MELLANS HANDBALL

Adult Membership.  We will be collecting adult membership up until October the 17th after that date places in county competitions cannot be guaranteed. Club Fees are, playing Adults 30 Euros, Students 15 Euros, Juveniles 5 euros and non playing members 10 Euros, there is also a 5 euro charge for all adults as they enter each county competition, also the fixtures committee will be drawing up the adult club team leagues on the 18th so the 17th is the last date for both club and county, all monies must be paid to Declan, contact him on 087-7720018.

New Adult Team League. We are returning to a 4 man team format for the Mono League this year and also will be running a 1, 2, 3 & 4 man league along side the team league, this will mean that players will be playing for themselves to gain points for a win as well as playing for the 42 points for your team, so this will leave the last players going in even though the game might be up for their team they still have to play for the 2 points for their own graded league, which will be used for relegation and promotion for next year’s league, we hope this will leave all games more exciting and competitive, anyone interested about getting back into action or thinking of taking up the sport must forward your name and details to Kevin before the 18th.

Juvenile Blitz. The juvenile county championships are being brought forward this year possibly in the 2nd weekend of November, as we are limited in the amount of players that we can enter into each grade 6 in U12 and 4 in the rest of grades U13-Minor  we are playing a blitz to fill these places, we will run an U14 & U15 blitz on Saturday evening the 19th of October from 6pm and an U12 & U13 blitz play-off on Sunday the 20th of October starting at 2pm, any player that wants to be playing in the county championships please be down on those dates to try and secure your place, so it is very important that all players get out and start practicing, we will also be using the blitz to gather membership (5 Euros), and only players that have paid their membership and that have received a receipt will be able to take part in the county championships.

Handball Beginners U8-U10. We are starting the beginners and the players that have already played before from the ages of 8 to 10 to get them up and running for the new season beginning this Friday evening coming the 11th(tomorrow evening) from 7-8pm, we will use this time slot for a few weeks to see how many old and new members we have to organise coaching for these young players on a particular evening around the other juvenile coaching and leagues.

Club Meeting. We have our next club meeting set for Monday the 21st of October @ 8pm in St.Mellans, it’s great to see a full committee every night as it vital all attend to get the new season up and running.