The Swedish National Handball Team that has chosen Pelican Bay at Lucaya for its June 13 – 18 training camp.
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Freeport, Bahamas - The Swedish National Handball Team has chosen Pelican Bay at Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island, as the destination for a training camp June 13 – 18, a first for the island. The 40-strong team will combine a series of hard workouts and weight training in the gym under the leadership of Coach Errol Bodie while also taking the opportunity to tour Grand Bahama Island and experience what it offers.
Team Handball is a major well-known sport, but relatively small in North America. After Soccer, it is the biggest team sport in Europe, ahead of both ice-hockey and basketball.
An indoor "seven-aside" sport, it is a cross between lacrosse and basketball. It has been an Olympic sport since 1972. After the team’s stay on this island, members travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico for matches against the Puerto Rican Handball National Team there.
Sweden is host of the 2011 World Championship, the biggest sporting event in Europe for 2011.
Pelican Bay’s mother company, "Pandox," is very supportive of the National Handball Team, and it is with these contacts that the hotel was able to attract this team to Grand Bahama.
“Sports tourism has enormous potential for Grand Bahama Island,” said Magnus Alnebeck, general manager, Pelican Bay at Lucaya and also chairman of the Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board. “Last year, we were hosts of 29ers and 49ers class World.
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