International Youth Korfball Day in England

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The Kent and Medway Schools Korfball Tournament and the Inter-Clubs under thirteen & under sixteen Korfball Tournament 2013

The Kent Korfball Association (KKA) hosted two Korfball Tournaments on Saturday, 15 June 2013 to celebrate the International Korfball Federation (IKF) Day of Youth. The schools’ tournament consisted of six schools entering fourteen teams between them, eight in the under 9 age group and six in the under 11’s.

The Inter-club under 13 & under 16 tournament comprised four clubs – KwiekVicta (KV), Bearsted, two teams from Tornadoes with a fifth being a combined Kingfisher and Tornadoes team.

The KKA were honoured to have the Deputy Mayor of Medway, Councillor Mrs Jane Etheridge, and her consort Mr David Etheridge, attending during the afternoon session to watch games and present the medals.

The matches were played at Rainham School for Girls. The under 9s played in two pools with the two pools in the afternoon session being changed to enable teams of similar ability to play against each other. The under 11 teams played a ‘round-robin’ competition.  The under 13 & 16 matches were also played as a ‘round-robin’ competition.

The players had to battle against some wet and blustery weather conditions which made passing and shooting a challenge. All the teams were highly motivated which resulted in some very competitive and hard-fought games. This, in turn, made the final results very close with the final positions being decided in some cases by goal difference.

It is very encouraging that several of the schools taking part now include Korfball within their respective national curriculum PE syllabuses as an invasion sport.  Also, several of the Under 13/16 players will be taking Korfball at GCSE, A2 and A level.

The final results were:

Under 9s: Offham Hotshots, Bligh Bears, Horsted Hurricanes, Bligh Cubs, Parkwood Panthers, Barming, Halling Hurricanes and Offham Shooters.

Under 11: Offham Hotshots, Parkwood Panthers, Barming, Horsted Hornets, Halling Hawks and Offham Shooters.

Inter-Club Under 13/U16s: Tornadoes, KwiekVicta (KV), Bearsted, Tornadoes Diablos, Kingfisher/Tornadoes Storms.

The KKA was delighted that the Deputy Mayor was able to attend the tournament and was very appreciative of her support and encouragement to the schools, teachers, coaches, players and parents.

I would like to thank all the members of the various clubs for helping with the arrangements on the day and making the tournament such a success.

Jackie Hubbard
Kent Korfball Development Officer

Germany in the Worldwide Korfball Match

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Germany participated in the Year of the Youth day on June 15, 2013.

Approximate 120 children played many matches in the Worldwide Korfball Match – the KORFS against the BALLS – in Selm (in the near of Dortmund). It was good weather to play korfball. All children in the age from 9 until 18 years joined the matches.

The matches ended with a final score 94 – 81 in 6 hours 45 minutes playing time.

Source Detlef Dülfer; Germany

USA Year of Youth Match

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IMG_20130615_101004_589On Saturday, June 15, 2013, the USA held a youth in korfball event in California. We had middle school, high school and a couple college students come out to the even. We began with an introduction to korfball followed by some training. We ended the event with a White vs Blue korfball match. The match was very exciting to watch. At the half, the blue team was up 4-2. This deficit did not deter the white team a bit as they battled back and took over the second half. At the end of regulation, the score was tied at 9-9. Both teams went back and forth in golden goal, however, J. Vaiz was able to score the final goal leading the Blue team to it’s first California Youth in Korfball victory.IMG_20130615_101105_863

USA Participating in Year of Youth Korfball event

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The USA will be a part of the Year in Youth Korfball event. We will have a training session followed by korfball matches in California on Saturday June 16, 2013.

 

Belgian Youth Championship Beachkorfball

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Belgium is also active in the Year of the Youth. On Saturday July 6th 2013 the Belgian Korfball Federation organizes the first Belgian Championship Beachkorfball for youth. There will be played in two categories, U14 (10-14) and U18 (15-18). Teams from other countries can also participate (out of competition).

For more information you can visit the website.

Belgium EBC flyer

 

Youth Beach Korfball Tournament in the Netherlands

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Youth Beach Korfball Tournament at The Beach 15 June

The Dutch will celebrate the International Youth Korfball Day with a beach korfball tournament. What is more fun than combining your favourite sport with your favourite location? Beach and korfball make a fine match, that certainly goes to show from the increasing number of participants in the games and clinics that have lately taken place. Not to mention the growing crowds that come to watch them. And of course, enthusiastic messages on social media also indicate that more and more korfball players choose to play on sand in summer.

Therefore, on 15 June a Youth Beach Korfball Tournament will take place in The Beach in Aalsmeer, as part of the ‘2013 Year of the Korfball Youth’. Contestants are all between the age of 9 and 18. Their supporters, however, are of all ages. The more people come to support the teams, the merrier the ‘beach’ will be.

The Beach in Aalsmeer consists mainly of indoor beach courts, but also has some outdoor courts, which is where the games will be played in good weather. Music, sand, lots of fun people, enthusiastic athletes and hopefully sun, will provide you the ultimate beach vibe and guarantee you an amazing Beach Korfball day!

Netherlands Beachpromo

 

Join the biggest korfball match ever!

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Worldwide korfball match

We organize a worldwide korfball match to celebrate the International Youth Korfball Day on 15 June. Already we have many teams but we ask for more competitors. The rules of participation are simple: you just have to organize any kind of korfball match (or even a shooting contest is OK) on 15 June, where the two competing teams are called the KORFS and the BALLS. It will be the same at each location, so everywhere, the KORFS are playing against the BALLS. We will provide you with a simple website where you can register the results, and of course, there you will also see all the results from all the other locations, together with a live score that will show the actual standing of the worldwide match between the KORFS and the BALLS. And, at the end of the day, we will see whether the KORFS or the BALLS are better.

WWKM flyer

So, do you want to join? Send an email to Bandor Nagy (bandor@korfball.hu). He will help you with the preparations. You can also check Facebook for more information.
Let’s make a big party, and celebrate the International Korfball Day together!

The Worldwide Korfball Match is an initiative of the Hungarian Korfball Association, within the framework of the IKF Year of the Youth project.

Exciting weekend ahead for Oceania Youth

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Australia and New Zealand korfball’s future stars will meet next weekend in Melbourne, Victoria as Korfball Australia organises an U16 Development Tournament and Camp.

Participants from the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia and the New Zealand region of Canterbury have been preparing for the event, which will combine a tournament for U16 teams with a programme of skills and game awareness development, under the guidance of some of the region’s most experienced coaches.

Part of the IKF’s Year of the Youth project, the event will take place alongside Korfball Australia’s 2013 National Club Championship, at 
Whitten Oval Stadium, West Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria on 8-9 June.

If successful, IKF Oceania intends that this will become an annual event, providing young korfballers from throughout the region with a focus for their development and a memorable weekend that will increase their enthusiasm and commitment for korfball.

Czech Republic active in Year of Youth

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We would like to use The International Youth Korfball Day for popularisation of korfball among young people in the Czech Republic. The celebration can be connected with The Czech Cup also planned for June. This is a traditional tournament organised for categories U10, U13 and U16. All korfball teams from the Czech Republic will be invited so that the entire Czech korfball youth movement can spend this time together.

We want to focus on spread of korfball to schools. We have developed an accreditation for training teachers who could help us with the school teams and organize local trainings in the future.

Another area of activity where we want to promote korfball is the Czech Meeting of Scouts called Obrok 2013. This event is held in June, intended for young people older than 15 years and there will be several smaller sports presented, including korfball.

These activities should help korfball to become more popular and broad membership of korfball players.


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Last year’s Czech Cup (U10, U13 and U16) 

Malaysia active in Year of Youth

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As part of the IKF Korfball Year of the Youth, Malaysia Korfball Association plans to introduce korfball to school students at Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.

As head of Chung Hua High School physical education department, Malaysian korfball pioneer Chee Yong Jungle Lim will teach korfball to 144 14-year-old students at the school. In November that will culminate in an inter-class korfball championship.

As head of the school’s  co-curriculum department, Jungle also plans to introduce korfball and train officials for 145 school physical education club members every Saturday morning.

An inter-house korfball championship for U14, U16 and U18 students is planned in June, which will double as a promotional event, showcasing korfball to other students and teachers at the school.

IKF Korfball Year of the Youth project is an opportunity for national federations to promote korfball to young people.

Malaysia Picture