Indoor training starts for Adults and Juniors from the Tuesday 1st September 2009 and continues right through to Spring (with a break over Christmas)

• Adults (14+) for all club members and beginners - Tuesdays 7.30pm-9.30pm. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME ALL YEAR ROUND! - Rushcliffe Arena
  
• Thursdays from 3rd September 2009- National League training (first team), 8pm-9.30pm - Bilborough College.
• Mondays from 7th September 2009 - Club fitness training, 8pm - 9:30pm - Jesse Boot Selection training, mandatory for 1^st team players but open at the start for anyone who would want to play NL.

Sport Hall Addresses:

Jesse Boot Wildcats Arena:
Greenwood Road, Sneinten, NG3 7EB

Rushcliffe Arena:
Rugby Road, West Bridgford, NG2 7HY

Bilborough Sports Centre:
Bilborough Road, Bilborough, NG8 4DQ

JUNIORS

Juniors (aged 8-14) - Are you aged 8 to 14? Nottingham Korfball Club are looking for new players for their junior team!

Here is everything you need to know as a Junior Korfballer:

When is training?

School term time only: Tuesday’s, 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Where is training?

Rushcliffe Arena, Rugby Lane, West Bridgford

How much is training?

First two weeks are FREE. Then training is £2.50 per week for advance payment, or £3 per week on the day

Who will coach me?

A British Korfball Association Coach and assistant coaches

What do I bring?

Comfortable sporty clothes, clean trainers, and a bottle of water

Yes! Last year Nottingham Juniors played matches against Sheffield and Birmingham clubs.

•  Tuesday 28^th April: Indoor training
• Tuesday 5^th May: indoor training. The first teamers will be joining Tuesday training for extra practice before their Champions Trophy playoff final weekend (9-10 May, Norwich).
• Tuesday 12^th May: indoor training. Interarea squad with be joining in for extra practice before finals on 16 May, at Nottingham University.
• Tuesday 19^th, 26^th May no training.
• Tuesday 2^nd June to the end summer: outdoor training: Greythorn Drive. Played from 7.30pm until dark, then to a pub.

For those who have not training outside follow the link below for street view picture of where we train (we play behind the five-aside goals)

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_{Finally the AGM will be held towards the end of May (tbc).}  

New logos .. What do you think ??

Nottingham Korfball Club has some great, new logos ! We’re using this one for the juniors, among other things, as it actually shows a post and players, a girl and a boy. Check out the notice board in the corridor at the Arena to see some others.

 Korfball on Channel 4 !!!

Did you see it ? If not, try catch up TV on your telly, or this link…

 http://www.channel4.com/video/brandless-catchup.jsp?vodBrand=destination-2012

Sheffield Korf Day, Saturday 25^th April

We still need to hear from most of you if you can make this date. The hall will probably be booked from 1-3pm, so it will mean a leaving time of 11.30/11.45am, to ensure we get there on time. Return time will probably be around 4.30 / 5pm (these timings hopefully allow for traffic !!). It’s open to all who can shoot on a full size post or a 3m basket (that’s the biggest one the littlies use). We’ll try to make sure everyone has a good time.

So please reply with a yes/no and also let us know if you can offer a lift to anyone else, BY 6.00PM, FRIDAY 17^TH APRIL.

KSA Awards

Well done to all those who recently gained their Level One Korfball Skills Award. It’s great to see you all learning and trying hard, we now need use some of these skills in matches, so try and make the Sheffield date. It’s only a friendly game and it’ll be good to see what others young korfers are up to and perhaps pick up some useful new ideas.

Korfball Opportunities…

You should all have had the Avon Tyrrell leaflet by now. If you’d like to know even more about this fab Korfball Summer camp (this is its 16^th year) held from 1^st - 8^th August, for players over ten.  Ask me for details. To check out the facilities, use this link   http://www.avontyrrell.org.uk/

For anyone interested in a more intensive course, there is a Korfball School of Excellence summer course, held at Crystal Palace. This will be its sixth year. The SOE is an intensive training camp aimed at improving technical, athletic and mental skill levels, in addition to improving the all round knowledge and understanding of subjects relevant to successful participation in the sport. This year it’s 4 days and 3 nights long, from Sunday 26^th July to Wednesday 29^th July and will hopefully cost around £330-£350. This includes 3 meals a day, accommodation and a course t-shirt.

Anyone wishing to register an interest, book a place on the 2009 course or simply find out more about its detail and organisation should ask me and I will give you details of who to contact.

 Next term’s dates and fees…

 Tuesday 21^st April - 19^th May                            training indoors

Tuesday 26^th May                                                half term break

Tuesday 2nd June - 14^th July                             training outdoors                                    

 We train outdoors on grass, 6.30-7.30pm, as usual, on Greythorn Drive Park (opposite South Notts. College). You will need to bring a jumper, tracksuit bottoms and a drink. Please wear outdoors trainers - those with an ‘Astro’ sole will give you a grip on the grass.

 The costs for the term are reduced, as outdoor training is only £1. Payment by cheque - to Nottm. Korfball Club - is £19.50 per player. Indoor weekly cash payment is still £3, and outdoors is just £1 per player, per week !

Korfball Family Summer Picnic 2009…

Please clear your diaries for hopefully the sunniest and best day out this summer, the Korfball family Summer Picnic !

We hope to hold this on Sunday 21^st June, in Bridgford Park. More details later !

Angela’s good news !!

If anyone missed it at training the other week, we’re pleased to announce that Angela - one of our juniors’ coaches - has a very good reason to miss training at the moment… because she’s going to have a baby in early August !!! Congratulations again Angela (and Jez, her husband, too!).

Keep on korfin’

Have a happy and safe Easter too !

Kathy and Rob

EMKA were invited to attend an Equality and Diversity week at the college, to put on some coaching sessions in Korfball on the basis that it is a mixed team sport

3 Korfballers from the region went up last monday with a couple of posts and ran 3 sessions over the day, introducing about 60-70 students to korball. As a bonus, the students (16-19 year olds) were all sports students which means it was targeted at people who are ’sports aware’.

Feedback from the students as well as the college activity coordinator was very positive; and they may wish to run a similar event again in the foreseeable future. It may be that Sheffield reap the benefit of new recruits more than EMKA, but you never know………..

Even though it was mid week, which is not the best time to get people free and able to coach, it was great that EMKA was able to take up this chance to promote the sport.

Many thanks for Rahul, Sam and Rob for their efforts.

To check out what else EMKA is up to, visit: www.nottskorfball.co.uk/emka

 Happy New Year and welcome…

A slightly belated ‘Happy New Year’ to all you NKC junior korfers (that’s everyone U18 !!!) and welcome again to any new members that have joined since our last newsletter.

Our Club Website…

Have you checked out the latest news on our very own club website ? It has loads of news about the senior sides and will soon have more juniors stuff too. Just click on www.nottskorfball.co.uk

Nottm. K.C. competes in Europe…

You may remember us telling you that the club’s 1^st team got through to the finals of the Europa Shield. To find out more, check out          http://www.worldkorfball.org/competitions/44.html

Juniors’ korf opportunities…

There are some really good opportunities coming up for players wishing to improve their korf.

Check out this link for more on the Korfball School Of Excellence, being held in Milton Keynes in February half term, for players aged 9-17 years.     http://www.korfball.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4488

Also, there is Avon Tyrell, the BKA’s annual Korfball Camp. You need to be over ten years old to attend this. Check out the facilities at       http://www.avontyrrell.org.uk/

 An information sheet will be available in late February, but as many parents are already organising your summer activities, we’ve managed to get dates and cost info. now.  The camp is Saturday 1^st to Saturday 8^th August and costs £223.                                                                                                                                          Contact Karen Palfreyman, the camp organiser, for more details      (use Notts KC website’s contact form for contact details)

Training Fees…

Fees until Easter are £30 if paying by cheque / upfront cash, or £3.00 cash per week. Thank you.

Training…

We think this is going well at the moment, though as always we could do with a few more players.  It’s     been good to see the older juniors progress to training with the adults. This has also enabled some of the older and more experienced ‘littlies’ to train occasionally with the ‘biggies’ too. Players are always asked if they wish to train with another group and we respect their choices.

KSA nights…

The Korfball Skills Awards nights coming up are on Tuesdays 25^th Feb and 4^th March., so be there to make sure you get the best chance of ‘ticking off’ some of the tasks.

 Emails…

  Some emails are not getting through, so parents, if you have only seen this newsletter on paper, please give Kathy an email address for you and your child/ren (if you wish them to receive it by email too). All emails to junior players are sent bcc. and have ‘korfball’ somewhere in the subject heading. Older juniors attending seniors training will usually get seniors emails forwarded by Kathy, again bcc, so they only receive relevant emails.

More matches…

  As the recent email said, Sheffield has been in contact about playing matches. They are in the process of booking a hall for Saturday 14^th March. It would be in the afternoon, possibly 1.00pm - 3.00pm, for anyone in year 4 or above (those younger than this may have a tough day, as their youngest players are in year 4/5, I believe , but please tell Kathy if you’re younger and would still like to play and she’ll double check with Sheffield). The venue will be in Sheffield (or the Arena, if they can’t get a hall)

   **Parents, are you available to drive if the event is in Sheffield? **

   A primary school in Bramcote is lucky enough to have a head teacher who plays for Magic K.C.  He is doing after school korfball with some children, once a week, until half term. We’ve asked if they’d like to play on these dates too. If they can’t make it, then we’ll set up another day here at the Arena, which will obviously be just for KS1 and KS2 children.

Ideas needed !!…

We’re always open to ideas for socials and fundraising and welcome any thoughts from players and / or parents.  Any positive ideas for how you’d like to see your club progress are welcome.

If anyone has anything they’d like to see in the newsletters or at training, let us know and we’ll see what we can do.

 Keep on Korfin’

Kathy and Rob

                       Any questions, please contact us through the website contact form

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Training for the National League squad and for advanced Korfballers is held every Thursday at Bilborough College Sports Hall 8pm-9.30pm.

Our fabulous social sec is organising another social for club members and friends for Friday 30 January 2009.  The rough plan is pub crawl (involving BZR and other bars), followed by dancing in Oceania.  Details to be sent round by Vicky soon.  PUT IT IN YOUR DIARY NOW!!!  Recent recruits to the club are very welcome to come along.

1. Improve fitness…Resolution: play Korfball
2. Meet new friends in Nottingham…Resolution: play Korfball
3. Play competitive matches…Resolution: play Korfball
4. Try something new…Resolution: play Korfball
5. Make sure I stick to my resolutions this year…Resolution: play Korfball!

Achieve all your resolutions by joining Nottingham Korfball Club…no previous experience necessary.  Turn-up in your sports gear at Rushcliffe Arena at the sports hall any Tuesday from 7.30pm.  First 2 sessions are free!  January 2009 is a month especially aimed at new starters, so come along.  If you have any questions, send them to me using the contact form below or have a look at the info on our website.

See you soon, Ian

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The EKA are excited to announce the return of the KorfBALL, the prestigious end of season social event, back in 2009. This black tie affair will be held in Norwich on Saturday 9th May to coincide with the Premier League finals and Champions Trophy.

The English Korfball Association has announced the venue for the Premier League finals and Champions Trophy, which sees the country’s top teams play off in Norwich on 9th & 10th May 2009. The weekend will include the culmination of the 2008-09 Premier League with the top four teams in England playing off for the ultimate prize, Champions of England. At the other end of the league, the lowest two placed Premier League teams battle to keep their place as they are challenged by top teams from the regional leagues. It looks set to be a great weekend of korfball, put the date in your diary now.