DELFT · SCHOOL CLUB
DC Spartans
The school club growing from the Curro Delft handball pilot and connected to the academy's development pathway.
CLUBS & NETWORK
Local roots. Stronger connections.
Thunderbolts Academy's own clubs sit within a wider network of handball bodies, community organisations and regional partners across South Africa and Zimbabwe.
OUR CLUBS & AFFILIATES
Places to play and belong.
KHAYELITSHA
KT2 Spartans
A community club in Khayelitsha, creating room to train, compete and grow in the game.
MANDALAY
HC Thunderbolts
A club identity within the academy's Western Cape network and handball pathway.
GAUTENG
Jozi Spartans
The Gauteng club connection, alongside provincial relationships and routes into competition.
HANDBALL & COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The network behind the pathway.
01 / NATIONAL
South African Handball Federation
The national handball body connects the game to South African competition and representation. Thunderbolts' school and club pathway helps young players work towards those higher levels.
Federation profile ↗02 / GAUTENG
Gauteng Handball Federation
Our Gauteng site and Jozi Spartans form part of a provincial handball landscape committed to growing players, coaches and clubs.
Visit the federation ↗03 / DEVELOPMENT
PLAY HANDBALL South Africa
A development partner sharing the conviction that handball can create access, confidence and community for young people.
Explore PLAY HANDBALL ↗04 / ZIMBABWE
Guruhuswa Foundation
Our regional partner links schools handball, digital skills and community development in Zimbabwe with the wider Thunderbolts mission.
Explore Guruhuswa ↗BEYOND THE BORDER
Southern African talent on an international stage.
All Races Tribes adds a Zimbabwean club connection to the network. In 2025, the Zimbabwe Handball Federation appointed Thunderbolts Academy to organise and coordinate its senior national teams' European tour. The relationship brings players and organisers across borders into the same conversation about the sport's future.
PARTNER WITH US
Connect your community to the pathway.
We welcome schools, clubs, volunteers and partners ready to help build a dream.