AHF National Championships

ACT Men's team set for Nationals

Posted on Sunday, Oct 17, 2010 by Admin
2010 National Championships Logo

The ACT open men's team to compete at this year's National Championships, being held in Parkenham Victoria, has been finalised with the bulk of the team coming from the NSW League winning Canberra Handball club.

ACT's opening game is against current champions and strong favourites NSW, on Thursday, 21 October. NSW men's team have not lost a game since the 2005 grand-final when they went down to Queensland.

The team will undergo a final training session on Tuesday night before setting off to Victoria. Read more »

Alice Keighley to represent Australia at the Youth Olympics

Posted on Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 by Admin
Alice Keighley during the recent Junior National Championships in Sydney

Local handball star Alice Keighley will be taking on the world’s best next month, when she travels to Singapore to represent Australia at the Youth Olympic Games.

Alice, who played for the ACT in u16 and u18 National Championships, over the past two years, is one of 14 players selected into Australia’s first Youth Olympics handball team.

Alice was selected following strong performances at the recent junior national championships in Sydney. This will be her first appearance in Australian colours. Read more »

NSW's perfect run continues

Posted on Sunday, Jul 11, 2010 by Admin
National champions - NSW u16 girls

The NSW u16 girls team completed the championship double for their state with a convincing 13:6 win over Queensland, in Canberra today. NSW drew with Queensland in their round one game but started this game on a better note, taking a 5-1 lead in the first ten minutes.

From then on, NSW was in full control, giving Queensland little chance to get back into the game.

The competition’s top scorer Laura Ridley of NSW took the lead in scoring again with six goals, bringing her tally to 26 in three games. Read more »

NSW boys win the Championship title

Posted on Sunday, Jul 11, 2010 by Admin
Jason Lai breaks through ACT's defence line to score for NSW

NSW boys defeated ACT 30:12, to win their third consecutive u16 National Championships in Canberra today.

ACT was first to score but NSW raced-off to 7-1 lead in the next ten minutes, putting the game beyond ACT's reach, before the half-time buzzer.

Lachlan Skulander was in good shooting form again, scoring ten to take his tally to 28 in just three games. Read more »

ACT boys into the Championship final

Posted on Saturday, Jul 10, 2010 by Admin
ACT's Frano Blazevic going for shot during ACT's semi-final win over Queensland

The ACT boys team defeated Queensland 23:15 this morning to advance into the Championship final against NSW.

In the girls’ final Queensland will meet NSW after their win against ACT.

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Queensland girls get a win

Posted on Saturday, Jul 10, 2010 by Admin
Heather Cooper of Queensland shoots at ACT's goal

The Queensland girls defeated the ACT team 16:3, to end the round robin part of the competition. The teams will play again tomorrow for a chance at the final, against last year’s champions NSW.

The less experienced ACT team put in a good performance but again found it difficult to score goals.

This was Queensland’s first win of the Championship after drawing with NSW yesterday. Read more »

ACT boys defeat Queensland

Posted on Saturday, Jul 10, 2010 by Admin
Matt Cechet top scored in the match with 12 goals

The ACT u16 boys team registered their first win of the championship, with a 22:19 victory over Queensland today.

The teams exchanged goals for most of the game but decisive goals by Nikola Taneski and Matt Cechet, late in the second half, put the game beyond doubt.

For Queensland Stephen McArthy top scored for his team with 8 goals but ACT’s Matt Cechet had another strong game in attack with 12 goals, despite being heavily marked.  Read more »

ACT starts with a loss to NSW

Posted on Friday, Jul 09, 2010 by Admin
ACT's Sarah Carter attempts a long range shot in the game against NSW

Last year’s champions, NSW defeated the less experienced ACT side 26:6 (10:1 at the break), today in Canberra.

ACT took a long time to get on the board, and before Sarah Carter scored her team’s first goal, ACT was 7:0 down.

From then on, NSW continued their domination of the game and at one stage had a nine-goal scoring spree. ACT had several more chances to get on the score-board but NSW keeper, Kate Nolan, held them away with a string of saves. Read more »

NSW boys into the Championship final

Posted on Friday, Jul 09, 2010 by Admin
NSW's Lachlan Skulander breaks through for one of his 6 goal, during his team's win over Queensland

The NSW boys’ team secured their spot in the Championship final, with a convincing 30:11 win, against Queensland in Canberra today.  NSW, who had no trouble overcoming ACT last night, raced-off to a 4:0 lead very early in the first half and from then on controlled the pace of the game.

Left-back Jason Lai was the team’s their highest scorer with 7 goals but centre-back Dylan Bindczus was the key player in attack, initiating set-moves and looking for scoring opportunities. Read more »

NSW boys too strong for ACT

Posted on Friday, Jul 09, 2010 by Admin
Frano Blazevic and Shea Sedgman (13) of ACT attempt to stop NSW's centre-back Dylan Bindczus

Defending champions, NSW dominated their game against ACT, winning 38:19, in the boys’ category in Canberra today. ACT stayed in contention for about 20 minutes of the game, thanks to some amazing long-range shooting by their 2.03 metre back, Matt Cechet.  Read more »