EFA
2006 World Handball Championships - Canada
by Pete Cohen
(Extract from the 2005-06 EFA Annual Report).-
Myself & James Toop had a taste of the international game in the World Handball Championships, Edmonton, Canada, in August. It’s possible that we were naïve to enter the ‘Open’ division of the on-wall, as the standard from the New Yorkers was incredible – needless to say we both lost in straight sets in the singles and doubles, although James managed to rattle his opponent enough to make him call a timeout.
The four-wall pitted James against a Basque player, both players experiencing four-wall for the first time, and James had an excellent game and only narrowly missed out on recording a win for England! In the doubles we played a Mexican pair, and had it been a best of 5 set game we could well have won, but the learning curve was a bit too steep. After being knocked out the Rockies provided a fantastic couple of days exploring, and there were some great social events throughout the tournament providing an opportunity to meet hundreds of handballers from all over the world. The next competition is 2009, in Portland, Oregon (USA), and it would be great to see as many fives players as possible there.
2006 World Handball Championships by Peter Cohen
Created 3rd April 2007 by Mike Fenn
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