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Summer Training

terry — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:42:33 +0000

Cardiff Dragons Korfball Club has a new summer home!

We are now training at Llys Talybont Sports Centre Thursday eveningsÂ from 8pm to 9.30pm.

You’ll find us on the tennis courts right by reception (look for the big yellow posts!).

All first sessions are free, so please come along, say hello and have a go!

Socials!!

magnus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:33:39 +0000

SOCIALS!

Put these in your diary and make sure you’re available.

Friday 11 September: Start of season social and farewell to Eliza
7.30 O’Neills followed by kareoke in The Model Inn

Saturday 19 September: Black tie gala evening at the Grape and Olive. Have you joined the Facebook event? If not, let me know. I need final numbers by this Saturday. Tickets are Â£25 for a three-course dinner, live music and presentation.

Also 19 September is the WKA taster session so think about who you can bring to try korfball. It’s a Talybont 12.30-2.

Saturday 3 October: social to be decided but keep the afternoon and the evening free. More info to follow! Might involve booze and bikes!

Friday 6 November: this event will involve food and fun. More details to follow!

Friday 11 December: Cardiff Dragons night of festive fun

Taster Session

magnus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:53:13 +0000

Want to get fit in 2009 but donâ€™t fancy the gym?
Want to meet new people and play a new, exciting team sport?

Then try KORFBALL!!

Korfball is an exciting mixed team sport for everyone from the complete beginner to
international performer.
The principles of the game are similar to handball, netball and basketball but the defending and
mixed sex rules makes it a fast and exciting game.
The sport is fun and sociable with no previous experience necessary!
So, if you want to find out more, why not come along to the free beginners session!
Where: Talybont Sports Centre, Off Excelsior Road, CF14 3UX
When: Saturday 19 September 2009
Time: 12:30 â€“ 2pm
Itâ€™s free so give it a go and have some fun while getting fit!
For further information please see www.welshkorfball.org

We’re in the Echo!!

magnus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:31:51 +0000

Thanks to our PR team we managed to get in the Echo at their website walesonline.co.uk

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/sports-news-round-up/2009/08/26/korfball-cardiff-event-is-big-success-91466-24529600/

Cardiff Korfball tournament a success!!!!

magnus — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:03:29 +0000

Cardiff Korfball tournament a success

Twenty teams competed in Cardiffâ€™s annual korfball tournament at Cardiff Rugby Club last weekend (Saturday 22 August).

South London-based team, Wildcats, won the tournament, beating off teams from all over the UK including seven Cardiff teams, Gloucester, Highbury, Bec, Manchester and Bristol.

Kate Saunders took part in the tournament and organised the event. She said: â€œThis year we had more than 100 people playing korfball outdoors and it was a really succesdful event. The standard was high and we some great support from the side-lines.

â€œWeâ€™ll be hosting the event again next year and want to encourage as many people to come along and find out more about korfball and weâ€™re developing the sport as much as we can.

â€œThe best thing about korfball is that you donâ€™t need to know the rules to start with â€“ you can just join in and learn as you go. Itâ€™s a good way to keep fit and meet new people.â€

Cardiff Dragons and Cardiff City organised the tournament which is now in its fourth year.

Korfball is a Dutch sport that is growing in Wales. It is played by men and women on mixed teams and combines elements of basketball and netball.

For more information about korfball, contact Sian Hunt on sian_hunt@yahoo.co.uk

Hungary Tournament report by Eliza……..

magnus — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:24:33 +0000

And representing the Welsh Dragons in the Hungarian International Korfball Tournament – Chrissy, Eliza and Julie!!

OK so none of usÂ areÂ actually Welsh, and not quite a full team, but that was just detail. We were reliably informed that there wereÂ fourÂ dutch guys looking for girls to make up their number so we pressed on.

We were a little nervous on the first day of the Tournament. We’d found our way to the venueÂ with no major hiccups, but when we went to eat breakfast in theÂ hallÂ the next day we felt a little less professional than the other teams. We had managed to acquire three matching red T-shirts (after some pooling of resources) but Chrissy observed that some of the teams had matching tops (which sheÂ felt sure were Chanel), matching skirts and even matching socks. WeÂ decided to tryÂ to keep a low profile while weÂ scoured the room for the four dutch players, all of whom I imagined to be 6 foot 4,Â super-fit korfÂ stars who’d been playing since before they could walkÂ (although the super-fit part wasÂ possibly just wishful thinking).

With terror in our hearts, we agreed that, before heading down to the pitch, we wouldÂ putÂ on our dark sunglasses and cover up our Dragons T-shirts with jackets, so we could make a run for it if the standard was beyond our reach. However the Dutchmen were wise to us: asÂ their captainÂ reported later, “We saw you all sitting on the side lines in your sunglasses looking terrified, so we just walked over and asked you to play with us”. So not such a low profile after all. Perhaps it was the fleecy jackets on a 32 degree day that gave us away.

The team were called Erasmus and theyÂ instantly became our team for two days. We soon realised our fears were unfounded whenÂ they offered us ourÂ first beers at midday, with three games left to go. We even managed to come 11th (out of 14), so not last! Not a bad effort considering that one of our dutch team mates didn’t actually make it to the pitchÂ on sunday following a rowdy night out. We evenÂ scored some goals – mainly because our team mates kept insisting that we take the penalty shots, either out of sympathy or for amusement.

It was a fantastic tournament.Â Everyone was incredibly freindly and the weather was perfect every day. We highly recommend it for next year so get it in your diaries forÂ 2010! Finally, huge thanks and congratsÂ to Julie who organised the whole trip from start to finish.

Korfball School of Excellence

magnus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:07:40 +0000

Just a reminder that the 2009 Korfball School of Excellence course tkes place this summer at the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace from Sunday 26th July to Wednesday 29th July 2009.

The course will be led by IKF and former Belgian coach Rudy Ramaekers assistant by Belgian athletics coach Patrick Bosschaert, assisted by England Juniors coaches Peter Teague and Danny Miles

The SOE course is a rare opportunity for players to work with one of the sport’s most successful coaches and will be focused on the development of individual Korfball technical and athletic skills

Places on the course can be booked by contacting Steve Barker via email afm.sports@btinternet.com or telephone 02081334207

Can all players, coaches and club officials help ensure that players are aware of this opportunity via your email newsletters, web sites and other club or association channels

Please contact me for more information or for the SOE pdf flyer

Cardiff Summer Korfball Tourney New Date & Venue 22nd August

magnus — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:42:56 +0000

The Cardiff Korfball Tournament is back and better than ever.

We have a new venue this year to accommodate our ever growing tournament but will still be providing 5 pitches, running the popular long shot competition and offering a BBQ and soft drinks to purchase on the day with bacon sandwiches available on arrival.

Our social for the evening will be on the same site with camping available on-site as well. Please let us know in advance if you would like to camp.

Entry Fee is Â£35 with a Â£5 reduction if you pay before 15th July.

Date:Â 22 August 2009Â Â Â
Time:Â 09:00 – 18:00Â Â Â
Location:Â Cardiff HSOB RFC, Whitchurch, CardiffÂ

For more information email ksaundo@hotmail.com

Have a look here for details:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89098098483

Dragons on the telly

Josh — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:15:52 +0000

As part of our continued media offensive, we were just shown by ITV Wales today – 6th March at 6pm. There was also a snippet shown at lunch time which you can watch at http://www.itvlocal.com/wales/

They came to film us training and then the match between Fireclaw and Cardiff University. Sian Hunt and Chris Dickson were both shown being interviewed, being very articulate, while I just looked a fool.

Hopefully a few people might see it and and decide to come along to training.

Update

Josh — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:31:43 +0000

A very busy week for the club as we found a new and (hopefully)Â permanent home at Western Leisure Centre on Thursday, had a very drunken and very enjoyable Xmas social on Friday and then dragged ourselves to Talybont on Saturday for a couple of league matches. Icetalon got off the mark, with an impressive draw against league-leaders Fury, though will be kicking themselves after leading 14-10 not to have won the game. Fireclaw made a good comeback to 9-9 against Barbarians, only to lose to a late long shot. We’ll be lobbying the Australian government to get a visa for Lee in the near future!

For league information: http://welshkorfball.wordpress.com/welsh-korfball-league/Â

No games now before Xmas, but we’ll be training this week and then on the 18th, back again on the 8th January.