BC Cup
The 2011 BC Cup took place at the Richmond Oval on Saturday December 3rd from 12pm to 4pm. Vancouver Men won the 2nd edition of this tournament. Thanks to all the teams for participating!
League (PNHL)
The Pacific Northwest Handball League (PNHL) started in its first season October 22 with games between Vancouver HC and Kamloops THC.
What must be the first time in many years, Vancouver HC traveled to Abbotsford to face the newly formed teams from Yale Secondary School. In December of 2011 Gary Macdonald of Yale Secondary started one boys team and one girls team at his school. The YALE LIONS’ games against Vancouver HC were their first matches of the season, but after only 5 practices, both games had more of a learning rather than a competitive character. Both, the boys and the girls team, played two 25 minute periods against Vancouver and already their game had improved by the second half. At the end, the results weren’t all that important although both Yale teams scored a number of nice goals. It was a win-win for all parties. While Vancouver HC is helping grow their next local competitors, Yale Lions got a taste of competitive handball and each player will grow from this experience and the advise given by Vancouver players. There is no doubt about the many talents among the young Abbotsford players! Yale Lions will travel to Vancouver on February 11 for their next games.
Yale Lions (boys) – Vancouver HC 20 – 28 (9-18)
Yale: Jesse Heinrichs, Colton Leighton 1, Albert Chau 1, Elisei Costea 3, Austin Thiessen 4, Elijah Vaughan 2, Lee Kang 1, Joey Krahn 5, Jakob Larsen 3, Connar Abrams, Sunny Bhardwaj, Justin Brake
Van: Damien Hacquard 4, Alex Spulber 7, Ali Al-Naser, Kevin Smith 3, Leopold Guy 8, Paul Slangen 1, Antonio Cruz 1, Marcos Cons, Maria Mendez 1, Hildur Knutsdottir 4, Nadja Johannsen
Yale Lions (girls) – Vancouver HC 4 – 26 (3-18)
Yale: Jenna Cook 3, Sami Hesketh, Kara Haveman 1, Kim Globe, Fatima Mohammad, Jasmine Mohammad, Bailey Marshall, Madison Gray, Lynsie Pratt, Manisha Rai, Jen Jarvis, Marissa Ponte, Casey Lamb, Ali MacQuisten
Van: Maria Mendez 6, Hildur Knutsdottir 6, Nadja Johannsen, Damien Hacquard 1, Alex Spulber 1, Ali Al-Naser 1, Kevin Smith 3, Leopold Guy, Paul Slangen 5, Antonio Cruz 3, Marcos Cons
Both Vancouver teams (men and women) will travel to Abbotsford for the first time this coming Saturday to play two teams from Yale Secondary School. First game will start at 10.30am and the second game is expected to finish around 1pm. It will be the first time for the teams from Yale to play against an experienced team. The two Yale teams (one boys and one girls team) around former BC player and now Athletic Director Gary MacDonald hope to improve their skills by competing against Vancouver and its international players who have a deep handball background. Both clubs hope the games will serve as a springboard to further development of their handball programs. More games are planned for Feb-11, Mar-3 (both at UBC), Mar-10 and Apr-14 (both in Abbotsford).
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Germany against Sweden, Macedonia vs Czech Republic, Serbia against Slovakia and Poland vs Denmark! While Serbia and Sweden are already qualified for the main round, all other teams are directly battling for their spot in the next round. With the close games we have seen so far, this game day promises just as much, if not even more excitement. Watch all EHF EURO 2012 games live on www.youtube.com/ehfeuro .
After only 3 game days, the European Handball Championships have seen already a number of great games and surprise victories. Serbias wins over Poland and Denmark have been impressive and fun to watch with their home crowd being fully behind them. Spain, Chezch Rep., Macedonia, Iceland, Hungary, Russia….pretty much every team has been involved in very close games. I am very sure they are many more to come. So far, only Polands win today over Slovakia (41-24) has been a rather one sided game. For all results, visit the official website www.ehf-euro.com Watch live-games and highlights on www.youtube.com/ehfeuro
Below are two great videos, showing the last 5 exciting minutes of Serbia vs. Denmark and Germany vs Macedonia. Both with the commentaries from the winning country (Serbia and Germany).
