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 [...]
With the recent reemergence of COVID-19 in communities around Australia, the Korfball Australia Board has been regularly meeting to assess the viability of the 2020 National Club Championships. It has become clear that it is in fact no longer a possibility to hold a National Club Championships this year, and as such, the tournament [...]
Since the beginning of the year, the Korfball Australia Board has been working on plans to redevelop, revitalise and relaunch the National Team Program across all IKF age-groups. While the launch of this plan has been delayed due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time has come to put this plan into [...]
It is with regret that Korfball Australia today announces that the 2020 National Club Championships, scheduled to be held on June 6th and 7th, will now be postponed. This decision has been made in light of the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the closure of indoor sports facilities and the restrictions on domestic [...]