Dundee Handball Club

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Dundee HC
Full nameDundee Handball Club
Short nameDundee / DHC
Founded31 August 2011
Head coachJamie Lau & Stelios Nikolaou
LeagueScottish Handball League
2011/125th
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Dundee Handball Club, is a handball club from Dundee, Scotland. They play in the Scottish National League, their first season being 2011/2012.

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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 [2] 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
NRNationalityName
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Nikolaos Georgopoulos (GK)
2 Flag of Cyprus.svg Stelios Nikolaou
3 Flag of Spain.svg Rafa Ayerbe
5 Flag of Germany.svg Felix Breyer
6 Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Saadune
8 Flag of Malta.svg Peter Meadley
9 Flag of Portugal.svg Daniel Bandarra
10 Flag of Spain.svg Hugo Piñón
11 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jamie Lau
14 Flag of Poland.svg Marek Chorobinski
15 Flag of France.svg Thomas Hercelin
17 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Bode
20 Flag of Spain.svg Saul Verde

League Fixtures/Results

DateHomeAwayScore [9]
2011/10/08Tryst HCDundee HC34 - 24
2011/10/15Glasgow HCDundee HC44 - 20
2011/11/13 EK82 HC Dundee 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
2012/02/26 EK82 HC Dundee HC24 - 29
2012/03/03Edinburgh HCDundee HC39 - 24
2012/03/17 EK82 HC Dundee HC25 - 35
2012/03/31Glasgow HCDundee HC
2012/04/14Tryst HCDundee HC

Top goalscorers

PlayerTeamGamesGoalsGoal 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 HC 7250159191-329
Dundee HC9180224318-947

For this season a new points system [9] 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

MenWomen
NRNationalityName--------------------NRNationalityName
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Nikolaos Georgopoulos (GK)1 Flag of Germany.svg Elena Eusterwiemann (GK)
2 Flag of Germany.svg Jens Hukelmann
3 Flag of Cyprus.svg Costas Karayiannis
4 Flag of Poland.svg Marek Chorobinski4 Flag of Poland.svg Eliza Przybylińska
5 Flag of Germany.svg Felix Breyer5 Flag of Portugal.svg Sara Carvalhal
6 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Bode
7 Flag of England.svg Alex Foster7 Flag of Sweden.svg Clara Sebelius
8 Flag of Malta.svg Peter Meadley8 Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Thonning
9 Flag of Portugal.svg Daniel Bandarra9 Flag of Germany.svg Larissa Kennel
10 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jamie Lau10 Flag of France.svg Solene Gouill
11 Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Saadune11 Flag of France.svg Marianne Tardy
12 Flag of Germany.svg Kai Beckmann (GK)12 Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Damgaard (GK)
13 Flag of Cyprus.svg Stelios Nikolaou13 Flag of Germany.svg Rebecca Stautenberg
14 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Ferreiros Fuentes14 Flag of Norway.svg Ingvil Ofstad
Flag of Egypt.svg Khaled Mabrouk Flag of Germany.svg Miriam Schreiber
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Neubehler Flag of Germany.svg Sabrina Wagner
Flag of Poland.svg Dawid Garlinski Flag of France.svg Mary Kerdoncuff

References

  1. ise – institute of sport and exercise – Homepage
  2. 1 2 University of Dundee
  3. Scottish Handball Association
  4. "Scottish Handball Association". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. Homepage | University of Abertay Dundee
  6. Sport Dundee Front | Sports Dundee
  7. "Leisure and Sport | Leisure and Culture Charitable Trust". Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  8. "Active Schools Dundee | Active Schools Dundee". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. 1 2 Scottish Handball Season 2011/12