Sports handicapping

June 16th, 2009

In many sports , some players or participants are at a disadvantage because of  various factors like height, weight , experience, location where the game is played.  A  sports handicapping service considers all these factors before picking awinner.

Players

June 16th, 2009

Most of  the players in Kongsberg Penguins  were from Norway, usually graduating from their junior team to the senior team.  A few players were signed on from other countries like Canada and USA.

Ron Billingslea who was the team coach for some time was from USA.

Basketball team

June 15th, 2009

The Kongsbergs Penguins were a team of basketball players from Kongsberg in Norway, 45 minutes south-west of Oslo, have been in the finals several times. In 2004/05, The Penguins were close to go bankrupt, but a great effort on Kongsberg made it possible to continue with a renewed license

The basket ball team was called Kongsteby Berkameratene prior to 2000 and the name was changed to Kongsberg Penguins in 2000.

The team has reached the Semifinals of the Norweigan basketball championship at least thrice in 2001, 2004, 2006.

Most of the players were from their junior team, though some players were from other teams.

Kongsberg Penguins team participated in the European regional championship in 2002-2003.

Kongsberg Penguins

June 11th, 2009

About the Kongsberg Penguins