Team, from left to right:
Claire Hammond (No.6), Alice Cleveland (No.9), Julie O'Connor (No.7), Jaclyn
Parker (No.15), Nicole Odermatt (No.4), Sophie O'Brien (No.8), Sally Potter
(No.2), Coach Ben Birkenhake
The final games versus Australia are scheduled for Sunday, 29/01/2012 at 9am
and 1:45pm at the St.Kilda Beach, Melbourne.
When you are in Melbourne -> Please go there and support our team.
Good Luck Girls!
Men’s World Championship Qualifiers 2012
This tournament will be held in the Cook Islands in June, 2012 (18th to 23rd). Coach Ilkin
Oenal will be running several training camps in preparation for this tournament.
Details of the camps will be confirmed as soon as possible. If you are
interested in participating, please email
New Zealand Men’s Coach
Congratulations to Ilkin Önal who has been selected as the new
coach of the New Zealand Men’s Handball team. He replaces Pablo Rey who spent a
number of years coaching the team and has some big shoes to fill. However, with
his playing experience and his background high level coaching in Germany, we
are certain that Ilkin will be a valuable asset to New Zealand high performance
handball.
Ilkin’s first challenge will be preparing and selecting the team to participate
in the Men’s World Championship Qualifiers in the Cook Islands next year. We
wish him and the team the best of luck with their campaign.
Beach Handball World Championship Qualifiers 2012
This tournament will be held on Sunday 29 January 2012 at St Kilda in
Melbourne, Australia and will be run in conjunction with the Australian Beach
Handball Championships (27 – 29 January).
The NZHF Executive Committee would like to congratulate Ben Birkenhake on his selection
as the coach of the Women’s team. Ben has a wealth of experience, having
coached the team at their last appearance at World Champs. We wish him and the
team all the best for the qualifiers.
Unfortunately, due to lack of player availability, we have not entered a men’s
team to contest qualification.
Oceania Beach Handball Championships
The New
Zealand Handball Federation is looking for expressions of interest from all
those keen to be involved in the campaign to qualify for the Beach Handball
World Championships, 2012. We are looking for both male and female players and
also coaches for each team. We are also interested in hearing from any
prospective referees.
The qualification tournament will
be held on Sunday 29 January 2012 at St Kilda in Melbourne, Australia and will
be run in conjunction with the Australian Beach Handball Championships (27 – 29
January).
The winner of the qualification
tournament will go on to represent Oceania at the Beach Handball World
Championships 2012 (details to follow).
Interested people will be expected to attend trials
and training camps (likely to be one mid-December and one mid-January) prior to
departure. Details will be given as soon as possible. You must be a New Zealand
passport holder in order to represent the NZHF at this tournament. If you are
interested in playing, coaching or refereeing, please email with your name, date of birth, club
and contact phone number by Wednesday 23 November.
Update - Australian State Championships
Thank you to those who have expressed an interest in playing
at the Australian National Champs. We are still interested in hearing from
anyone keen to play or who is interested in coaching the women's team.
You do not have to be a New Zealand passport holder in order
to play at this tournament, although the tournament rules do place limits on
the number of foreign nationals permitted per team. The Championships will be
held at Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush, Sydney from Thursday 27 October to
Sunday 30 October.
The first training camp for those interested in traveling
will be held in Wellington on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September. We apologise
for the short notice, but it is important that we start preparing as soon as
possible. The second camp is likely to be held on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16
October. Please email
to confirm your attendance at the first training camp.
Daniel Triebsch will be coaching the men's team. Daniel
brings considerable experience to the role and we thank him for the time and
effort that he will be putting in.
THANKS :)
NZHF teams to travel to compete at Australian National Championships
The NZHF has been offered the opportunity to send teams to the Australian
National Champs (27/10/2011 to 30/10/2011). We are keen to send a men’s team and a women’s team and we are
seeking expressions of interest. We’d like to hear from:
players
interested in trialling for the teams
anyone
interested in coaching the team(s)
The teams will be selected with the aim of developing New Zealand Handball.
Please be aware that this trip will be self-funded. The team will be expected
to meet for at least two training camps before departure. The costs of
travelling to and from these camps must also be met.
If you are interested in playing or coaching, please email
with your
name, date of birth, club, position and contact phone number by Friday 19
August.
Delays in updating the website
As you
may have noticed, the website has not been updated in a few weeks. We have
resolved the problem and are planning to update more regularly from now on.
Thank you for your patience.
