Sarzonia
20-08-2004, 17:29
WOODSTOCK (ASP) -- Vice President for Health and Athletics Jimmy Marshall announced the formation of a new league for professional team handball in Sarzonia.
The Incorporated Handball League will feature eight teams playing a schedule of 28 games each, four against each other team. The regular season will be followed by a best of three playoff round with the winners meeting in a championship game.
"We think the time is right to found a league for professional handball players," Marshall said. "The success of the Sarzonian Football Confederation and the national team gives us momentum toward building a new league and giving Sarzonia a sporting personality of its own.
The eight teams will be based in Portland, Somerset; Wilmington, Newcastle; Nicksia, Benatar; Woodstock; Carthage, Endymion; Tacoma, Truxtun; Ravenna, Chesapeake; and Portsmouth, Syosset. Team nicknames will be announced shortly.
The league's teams have already formed front offices and they are putting coaching staffs together. A player draft will take place for veterans in one month, and a college draft will be two weeks after that. The season will get underway in four months, with training camp opening three weeks before the season begins.
"Everything will be rushed at first since it's a brand new league, but once we get the growing pains out of the way, we should be fine," league commissioner Nancy Toth said. "We are optimistic about the future of team handball in Sarzonia."
The Incorporated Handball League will feature eight teams playing a schedule of 28 games each, four against each other team. The regular season will be followed by a best of three playoff round with the winners meeting in a championship game.
"We think the time is right to found a league for professional handball players," Marshall said. "The success of the Sarzonian Football Confederation and the national team gives us momentum toward building a new league and giving Sarzonia a sporting personality of its own.
The eight teams will be based in Portland, Somerset; Wilmington, Newcastle; Nicksia, Benatar; Woodstock; Carthage, Endymion; Tacoma, Truxtun; Ravenna, Chesapeake; and Portsmouth, Syosset. Team nicknames will be announced shortly.
The league's teams have already formed front offices and they are putting coaching staffs together. A player draft will take place for veterans in one month, and a college draft will be two weeks after that. The season will get underway in four months, with training camp opening three weeks before the season begins.
"Everything will be rushed at first since it's a brand new league, but once we get the growing pains out of the way, we should be fine," league commissioner Nancy Toth said. "We are optimistic about the future of team handball in Sarzonia."