HANDBALL NEWS Edition 52, November 26 2008 - page one
BATTLING GB GIVE HOSTS HOLLAND A TOUGH TIME GREAT Britain women produced one of their best performances so far in the opening match of the World Championship qualifying tournament in Emmen, giving hosts Holland a tough time before losing out 37-21. The Dutch finished for the match and we added: “Holland are a with goals from Kelsi fifth in the last World did especially well in the top 20 side and finished Fairbrother and Yvette Championships, but GB first half, coming up fifth in the 2005 World Frings. competed superbly with against the best team Championships, so this It was clear the their rivals and were just we have faced to date. result will give us Dutch had not six goals down at the “We were not quite confidence going into expected such a strong break against a side satisfied with the the other games. We’ve defence from Great who could well provide second half but the got lots of things to work Britain and despite Olympic opposition in fighting spirit and on, but this result really fielding a team made 2012. attitude was excellent shows how much we’re up solely of players After the clash, head throughout the whole progressing.” from their top league, coach Jesper Holmris game.” Great Britain began they failed in the first said: “It was a great And Lorraine Brown, well and took an early half to shake off a start to the tournament. GB Great performance lead over the Dutch in determined the opening five minutes Britain team who were We achieved our goals programme manager, desperate to meet the targets set by coach Holmris and put in a good opening performance. Great Defence
Playmaker Lynn McCafferty - had a strong performance against Holland.
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At half time GB only trailed 12-18, achieved through great defence and return running with Lyn Byl and Lynn McCafferty working hard in the centre of the defence. In attack, GB found it hard to find a way through but the Dutch conceded many penalties while trying to contain Byl on the line and Britt Goodwin converted all of these in an absorbing first half. In the second half the Dutch adopted a far more offensive defence and this started to force errors from GB’s attack, which were punished by the Dutch on the fast breaks
Top scorer against Holland Britt Goodwin.
through Maura Visser and Pearl Van der Wissal. In a tough 15-minute spell for GB the Dutch scored 10 to Britain’s four as the players started to tire, but their fighting spirit kicked in again and they refused to give up the fight. Great saves by Cerys Walker and Laura Innes inspired a fight-back and in the last 15 minutes, and the British team scored five more to ensure they scored the 20 goals they wanted against an experienced European side, and kept the deficit to a credible 16 in their first experience at this higher level. Team: Sarah Hargreaves, Holly LamMoores (1),Lynn McCafferty (3), Britt Goodwin (11), Kelsi Fairbrother (3), Chloe LamMoores, Laura Innes, Emma Dahlin, Yvette Frings (1),Kathryn Fudge, Lyn Byl (1),Sophia Jensen (1), Jeanett Andersen. * In other matches, Lithuania secured a hardfought 35-32 victory over Czech Republic, while Turkey beat Greece 40-29.
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HANDBALL NEWS Edition 52, November 26 2008 - page two
NATIONAL LEAGUE CLASHES GO RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE NO more than three goals separated all the teams in the northern section of the Men’s English National League as the division continues to provide some hard-fought handball matches. Leaders Manchester the break with strong the playoffs. battled to a 33-30 defence and better pace, Nottingham’s top scorers Cedric Biguenet, verdict over city rivals and they established a five- were Guillame Bodet and Alberto goal lead. Manchester Manchester University Camara with 8, 5 and 5 goals University. The two respectively. Liverpool’s sides were tied at 16-16 hit back to narrow the gap, highest scorer was Hegna but it was not enough to with 12 goals. at the break before avoid defeat. * And third-placed Wirral Manchester edged * Second-placed also secured a narrow win, ahead to preserve their Liverpool kept pace beating Liverpool Speke unbeaten run. leaders Manchester with Garston 23-21. Again, the Tomasz Lasek top- a 23-20 win over scores were level at 11-11 at scored for Manchester Nottingham University in the break, and Wirral were with 11 goals, while for a match dominated by only assured of the win in the closing stages to secure their the University side Aden strong defending. second win from five games. Liverpool edged ahead Woodall’s 13 goals In the Southern Section, 12 provided much of the 12-10 at half time, but goals from Levent Iyigel Nottingham started the helped Cambridge to an threat. second half in more emphatic 38-18 win over After a poor start for determined style, and kept strugglers Southampton both teams saw four their concentration in University, while David minutes pass without a defence to level the scores Guehring and Emeric Sevin goal, Manchester built at 16-16. both scored seven. Still third in the table, up a lead of 2-3 goals In an intense second thanks mainly to great half the scores remained Cambridge narrowed the close until the end, with points difference on secondsaves made by Jorge. placed Olympia to just six holding a But sloppy defence at Liverpool goals, and will be aiming to the end of first half slender one goal lead two overtake their rivals in the minutes from full time. next round of matches in a allowed the University Nottingham pushed for fortnight’s time. team to close the gap an equaliser, but were Leaders Great Dane beat and pull level at the undone at the end and Oxford 23-19, while secondManchester suffered another set-back placed Olympia won 30-15 break. stepped up slightly after in their effort to qualify for against Ruislip Eagles.
After a short break for refreshments, the four coaches from the handball club took on the six adult scout leaders in a match, and despite the numerical advantage they lost out 14-3 to the coaches. The scouts were then split into four mixed teams and played a round-robin
Scottish Round-Up
IN a critical match that should have decided who competes with Glasgow for the Men’s Scottish League title, Cumbernauld and Gracemount battled to a 27-27 draw. That result means that the pre-Christmas league tournament, and after some will be decided in the final
Scouts Prepared for Handball SCOUTS in Nottingham took part in a day of handball with players and coaches from Nottingham Handball Club helping stage the popular event for the third time. Around 30 youngsters took part in the event at the University’s Sutton Bonington Sports Centre, learning the basics of the game.
Tomasz Lasek - top scorer for Manchester.
enthusiastic play the winning team won the trophy with a slightly better goal difference. The event was a big success, and as well as next year’s tournament being planned one of the young 16year-old leaders looks set to join the University club as a player in the near future.
match between Glasgow and Gracemount on December 6. Elsewhere, Tryst beat Liberton 28-23 to record their first win of the league season, while in the Women’s Scottish League Tryst kept up their hopes of catching Glasgow with a convincing 36-20 win over Dundee.
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