Newcastle Vikings’ men beat local rivals Sunderland 35-27 in a pulsating England Handball North Regional Development League match at Sunderland College on Sunday afternoon, to make it a derby double following their 16-13 home win at the start of the season. Centre Peter Schichtel set the ball rolling in the first minute,
Durham Take First Round of North East League
Durham University won Sunday’s first round of the North East Handball League’s second season. Played at Sunderland College’s Bede Campus, this first round of matches featured just the men’s teams of Newcastle Vikings, Durham University and Sunderland, with the women’s teams and York Hunters set to join the fray for
Vikings Handed Tough Defeats at Leeds University
After last weekend’s victories, Newcastle Vikings men’s and women’s teams suffered contrastingly tough defeats away to Leeds University in Sunday’s England Handball North Regional Development League fixtures in Bradford. The Vikings women battled all the way before cruelly losing by just one goal 23-22, but the men’s team fell to a heavy
Vikings Drawn Away to Reading in EHA League Cup
Newcastle Vikings’ men’s and women’s teams have both been drawn away against Reading in their first England Handball League Cup matches of the season. The Vikings teams will both travel to play the South West Regional Development League club at the Loddon Valley Leisure Centre on 4 March 2017. Eight
Vikings Ladies Thrash Leeds Carnegie to make it Two Wins in Two Days!
Newcastle Vikings women followed up Saturday’s away victory over Manchester with a powerful display to thrash Leeds Carnegie 26-10 on Sunday at South Shields’ Temple Park Leisure Centre and make it two wins in two days. Captain Sandra Christke was on fire from the start as her four quick strikes
Vikings Fireworks Strike Down Manchester!
Newcastle Vikings’ men’s and women’s teams both claimed impressive England Handball North Regional Development League victories away at Manchester on Saturday. Playing in the somewhat surreal setting of the National Cycling Centre on a court in the middle of the former Commonwealth Games velodrome while Great Britain cyclists trained around them,