Win-Win for both Vancouver HC and Yale Lions.
Vancouver HC traveled to Abbotsford to face the newly formed teams from Yale Secondary School. There is no doubt about the many young talents in Abbotsford...
Kamloops HC
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California Cup 2012 January 28/29
A mixed team with players from Vancouver, Seattle and Portland participated at the annual California Cup Invitational Tournament on January 28th and January 29th 2012. As every year men teams from the US, Canada, and even Japan compete in a highly competitive manner.
For Vancouver/Seattle played: Miro Zivkovic, David Lee, Adrian Tarcea, Jean Lucas Andrade, Todor Avramov, Steffen Dube, Raphael Renault, Wei Che Tai
Results:
Saturday January 28th 2011:
Vancouver HC – West Point Gold 21-32
Kagura (Japan) - West Point Black 20-36
San Francisco Calheat – Vancouver B.C. 20-9
Los Angeles TH - Kagura (Japan) 31-20
San Francisco Calheat- West Point Gold 21-20
West Point Black – Los Angeles TH (win for WPB)
Sunday January 29th 2011:
West Point Black – West Point Gold 41-27
CalHeat – Los Angeles 21-26
5th Place Game: Kagura – Vancouver 20-22
Bronze Medal Game: West Point Gold – CalHeat 25-20
Gold Medal Game: West Point Black – Los Angeles 24-21
Final Standing:
1. West Point Black
2. Los Angeles
3. West Point Gold
4. CalHeat
5. Vancouver
6. Kagura
9 goals by Mikkel Hansen, 50% saves by Niklas Landin and a superb defense secured Denmark their second European Championship title. Host Serbia were great opponents who were always kept in the game by the many saves of Darko Stanic. Their offensive strategy however was no match for the clever defending Danes who didn’t allow much room for Ilic and his team mates. Although Serbia didn’t leave the final game as winners, the entire tournament was a win for handball in Serbia. Lots of young people have been watching this tournament on television and in the arenas. The 1,000s of new children being introduced to handball in Serbia now have new idols – Stanic, Illic, Nickcevic, Vujin. As Božidar Đurković, president of handball in Serbia rightly says: “This is a really big plus for us because it is better for us that children go into sports like handball alongside water polo and volleyball, for example and are not out on the street – this is the social element of handball.” . With this experience from the men’s Euro 2012, we have all reasons to look forward to the women’s world championships in Serbia in 2013.
Also, the All-Star Team and MVP of Euro 2012 have been announced:
Best Goalkeeper – Darko STANIC (Serbia)
Best Left Wing – Gudjon Valur SIGURDSSON (Iceland)
Best Left Back – Mikkel HANSEN (Denmark)
Best Centre Back – Uros ZORMAN (Slovenia)
Best Pivot – Rene TOFT HANSEN (Denmark)
Best Right Back – Marko KOPLJAR (Croatia)
Best Right Wing – Christian SPRENGER (Germany)
Best Defence Player – Virán MORROS (Spain)
Most Valuable Player (MVP) Momir ILIC (Serbia)
Top Scorer – Kiril LAZAROV (FYR Macedonia) – achieved a record total of goals in a single Men’s EHF EURO, with 61 strikes.
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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