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The Probert Encyclopaedia - Sport (A-M) (10998 words) |
 | Handball is a no-contact game, played either out of doors by two opposing teams of 11 a side or indoors by teams of 7 a side or 5 a side. |
| The High Jump is a standard field event on the programme of all major athletics championships for men and women, and also one of the events in the decathlon and the pentathlon. |
| Middle-distance events on the programmes of major athletics championships are the 800 meters, 1500 meters and 3000 meters steeplechase for men, and the 800 meters for women. |
| Ballina Handball Club | Tipperary Ireland (3919 words) |
| In 1930 a decision taken at the Annual handball convention to abolish the Provincial Councils had a serious effect on the promotion of handball and it was not until 1950 when the Councils were revived that Handball began to progress. |
| In 1934 a handball Court was built in Ballina and although handball was played in various places such as The Station house and the against the Bakery wall this was the first time a Club was formed in the parish. |
| Handball facilities were to improve with courts covered and lights to enable play in bad weather and at night time. |
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