Full name | Sim- och idrottsklubben Hellas |
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Sport | bowling, track and field athletics, handball, swimming, orienteering, tennis, water polo soccer, table tennis, fencing, gymnastics, cross-country skiing, diving, ski orienteering, squash (earlier) |
Founded | 14 May 1899 |
Team history | Pastorns gossar (1899–1912) |
Based in | Stockholm, Sweden |
Arena | Erikdsalshallen |
SoIK Hellas is a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden, established on 14 May 1899 as Pastorns gossar by Katarina Parish confirmation priest Ernst Klefbeck, before changing name to SoIK Hellas in 1912, also on the initiative of Ernst Klefbeck.[1] Nowadays running bowling, track and field athletics, handball, swimming, orienteering, tennis, and water polo, the club earlier also ran soccer, table tennis, fencing, gymnastics, cross-country skiing, diving, ski orienteering, and squash. The men's water polo team has won Swedish championship titles.
In 2009, the club decided to become an alliance club starting in 2010.[2]