Handball – St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee

Tryout for the national team

ajt — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:41:48 +0000

The St. Kitts and Nevis Handball Association is in the process of putting together a male youth National team under the age of 20. Tryout sessions will be held on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March at the Marriott dome starting at 1:30pm daily. Please note that the bus “business” will leave the Pelican Mall at 1:00pm daily. All young male from age 13 to 19 are asked to try out to make this national team.

For more information please feel free to contact Mr Leroy Greene cell phone number # 1 869 663 6504.

Nevisian youths introduced to Beach Handball at training workshop

ajt — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:59:47 +0000

The St. Kitts and Nevis Handball Association and the Department of Sports in Nevis conducted a Beach Handball training workshop on 1st December 2018.

The St. Kitts and Nevis Handball Association spent the afternoon introducing Beach Handball to youth and juniors at Pinney’s Beach, Nevis.

Led by the Association’s President, Leroy Greene, along with General Secretary, Mr Fitzroy “Platini” Clarke, Public Relations Officer, Mr Nathaniel Ible, and Govanie Manners-Hendrickson, Floor Representative, presented Beach Handball equipment to Director of Sports in Nevis, Mr Jamir Claxton.

Beach Handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. Similar to Team Handball, Beach handball is played on sand instead of in a sports hall.

The SKNHBA hopes to see Handball being played on the sports fields of our sister islands Nevis in the near future.

The St. Kitts and Nevis Handball Association are members of the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 2009. Their goal is to promote health, and sportsmanship through the sport of Handball and Beach Handball in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

International handball professor to conduct training courses April 18th – 27th

ajt — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:03:29 +0000

The St. Kitts and Nevis Handball Association will be hosting a number of training courses during the period April 18th – 27th, 2017. The courses will be Team Handball, Referees, Delegates and Beach Handball. The inaugural championships will be held at Netball City on April, 22nd.

An international Handball Professor Dr Frantisek Tavosky from the Czech Republic will be on island to conduct all the training courses.

Persons interested in being trained in Handball may contact any of the Handball Team or call 663 – 6504 during working hours for more information.

First Ever St. Kitts-Nevis Handball Team in Guadeloupe

ajt — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:38:33 +0000

October 21, 2016- Basseterre, St. Kitts – Handball is fast becoming a popular sport in the Caribbean and in St. Kitts-Nevis in particular. A delegation comprising 25 players and 5 officials is currently in Guadeloupe for its inaugural appearance at the International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy Caribbean Zone Tournament thanks to the assistance of the International Handball Association (IHA) and the St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee (SKNOC). The 2016 competition which started on Tuesday October 18th to 22nd fields eight countries compared to three that participated in last year’s. Other new comers include French Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti who will be joining Dominica, Martinique and Guadeloupe in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

The St. Kitts-Nevis males, competing in Zone B with Martinique, Dominica and Trinidad & Tobago has made history by advancing to the Semi Finals in their first regional tournament while the females who were in Group C with Martinique, French Guyana and Barbados placed 5th out of seven teams.

The full team is as follows:

Athletes:

Secada Garroden, Zhane Warner, Elzandhou Warner, Shaizeef Thompson, Khadija Duncan, Azariah Vanterpool, Jennica Versailles, Karina Dore, Nakia Wilkinson, Zynzelle Pemberton, Howard Liburd, Rashidi Rogers, Uzal Hodge, Quane Lyjfrock, Kadeem Govia, Kahneil Blanchette, Jarencia Jeffers, Dimetre Browne, Latonia Demming, Tamiqua Douglas, Staphorn Lewis, Talbert Warner, Aakil Mills

Officials:

1. Fitzroy Clarke – Manager

2. Govanie Hendrickson – Assistant Manager

3. Kenneth Douglas – Head Coach

4. Everton Cannonier – Coach

5. Ineachel Bangnall – Coach

The women’s team from Guadeloupe and Martinique’s men’s team are the defending champions. The hosts are also the title holders of the IHF Trophy Inter Continental Phase.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) was founded in 1946 in Basle, Switzerland. Its goal is to lead, develop and promote handball around the World.

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outfield players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Men’s handball was first played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin as outdoors, and the next time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich as indoors, and has been an Olympic sport since. Women’s team handball was added at the 1976 Summer Olympics.