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We’re back with our monthly interviews and, this time, we will take a moment to hear from our women’s team head coach, Kristina (a.k.a Tina) Alavanja who has been leading our women’s team handball program for more than a year. What’s your name, age, role in the club, and where do you come from? I’m […]
San Francisco CalHeat and Hummel signed a 4-year partnership deal making the sportswear brand the official equipment provider of one of the largest team handball clubs in the US. Being one of the most renown brands in our sport, and the most established in the country, Hummel was an obvious choice for SF CalHeat. Originally […]
The 14th edition of our annual California Cup concluded this past weekend with three medals for our teams – never seen so far. In a very interesting women’s division, Alberta conquered the gold by defeating all the other opponents. It’s the second time in our tournament history that the Canadians raffle the prize after their […]
This season marks the 20th anniversary of two major figures of our club. With our California Cup only a couple days away, we discussed the past, present and future of Calheat with them. What’s your name, age, and role in the club? [Bernward]: Bernward, 51, currently President of San Francisco CalHeat [Jean-Marc]: Jean-marc, 51, Vice-President […]
A year after, both our (women and men) teams repeated their performance and won the Texas Cup – undefeated! In an expanded women’s division (4 teams), the team led by Tina Alavanja brilliantly defeated all their opponents by a significant margin. In the final, the team went on to beat the Alberta Youth Elite team […]
This upcoming weekend, on December 7 and 8, our elite women and men teams will attend the third edition of the Texas Cup in Dallas. Hosted by Dallas Team Handball Club, the 2019 Texas Cup will feature a total of 12 teams from all corners of the nation and Canada. In the women’s division, four […]
San Francisco CalHeat is happy to announce the renewed sponsorship of its current sponsors* for the 2019-2020 season. DishDash and RockTape have once again committed to support CalHeat in its journey to develop, promote, educate and grow the Olympic sport of Team Handball, making it accessible to everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area, […]
Last November, our club embarked on a journey with one of the world’s largest sporting goods retailers, Decathlon USA (1,400+ stores in more than 40 countries). The French Giant (re)established in the Bay Area in 2017 and aims at supporting local sports communities in their development goals. In this go-round, Decathlon is also offering […]
On Sunday, September 8th, San Francisco CalHeat hosted a youth clinic for the future handball stars in the Bay Area. The club broke a record with nearly 70 young players attending on Saturday morning, ready to learn and play handball, as well as kicking off the youth league. Well-equipped by Hummel USA the CalHeat volunteers guided the […]
SF CalHeat is proud to announce their second silver sponsor for the season: RockTape. The Campbell based specialist for movement will support all of the SF CalHeat teams with their world class kinesiology tape and fitness support products. RockTape knows that having the right materials at hand is only half the story. They offer expert led courses […]
What would the sport of team handball be without the actual ball? Well, it might not be called team handball for starters. At the beginning of every season we check our equipment to make sure our players have enough handballs for practice and competition. With more and more players joining our club we were in […]
SF CalHeat is proud to announce that the Dishdash group will be its partner for the 2017/2018 season. With 6 locations in the Bay Area, the Dishdash group of restaurants serves authentic Middle Eastern food made with fresh, high-quality ingredients. Each one of our locations has something special to offer, whether it’s fine dining, fast-casual […]
Usually handball teams in the U.S. take a break after Nationals in May. Everybody takes their well deserved vacations, visit friends and families at home and waits for the new indoor season to start in September. That was not the case in California and especially not for SF CalHeat. Summer time is Beach Handball time […]
SF CalHeat is beyond excited to announce that Hummel USA will be the official equipment and sports apparel sponsor for the SF CalHeat Youth Team Handball Program (SFYTH). Over the course of the next two years SFYTH and Hummel will be working together to spread the knowledge of the sport of team handball across the […]
The Alley-oop, also known as Fly, Kung-fu or Kempa trick, is one of the most spectacular shots in Team Handball and one of the most important scoring techniques in Beach Handball. In this move, the player catches the ball while jumping in-air and shoots for the goal, before touching the ground again. An amazing and […]
