Saturday, although the Cumbernauld-based side went away with the honours. The round-robin tournament at South Shields’ Temple Park Leisure Centre saw a mixed team of Newcastle Vikings junior
Tyne & Wear’s County under-16 handball girls competed in the fourth round of the England Handball North regional league on Saturday. With only six girls able to make the journey to Chester it was always going to be an uphill struggle against the strong Shropshire side in their opening match,
Newcastle Vikings’ ladies jumped back up to the top of the England Handball Regional League North table with a convincing 14-35 winners over Leeds Beckett University on Sunday, but the home side’s men held off a Vikings fightback to take their National League North contest 24-18. Captain Sandra Christke set
