world korfball update

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ThisisthefirstWorldKorfballUpdate.It'sanewinitiativetokeepyouinformedaboutkorfballnewsaroundtheworldtogetherwithIKFnews.ThenewsletterwilladdressIKFcompetitionnewsandflashbacks,organisationalnewsandnewsfromourmembers.Furthermore,wewanttohighlightinspirationalkorfballdevelopmentprojectsandIKFOfficials.Thenewsletterwillbepublishedthreetofourtimesayear,andwewouldlovetoincludeyourkorfballnewsinthenextedition.So,doyouhaveexcitingandinterestingkorfballnewsorotherideasforthisnewsletter?Letusknowbye-mail(office@ikf.org).

Competitions

CoronaDuetothecoronavirus,theIKFEXCOhasdecidedtocancelallIKFEventsin2020.Followingthisdecision,arevisedcompetitioncalendarfor2021–2023hasbeenpublished.TheIKFEXCOkeepsacloseeyeonthecoronadevelopmentsworldwideandencouragesallnationalfederationstokeep

openlinesofcommunication.

HostingeventsFollowingpublicationoftherevisedcompetitioncalendar,allmembercountrieshavereceivedaletteraskingforexpressionsofinteresttohostIKFevents.Avideoexplainingthestepsforhostinganeventwaspublishedrecentlyonoursocialmediachannels.ExpressionsofinterestshouldbesenttotheIKFOfficenolaterthan15September.

IKFEuropeanKorfballTour2021TheIKFEXCOhasdecidedtocanceltheregularEuropaCupandEuropaShieldin2021andhasinsteadcreatedanexperimentalEuropeanclubcompetition,calledthe‘’EuropeanKorfballTour’’.ThetourwillconsistoftwoQualifyingrounds(the‘’Challengers’’)andoneFinalRoundandgives22Europeanclubteamsthepossibilitytocompeteinternationally.Wehavesharedthedetailedset-upofthenewcompetitiononourwebsite.

Eventsflashbacks

IKFEuropaCup2020flashbackBudapestwasthehostcityofthe35theditionoftheIKFEuropaCupandthestageforsomeveryexcitingmatches.ThiseditionoftheEuropaCupwillberememberedastheone

withoneofthemostexcitingsemi-finalsintheEuropaCuphistory.ReadtherecollectionofthatmatchandotherclosematchesintheIKFEuropaCup2020flashback.pdf

IKFEuropaShield2020flashback

BECKorfballClubtravelledtoGermanytoprolongtheirtitleintheEuropaShield2020edition.Theyreachedthefinals,inwhichtheyhadtodefeattheirrivalCKVallparadis/

Assessoria.Weretheyabletorepeattheirpool-stagevictory?ReadallabouttheEuropaShieldmatchesintheIKFEuropaShield2020flashback.pdf

OrganisationalNews

AnnualreportTheIKFAnnualReporthasbeensenttoallIKFmemberslastmonth.*pdfannualreportattached*IKFOrganisationalChartTheIKFEXCOhaspublishedanorganisationalchart,inwhich

allIKFcommittees,confederationsandstaffpositionsareincludedandexplained.Youcanfreelyaccessanddownloadthechartonourwebsite.

IKFMarketingandCommunicationCommitteeNewsThecommitteepublishedanopencallforsocialmediaofficialsinAprilandreceivedalotofresponses.TheMarComhasfollowedupallreactionsbyconductingonlineinterviews,andiscurrentlydiscussingwiththerelevantrespondershowtoincorporatetheirideasandproposalsintothesocialmediastrategyoftheIKF.Anopencallformarketeerswillbepublishedsoon,somakesureyoufollowIKFonTwitter,FacebookandInstagram.IKFDevelopmentandEducationCommitteeNewsKevinAllenhasresignedfromhispositionasIKFDECChairandIKFEXCOmember.Hiscorrespondingportfolioshavebeenallocatedtoothermembersofthecommitteeuntiltheendofthisyear.TheIKFEXCOiscurrentlylookingforpossiblecandidatestoreplacehim.Ifyouareinterestedinthisposition,don’thesitatetocontactus.AsthecoronapandemichasstoppedalotofDECprojectsworldwide,thecommitteehasdecidedthatcountrieswithanapprovedprojectfor2020areallowedtosubmitaneworrevisedprojectin2020.Thismeansthatcountriescanplannewdevelopmentprojectsfortheremainderof2020,usingtheirapprovedgrant.ThismustbealignedwiththeIKFDECbeforehand.IKFRefereeCommitteeNewsTheRefereeCommitteehascommittedtimeandmeanstotheeducationofIKF(talent)Refereeslately,whichhasresultedinexcitingprojects.TwooftheseprojectsarebeinghighlightedbytheRefereeCommittee:thetalentlistandtheonlinecoachteams:IKFRefereeEducation.pdf

Developmentprojectinfocus

Everynewsletterwillfeatureonedevelopmentprojectinfocus.Thistime,wetakealookatthefirstEuropeanUnionsubsidisedproject,whichfocusesontheprofessionalisationoftheIKFCoachCoursesLevelIandLevelII.ThisprojectisacollaborationbetweentheIKF,theAll-UkrainianKorfball

Federation,SWISSKorfball,thePolishKorfballAssociation,theMarmaraUniversityandtheKNKV.Throughout2020,thepartnerswillmeetmultipletimestodiscusstheaim,structureandcontentofbothcoachcourses.Thiswilleventuallyresultinaclearworkprogramforbothinstructorsandparticipantsofthecourses,whichallowsthemtoadheretothesetIKFstandards.Furthermore,thepartnersorganiselocalkorfballactivities(withinthelimitationscausedbycorona)topromoteanddevelopkorfballintheircommunities.Theprojecthaspassedthehalf-waymarktwoweeksago,andalotofgreatresultshasbeenachievedalready.ThedocumentsforLevelIareclosetobeingfinalised,andtheoverallstructureforLevelIIhasbeendecidedupon.Unfortunately,alotoflocalkorfballactivitieswerecancelledinthelastcoupleofmonthsduetocorona.However,allpartnerswereabletomove(partof)theiractivitiesonline,resultinginonlinetrainingsessions,seminars,presentations,surveysandquizzes.Inthecompingmonths,thepartnerswillstarttheproductionofthetoolsforthecourses,suchasvideos,presentationsandEbooks.Furthermore,theyhopetore-startthekorfballactivitiesinallcountriesafterthesummerbreak.InOctober,theLevelIIcoachcoursewillbetestedduringafour-daymeetingintheNetherlands.

Officialinthespotlight

EveryeditionofthenewsletterwillfeatureoneIKFOfficial,whogivesyouaninsightintohisorhertasks.WekickoffwithEstherHan,chairoftheIKFAsiaCompetitionWorkingGroupandIKFJuryMember:IKFOfficialinthespotlight.pdf

Newsfromourmembers

ThenewsletternotonlyservestoinformyouaboutIKFnews,butwewouldalsolovetosharenewsfromourmembers.So,doyouhaveanynewsthatyouwouldliketosharewiththekorfballcommunity?Letusknow.Youcansendyournewstooffice@ikf.org.

SocialMediaHighlightsOursocialmediateamhasproducedtwoinformativevideosabouthostingIKFeventsandIKFeligibilityrules.Keepaneyeonourchannelsbecauseanewvideowillbepublishedsoon.Doyouhavesuggestionsforinterestingnewvideos?Letusknow.

Informativevideos:IKFEligibilityRulesvideoHostinganIKFEvent

Korfballbloopers

#TOPPLAYSLarsHuppertzAlfonsoLaurencoChineseTaipeiHannahGoodridgeJingZhao

Anti-DopingDoyouknoweverythinggaboutanti-doping?GivetheWADAquizatry,shareyourscore,andtagus.

Learnmoreabouttheanti-dopingprogramoftheIKFonourwebsite.

OthernewsTheInternationalWorldGamesAssociationhaspublishedtheofficialSportsProgrammeofTheWorldGames2022.Theprogrammeincludes30coolsports,suchasfinswimming,orienteering,ju–jitsu,bowlingandofcourse,korfball!

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