England Handball archive Issue 1 September 2013 | Page 11

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ith the new academic year upon us, it’s time to start thinking about the England Handball National Schools’ Championship once again! The Championship has boys and girls’ competitions at year eight and year ten and it is the largest handball tournament in England. Last year saw over 220 entries, with teams from Tyneside to Somerset taking part. Starting with local rounds in spring, winning teams progress to a regional stage with the chance of a place in the National Final at the end of June. The 2012-13 Championship was the largest to date, with entrants up 40 percent o? the back of the Olympics. England Handball is anticipating similar growth in the coming school year and are keen to make the point that there is a place for everybody in the tournament. John Thomason from England Handball said; ‘With the growth in awareness and popularity of handball since the Olympics, there are more schools than ever playing the game. We want to ensure that there is a route for all of them into our ?agship national competition.

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‘We’re keen to promote more localised competition in the early stages, minimising travel commitments for teachers, parents supporters and pupils. ‘Clusters of schools can take ownership of the competition at this level it’s a great opportunity to deploy young leaders in supporting and managing an event.’ England Handball also has a kit o?er speci?cally designed with the competition in mind – #TheBoxThatRocks. Taking it’s name from the atmospheric ‘Copperbox’ Handball Arena at Olympic Park, it’s literally handball in a box – everything that your school needs to play and compete at secondary level from balls to coaching resources. It even includes access to coaching awards for the students. With that in mind, and to support PE and sport teachers, England Handball has recently relaunched a number of courses. The popular Handball Leader Award has gone through a rewrite to make it more relevant to competition and the Youth Sport Trust School Games. It’s this course that is ideal for educating students to organise and o?ciate at a local level. The Leader Award is also supported by two awards for

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