Auckland Region Handball would like to celebrate the end of the 2007 season with a big tournament Saturday the 1st of December.

This tournament will be held at the AUT Sport and Fitness Centre where two courts can be set up side by side so we hope that plenty of teams will be able to join.

More details will be send out once we have a preliminary idea of the number of teams so let us know if you believe that you could make it.

After three good games against the Aurckland Region Handball selection and three games against the three Auckland clubs, the New Caledonia men selection has now returned home.

They have won their three games against the clubs and two out of the three games against the regional selection. These three games were especially interesting to watch and at the end Handball was the biggest winner.

We wish New Caledonia a safe trip home today and look forward to see them again.

The results of the three games against the regional selection were as followed:

The Auckland Team was particulary focused and motivated, and thanks to a strong defense, they did not let the visitors to score much at the beginning of the game. After leading 10-3 in the middle of the first half, New Caledonia slowly came back on the Aucklanders, equalizing 19-19 near the end of the game.

But with a few intercepts and again a strong defense, the Aucklanders stopped New Caledonia from scoring any more goal at the end of the game.

Final score: 23-19.

The first edition of the Oceania Nations Cup will be held at the AUT Sport and Fitness Centre, 90 Akoranga Drive, Northcote, Auckland from the 25th to the 26th of May 2007.

For the first time ever, Auckland Region Handball sent two men and two women teams to Wellington for a national tournament in which the four teams shown some very good Handball and spirit.

Taking the 1st and 3rd position in the men competition and 2nd and 4th position in the women competition the Auckland players have once again proven that they could play some strong Handball while having a great time together.

Congratulation to all of these players !! It was an amazing weekend !!

To see some of the photos of this trip, checkout this website.

Since last Sunday the 18th of March and our successful inaugural meeting at the ASB Stadium in Kohiramara, Auckland, the creation of Auckland Region Handball is now official.

Once again I would like to thank all the people who attended this meeting and the small round-robin tournament that we had afterwards. It was great to see so many new and old faces and we believe that it was a great way to launch this new association.

Many thanks as well to all the people who have helped making this project possible. A lot of discussions have taken place between all of us over the last weeks and I strongly believe that without this wealth of people and energy we would not be here today.

I would also like to thank all the people who have been involved with the sport of Handball in the Auckland Region in the past. As I mentioned earlier, this new association is the product of all the efforts and initiatives of those people, and without them, Handball would probably not be growing as strong as it does those days.

We really see this new association as the continuation of all the work done in the past, not as a revolution for the activity in the region. Instead, we much prefer the terms of restructuring and modernization so that we can keep up with the increasing interest for this sport and establish new poles everywhere to get even more people to play Handball in the Auckland Region.

It won’t be done overnight of course, but we believe that now is a good time to start and we already have a good number of people all around that are keen to help. And we welcome everybody to join us. There is definitely enough work for everybody so do not hesitate to email us if you would like to take part in the further development of Handball in the region.

It is with great pleasure that I would like to inform you of the creation of a new association for the promotion of our sport in this part of the world: Auckland Region Handball.

After many years and volunteers to promote the sport of Handball in the Auckland Region, it is indeed time for us to reorganize ourselves and move forward under a common banner for the benefit of all in the region.

This new association is the product of the actions of all these volunteers and comes at a time where Handball is reaching a peak in the Auckland Region with plenty of recent great news for our sport.

We're very excited about all this and hope to share some of that excitement with you guys. We also really hope to see you in Auckland to play some Handball here with us this year and to show you what we are doing. Your feedback and past experiences would be highly appreciated so do not hesitate to contact us.