Elite and Community Handball Development

Our very own: Michael Hegarty !

Elite and Community Handball Development

Michael Hegarty is a former GB International for Handball and now works as a Development Officer in the North West of England for the English Handball Association. This is a simplified description of Michael's version of what he does!

He has been very effective in a short period of time in building the sport in the Warrington area. The aim of Michael's work is to develop handball at grassroots level but also to feed into the elite National and Olympic squads.

Myself and some colleagues from Sports Development in Oldham had a very good meeting with Michael at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington an the 12th of March. We are trying to broaden sporting opportunities for young people in Oldham and handball is a great addition to the existing programmes. Michael spoke with a lot of knowledge and experience and gave us some great advice. He will be coming over to Oldham to lead a training session in May.

We held the meeting in a box overlooking the pitch which was brilliant. We both went into Teaching in the 70s and I thought a picture of two Murphy cousins who go way back before that even, would be a fun memento of this occasion in 2009.

Des Herlihy

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