Dundee Handball Club

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

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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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

Squad
Men
NRNationalityName
1ScotlandNikolaos Georgopoulos (GK)
2CyprusStelios Nikolaou
3SpainRafa Ayerbe
5GermanyFelix Breyer
6AlgeriaMohamed Saadune
8MaltaPeter Meadley
9PortugalDaniel Bandarra
10SpainHugo Piñón
11Hong KongJamie Lau
14PolandMarek Chorobinski
15FranceThomas Hercelin
17GermanyDaniel Bode
20SpainSaul Verde

League Fixtures/Results
Date Home Away Score[9]
2011/10/08 Tryst HC Dundee HC 34 - 24
2011/10/15 Glasgow HC Dundee HC 44 - 20
2011/11/13 EK82 HC Dundee HC 33 - 27
2011/11/26 Glasgow HC Dundee HC 27 - 25
2011/12/10 Edinburgh HC Dundee HC 43 - 22
2012/01/28 Edinburgh HC Dundee HC 35 - 26
2012/02/04 Tryst HC Dundee HC 39 - 27
2012/02/26 EK82 HC Dundee HC 24 - 29
2012/03/03 Edinburgh HC Dundee HC 39 - 24
2012/03/17 EK82 HC Dundee HC 25 - 35
2012/03/31 Glasgow HC Dundee HC
2012/04/14 Tryst HC Dundee HC

Top goalscorers
Player Team Games Goals Goal Average
Danos Sagias Glasgow HC 8 65 8.1
Daniel Bandarra Dundee HC 9 57 6.3
Mounir Iddir Edinburgh HC 7 49 7
Felix Breyer Dundee HC 9 45 5
Johnnie McAleer Tryst HC 7 43 6.1
Charles Razimbaud Glasgow HC 8 39 4.8
Laszo Csoma EK82 HC 5 38 7.6
James Yule Tryst HC 7 38 5.4
Vincent Martinez Edinburgh HC 7 38 5.4
Peter Meadley Dundee HC 9 36 4

Men's League table 2011/12
Team P W L D G F G A G D Pts
Tryst HC 8 8 0 0 260 193 67 24
Glasgow HC 9 6 3 0 273 250 23 20
Edinburgh HC 9 4 5 0 257 221 36 16
EK82 HC 7 2 5 0 159 191 -32 9
Dundee HC 9 1 8 0 224 318 -94 7

For this season a new points system[9] has been adopted for both the men's and women's leagues:

  • 3 Points for a Win
  • 2 Points for a Draw
  • 1 Point for a Defeat by 10 goals or less
  • 0 Points for a Defeat greater than 11 goals

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

Current Season 2012/2013

Teams
MenWomen
NRNationalityName--------------------NRNationalityName
1ScotlandNikolaos Georgopoulos (GK)1GermanyElena Eusterwiemann (GK)
2GermanyJens Hukelmann
3CyprusCostas Karayiannis
4PolandMarek Chorobinski4PolandEliza Przybylińska
5GermanyFelix Breyer5PortugalSara Carvalhal
6GermanyDaniel Bode
7EnglandAlex Foster7SwedenClara Sebelius
8MaltaPeter Meadley8SwedenJohanna Thonning
9PortugalDaniel Bandarra9GermanyLarissa Kennel
10Hong KongJamie Lau10FranceSolene Gouill
11AlgeriaMohamed Saadune11FranceMarianne Tardy
12GermanyKai Beckmann (GK)12DenmarkCaroline Damgaard (GK)
13CyprusStelios Nikolaou13GermanyRebecca Stautenberg
14SpainAlejandro Ferreiros Fuentes14NorwayIngvil Ofstad
EgyptKhaled MabroukGermanyMiriam Schreiber
GermanyJohannes NeubehlerGermanySabrina Wagner
PolandDawid GarlinskiFranceMary Kerdoncuff

References
  1. ise – institute of sport and exercise – Homepage
  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. Scottish Handball Season 2011/12
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