2020 has been a very challenging year on many fronts, for us all. It has also been nearly a year we haven’t gone back indoors to play the sport we love, and we surely all miss it. Back in September, our club firmly wished and had hoped to stage the 15th edition of the California […]
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SF CalHeat Appoints New Board of Directors Member
After a long and focused search, SF CalHeat is excited to announce the appointment of Mark Lockenmeyer to its Board of Directors. Mark brings not only ties to Team Handball and SF CalHeat, but also a much needed “American” point of view to the Board, as well as all his business acumen and experience with […]
The 2020 IHF Super Globe is postponed
On July 16, the IHF decided to postpone the 2020 IHF Men’s Super Globe, as well as the 2020 IHF Women’s Youth (U18) World Championship. The 2020 IHF Super Globe was initially planned on October 6-10 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and only FC Barcelona (defending champion), SC Zamalek (Egypt, winner of the Africa men’s super […]
Interview with Slave Jovanovski
Every team has their icon. Slave Jovanovski is undoubtedly one of the major contributors of our men’s team successes in the last few years. He has seen a lot of the club’s development – from its establishment as a NPO to the club becoming a reference in the country – and experienced it all on […]
Interview with Michelle Mensing
Under normal circumstances, this time of the year would coincide with the start of our summer activities, including our small but growing beach handball program. To celebrate those initiatives, we’ve met with one of our key contributors and member of the club, Michelle Mensing. What’s your name, age, position, and role in the team/club? Hi, […]
The US handball season before COVID-19
February 23. The sun shines through the desert. Arizona prepares to welcome a hot summer. The Valley of the Sun tournament concludes. Our men’s team is packing and heading to the airport, on their way back to the Bay Area. 3 weeks later, our lives suddenly changed… In many ways, the 2019/20 season was anything […]
Interview with Tina Alavanja
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 […]
SF CalHeat signs a long-term partnership with Hummel
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 […]
Hat-trick in Phoenix?
It’s that time of the year again! Our men’s team will be competing this weekend at the 7th annual Valley of the Sun tournament in Phoenix, AZ. Historically, our team has always performed well in Arizona. In the last two years, our first team won the tournament undefeated and will try to lift the trophy […]
The CalCup 2020 is in the books
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 […]
20 years, … and counting!
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 […]
The Texas Cup is ours, again!
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 […]
SF Calheat en-route to the 2019 Texas Cup
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 […]
SF CalHeat heading to the Midwest to start the 2019/20 season
The 2019-20 season is just about to start. Both our women and men’s teams will compete at the Michael Lipov Memorial Cup in Chicago, IL (Oct 25-27). In this new season, our women’s team has higher ambitions but takes this tournament (so as the upcoming Texas Cup) as a preparation for the more important milestones: […]
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