Handball

Handball plays a great part in our family. If you asked us some years ago biathlon (cross country skiing and shooting was THE sport), but now handball has taken over. Both our girls play. Marta is still a novice, playing in her second year, but now nearly 16 years old Ingrid has played since she was 8. And she loves it. Her team, Tiller, has it's ups and downs like most other teams. Last year was an UP, this year it has been bitter fighting almost every match, and it has been hard work. But hard work pays, and the last couple of months they have become better and better. The first signs of this we saw at a tournament is Østersund in Sweden in the beginning of January, then a week ago they played good at Petter Wessel tournament in Larvik, Norway.

This week-end they played in a tournament here in Trondheim. The girls were looking forward to it, but knew that they were to meet strong teams and did not have much hope of making it for the A-finals. Thy played the first match Friday night, and against all odds they won without problems. And as they played on during the week-end ,Tiller's 15 years old girls played better and better. Already Saturday afternoon we knew that they had made it to the A-finals, then they first won the quart final by "sudden death", Sunday morning they won the semi final with our Ingrid making 5 out of the 8 goals. Gosh, we were excited! Sunday night came and they played the grand finale, agains the favorites, Ranheim. The match was a thrill. Tiller was in the lead most of the match, and we almost didn't believe what we saw. Our girls are real winners! Unfortunaltely the lost in the last minute, Ranheim won 9-8. Tiller WON silver! Tiller's goal keeper, Kathrin got the best player award. GIRLS, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!