The largest and most successful UK Open to date took place on the 23rd of February at Merchant Taylors’ School. Some of the best players from around the world competed at the highest level and inspired many novices and youngsters to raise their standards and embrace wallball. In total 41 players took part and played […]
On the 10-11th November Daniel Grant and Luke Thomson travelled to Belgium for the 1-Wall Belgian ‘KillShot Club’ Open. A singles & doubles event set in the picturesque town of Huissignies. The KillShot club is Belgium’s premier club, set up by Belgian internationals Sébastien Potiez, Guillaume Dumoulin and their coach Geert Vandervelden. We thought it’d […]
Just like Lord of the Rings, this eagerly awaited report may have been a long time in the coming but comes in monstrous size, split into a trilogy and stays true to the book. Are you sitting comfortably…then we’ll begin. Part 1: The Fellowship of 4-Wall From the 11th-21st October the biggest wallball event in […]
Part 2: The Eight Towering One Wall Courts By Tuesday all of our players had arrived and the 1-Wall competition – the main event, started in earnest. The venue for the Championships was the CityWest hotel and conference centre about 30 minutes outside of Dublin. When not competing our players could enjoy a day out […]
Part 3: Return of Tekkers! Frequently matches would go on to the early hours of the morning where the only food left to eat in the CityWest hotel was either Dominos or take-away Chinese. So, attempting not be fuelled by junk food, our Brits began to face the doubles tournament. We represented across the grades […]
The Great Britain team plus several adult social players are all set to head over to the World Handball Championships next week. The event, which takes place in Dublin, Ireland, is set to be the biggest wallball event the world has ever seen with over 2000 players descending on the purpose built CityWest arena for […]
Team England returned from the CIJB World Handball Championships in Franeker, Holland, with a host of new friends and a growing reputation in the international arena – if not a great deal of success in the competition itself. The championships featured four games, but England were concentrating on 1-Wall handball, as they aimed to defend […]
The 2012 World Kaatsen Championships are taking place in the Netherlands from the 26 August to the 1 September. The tournament is a World Team Event and is the worldwide version of the European Championships, which England won in 2010. This year our players will be competing in the 1-Wall event (our main event) […]
The largest entry into a UK Open to date guaranteed a rich day of handball full of skill, fun and burgeoning talent. Over forty contenders descended on Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood – some from as far afield as Belgium and Ireland – for the prestigious event and donned their gloves for some serious action. […]
Every summer I travel to the States to gain invaluable 1-wall handball experience with the best players in the world in New York. However, this year I thought I’d mix it up. A couple of the Mexicans I met last year insisted I head West and play the WPH 3-Wall World Championship in Las Vegas; […]