Archive - primo 1999:

• Kyvåg stays in BSK
• Bækkelaget's coach fired - players will leave
• Anja Andersen is back on the national team
• Malene Andersen resigns from the national team
• Anja sues the Norwegian Handball Federation and wins
• Anja Andersen's birthday present
• Dane nominated second best player of the year
• Denmark hosting WC matches

Frode Kyvåg stays in BSK

The Norwegian team Bækkelaget is back to normal. After much pressure from players and sponsors, the old coach is back where he belongs. And so are the players, who threatened to leave in case a new trainer was employed.

Frode Kyvåg fired - Anja will leave BSK

The Norwegian team Bækkelaget is in uproar. After 25 years, the successful coach has been fired, with the claim that he could not take the working pressure. It was a surprise to everyone - not least to Kyvåg himself. The Danish player Anja Andersen and the rest of the team feel betrayed and support their coach. If he is not reinstated in his job, Anja and many other players will leave, among them the South Korean player Hong Jeong-ho.

Anja Andersen is back on the national team

We all have hoped for this decision to be taken, ever since Anja declared, that she wanted a break from the national team and "might not ever come back again". But so she did! She had plans about going to Spain and end her career in the sun, but changed her mind. She will stay in Norway at Bækkelaget and win what is left to win with that team. But she is back in Denmark at the national team, where she will have a leading role in building up the new young players and thus turn the sinking ship on the right course.

Malene Andersen resigns from the national team

Malene Andersen no longer feels like being the eternal substitute of Anette Hoffman. It is her impression, that the trainer never gives her much of a chance to prove her value on the court. She would rather concentrate on her club and has announced her resignation from the national team.

Anja sues the Norwegian Handball Federation and wins

Anja Andersen and her club has sued the Norwegian Handball federation. The result is 45.000 kr. plus an apology. The money Anja has donated to the Salvation Army for the sake of a good cause. The reason for this can be read in the official handball magazine published by NHF. In the January issue the readers could take part in "The big Anja test" with questions like: "Have you ever hit or kicked someone?", "Have you tried shoplifting?" and "Have you ever lied to your parents?". 13-15 right answers to this and Anja would be proud of you, the test concluded. This insulting quizz is incomprehensible untill you learn who is behind the publication of the magazine; the former referee Terje Anthonsen, with whom Anja have had many clashes. See earlier in the archive. He has now been removed as editor of the magazine.

Anja Andersen's birthday present

On Monday the 15/2 Anja Andersen turned thirty. Her best present was the fullfillment of one of her big dreams: to win the Norwegian Championship with her team Baekkelaget, for which she plays professionally. They won 25-21 over Larvik, who also has a Dane on the team, namely Lene Rantala as goalie.

Anja managed to get the yellow card twice. Once for pointing at the big screen showing a repetition of an incident, where she was not content with the referee's decision and another card for demonstratively kissing the floor at the spot where the incident had taken place. The referees have no sense of humour, was her response.

World Championship 99

Denmark will host several group matches at the World Championship 1999, but not any semi-finals or the finals. The arrangement has been made with the Norwegian Handball Federation. The five first matches of ours will be played in Kolding and when we qualify further, the 1/8 final will be played "somewhere in Jutland". However, Norway will still host most of the matches. The World Championship for Women will take place between 28. November and 12. December 1999.

Tonje Kjærgaard elected second best player of the year

Last year, Anja Andersen was elected best player of the year by the International Handball Federation's magazine "World Handball Magazine". This year, another Danish player was up for nomination, namely Tonje Kjærgaard. Unfortunately, she only got a second place. We know it is unfair - especially as the winner comes from our main "competitor", the Norwegian team. Her name is Trine Haltvik and she got 4303 votes against Tonje's 3894. Number three was Ausra Fridrikas from Austria with 2819 votes.