BHC is soon to start a new era by entering a men’s team into the Development League in the 2010/11 season. The season starts in September/October and continues until March 2011. So, we have exciting times ahead with purchase of a new kit, some good match-handballs etc. and last but not least, continue our training on Monday’s at the Brentwood Leisure Centre! We will keep you posted on the games we will play, where and what time they will take place. As soon as we get the league fixture for next season, it will be posted on this website. So, keep checking regularly.

BBC Essex ran a feature on the Handball school club scheme. They visited Brentwood Handball Club and interviewed coach Hans-Jörg Küller Rabaça, Chairman Mona Vaeremans and founding member Tom Smith. Click here for the full article and video clip.

For nearly half a century handball has struggled to maintain a presence in the UK. Thanks mainly to London 2012, the UK is beginning to recognise handball as a ‘new’ credible, major sport and many well established nations are interested to see how the British apply the ‘bulldog spirit’ to handball.
 
Again, it is the games’ Olympic status that is responsible for handball being included in the Change4Life Schools Sport Club (C4L) initiative which will be rolled out across the country during the forthcoming school year. English schools had the opportunity to choose from seven sports and over 400 elected to play handball.

The increasing popularity of the game has encouraged seventeen Essex schools to form C4L handball clubs. It is no surprise therefore that all this interest has come to the attention of the County media and sporting bodies. Let’s hope that this media coverage and interest will accelerate the development of an Essex league.




 

London 2012 Olympics offers handball in the UK a unique opportunity, and a chance to create a lasting legacy for the sport. There is now a growing enthusiasm and demand for Handball from schools, universities, community groups and individuals and it is essential that Handball seizes these opportunities to develop the sport. The England Handball Association (EHA) has developed a toolkit to help PE teachers in schools to introduce handball into their curriculum. Please visit the EHA web site for more details.