The Sherwood Park Sharks Four-Wall Court Handball Club took home the hardware at the Edmonton Open Handball Championships held January 26 to 28 at the Mayfield Athletic Club.

In the Junior B double bounce Singles division, the Sherwood Park club shut out the teams from Edmonton and Calgary by sewing up all three spots on the podium. First-year Sharks Parker Dorothy finished first, Jeremy Tripp finished second and David Wereley took home the third place trophy.

The Team

We are very proud of the Junior B boys,” said coach Mark Broverman. “This is a tremendous showing in their first tournament. They’ve all worked so hard and played some great handball to win.”

In the Junior B Doubles division, partners Mark Stecyk and Josh Lavin finished second and partners David Wereley and Parker Dorothy finished third. In Junior B single bounce, Mark Stecyk took home the gold and Josh Lavin had a bronze finish.

In the Junior A division, David Doucette won his first championship taking home the gold in the singles, and Elliot Chan won the Consolation singles championship.

“David is the most improved player on the team this year, and he just keeps getting stronger,” said coach Broverman. “He plays his best ball in tournaments and has really impressed us with his determination. He’ll go a long way.”

In Junior A doubles, the team of Elliot Chan (from Sherwood Park) and Tanner Rakochey (from Calgary) were the champions with Ben Lavin and David Doucette finishing second.

Jamie Slater, the only Shark to enter the B/C Division, did a great job finishing in third place in the singles and losing a heartbeaker in the doubles final game with partner Chris Goddard, from Edmonton to finish second.

“Overall, we couldn’t be happier with our team’s performance this weekend,” explained coach Broverman. “We took home 10 trophies out of a possible 15 and absolutely dominated the tournament.”