Before I had made the decision to come to A1 Bregenz, Roland Frushtuk (the Manager) had said that there was a sponsor keen to get involved and support the project and they would be covering my living costs during my stay in Bregenz. When I arrived he had informed me that the sponsor had not yet given the club any money and at the end of September he informed me the sponsor had withdrawn their offer. This was a huge blow and the future of my handball career was once again hanging in the balance.

On court, everything had been going well. I had been training well with the first team and we were well into the season now and I had played three games for the second team. As I have said before, the level is not the best but I was getting 60 minutes every game so to get this court time under my belt had been good and it felt like I was progressing every game.

Given the situation with the finances, I decided to make a few enquiries back in Denmark to make sure I had a back-up plan should a solution not be found here in Bregenz. I was informed there could be a possibility with a Second Division club there where several of my GB team mates are playing. Discussions have taken place between myself, Bregenz and the BHA, as well as information coming in from Denmark and I will be moving back to Denmark at the beginning of November. The financial situation in Denmark is a little more stable than here, the handball opportunity there is also comparable to the situation here, on paper. I will be returning to the IHAa Sports Academy and will receive training there as well with the proposed club. More information regarding the move will be in my next blog as I don’t want to go into too much detail should the move fall through.

In the mean time some small injuries have interrupted my physical training and I hope to these have cleared up by the time I meet up with the Great Britain squad on 25th October. I am looking forward to meeting up with the lads again but more importantly I am looking forward to the friendly tournament in Luxembourg where we will play the hosts, Bulgaria and Belgium. It will be stiff competition but it is our opportunity to show we have improved and are heading in the right direction.

Finally I would like to say congratulations to the GB Women’s team that successfully made it through the European Pre-Qualification games against a tough Finland side and I wish them the best for the qualification round.