The first season for HC Alkaloid is over, and so is handball school practice for our youngest players. About 500 children 6 to 14 years old throughout our country have practiced at HC Alkaloid’s handball schools. We expect this number to rise in the next season!

The last one to leave the gym this summer was coach Vlatko Koteski. With a ton of experience under his belt, he has worked with young handball players throughout the past decade. With the first season over, he is visibly happy with the results.

“Healthy and happy children is what we actually aim for,’ says Vlatko Koteski.

“This was our first season, and it has been special. We had a successful season, met our goals, and exceeded our plans. We took the young to a new system where we socialized, practiced, and learned. We introduced them to the world of handball. They lived, had fun, and made friends as a team and a sports family,” says Koteski.

Working with and attracting the youth is one of HC Alkaloid’s most important priorities as a club.

“We paid great attention to discipline, proper development, and respect for others, the elderly, and the environment. In our club, we want to create personalities, not merely handball players. Nothing can beat the feeling of seeing happy children. Because interest is on a constant rise, we will expand next season. We will try to start handball practice in more schools and be available to as many children as possible,” says Koteski.

MHF president Zhivko Mukaetov has awarded the winning trophy to our captain. HC Alkaloid is the official championship winner and a new Super League member!

We made club history today!

We finished our first season with a medal and a championship trophy!

Next season we play the Super League!

In the last championship round, HC Alkaloid has defeated HC Mladost 1977 from Bogdanci at home, scoring 39:19 (17:8), and has finished at the top.

Our team dominated throughout the championship. It had 27 wins and one draw out of 28 matches, or 17 wins and one draws out of the 18 playoff matches. It won 52 points in the championship, 12 above the second-ranking team.

Our team’s highest scorer in the first season was right back Martin Serafimov, scoring 144 goals. Igor Gjorgiev, Dario Kofiloski, Aleksandar Stojkov, and Martin Dimovski also scored more than 100 goals for HC Alkaloid, with 126, 119, 114, and 105 goals respectively.

HC Alkaloid is just one round away from winning the championship cup and moving to the higher competition level.

Today, in the penultimate round of the first championship league, HC Alkaloid defeated away HC Drachevo by 42:28 (22:12).

Our team won its 26th championship match without difficulties. From the beginning, our opponent could not follow the rhythm we imposed. We started with a 6:0 and a 10:3 lead and finished the first halftime with a double-digit lead of 22:12. During the rest of the match, the result was more balanced. However, from the moment we took the lead of 24:14, the difference remained in the double digits.

Martin Dimovski, scoring seven, and Igor Gjorgiev, scoring six goals, were our most effective players in this match.

With one round to go, HC Alkaloid is the only undefeated team. In the last round, we will play HC Mladost 1977 at home.

Today HC Alkaloid played HC Jehona away in Gostivar and won 46:21 (22:11), making their lead impossible to reach by the second-ranking team before the end of the season.

Our team had no problems winning the three points against the visitors. We secured a double-digit lead in the first half. In the second, we doubled the lead and finished the match with a 25-goal difference.

With three rounds to go, our team has a nine-point advantage and a better head-to-head record than the second-ranking HC Golden Art. We are now secure in our lead in the championship, and as the best ranked team in the first league, next season will play in the Super League.

Our next goal is to finish the championship undefeated. In the next round, we will play a home game in the Avtokomanda Arena against HC Rabotnicki.