A few weeks ago, we had a visitor, Silje from Norway.  We were very glad to have her join us during her trip to the United States.

She was very nice to write an article about us for her club’s website, OTRA IL.

Feel free to read her article here: http://www.otrail.no/index.php?m=nyhet&m_action=les_mer&id=2053&sid=6

Thank you Silje!

Hi all,

Date: Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM (***NEW TIME***)

Where: Champions Field House (Rockville Metro Station + 59 Bus)
40 Southlawn Court
Rockville, MD 20850

Google Map - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=champions+fieldhouse&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=39.103906,-77.132607&spn=0.009724,0.022745&z=16&iwloc=A

Notes: Please let me know if you cannot make practice.  Ladies and gentlement, let’s meet, prepare, and party!

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Active Players: Please remember to register and join us at Sportsvite: http://dc.sportsvite.com/teams/dcdiplomats.

Carolina Tar Heel Invitational Tournament

The University of North Carolina is hosting their annual fall
tournaments soon.  The tournament is held on UNC’s campus in Chapel
Hill, NC.  This tournament is a major tournament, with every major
team east of the Mississippi likely to participate.  Both sets of
dates below are weekends.

Women’s Tournament - October 31st-November 1st
Entrance Fee - $300/team

Men’s Tournament - October 17th-18th

I will pass on more information as I receive it; however, I would like
to have a tally now.  If you haven’t yet emailed me, please respond to this message if you’re interested in participating in the Tar Heel Invitational or if you have any questions regarding the format.

Written by Briana Watson
Pictures by Clement Delair and Raj Gill

Flanders 2009

This year’s Sportsfest Handball Tourney in Flanders, New Jersey, was held at the Swim and Sport Club on the first weekend of August. As avid players, the DC Diplomats attended with a Men’s team as well as two Women’s players. Amongst these were goalie Eric, players Bryan, Jesus, Andreas and Bert, Christophe his brother Clement attending as guest and verbal/moral support, and Vikas with his wife Raj. Andreas and Bert braved camping on site, whereas the rest of the team was comfortably situated in area hotels.

Unfortunately due to inclement weather the guys could not complete their run for the top, but for us they are the winners regardless!

Location - Soccerdome
www.soccerdome.com

7330 Montevideo Rd
Jessup, MD 20794
(443) 755-0014

Description: We had a great time last time… Let’s do it again!  Back to Soccerdome, from 5 PM - 7 PM.  We need to pay for the facility, which we should be able to do if everyone pitches in $7.

Start Time: 17:00
Date: 2009-04-19

If you haven’t already RSVP’d through the Yahoo Group, please click the post’s title and leave a comment so we know if you’ll be there!

Reminder - Practice This Sunday!

Finding equipment can be a bit difficult, so I’ve composed a few links to help aid any search for shoes or balls you may be undertaking.

If you know of any additional links, please post them in the comments.

Shoes

Houston Handball (Linkdump)

Adidas Store (Search “Stabil”)

Johann-Sandra

Barnett Sports

Balls

USA Team Handball Store

Select Sport America

Johann-Sandra.com

Palos Sports

Barnett Sports

Resin

Barnett Sports (Resin)