Kolosaurios · Beach handball
History
From a group of young people keen to play on the sand to the club with the most beach handball players in the Basque Country.
- 2022
The beach section is born
The section was set up in 2022 by a group of young people keen to play on the sand. Until then the club had no beach handball, and the idea from day one was that anyone could play, including people who don't play indoor.
- 2024
Basque champions and a first Arena 1000
Óscar Arestizabal and Roberto García «Jabo»'s under-18 boys become Basque champions and win three of the four Basque Circuit events. On 2 and 3 August they play in Laredo, the first Arena 1000 for a Kolosaurios youth team.
Basque champions and a first Arena 1000 - 2025
First tournament at La Arena
Kolosaurios organises the first Torneo Muskizko Udala on La Arena beach, together with Muskiz Eskubaloia and with the support of the town council.
- 2025
Five teams in Sanxenxo
In July the club takes five teams to the Arena 1000 in Sanxenxo: under-16 and under-18, boys and girls, and senior men. The under-16 girls reach the last sixteen. The under-16 girls, the under-18 girls and the under-18 boys qualify for the Spanish Club Championship. In Laredo, from 31 July to 3 August, the under-16 girls win their group, reach the last sixteen and finish 16th out of 32.
Five teams in Sanxenxo - 2026
Second edition of the tournament
5 to 7 June: under-16s on Friday, under-18s and seniors on Saturday and under-14s on Sunday.
- 2026
Cádiz and Laredo again
Julen Udaeta's under-16 girls play the Arena 1000 in Cádiz on 17 and 18 July and qualify for the Spanish Championship. From 30 July to 2 August it is played in Laredo by the under-16 girls, for the second year running, and the under-14 girls, coached by Paula García: the club's first under-14 team there and the only one from the Basque Country.
- Today
the club with the most beach handball players in the Basque Country
Around a hundred and fifty players, from under-12 to senior. The club with the most beach handball players in the Basque Country, with 1,000 followers on Instagram and 300 on TikTok.