DEVELOPMENT
Design
Hurling Handball required a ball that was specifically designed for overhand forward passing, lateral Rugby passing, rounded points for hand striking and an oval shape for punt kicking accuracy while on the run.
Jersey-Pitch
The Jersey-Pitch is 90 yards between each goal try line. Every 45 feet is a set line. The field is 150 feet wide. Our field lines fit nearly everywhere. This makes Hurling Handball possible in 18 time zones.
Jersey Jerseys
The Henry Handball Shoppe also makes the team's unique jerseys. Each player's Jersey will be one of a kind while being an unquestionable team uniform.
In our game every player is a card within a suit for a human live action game of chess on grass.
• A • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • J • K •
Derby Ball
The Jersey Derby Ball is nearly the same wide gerth as a Rugby Football but it's long circumference is significantly shorter. This allows for greater speed and accuracy.
The Derby Handball has been clocked at 80.2 mph.
Hand Crafted
Each Derby Ball is custom made at the Henry Handball Shoppe in Westville New Jersey. Each ball is made with 5.5 oz beefalo leather from Comanche Tanning in Oklahoma.
Mechanics
The Henry Handball Shoppe started developing the Derby Ball in September of 2023. There have been many failures. There is a 55 gallon drum full of "almost". Failure is a step towards triumph. Our sport is built on failures.
Exclusively South Jersey
Each Jersey Derby Hurling Handball team will be issued balls. When a ball needs a repair Henry will swap that ball for a new one. The Henry Handball Shoppe is not a business. Our sport is an artisan craft from top to bottom.
Derby and Nottingham
Long before the laws of football were standardized at Rugby School in the West Midlands of England other field sports were played all over the Celtic World.
Hurling Handball is an updated version of one of those traditions which date back to Roman occupation in the first century A.D.
Earl of Hurl
Henry S Clifton is Hurling Handball's founding father. After suffering two strokes then learning to walk again, the 15th Baronet of Notts began to work on a new sport that doesn't cause brain damage.
He can't build this alone.
He asked Wilson "the Duke" to help him with the Hurling Handball. Wilson refused.
Henry now makes "the Earl" himself. Screw Wilson!
THE KIDDS
The 1690's
Ensign John Leeds was the younger half brother of Captain William Kidd. He piloted a stolen Spanish gun boat that held 14 small cannons. The light weight gallion could be rowed by a crew of 12 oarsmen. On higher seas the boat was dragged in tow.
The "Knave's Row" was able to travel deep into Southern New Jersey's creeks off the Dela'wer.
Young Jack and crew played a field game against the locals who held similar traditions born in England's Midlands and Southern Cornish shores.
Captain Kidd and "Diamond" Jack buried nine strong boxes filled with Spanish silver deep in the pine sands of Downe Jersey. They concocted tall tales of screaming demons roaming the swamps.
In 1909, a wooden box was unearthed near Estelle Manor. Inside were four playing cards, Jack of Diamonds, Ace of Spades, King of Hearts and Deuce of Clubs. This Pirate Poker hand was known as a Knave's Row.
Volunteers Needed
Join Today!
If you are in Camden or Gloucester County New Jersey, are over 18 and want to make history by being the first ever to play a sport contact the Henry Handball Shoppe today.
TOMORROW
A Vision
My name is Henry S Clifton. Did you know every dollar in existence has been borrowed from a tiny group of men? We pay the interest on this unpayable debt at 6%.
This means your money is a scam to keep most of you poor or so distracted you don't discover them stealing your wealth. It's time we stopped this crime against humanity.
Our currency needs to be issued by the Treasury instead of borrowed from a privately owned cartel of banks. State Banks must be established for personal infrastructure interest free loans. This means your home, car and education debt will be interest free.
In this model the Treasury manages the currency supply creating price stability. A gallon of gas for example will be $1.00 forever.
• Interest free home loans are for 10 or 20 years. For every child born 25% of the balance is written off.
• Interest free car loans are for 5 years.
• Interest free student loans are for 10 years.
This system abolishes the income tax. It also abolishes the property tax. Taxes on property and income are permanently outlawed in favor of a 15% sales tax with no exception.
Other nations will adopt this model in order to compete. This eliminates war in favor of cooperation. This also eliminates unemployment and crime in favor of self determination.
There is a better game out there. Help me write the rulebook .
