Dundee Handball Club Explained

Clubname:Dundee HC
Fullname:Dundee Handball Club
Short Name:Dundee / DHC
Founded:31 August 2011
Manager:Jamie Lau & Stelios Nikolaou
League:Scottish Handball League
Season:2011/12
Position:5th
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Title1:Men
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Website:http://www.dundeehandball.com

Dundee Handball Club, is a handball club from Dundee, Scotland. They play in the Scottish National League, their first season being 2011/2012.

History

Dundee Handball Club was formed in 2011 as a result of the need for the sport in Dundee by foreign players. In its first year, the handball club only hosted a men's team and was based at the ISE,[1] University of Dundee[2] Campus, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.

Dundee Handball Club is affiliated to the Scottish Handball Association[3] and currently competes in the Scottish Handball League.[4] With the entrance of Dundee Handball Club into the Scottish Handball League the competition, between the teams within the league, has grown stronger. Dundee Handball Club had a good first year as they finished 5th in the Scottish Handball League. The men's team also reached the Final stage of the Scottish National Handball Cup, beating both RGU Aberdeen HC in the Quarter-final stage and Ravenscraig HC in the Semi-final stage. They lost to Edinburgh HC in the Final, but DHC showed they are a competitive club and a strong rival for all teams in the Scottish Handball League.

In their second year, Dundee Handball Club established the first Women's Handball team in Dundee, with players from all over Europe. The ladies went on to compete in the Scottish Handball League, finishing last but gaining a tremendous amount of experience. They went on to compete in the Scottish National Handball Cup and reaching the Semi-final stage, where they withdrew due to the lack of players available to compete. The men's team, with 1 years experience managed to finish in 4th place in the Scottish Handball League, above newcomers RGU Aberdeen HC and just below veterans Glasgow HC. In the cup fixtures, the men beat RGU Aberdeen HC in the quarter-final stage and managed to give Tryst HC a run for their money in the Semi-final stage, but lost to, Champions and Cup winners 2012/2013, Tryst HC.

The club purports to welcome students and non-students of all ages, abilities, genders and nationalities and draws players from the student body at both University of Dundee and Abertay University.[5] DHC is run by a committee of two handball dedicated individuals (Jamie Lau & Stelios Nikolaou), but also works in partnership with SportDundee [6] (Dundee City Council).[7] and ActiveSchools Dundee[8]

Previous Seasons

2011 / 2012

Squad

Men
NR Nationality Name
1 Nikolaos Georgopoulos (GK)
2 Stelios Nikolaou
3 Rafa Ayerbe
5 Felix Breyer
6 Mohamed Saadune
8 Peter Meadley
9 Daniel Bandarra
10Hugo Piñón
11Jamie Lau
14Marek Chorobinski
15Thomas Hercelin
17Daniel Bode
20Saul Verde

League Fixtures/Results

DateHomeAwayScore[9]
2011/10/08Tryst HCDundee HC34 - 24
2011/10/15Glasgow HCDundee HC44 - 20
2011/11/13EK82 HCDundee HC33 - 27
2011/11/26Glasgow HCDundee HC27 - 25
2011/12/10Edinburgh HCDundee HC43 - 22
2012/01/28Edinburgh HCDundee HC35 - 26
2012/02/04Tryst HCDundee HC39 - 27
2012/02/26EK82 HCDundee HC24 - 29
2012/03/03Edinburgh HCDundee HC39 - 24
2012/03/17EK82 HCDundee HC25 - 35
2012/03/31Glasgow HCDundee HC
2012/04/14Tryst HCDundee HC

Top goalscorers

Player TeamGames Goals Goal Average
Danos SagiasGlasgow HC8658.1
Daniel BandarraDundee HC9576.3
Mounir IddirEdinburgh HC7497
Felix BreyerDundee HC9455
Johnnie McAleerTryst HC7436.1
Charles RazimbaudGlasgow HC8394.8
Laszo CsomaEK82 HC5387.6
James YuleTryst HC7385.4
Vincent MartinezEdinburgh HC7385.4
Peter MeadleyDundee HC9364

Men's League table 2011/12

TeamPWLDG FG AG DPts
Tryst HC88002601936724
Glasgow HC96302732502320
Edinburgh HC94502572213616
EK82 HC7250159191-329
Dundee HC9180224318-947

For this season a new points system has been adopted for both the men's and women's leagues:

The reason for this is to make both league's more competitive.

Current Season 2012/2013

Teams

Men Women
NR Nationality Name -------------------- NR Nationality Name
1 Nikolaos Georgopoulos (GK) 1 Elena Eusterwiemann (GK)
2 Jens Hukelmann
3 Costas Karayiannis
4 Marek Chorobinski 4 Eliza Przybylińska
5 Felix Breyer 5 Sara Carvalhal
6 Daniel Bode
7 Alex Foster 7Clara Sebelius
8 Peter Meadley 8Johanna Thonning
9 Daniel Bandarra 9Larissa Kennel
10Jamie Lau 10 Solene Gouill
11Mohamed Saadune 11Marianne Tardy
12Kai Beckmann (GK) 12 Caroline Damgaard (GK)
13Stelios Nikolaou 13 Rebecca Stautenberg
14Alejandro Ferreiros Fuentes 14 Ingvil Ofstad
Khaled Mabrouk Miriam Schreiber
Johannes Neubehler Sabrina Wagner
Dawid Garlinski Mary Kerdoncuff

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dundee.ac.uk/ise/ ise – institute of sport and exercise – Homepage
  2. http://www.dundee.ac.uk University of Dundee
  3. http://www.scottishhandball.com/ Scottish Handball Association
  4. Web site: Scottish Handball Association . 17 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426055047/http://www.scottishhandball.com/%28S%284fsgnzmw14okiaeykuw3cq55%29%29/DesktopDefault.aspx?menuid=13768 . 26 April 2012 . dead .
  5. http://www.abertay.ac.uk Homepage | University of Abertay Dundee
  6. http://www.dundeesportsdevelopment.com/sport-dundee Sport Dundee Front | Sports Dundee
  7. Web site: Leisure and Sport Leisure and Culture Charitable Trust . 17 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206202222/http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/leisure_sport . 6 December 2011 . dead .
  8. Web site: Active Schools Dundee Active Schools Dundee . 28 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130415140113/http://activeschools.ea.dundeecity.sch.uk/ . 15 April 2013 . dead .
  9. [Scottish Handball Season 2011/12]