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LOCSP Press Release: Wednesday, 2nd July 2008

Swede Times Ahead for Newham Handball Teams?

With over 40 nations represented by 800 teams and 12,500 participants, the Partille Cup in Sweden is by far the most prestigious of Handball tournaments in the world and Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme (LOCSP) are represented there thanks to Newham Council and English Handball.

The ‘Newham Flames’ Boys Under 15s and Girls Under 16s teams made the journey to Gothenburg, Sweden for the tournament last night as part of their continued development under the ‘Handball Talent ID’ scheme that LOCSP have been running in conjunction with Newham council.

Both young teams face formidable opposition from countries where Handball is the culture and taught from an early age.  With up to three games per day, the going will be tough for the young players making the journey.

The boys U15 team start their campaign today against Irsta HF 1 and IK Baltichov, before facing Grotta 2 and Skåre HK tomorrow (Thursday).  They round off their campaign against HV Erftstadt on Friday.

The girls U16 team face Oppsal IF 2 and Skuru IK 1 later today and then UKS Olimpia Nowy Sacz, Kroppskultur 1 and KvIK Sport tomorrow (Thursday).  Their final game is against Musen IL on Friday.

Depending on their results they will qualify for the A or B finals which take place on Saturday and Sunday.  These see the three best teams in each six or seven team group and the four best teams in each eight-team group playing in the A-finals with the rest of the teams in the group qualifying for the B-finals.

Boys Under 15s, Group 4
For updated results - click HERE

Wednesday, 2nd July      13:45    Newham Flames v Irsta HF 1
                                    16:40    IK Baltichov v Newham Flames
Thursday, 3rd July           10:15    Newham Flames v Grotta 2
                                    12:35    Newham Flames v Skåre HK
Friday, 4th July               16:40    HV Erftstadt v Newham Flames

Girls Under 16s, Group 7
For updated results - click HERE

Wednesday, 2nd July      14:20    Newham Flames v Oppsal IF 2
                                    16:40    Skuru IK 1 v Newham Flames
Thursday, 3rd July           09:40    Newham Flames v UKS Olimpia Nowy Sacz
                                    12:00    Kroppskultur UF 1 v Newham Flames
                                    14:20    Newham Flames v KvIK Sport
Friday, 4th July               13:10    Musen IL v Newham Flames

For more information about the Partille Cup and up-to-the-minute news visit www.partillecup.com

LOCSP run Handball sessions across east London with sessions at Score, Leyton every Friday from 4.30pm – 5.30pm (6-11 Year Olds) and 5.30pm – 6.30pm (12-16 Year Olds) costing just £2 per session.

There are also free Handball sessions at Hainault Youth Centre every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm for 14-19 year olds as part of the ‘Kickz’ programme, as well as more free sessions in Newham at Stratford School every Monday  from 3.15pm – 4.15pm (Primary School pupils) and  4.30pm – 5.30pm (Secondary School pupils) as well as at Eastlea Secondary School every Thursday from 4pm – 5pm (Secondary School pupils) and 5pm – 6pm (Primary School pupils).

For more information about Handball and LOCSP please call 020 8556 5973, email enquiries@locsp.org or visit the website at www.locsp.org.

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