Chambray Touraine Handball

Chambray Touraine Handball is the name of a French handball club from Chambray-lès-Tours. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2016.

History of the club
In 1994, Chambray sports club, set up a new section, Handball enriches the sports club with 1 team senior men. 2006–2007, the Chambray club set up an agreement with the women's section of the St Cyr sur Loire club. Thus, a large number of women come to join the club, with in particular the pennant team: the senior women, then evolving in National 3 under the direction of Marques Guillaume (coach). Phillipe Hualt chaired the club from 2006 to 2010. This was then taken over by Gérald Minard from 2010 to 2015. In March 2015, Yves Guérin took over as club chair and appointed Christophe Bouhour professional team manager.

Since 2014, the club has given itself the means to access the French elite by recruiting many recognized players, such as Sophie Herbrecht, Ionela Stanca-Gâlcă first, then Linda Pradel, Koumba Cissé or Ana de Sousa in the summer of 2015.

Second in the 2015–2016 season in Division 2, Chambray accedes for the first time in its history to the elite of French women's handball.

The 2016–2017 season is the club's first in the first division. After a difficult start, Chambray won the first match in its history in LFH on the eighth day at home against Brest Bretagne Handball. From then on, the promoted followed a series of nine victories in fourteen meetings allowing them to finish in sixth place in the ranking with a record of nine wins, two draws and nine losses. In the playoffs, Chambray was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Brest.

The club competed in the group stage of the 2021–22 Women's EHF European League for the first time.

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season


 * Goalkeepers
 * 1 🇫🇷 Agathe Quiniou
 * 70 🇫🇷 Emma Perche
 * Wingers
 * LW:
 * 13 🇫🇷 Manon Houette
 * 2 🇫🇷 Laugane Pina
 * RW:
 * 84 🇫🇷 Melvine Deba
 * Line players
 * 6 🇸🇪 Clara Monti Danielsson
 * 19 🇫🇷 Aminata Sow


 * Back players
 * LB
 * 14 🇫🇷 Laurie Puleri
 * 33 🇷🇸 Jovana Stoiljković
 * CB
 * 10 🇫🇷 Lucie Modenel
 * 27 Nadia Mielke-Offendal
 * RB
 * 11 Laura van der Heijden
 * 15 🇫🇷 Yaëlle Morvan

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2024–25 season


 * Joining
 * 🇭🇺 Melinda Szikora (GK) (from 🇩🇪 SG BBM Bietigheim)
 * 🇫🇷 Manon Grimaud (CB)
 * 🇫🇷 Constance Mauny (LW) (from 🇫🇷 Brest Bretagne Handball)
 * 🇸🇪 Vilma Matthijs Holmberg (LP) (from 🇩🇪 Thüringer HC)


 * Leaving
 * Nadia Mielke-Offendal (CB) (to 🇫🇷 Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball)
 * 🇫🇷 Agathe Quiniou (GK) (to 🇫🇷 Neptunes de Nantes)
 * 🇫🇷 Manon Houette (LW) (retired)
 * 🇸🇪 Clara Monti Danielsson (LP) (to 🇲🇪 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica)

Notable players

 * 🇫🇷 Sophie Herbrecht
 * 🇫🇷 Blandine Dancette
 * 🇫🇷 Linda Pradel
 * 🇫🇷 Camille Aoustin
 * 🇫🇷 Constance Mauny
 * 🇫🇷 Stella Baudouin
 * Ionela Stanca
 * 🇪🇸 Nely Carla Alberto
 * 🇧🇷 Ana Paula Belo
 * 🇭🇺 Szimonetta Planéta
 * Anouk Nieuwenweg
 * 🇳🇴 Rikke Granlund
 * Ida Lagerbon