In Newcastle
CONTENTS 1. A Short History of Handball Handball’s Emergence in Great Britain 2. North East England’s Early Handball Heyday Go Vikings! 3. North Tyneside’s Junior Handball Revivals 4. The Pre-Olympics Newcastle University Revival 5. The 2012 Olympic Legacy and Vikings Invasion An Officially Incomplete History of The Vikings’ Scottish Invasion – 2013/14 The Vikings Impress on English League Return – 2014/15 The Vikings’ North East Development Season – 2015/16 The Tyne & Wear Handball League Rivalry Resumes – 2016/17 Newcastle Vikings Handball Club’s All-time Top Appearances and Goal Scorers Handball Reference Sources, Photo Credits and YouTube Videos The Vikings Vault - Scrapbook Archive – Press and Newspaper Articles: in Newcastle Acknowledgements and North East England With special thanks to Marlen Slinning Goulty, Mark Harrison, Chris Bowe, Lucas Palumbo (Durham University Handball Club), Tom Robertson (Deva Handball Club), Mick Hegarty (Isle of Man Handball Association), The Courier Archive (Newcastle University Students’ Union), Tony Hodgson (The Chronicle - Grassroots Sport). Go Vikings! 2017 Edition – Compiled and Written by Andrea King Newcastle Vikings Handball Club 1 A Short History of Handball The Federation Internationale Handball Amateur was established to govern the sport in 1928, set up in Amsterdam, Holland. The first women’s international The fantastically fun and fast-paced, action-packed sport of team handball has match took place in 1930 between Germany and Austria. its modern roots in late 19th century northern Europe, primarily in Scandanavia Field handball, played as an 11-a-side outdoor 3 and Germany where it is thought to have developed as a way to help keep sport on grass football pitches, was footballers fit during the off-season.
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