On March 5th, Cambridge University Handball Club hosted the fourth annual Varsity matches against Oxford. On brand-new lines in the University Sport Centre, the men threw off first at 12.30 pm. With a strong defence and efficient attacks, Cambridge already led by 7 goals at half time. The second half continued with a stronger Oxford team, yet, many fast breaks… Read more →
Although we had just returned from the winter break, with only three weeks until the first round of Uni Champs, we decided to test the team with two friendly matches: Imperial and UCL agreed to visit Cambridge on a Sunday morning to play us in a friendly mini-tournament. Cambridge vs Imperial (16-14) After a short warm up the game was… Read more →
Socials Training, playing, fighting and winning are all just parts of the handball experience. We are first and foremost a team. As is a tradition in handball clubs all over the world, we finish training by going to the pub or College bar together. Socials don’t stop there: The year 2015/2016 has seen socials ranging from dinners with national cuisine… Read more →
This year’s Varsity was a chance for Cambridge to come back from the double loss of the previous year, and it brought with it a victory and a loss. To women’s team faced an uphill battle from the start against a strong Oxford team, which later went on to win the title of University Champion 2016. Despite their spirited performance,… Read more →
This year’s British University Handball Championship proved to be as exciting as expected: The Cambridge men’s entered the competition as defending champion and the Cambridge women’s won their first UniChamps title in the plate finals. In the first round, the Cambridge men’s went through with a clean sweep winning against all opposing teams. Moving on, the team faced strong opponents… Read more →
On the first weekend of the University Championships our men’s team came home with a clean slate, beating Essex, Kent, Bath and Nottingham along the way. Our women’s team won two of their matches against Birmingham 1st and 2nd, and lost to Bournemouth and Essex 1st. Good weekend overall! The detailed results were:
Dear all, Please find enclosed the link to a survey regarding a friendly match on the 31st of October aganist the city club. There will be men’s and women’s matches( about 30-45 minutes) so you don’t have to be there for the full 2 and a half hours of the slot (allow at least an hour in order to have… Read more →
Hello everyone(new and senior), Firstly, we would like to thank all of you who made it to our first session, we hope you had fun and enjoyed it as much as we did! We are looking forward to seeing the hall full again next Saturday! There are a few things we’d like to point out and ask your help with… Read more →
On March 28th both our Women’s and men’s blues played against their UCL counterparts. Our Women’s team led for most of the game by 5 against UCL that was missing one player. UCL’s missing players eventually found the sport centre 15 minutes into the second half giving a new life to their game. The last minutes of the game were very… Read more →
At the third weekend of the University Championship our men’s team won the main trophy, playing beautiful handball and beating every team on their way during the group stages and the knock-out stages, including Oxford, Cranfield and Bath in quarter finals, semifinal and final, respectively. Our women’s team came third in the plate finals of the University Championships. This was no… Read more →