Alan Grima is new EHF delegate for Malta

The 2008/09 EHF Course for Delegates took place in Balatonfüred/HUN from September 4 – 7, 2008. A total of 28 participants from 20 different countries registered for the course making it the biggest course in the last three years. Alan Grima, Technical Director of the Malta Handball Association obtained a very creditable first place in the exams held during the course. He is now Malta’s new EHF Delegate and is now awaiting his first international appointment.

The course programme included several important areas of a delegate’s work, such as event management, regulations and procedures, hall inspections, security & safety, referee guidance and evaluation or match observation.

The lecturers for the course were:

Jan Tuik (CC Chairman), Sándor Andorka (CC Member Refereeing) and Wolfgang Pollany (EHF MC Member)

The course was held on the occasion of a men’s international club tournament in Veszprém which Croatia Zagreb won at the end in a 7-m shoot-out against the hosts. The participants were HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb/CRO, Viborg HK/DEN, Dunaferr SE/HUN and MKB Veszprém/HUN.