HANDBALL ASSOCIATION APPROVED VENUE LIST

Dimensions Grade Competition level Length Width

Schools Competition: Lower levels of school 28 - 40 15 - 18 D competition can be played on an adapted netball court.

The England Handball Associaiton recognises the lack of appropriate venues within the UK Regional League + Youth Competition 30 - 40 18 - 22 C and hence has set a category system to alleivate the probelm caused by lack of venues. (Schools Regional Competition) Teams are able to apply for dispensation for their courts based on the availibity of suitable courts in the area. Hence dispensation will be granted for venues in a lower category dependent on the distance/availability of higher category courts. Where higher category 32 - 40 18 - 22 B National League courts are readily available dispensation will not be granted for lower courts in higher leagues.

34 - 40 20 A Premier Handball League

40 20 A* IHF + EHF regulation

Number of Dimensions Side Line Goal Line Area Grade Hall Location Resin EHA Ratified courts Length Width Run off Run Off 60m - Beacon of Light Sunderland http://www.foundationoflight.co.uk/Beacon-of-Light TBC (HALL 34m - - SPACE) Richard Dunne Sports Centre in - Rooley Ave, Bradford BD6 1EZ TBC TBC TBC TBC - Bradford

NorthEast A Benfield Centre for Sporting Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle NE6 4NU 1 34.8 20 No - 1m Excellence,

A* Temple Park Leisure Centre John Reid Rd, South Shields NE34 8QN 1 40 20 Yes 3m 3m

Northumbria University, Ellison Building, Ellison Pl, A Newcastle Eagles* 1 40 20 NO Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST

Glyndŵr University Sport - Sports A Mold Rd, Wrexham LL11 2AW, UK 1 34 20 No - - Centre

A Northgate Northgate arena, Victoria rd, Chester, England 1 34 20 No - -

A Smithills Sports Centre Smithills Dean Rd, Bolton BL1 1 34 20 TBC 1m 1m

A Green Bank, Greenbank Ln, Liverpool L17 1AG 1 37 20 No 3m 1m

IM Marsh Campus Barkhill Road Liverpool L17 A Im Marsh Sports Hall 1 34 20 Yes - - 6BD

Birchwood Leisure and Tennis Complex, Benson Road, A Birchwood 1 38 20 Yes 2m 1m Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7PQ Northwest B Sugden Sports Centre 114 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HL 1 34 18 TBC - -

B National Cycling Centre Stuart St, Manchester M11 4DQ 1 38 22 No 3m 3m

Lucozade Powerleague, Trafford A Trafford Way, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 8DD 1 38 20 Yes 3m 1.5m Confirmed Centre

A* 1 40 20 Yes 3m 1.8m Oldham Middleton Rd, Oldham OL9 6EJ B 2 32 19 Yes 1m 1m

A* EIS Sheffield* Coleridge Rd, Sheffield S9 5DA 1 40 20 Yes 3m 3m

B 2 34 20 Yes 1m 1m Stoke Madeville Stadium Guttmann Rd, Aylesbury HP21 9PP A* 1 40 20 Yes 3m 3m

University of Derby Sports Centre, Kedleston Rd, B 1 32 17/18m No 1 3 University of Derby Sports Centre Derby DE22

A Play Football, Birmingham 20 Great King St N, Birmingham B19 2LF 2 34 20 yes 3 2

D Iffley Hall, Oxford Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EQ 1 36 17.5 No TBC TBC

TBC St Helen and St Katharine School Abingdon, OX14 1BE TBC TBC TBC - - -

Midlands A Cranfield Sports Centre 45 College Rd, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL 1 35 20 Yes 2m 1m Confirmed

A Coventry Sports and Leisure Fairfax St, Coventry CV1 5RY 1 36 20 Yes 1m 1m

University of Nottingham, College Rd, Sutton A Sutton Bonnington 1 35 20 No 1m 1m Confirmed Bonington, Loughborough LE12 5RB,

B David Ross Sports Village University Park, Beeston Ln, Nottingham NG7 2RD 4 36 18 No 2m 2m

A* 1 40 20 Yes 3m 1.5m Derby Arena Royal Way, Derby DE24 8JB B 2 32 20 Yes 2m

A* Aldersley Stadium, Aldersley Rd, Wolverhampton WV6 40 20 No 3m 3m Alydersley Leisure Centre A 9NW 2 36 20 No 1m 1m

A* Sir David Wallace Sports Hall Towers Way, Loughborough LE11 3TU 1 40 20 No 1.5m 3m

Lines need taping B St Mary's University Waldegrave Rd, Twickenham TW1 4SX 1 34 18m For certain games - - pre game to be 20m wide

B Barking Abbey School Barking Abbey School, Woodbridge Road, IG11 9ET 1 40 20 TBC 1m 1m

University of East London, Docklands Campus, TBC Sports Dock UEL 1 TBC 20 No - - University Way, London E16 2RD

Green Spring Academy Shoreditch, Gosset Street, A Green Spring Academy Shoreditch 1 TBC TBC No - - London, E2 6NW Sports Centre London A* Sports House, Barking Mayesbrook Park, Lodge Ave, Dagenham RM8 2JR 1 40 20 Yes 3m 3m

A* Copper Box Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3HB 3 40 20 No 0.5m 1m

A* Leyton Score Centre 100 Oliver Rd, London E10 5JY 1 40 20 Yes 2m 3m

A* Crystal Palace Crystsal Palace Sports Centre 1 40 20 Yes 1m 1m

C Bayhouse School Gomer Lane Alverstoke, Gosport Hampshire, PO12 2QP 1 31 20 Yes 1m 1m

B Roy Moore Sports Hall Harewood Ave, Bournemouth BH7 6NY 1 38 19 Yes 1.5m 1.5m

LeAF Studio, Holloway Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, A Leaf Studio Sports Centre 1 39 20 Yes 3m 3m BH11 9JW

A* Sports Centre Eastleigh, Passfield Ave, Eastleigh SO50 9NL TBC TBC

C Westfield Academy Stiby Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3EP 1 32 20 No 1m 1m

A* Wellngton School Wellington School, South St, Wellington TA21 8NT 1 40 20 Yes 2m 2m Southwest C Stroud Leisure Centre Stratford Rd, Stroud GL5 4AF 1 32 20 No 3m 1m

C Sparhsalot College Westley Ln, Sparsholt, Winchester SO21 2NF 1 32 18 No 2m 2m

C Swindon Academy Swindon Academy, Beech Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1JR 1 32 20 No 2m 2m

C Bath University Founders Hall University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY 1 32 20 No 2m 2m

B House of Sport Close Parc Morgannwg, Cardiff CF11 8AW 3 36 18 Yes 0.5m 3m

A Loddon Leisure Centre Rushey Way, Earley, Reading RG6 4GD 1 34 20 Yes 2m 1m

A Polo Farm, Kent Littlebourne Rd, Canterbury CT3 4A 1 37 20 No 3m 3m

1 40 20 Yes 3m 3m A* Medway Park, Kent Mill Rd, Gillingham ME7 1HF 3 30 20 Yes 1m 1m South East SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX, A Worthing leisure Centre 1 35 20 Yes 2m 1m BN12 4ET

Woolmer Hill, Hindhead, Haslemere Lines need taping A The Edge Leisure centre 1 37 20 Yes 2m 1m GU27 1QB pre game

Lines need taping B Charterhouse Dukes, Dukes Dr, Godalming, GU7 2RS 1 34 20 Yes 2m 1m pre game