Youth Development Weekend in Australia

Year of the Youth – Development Weekend Australia June 8^th & 9^th

To celebrate Korfball’s International Year of the Youth a Youth Development Weekend was held in conjunction with the National Club Championships in Melbourne. The weekend saw over 40 players aged 21 or under participate in trainings and games from 4 States in Australia and a group from Christchurch New Zealand.

Some of the highlights for the weekend were:

1. The development group playing against a legends team consisting of previous Australian Team players and coaches along with some players from the Netherlands and Belgium.
2. The awarding of the Korfball Youth Leadership Awards at the tournament dinner where we had recipients in all the three levels. There were xxx Bronze, xxx Silver and xxx Gold.
3. The match between the combined Australian youth development group and the Christchurch NZ youth development group. This game was played on a full size court at a high standard.

Mark Zilm
President Korfball Australia

Pictures and more information about the weekend can be found in the June newsletter.

Korfball Australia YOY News – June 2013