Intriguing Season comes to an end

The Handball season  came to an end last Saturday with the K.O Finals. It was a season full of surprises and hard work for both clubs and association.The season opened with the Super Cup contested between Aloysians and La Salle in both men and women categories. La Salle had a great start winning in both the men and the women Super Cup. The MHA Cup followed with La Salle and Aloysians wanting to confirm their superiority. Luxol and Kavallieri had other thoughts and though the honors were shared once again between La Salle in the men category and Aloysians in the women group, Luxol and Kavallieri made them sweat to take the honors.

 In October the Men Senior National Team came second in the Challenge Trophy held in Malta. It was a big achievement for Maltese handball in both the playing and the organisational aspect. Malta won plaudits from fellow European countries for the organisation. 

Soon after the MHA League started with Aloysians and La Salle the main contenders. In both sections, Kavallieri and Luxol foiled one of the contender's plans. In the women section, Aloysians suffered a loss each against Kavallieri and Luxol, handing the title to La Salle and in the men section, the same surprise was bestowed to La Salle, with Aloysians winning the title. In May the girls participated in the EHF Challenge Trophy in Israel, finishing fourth after brave performances.

 The season came to an end with the APS Century K.O. contended by Aloysians and Luxol in the women category and La Salle and Luxol in the men K.O. Aloysians were worthy winners of the women K.O while after a balanced game, Luxol won the K.O Men final.

Under 17 Boys League:- De La Salle crowned Champions after beating Aloysians Sixt 19 - 14, in the other match Luxol gave away a walk over to Kavalieri RS2. Under 17 Girls League:- St Benedict move closer to win the league after beating rivals St Joseph 6 - 4, Men Senior League:- Aloysians Von Taine lead the table after they registered a win vs Luxol Living Well. 

Malta lost the third and final match vs Armenia 21 - 12. Yesterday, Malta lost to Cyprus 29 - 10. During the first minutes of the match, Malta were leading 4 - 3 thanks to solid defending and great goal keeping by Marylyn Aguis. The match kept on the same balance, with both teams trying to edge in front. As time went by, Armenia changed the match around to their favour. Following some good handball from both sides, Armenia took the upper hand and equalised mid-way through the first half.
In the second half, despite trying to make a comeback, Malta struggled to stay in contention. Armenia proved to be superior as their fast breaks and stat play and were very effective. Armenia stretched their lead thanks to some good goals by Number 6 Antoyan.
Malta Goals Haber and Vassallo 3 goals each, Camilleri 2 goals, Bezzina Ellul Farrugia and Barry one goal each.
Malta Right Back Brenda Camilleri was selected by the four team representatives as the best right back player in the 2010 Women's Challenge Trophy Star Team.

Tournament favourites Israel beat Malta 24 goals to 9. In the first match, Cyprus beat Armenia by 2 goals.
The Maltese girls started the match very well, in the first 10 minutes, the score was 3 each. On the 10 minute, Malta left back Stef Desjardins got a two minute suspeension and Israel took advantage of the situati...on and scored 3 goals. Malta tried their best to keep momentum but Israel took control of the match. The first half ended 13 - 4 in favour of Isreal
In the second half despite trying to make a comeback, Malta didn’t manage to cut back on Israel's advantage. Israel emerged winners after a good handball performance in their home land. Malta Goals B. Vassallo 3, B. Camilleri 3, T. Sciortino 2, L. Micallef 1. Tomorrow Malta plays against Cyprus at 1900 and Israel face Armenia at 2100.

The National ladies team will start its Challenge Trophy commitment today with a match against hosts Israel. Following a brief meeting with the Maltese Ambassador for Israel  and a morning training session, the team is now getting ready for the match which will start at 3.15pm local time.  Spirits are high and the team is very motivated to give its best effort to obtain a result that reflects the true potential of our side and one that reflects the work done in the past few months.