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Archive for May, 2007

Cardiff Tournament 2007

Posted by Josh on May 24, 2007

The second annual Cardiff tournament, co-hosted by Cardiff City and Cardiff Dragons will be held on the 11th August, at Howell’s School, as last year. Cost is £32 per team. Several entries have already been made, including teams from the Netherlands and London. As well as the fantastic venue at Howell’s, there will also be a bungee run, a big social event and various other things going on. Although entries are nudging towards double figures, the organisers are still seeking more entrants to really put the Cardiff tournament on the map.

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Wales win Eurobowl

Posted by Josh on May 22, 2007

In no way choreographed celebrationsIn their first tournament as a fully ratified independent country, Wales went to Luxembourg and came back as winners of the Eurobowl western division. An exceptional achievement by the team and congratulations to all concerned.  They will next meet the winners of the eastern division (to be determined in June)  as part of the World Championships to be held in Brno, Czech Republic in November.

The Eurobowl is a recent innovation, designed in response to the growing number of national korfball federations in Europe, competed for by teams that didn’t qualify for the European Championships. The other participating teams were the hosts, Luxembourg, the pre-tournament favourites and most established korfing nation, France; Ireland and Sweden, competing in their first tournaments; as well as Scotland which like Wales was newly formed following the division of British korfball into 3 national associations.

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Welsh Season Plan 2007-08

Posted by Josh on May 22, 2007

Welsh Season Plan 2007-2008

Possible schedule for the Welsh League in 2007-08, following the proposals set out at the WKA meeting on May 17th

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