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  • 2008 Junior Olympic Championship Player Recap

    August 6th, 2008, Racquetball

    Once again Jr. Team HEAD DOMINATED the 2008 Junior Olympic Championship event held June 24-29 in Concord, CA. We are VERY proud of not only those kids who won a medal, but to EVERYONE who played and represented HEAD Penn Racquet Sports.

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  • HEAD Successfully Sponsors European Beach Tennis Championships

    August 6th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD recently sponsored the 2008 European Beach Tennis Championships which took place July 31 – Aug. 3 in Riccione, Italy. HEAD will be the official ball and paddle partner for the European Beach Tennis Championships through 2010.

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  • Andy Murray Claims First ATP Masters Series Title

    August 5th, 2008, Tennis

    Andy Murray earned his first Masters Series Title in Cincinnati defeating Novak Djokovic. Victoria Azarenka advanced to the semifinals in Montreal while Ivo Karlovic and Tamira Paszek could defeat World No.1 players Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic.

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  • Conference call to discuss the second quarter results for 2008 will be held on Thursday 14th August 2008 at 15:00 London time

    July 31st, 2008, Corporate

    HEAD NV Conference call to discuss the second quarter results for 2008 will be held on Thursday 14th August 2008 at 15:00 London time. Amsterdam, Thursday 31st July, 2008. HEAD Chairman and CEO Johan Eliasch will host a conference call on Thursday 14th August 2008 at 15:00 London time (10:00 New York). He will be joined by Ralf Bernhart, C [..]

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  • Dutch Team Elite Players Win International Windmill Cup

    July 30th, 2008, Tennis

    The talented HEAD Dutch Team Elite players Moos Sporken and Rosalie van der Hoek have won one of the most recognized youth tournaments in Europe, The Windmill Cup.

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  • HEAD partners with European Beach Tennis Championships

    July 30th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD International signed a contract with Tennis Europe to become the official ball and paddle partner for the European Beach Tennis Championships. The European Beach Tennis Championships will take place in Riccione from July 31st to August 3rd 2008.

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  • HEAD Pros advance at recent tournaments

    July 29th, 2008, Tennis

    Gilles Simon and Andy Murray reached the semifinals in Toronto. Nenad Zimonjic and his doubles partner Daniel Nestor won their third straight ATP doubles title. Anabel Medina Garrigues enjoyed a successful run at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open.

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  • HEAD Brand enjoys successful Wimbledon Championships

    July 25th, 2008, Tennis

    Wimbledon 2008 was a very successful tournament for HEAD. One hundred and four players used HEAD racquets on the courts this year.

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  • HEAD Pros Enjoy Success at Recent Tournaments

    July 22nd, 2008, Tennis

    Gilles Simon captured his first U.S. title at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. Victor Hanescu won his first doubles title at the Austrian Open in Kitzbuehel.

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  • HEAD Pros rock on Tour!

    July 15th, 2008, Tennis

    Victor Hanescu from Romania claimed his first victory on the ATP tour in Gstaad. Fabrice Santoro defended his title from Newport and also Alize Cornet could win her first WTA title in Budapest.

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  • Dimitrov Claims Boys Championship at Wimbledon

    July 8th, 2008, Tennis

    Head's Team Elite members had a remarkable week at Wimbledon, with Grigor Dimitrov's boys singles championship leading the way. In the final he won against fellow HEAD Team Elite Player Henri Kontinen.

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  • HEAD Pros Swing for Success at Wimbledon

    July 8th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD players Marat Safin and Rainer Schuettler reached the semifinal of the All England Championships in Wimbledon. Meanwhile, HEAD player Nenad Zimonjic and partner Daniel Nestor claimed the men's doubles title.

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  • 50% of Players in Wimbledon Men’s Round of 16 Playing with HEAD MicroGel

    July 1st, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD players have shown success this year at Wimbledon through the round of 16. Eight HEAD players remain in the men’s main draw which means 50% of the players are playing with HEAD MicroGel!

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  • Ivo Karlovic wins Slazenger Open in Nottingham

    June 24th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD players enjoyed success last week at various tournaments around the world. Ivo Karlovic of Croatia successfully defended his title at the Slazenger Open in Nottingham and Marc Gicquel reached the final at the Ordina Open in s’Hertogenbosch.

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  • New Power Loaded Racquet Technology from HEAD

    June 19th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD has launched its latest revolutionary technology: CrossBow. This Power Loaded technology features the world’s first and only dynamic bridge racquet construction.

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  • HEAD Wheelchair Players Have Solid Showing at World Team Cup in Italy

    June 19th, 2008, Tennis

    The nation's top wheelchair tennis players competed against participants from 34 countries, June 9th - 15th at the Invacare World Team Cup in Cermona, Italy.

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  • HEAD Players Advance at Roland Garros

    June 10th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD Pros enjoyed success last week at Roland Garros in Paris. Local hero Gael Monfils advanced to his first Grand Slam semifinal with a victory over fifth-seeded David Ferrer. In the women's competition, Svetlana Kuznetsova also reached the semifinal.

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  • HEAD N.V. Announces approval of all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting.

    May 29th, 2008, Corporate

    Amsterdam – 29th May 2008 – Head N.V. (VSX: HEAD, U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, announces the approval by shareholders of all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting.

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  • HEAD Pros Clinch Titles at Recent Tournaments

    May 27th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD players enjoyed success last week at various tournaments. Gilles Simon of France captured his third career title with a victory over Julien Benneteau. Robin Soderling helped to clinch the fourth World Team Cup title in Düsseldorf for Sweden.

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  • HEAD Re-Signs Tennis Sensation Murray

    May 21st, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD announces that the company re-signed an agreement with tennis star Andy Murray. The partnership will continue through end of 2011.

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  • HEAD Pros Serve Up Aces at Recent Tournaments

    May 20th, 2008, Tennis

    Alize Cornet of France advanced to her first Tier 1 final of her career at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. HEAD player Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and partner Daniel Nestor won the doubles competition at the Masters Series in Hamburg.

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  • HEAD signs Markus Larsson

    May 15th, 2008, Ski

    The recent signing of Rainer Schönfelder and Anja Pärson has blessed the HEAD Team with two more highly talented athletes. The Swedish technical specialist Markus Larsson will for the next three years search success on HEAD equipment particularly in Slalom. After the tremendous success of last year’s World Cup, the HEAD Racing Team has with his [..]

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  • HEAD NV Announces Results for the Three Months ended 31 March 2008

    May 15th, 2008, Corporate

    Amsterdam – 15th May 2008 – Head N.V. (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, announced the following results today.

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  • Maria Riesch two more years on HEAD

    May 14th, 2008, Ski

    Maria Riesch had 2007/2008 the most successful season of her career. After two serious injuries she excelled in her come back season. As HEAD athlete she won World Cup crystal twice: both in Super G as well as in the Super Combination. In the overall World Cup she finished the season on rank three. These successes are reason enough to continue the [..]

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  • Anja Pärson joins HEAD Racing Team

    May 9th, 2008, Ski

    The HEAD Racing Team has landed another coup: After Rainer Schönfelder signed his contract, one of the world’s most successful ski racers also decided to join the team. Anja Pärson will be racing on the complete HEAD package (ski, binding, boot) starting winter 2008/2009. „My goal is to win the Overall World Cup again with my new equipment [..]

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  • HEAD Pros Enjoy Success at Recent Tournaments

    May 6th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD players enjoyed great success last week at various tournaments. Simone Bolelli reached the final of the BMW Open in Munich. Anabal Medina Garrigues made it to the final in Fes and Victoria Azarenka reached the final of the ECM Prague Open.

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  • HEAD NV Conference call to discuss the first quarter results for 2008 will be held on Thursday 15th May 2008 at 15:00 London time.

    May 5th, 2008, Corporate

    Amsterdam, Monday 5th May, 2008. HEAD Chairman and CEO Johan Eliasch will host a conference call on Thursday 15th May 2008 at 15:00 London time (10:00 New York).

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  • Rainer Schönfelder joins HEAD Racing Team

    April 29th, 2008, Ski

    Another top skier has joined HEAD to strengthen its Racing Team in the coming season: Rainer Schönfelder has signed a contract for several years with HEAD and will be equipped with the full package of skis, bindings and boots. 30-year old Schönfelder is looking for a new challenge with one of the most successful ski equipment suppliers of the pas [..]

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  • HEAD Signs Tennis Sensation Young

    April 10th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD announced today that the company has re-signed an agreement with young tennis standout Donald Young. The partnership begins immediately and will continue through 2010.

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  • IRT Pro Jason Thoerner Extends Contract with HEAD for Additional 3 Years

    April 9th, 2008, Racquetball

    HEAD/Penn Racquet Sports has re-signed Jason Thoerner, a top men’s professional racquetball player to a three year deal to exclusively use racquetball equipment from HEAD. Thoerner is currently ranked ninth on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT).

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  • Top Ranked IRT Pro Shane Vanderson Renews Contract with HEAD

    April 9th, 2008, Racquetball

    HEAD/Penn Racquet Sports is proud to announce the resigning of Shane Vanderson, a top men’s professional racquetball player. Vanderson is currently ranked fifth on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) and has signed a three year renewal contract.

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  • HEAD NV announces date of the AGM and filing of its Annual Report 2007

    April 7th, 2008, Corporate

    Amsterdam - Monday 7th April, 2008 – HEAD NV (VSX: HEAD; U.S. OTC: HEDYY.PK) a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, announces date of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the filing of its annual report.

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  • MicroGel Prestige Racquets Earn Top Praise German Tennismagazin

    April 3rd, 2008, Tennis

    The HEAD MicroGel Prestige racquet line received rave reviews in the April issue of the German Tennis Magazin, one of the leading tennis publications in Europe. The magazine called the line a perfect "Head-Trick”.

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  • HEAD Partners With European Beach Tennis Championships

    April 2nd, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD International announced that the company signed a contract with Tennis Europe to become the official ball and paddle partner for the European Beach Tennis Championships.

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  • HEAD NV Announces the delisting of its ordinary shares from the NYSE.

    April 1st, 2008, Corporate

    Amsterdam – 1st April 2008 – Head N.V. (VSX: HEAD), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of sports equipment, announced today the delisting of its ordinary shares from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

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  • Svetlana Kuznetsova Reaches Final at Indian Wells

    March 25th, 2008, Tennis

    HEAD player Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the final round of the Pacific Life Open this weekend in Indian Wells, Calif.

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  • Oscar Scherlin wins New School Pick Nick 2008

    March 23rd, 2008, Ski

    An enthusiastic audience, a perfect setup, and some of the world`s best freeskiers made for an incredible competition at the third annual Suzuki New School Picknick on Saturday, March 22nd. Everyone lucky enough to be in Zauchensee that evening, saw an impressive performance from all the invited riders. Winner is Sweden`s shootingstar - HEAD Team m [..]

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  • Anders Backe - Orage European Freeski Open 2008

    March 17th, 2008, Ski

    Last week the biggest European competition in Freeskiing was held in Switzerland. Athletes from all over the word headed to Laax to compete at the Orage European Freeski Open in both disciplines, Slopestyle and Halfpipe. After a high level qualification on Wednesday and Thursday only the very best riders were chosen by the judges to show their skil [..]

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  • Thank you Bode: HEAD presents Overall Globe

    March 16th, 2008, Ski

    Bode Miller is the Overall World Cup winner 2008! HEAD handed over the big globe in Bormio in front of the media ...

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  • Elisabeth Görgl capped the HEAD season with a victory in Bormio

    March 15th, 2008, Ski

    After having won five World Cup Crystal Globes in the 2007/2008 season, Team HEAD came out of the gates strong yet again in the last single race of the season. Elisabeth Görgl won the Giant Slalom ...

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  • Video: HEADs Press Conference in Bormio

    March 15th, 2008, Ski

    HEADs CEO Johan Eliasch came to the FIS World Cup Finals in Bormio to congratulate the successfull HEAD racers personally. Bode Miller, Didier Cuche, Maria Riesch and many more came and received a special gift ...

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  • Video-Interview with Rainer Salzgeber

    March 15th, 2008, Ski

    Five globes including the overall title for Bode Miller - HEADs Race Director Rainer Salzgeber has good reasons to strike a positive balance from the last season ...

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  • Video-Interview with Marco Büchel

    March 15th, 2008, Ski

    Marco Büchels seasonal highlight was his win in Kitzbühels Super G. He therefore considers himself to be the inofficial Super G World Champion ...

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  • Video-Interview with Didier Cuche

    March 15th, 2008, Ski

    Didier Cuche defended his Downhill World Cup title in the 2007/2008 season. See him take a look back to his highlights of the winter ...

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  • Video-Interview with Bode Miller

    March 15th, 2008, Ski

    Bode Miller is the first HEAD athlete to win the Overall World Cup. At HEADs Press Conference in Bormio, he looked at his season in retrospect ...

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  • HEAD dynasty reigns over the World Cup

    March 14th, 2008, Ski

    Before the 2007/2008 World Cup Season began, the Head Racing Team had tremendous expectations, with both the HEAD men and women placing victories on the agenda. The HEAD racers used their superior product and professional knowledge to meet their pre-season demands. Now, at the end of the season, with five out of the possible twelve Crystal Globe [..]

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  • Zahrobska storms to the podium

    March 14th, 2008, Ski

    At the World Cup finals in Bormio Sarka Zahrobska made it to the podium once more. In the slalom race the HEAD racer became third ...

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  • Video-Interview with Maria Riesch

    March 14th, 2008, Ski

    Maria Riesch experienced one of the most emotional moments in Bormio: She won the Super G globe. See the HEAD racer after the race in this Video ...

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  • HEAD Wins Overall Ski World Cup

    March 13th, 2008, Ski

    Bode Miller wins the first overall Ski World Cup title for HEAD. Add this to his first place in Combination and teammate Didier Cuche’s title in Downhill Maria Riesch’s in Combination and Super G, the HEAD racing team celebrates its most successful season ever. Bormio, March 13th 2008. When HEAD signed Bode Miller in 2006, it was headlin [..]

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