It proved to be a tough opening to the England Handball North Regional Development League season for Newcastle Vikings’ women as they suffered a frustrating 16-34 defeat away to Merseyside club Peninsula in Warrington on Sunday. The Peninsula team were much-changed from previous seasons, clearly benefiting from a summer merger with
Newcastle Vikings men had an early start on Saturday morning to drive north of the border for the annual Edinburgh International Handball Tournament. A slow start saw them go down 2-10 in their first group game to London’s Olympia, before then drawing 5-5 in the second game against hosts Edinburgh. However, the
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s men got off to a winning start to the new England Handball North Regional Development League season, fighting back from behind in a tense Tyne & Wear derby encounter to snatch a 16-13 home victory as Sunderland’s goalkeeper saw red in the final minutes. The match
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s 2016/17 season begins next Saturday 1 October with a home Tyne & Wear derby men’s match against the newly established Sunderland Handball Club. The England Handball North Regional Development League match will take place at 2pm at the Temple Park Leisure Centre in South Shields. Spectators are
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club training resumes next week ahead of the new season, starting next Monday evening 5 September at Temple Park Leisure Centre in South Shields (juniors 7:30-8:30pm / seniors 7:30-9:30pm) and next Wednesday evening 7 September at Hedleys Sport Academy in Killingworth (juniors 7-8pm / seniors 8-10pm). New
As the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was drawing to a close, Newcastle Vikings Handball Club hosted their Olympic Handball Fun Day on Saturday afternoon at Newcastle’s Great Park Community Centre. Despite the unseasonably indifferent British weather, it proved to be a pretty successful day with lots of children and their
