| Clubname: | Thames Handball Club |
| Fullname: | Thames Handball Club |
| Short Name: | THC |
| Founded: | 2005 |
| Ground: | St Mary's University College, Twickenham |
| Capacity: | 150 |
| Chairman: |  Frank Wuggenig |
| Manager: |  Abdelhouhab Bougherara |
| League: | England Super 8, EHA Championship & RDL London |
| Season: | 2014/15 |
| Position: | 6th place (Super 8 League) |
| Website: | http://www.londonthameshandball.co.uk |
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Thames Handball Club is an amateur handball club founded in 2005 in London, UK. It is affiliated to the England Handball Association and currently runs competitive men’s handball team in Development leagues. The women's team voluntarily withdrew from official competition in 2016/17 and plays in a newly formed Handball Union.
The club started with Junior teams, before getting involved in Senior competitions in 2007, first starting with a women's team, then in 2008 adding a Men's team. Both teams competed in the England Handball League. The women's team in Division 1[1] and the Men's team in Division II.[2]
The club has enjoyed particular success in mixed team events and competitions, such as the Brentwood Mixed Team competition and the Oxford Open Mixed team competition.[3] Both of which were won in 2011, 2012[4] and 2013. Of the Men's team, Chris Higgins[5] made the selection into the Ireland men's national handball team in 2012. Of the women's team, Ulrike Stange now Ulrike Mertesacker, after her wedding to Arsenal ace Per Mertesacker played for the German National squad up until 2010.[6]
The men's team won the Regional Division II in 2011 and more recently achieved first place in the SportHouse London Handball League 2012/13. In season 2014/15 the men's team came second in both the national Championship South and the London Development League.
Playing in the National League, the women achieved a Third place in 2011/12 after a decisive final day of the EHA League by beating London GD Handball Club by 2 goals and in 2012/13 was runner up[11] in the EHA National Cup competition in 2013.[12] The team was runner up in the inaugurated Super 7 league created in 2013/14. In previous seasons the women's team won the London Cup competition in 2009 and 2011.[13] In 2014/15 the women's team participated in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3[14] where a highly unusual result of identical scores was recorded on both playing dates [15]
Squad for the 2015–16 season [16]
Anita Rylow
Amalie Lovaas Flaethe
Paula Mazur Ola Marcinkowska Nadia Risnes Anna Hampshire Caroline Brodahl Agata Garbowska
Hanna Finell
Loredana Lupu
Arantzazu Marin Pacheco
Nikolett Szollos-Wendler Zsofia Nyakas Malin Alders
Fatimata Niang Kaia Tufteland Maddie Edwards Krisztina Toth Nikoletta Papp
Marianna Meryova Nikoletta Rau Lisa Johansen Persheim Charlotte Morkken Maria Garcia Pedrosa
Micaela Casasola[17]