24 Dec 2009 - UPDATE

2009 all wrapped up
We are all done! It's been a huge year...
Wellington Beach Handball
New club in the Waikato
New club in Hastings
Women's Qualifiers in Brisbane
Full membership of the IHF
Wellington Champs
Christchurch Champs
New club in Christchurch
Wellington Senior Handball League
Auckland Champs
Wellington Secondary Schools League Term 3 with 5 teams
Massey Champs
Wellington Secondary Schools League Term 4 with 9 teams
Wellington Regional Youth Cup
Women's trip to New Caledonia
u18 & Junior NZHF Trans Tasman Clash
Men's trip to Tahiti
and even that's not all!

2010 will be very busy
A full events calendar will be on the website soon. There will be more Beach Handball, More Tournaments, more International Travel and more National Team stuff, and of course more Youth Handball.

Trials for National Teams

- Senior Mens National Handball team, their immediate goals being Gallipoli14 (April) & WC Qualifiers (May/June).
Selections will be conducted during two Senior National Team Training Camps, 16-17 January 2010 and 13-14 February 2010, both in Wellington.
To trial for this team please email to register your interest and more information by 5 January 2010.

- u18 Mens National Handball team, their immediate goals being Partille and Dronninglund Cups (July).
Selections will be conducted at various training camps during the early part of next year, more details to be confirmed soon.
To trial for this team please email to register your interest and more information by 5 January 2010.

- Senior Womens National Beach Handball team, their immediate goals being IHF Beach Handball World Champs (June).
Selections will be conducted mainly during the Wellington Beach Handball tournament, 22-24 January 2010.  Players at the Waikato and Christchurch Beach Handball tournaments, 30/31 January, and 20/21 February respectively, will also be considered.
To trial for this team please email to register your interest and more information by 5 January 2010.

To be eligible to trial for these teams it is important to be a NZ Citizen (u18s must be under 18 years of age at the beginning of the 2010 Calendar year).

Merry xmas
The NZHF wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Keep safe and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Your NZHF

In a busy week of Handball a new Trans-Tasman rivalry emerged. The NZHF and AHF Youth teams played each other twice, winning one game each. However the ozzies won the first game by 3 points, whereas the kiwis won the second game by only two points, after the match went into overtime. Subsequently the winner of the Trans-Tasman Clash are the Australians.

All the weeks' matches were very high quality Handball with some surprisingly close results, ensuring that positive rivalry between the two nations will be forever present.

The NZHF u23 also played the Australian Youth Team, and won both games with a good margin.

Photos from the Final are available here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=177497&id=671892813&l=7a4ae61e06

Full Results and Points tables from the Trans-Tasman Clash are available by clicking 'Read More' below...