Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s men’s team came close to a tantalising fightback but were ultimately knocked out of the English National Shield competition 33-25 by Guildford Sabres on Saturday. The Vikings lads had had to make a very early start for the long drive down to Surrey to face last
Saturday’s England Handball Regional League North fixture saw an under-strength Newcastle Vikings women’s team slump to a 12-20 home defeat to Manchester at the Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence. Hit by injuries, illnesses and unavailability, with several players having to play out of their usual positions, Newcastle’s ladies struggled as
Newcastle Vikings’ depleted women’s team were cruelly knocked out of the England Handball National Shield competition in Sunday’s away encounter against Midlands Regional League club Northampton. Played at Cranfield University near Bedford, the hosts got off the mark first, but the Vikings girls soon pulled level through goals from line
Liverpool scored a narrow 18-19 away win over Newcastle Vikings’ women in Sunday’s return England Handball Regional League North fixture at Temple Park Leisure Centre in South Shields, in what was an exact reversal of the scoreline from Newcastle’s away win on Merseyside last month. Centre Maren Liane quickly levelled
A decisive first-half offensive from the University of Leeds’ women left Newcastle Vikings with too much much to do as the Tynesiders slumped to a 24-13 away defeat in Bradford on Saturday. The student team took an early two-goal lead before winger Blessing Ogbee fired Newcastle onto the scoresheet. Right-half
Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s women opened their England Handball Regional League North title defence with a highly competitive hard-fought 18-19 away win over last season’s runners-up Liverpool at Chester’s Northgate Arena on Sunday. In an evenly matched first half in which the two teams traded goals throughout, centre Maren Liane
