EK82 Handball Club
EK82 Handball Club | |||
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Full name | East Kilbride 82 Handball Club | ||
Founded | 1972, 1982 as EK82 HC | ||
Arena | Alistair McCoist Complex and john wright sports centre. East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
President | Scot Mowat | ||
Head coach | Michael Lavery | ||
League | Scottish Handball League | ||
EK82 Handball Club are a
History
East Kilbride Handball Club was started in 1972, the same year that the
European Cup
EK82's opponents in their only European Cup adventure was THW Kiel of Germany. The first leg was played at the Kiel Ostseehalle, in Germany in front of a crowd of 5000 on 30 September 1983, a game which East Kilbride were to lose 43:8 (21:2 at half time). The second leg was played in the Cogenkrooghalle, Neustadt in Germany in front of an 800 capacity crowd on 3 October 1983. Again the home side were to lose to the German Champions, this by a score of 6:44 (2:18 at half time) ending their run in the competition.[2]
European Cup Winners Cup
East Kilbride represented
East Kilbride were drawn against the Belgian outfit, Progres HC Seraing, in a 2 legged encounter.
The first match was at the John Wright Sports Centre in front of a crowd of 500 spectators, a match which the home side were to lose 17-43.
The return leg saw East Kilbride lose 7-35.
Club honours
Senior Men
- British League champions 1982/83
- Scottish League Champions 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78 (shared with Barrhead Handball Club), 1978/79, 1982/83, 1983/84
- Scottish Cup Champions 1973/74, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79
- EK Shield Winners 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
- Heriot-Watt Championship 1975, 1976
- Cumbernauld Championship 1978, 1979
- S.I.P (Denmark) Shield 1979
- Long John International Champions 1978
- Second division champions 2012/13,2013/14 and 2014/15.
- Newcastle International handball tournament 2014 Runners up.
- Scottish cup runners up 2016.2018
- Tom cooper international tournament 2017&2019 winners.
Senior Ladies
- British Champions 1974/75
- British Championship Runners Up 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78
- Scottish Champions 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78
- Scottish Cup Winners 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1978/79
- EK Shield Winners 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
- EK Pernod Trophy Winners 1977, 1978
- North West England Champions 1978
- BP Scotland Champions 1979
Juniors
- North West England Champions 1977
- BP Scotland Champions 1977
- Scottish League Champions (u-13's Mixed) 2008/09
- Scottish Cup Champions (u-13's Mixed) 2008/09
- Scottish Cup Champions (u-13's Girls) 2008/09
- Scottish Cup Runners Up (u-16's Girls) 2008/09
- Scottish Cup Runners Up (u-11's Mixed) 2008/09
- Scottish cup champions (girls) 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
- Scottish cup champions (boys) 2009/10 2010/11 2012/13
- Scottish cup champions (02/03 boys) 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
Minis
Minis are children Under 11 who play in a shortened version of handball called Mini Handball. The club compete in Mini Handball Tournaments up and down the country.
Primary Schools Development
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Ek handball club operated a local Primary school development programme in partnership with active schools. All of the primary schools in east kilbride are offered taster sessions and a chance to play in Handball festivals. There is also the stepping stone to training and playing with Ek82 handball club at the john wright sports centre or at the Alistair mccoist complex'
Primary schools that took part in 2014/15:
- Murray / Hunter / St Louise
- Greenhills/ St Leonards/ Halfmerke
- Heathery Knowe/ Long calderwood/ Southpark
- St Hilary's/ Maxwellton / St Vincents
Maxwellton, Southpark and Heathery Knowe won the honours at this year's[when?] primary school festivals. Heathery Knowe went on to represent the EK schools at the national primary school championships at Ravenscraig and finished 5th out of 16 teams.
In 2016 Maxwellton primary won the scottish primary school championships after receiving taster sessions from EK development coach Michael Lavery and going on to win the local schools festival to qualify for the national championships.
Sponsor
- EK82 HC Men's team were sponsored by the Montomerie Arms from between 2012 and 2014
- 2010/11 The Senior Club received Awards for All funding, which has been used to purchase new strips and equipment as well as subsidise training and registration costs for this season.
- 2015/ Sportcotland award Ek82 direct club funding. Ek Handball club will have their first part-time coach for a minimum of 4 years. This position is supported by sportscotland and Scottish Handball.
2017. Ek82 are now sponsored by Andrew Crawford jewellers and engravers & the watch repair centre in East kilbride.
References
- ^ http://www.sportsfocus.com/webpro/handball/infopoint/newsletter.cfm
- ^ a b "THW Kiel: Homepage des Handball-Rekordmeisters".
- ^ "Did you know? « Partille Cup". Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ a b c "British Handball History: The Bristol Tournament". 27 March 2009.
- ^ a b c "IMG_0027.JPG (Image)".
- ^ "Google Sites: Sign-in". accounts.google.com.