SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

COMPETITION

The England Handball National Schools competition is open to teams in the u13 and u15 categories. The competition is open to all schools within England, and progresses through from County rounds to National Finals.

Age groups are

u13 Girls (year 7 + 8)
u13 Boys (Year 7 + 8)

u15 Girls (year 9 + 10)
u15 Boys (year 9 + 10)

Regional Round	Age Group	Date	Times	Venue
South Central	U13	25/4/2023	09:00-17:00	Stoke Mandeville Stadium
	U15	2/5/2023	09-17:00	Stoke Mandeville Stadium
West	u13	18/4/2023	09:00-16:00	Oxstalls Sport Park, Gloucester
	u15	19/4/2023	09:00-16:00	Oxstalls Sport Park, Gloucester
South East	u13	24/04/2023	09:00-16:00	Leyton Score Centre
	u15	17/04/2023	09:00-16:00	Leyton Score Centre
East	u13	25/04/2023	09:00-16:00	Cambridge University
	u15	02/05/2023	09:00-16:00	Cambridge University
North	u13	20/04/2023	09:00-16:00	Oldham Leisure Centre
	u15	27/04/2023	09:00-16:00	Oldham Leisure Centre

FORMAT

Entry and Fixture confirmation – September 29th 2022 to October 20th 2022

Fixtures will be collated and released to school based on the number of entries in their geographical area.

Fixtures/Formats and Schedule will be available to schools from the Mid November 2022.

Round 1 – November 2022 to March 2023 Local/county rounds played in a format most suitable to the entries to that area, examples include:

Home and Away or single fixture – League Format

Single Large Tournament

Triangular Fixtures

Small hosted tournaments between schools

Competition groups are determined by England Handball based on Geography and fixtures are arranged between schools with results uploads to Gameday app by school contacts.

Round 2 – April 2023 to May 2023

Regional rounds hosted by England Handball. Winners of the County rounds progress through to a regional final hosted on a single day by England Handball.

Round 3 – June 2023

The winners of the regional rounds progress through to the National Finals hosted by England Handball on the following dates and location.

Nottingham University – Sir David Ross Sports Centre

Saturday 10th June 2023 – u13 competition

Sunday 11th 2023 – u15 competition

TEAM ENTRY

TEAM ENTRY CLOSED – Thursday October 20th 2022

England Handball are using Gameday for the National Schools Competition it will allow teams to view their leagues and standing and results be updated by teachers directly to the portal for their leagues and competitions.