Thames Handball Club is an amateur handball club founded in 2005 in London, UK. It is affiliated to the

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and currently runs competitive men’s

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team in Development leagues. The women's team voluntarily withdrew from official competition in 2016/17 and plays in a newly formed Handball Union.

History

The club started with Junior teams, before getting involved in Senior competitions in 2007, first starting with a women's team, then in 2008 adding a Men's team. Both teams competed in the England Handball League. The women's team in Division 1 and the Men's team in Division II. The club has enjoyed particular success in mixed team events and competitions, such as the Brentwood Mixed Team competition and the Oxford Open Mixed team competition. Both of which were won in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Of the Men's team, Chris Higgins made the selection into the

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in 2012. Of the women's team,

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now Ulrike Mertesacker, after her wedding to Arsenal ace

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played for the German National squad up until 2010.

Recent performance

*1st place in London Handball Association Cup 2011. *1st place in Brentwood Mixed Team Tournament 2011. *1st place in Brentwood Mixed Team Tournament 2012. *1st place in Brentwood Mixed Team Tournament 2013. *2nd place in British

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Championship 2013. *2nd place in Super 7 National League 2014 *2nd place in 1st Division RDL 2015. *2nd place in Championship South 2015. *3rd place in Beach Handball Cup London 2015. *1st place RDL London 2016/17 men's league. *1st place Beach Handball London 2016. *1st place u15 league South England.

International honours

*3rd round European Challenge Cup 2014/15

Men's team

The men's team won the Regional Division II in 2011 and more recently achieved first place in the SportHouse London Handball League 2012/13. In season 2014/15 the men's team came second in both the national Championship South and the London Development League.

Women's team

Playing in the National League, the women achieved a Third place in 2011/12 after a decisive final day of the EHA League by beating

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by 2 goals and in 2012/13 was runner up in the EHA National Cup competition in 2013. The team was runner up in the inaugurated Super 7 league created in 2013/14. In previous seasons the women's team won the London Cup competition in 2009 and 2011. In 2014/15 the women's team participated in the

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Round 3 where a highly unusual result of identical scores was recorded on both playing dates

Current women squad

:''Squad for the 2015–16 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1
Anita Rylow
* 16 Amalie Lovaas Flaethe ;Wingers * 8 Maria Kourdoulos * 20

* 9 Paula Mazur * 46
Ola Marcinkowska
* 14 Nadia Risnes * 17 Anna Hampshire ;Line players * 3 Cristina Matei * 12 Caroline Brodahl * 10

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* 19 Hanna Finell ;Back players * 6 Olimpia Lopes DaVeiga * 11 Loredana Lupu * 13

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* 15 Nikolett Szollos-Wendler

Transfer signings

* 2 Zsofia Nyakas * 18

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Notable former players

* Karonlina Hentze * Fatimata Niang *

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Maddie Edwards
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Krisztina Toth
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Nikoletta Papp
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Marianna Meryova
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Agnes Foeglein
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Nikoletta Rau
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Lisa Johansen Persheim Lisa Johansen Persheim (born 21 June 1990) is a Norwegian team handball player. She plays for the club Thames Handball Club. She started her playing career at her club Ellingsrud IL in the junior section and later on participated in the Sparser ...

Charlotte Morkken Charlotte Morkken (born 16 May 1992), is a Norwegian team handball player. She played for the club Thames Handball Club.. She was mentioned as a key player in 2013, when the club played in London against a top team of Hungarian handball players a ...

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Maria Garcia Pedrosa
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Micaela Casasola Micaela Casasola (born 17 March 1997) is an Argentine handball player for Club Balonmano Porriño and the Argentine national team. She competed as a junior at the 2014 IHF Women's Junior World Championship in Mazedonia. Club career Micaela st ...

References

External links

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Women's team profile on EHF website
{{HandballEngland English handball clubs Sport in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames