Peterborough Handball Club is a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

club based in

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

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. It was founded in August 2012, building on interest in handball generated by the London 2012 Olympics. In the 2012–13 season Peterborough HC's men's team played in the England Handball East Regional League. Peterborough's first win came on 12 January 2013 against Norwich Terriers, Peterborough recording an 18–17 win thanks to a last minute goal by Dan Gammons. 2013-14 Season Peterborough HC finished second in the East Anglia Development League in the 2013–14 season, behind. Cranfield HC. This success was founded on double victories over Norwich HC, Ipswich HC and a strong Cambridge HC 2nd team. 2014-15 Season The club began the season with the aim of qualifying for the England Handball play-offs, and with that a passage into the newly created national leagues below the top-level Super 8. While an early poor performance against Cranfield HC lead to a heavy defeat, Peterborough HC bounced back superbly to defeat Ipswich to bring 2014 to a close.

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{{Reflist Handball clubs established in 2012 Sport in Peterborough