Korfball Australia is pleased to today announce the appointment of a new National Team Coach, and a new National Youth Squad Head Coach. These appointments are part of the ongoing rebuild of the National Program following the recent enforced hiatus. Helen Searle, as National Program Director, has recommended these appointments following an exhaustive application, [...]
The date for the National Club Championships is fast approaching, and the organisation of the tournament is continuing to progress behind the scenes. As previously announced, the tournament will be held at Eagle Stadium, Werribee, Victoria, over the June long weekend. We're now able to share some of these exciting updates: Nomination Forms Nomination [...]
Following the recent confirmation of a venue, Korfball Australia is pleased to announce that the 2022 National Club Championships will be held on the 11th and 12th of June, in Werribee , Victoria. It's been a long time between drinks, with our last National Club Championships being held in Newcastle in 2019, but after [...]
Korfball Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of Andrew Barrett over the weekend. Andrew was a founding member of the Newcastle Royals Korfball Club, and has been a stalwart of the New South Wales and Australian Korfball community for many years. Andrew is being remembered as a fierce opponent on the court, [...]
As part of the recently announced National Squad Relaunch, the time has come to call for players interested in being in those squads, with an expression of interest form below. The hope is that teams selected from these squads will have opportunities to compete in International tournaments in 2022, with squad activities to commence [...]
Korfball Australia is pleased to announce the reformation of our National Team program, with long-time Korfball servant Helen Searle returning to the fold to lead the program. The Korfball Australia board is thrilled that Helen has accepted the invitation to head up the next iteration of the National Team program in the role of [...]
It gives Korfball Australia great pride and pleasure to share that as of today, Roy Kirkby has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to Korfball, as part of the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours List. The Order of Australia is awarded to "Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service or [...]
With the recent developments and announcements from Victoria regarding COVID-19, and in line with established Korfball Australia policy, it has become clear that it is no longer a possibility to hold the currently scheduled National Club Championships, and as such, the tournament has unfortunately been postponed again. It has been the policy of the [...]
With a month to go until the 2021 National Club Championships, it's time to get excited! As previously announced, this tournament is very much the postponed (and ultimately cancelled) 2020 edition, and as such, details are much the same. Nomination forms and updated competition regulations will be provided to licence holders for distribution to [...]
Late in 2020, the IKF released an updated set of playing rules, which were further tweaked early in 2021. You can find the full set of updated rules at this link, which include updated images and diagrams as well as the rule changes. While many of the changes are relatively technical and relate mainly [...]
Following the recent 2020 AGM, the composition of the Korfball Australia Board is complete. This AGM was somewhat different to most, firstly being belated and secondly being run on an online platform, both due to the ongoing pandemic. However, the voting process went off without a hitch, although we do hope to be able [...]
As has been previously communicated to the various licence holders, the belated 2020 AGM will be held on Friday, January 29th. The AGM was delayed due to the ongoing pandemic preventing the various States meeting together, as has worked successfully for a great number of years. Once it became clear that a physical meeting [...]