collected a silver medal at the Australian Open Club Championships in Geelong, and then earned its first-ever gold medal at the Australian Handball Championships. Handball SA currently oversees an indoor handball competition. Over the past few years this has been contested by the two major South Australian clubs, Southern Handball Club and West Adelaide Handball Club. The season runs from approximately April to September. ABC Adelaide featured handball in 2012 ('European handball gets a grip on sports fans in Adelaide'), while Behind The News ran a feature on handball in 2011 ('Handball'). Since 2008, Handball SA has also run a beach handball competition during the summer months on various beaches in Adelaide. The beach handball season runs from approximately October to March. Handball SA hosted the Australian Beach Handball Championships in 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2018 at Glenelg, South Australia. It will do so again in 2019. The men's team was able to gain a silver medal at the Australian Beach Handball Championships in 2016, and the women have won a bronze medal on more than one occasion. ABC Radio's Grandstand picked up on the growing popularity of beach handball in Adelaide in 2012 ('Grandstand Sporting Adventures'). See also Australian Handball Federation Australian National Handball Championship References External links Handball SA website Handball in Australia Sports governing bodies in South Australia