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The England Under 16 trials will take place on Saturday, 17th May at the Royal Russell School, Croydon, from 1.00pm to 5.00pm.

Coaches are invited to send players in the 11 to 15 age group, (but all trailists must be under 16 on 31st December 2008). The coaches are looking to select a main and development squad.

Trialists should arrive between 12.30pm and 12.45pm in time to register. They should bring a passport sized photograph and £6.00 to cover the cost of the halls. They should also bring plenty to eat and drink.

Trials are just one way that the coaches will be selecting squad members and they may ask players to attend training after seeing them at tournaments or matches.

Please send the names of those who will be attending to Nicky Bedford by 10th May at nickybedford@btinternet.com

The coaches look forward to seeing all the trialists on this date.

Nicky Bedford (EKA Under 16 Manager)

Pete Teague, the under 16 coach, has listed the skills that will be tested at the forthcoming trials on Saturday, 17th May, 2008. ‘Excellence is the gradual result of always wanting to do better’ & ‘You can become a winner only if you are prepared to walk over the EDGE' We are looking for 2 squads.

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Players aged 11 to 13 We will be looking to develop the next generation of young korfballers.

Training will consist of coaching EXCELLENT basic skills in 3 areas;
Passing (both one & two handed)
Movement (both attack & defence minded)
Technical shooting

Club Coaches that have players with potential and would like to know what the coaching program is, can email me directly on ptcitys@hotmail.com

MAIN SQUAD
We will be building a team capable of challenging at the YOUTH TALENT CUP 08. Training will focus on a number of core skills. The trial will be designed to test out players ability in the following. Passing & catching (one & two handed)Team defence / Individual one on oneReboundingShooting on the moveAthletic SkillsMental toughness – TCUP (thinking correctly under pressure)

All players will watch a short 10 minute film on the tournament, to see what is required at International level. The international squad is an environment where you will be expected to have the ability to WANT to learn & listen correctly.

Training will be on Saturdays throughout the year, and we have a number of specialist coaches in Sport psychology, athletic conditioning, & data analysis of performance. We will be aiming towards a clearly defined set of goals.

To ensure that players are ready for International competition you will be expected to attend any international matches organised throughout the year. Lastly it is the intention of the Under 16 management to work closely with the areas & club coaches to develop the English players, & educate them in all areas of the game.

Our management team want to look at ALL the players in this age group, and not just the players already known to them. We embark on a hard challenge, but believe we have the players & training program in place to compete at this level. Training will be tough, and require Sacrifice, commitment & ability to want to be PERFECT at our game.

Peter TeagueUnder 16 Head coach

Host's for the Vlaams-Brabant area were Royal Olympia, Anderlecht who we thank very much for all their hard work and effort to run the competition and look after the KKA Squads so well.

KKA U13s had an excellent tournament winning a couple of matches in the morning and being very close in the afternoon. Very strong performances all round.

KKA U16s were very impressive indeed winnning most of their matches and winning their age-group overall.

KKA U19s which have had little time to get together and were put together at quite short notice did very well, losing most of their matches by the odd one or two, but managed to play the tournament with a smile. Well done to them.

Overall another very good tournament with close matches at every age group.

Thanks to all our Korfballfriends from Vlaams-Brabant and Rheinland.

Kent Korfball Association have won the inter-area challenge against LDKA.

Played over two rounds - London hosted the 2nd event at Brixton Leisure Centre under EKA patronage.

Results from today

B Competition

Under 16 - LDKA B 2 - KKA B 15

Under 11 - LDKA B 8 - KKA B 6

Under 13 - LDKA 9 - KKA B 8

A Competition

Under 16 - LDKA A 2 - KKA A 17

Under 11 - LDKA A 4 - KKA A 5

Under 13 - LDKA A 2 - KKA A 9

Anna Jeanes Competitions Officer graciously made the presentations to each of the teams and the overall challenge trophy to Richard Woodhams, Senior KKA Commitee Member and Chairman of Tornadoes. Thanks also to EKA Under 16 Coach Peter Teague.

Special thanks to all the participants on an excellent days korfball, enjoyed by an enthusiastic, large crowd, watching high level youth korfball.

Next week the Kent Squads face another challenge at the International Inter-Area hosted by Vlaams-Brabant, featuring the squads from that area of Belgium, Rhineland (Germany) and Middleburg (the Netherlands).


Frank Sieber - EKA Youth Competitions Co-ordinator

Kingfisher are the new National Champions at the Under 13 age group.

Last year's defending champions Tornadoes got off to the worst possible start losing their first three matches, but in excellent style fought they way back into playoff contention.

At the end of the pool stage Bearsted led the field with Scorpions in 2nd position.

Invicta lost their chance to be in the playoffs just being pipped by Nomads, who were extremely unlucky not to defeat Bearsted in their final match.

The 1st v 4th playoff saw Bearsted narrowly defeat the rejuvinated Tornadoes by a single goal in a very tight match.

The other playoff 2nd v 3rd with Kingfisher against Scorpions was even closer with Kingfisher finally winning a thrilling and very tense penalty shoot-out.

5th - 6th position in the playoffs was Invicta v Nomads with a very strong finish defeated a very gallant Invicta side.

3rd - 4th saw Tornadoes back in action against Scorpions and were just too strong at the end of a long day winning 4-1.

Bearsted who had played very well in the early round came up against Kingfisher who wanted to turn round their disappointing result from the pool matches and were very worthy winners in a close match.

Thanks to everyone who made a contribution to the day, especially Scorpions who took on the organisation of the event, Kevin, Tony, Phil and Peter who spent a very long day refereeing all the matches.

Once again Jackie kept the organisation well oiled with loads of coffee!

Well done to Kingfisher - EKA Under 13 National Campions!

Frank Sieber - EKA Youth Competitions Co-ordinator

The National Championships for Under 13 Teams will take place on Saturday 8th March at st Mary’s College, Twickenham.

The Hall will be available from 1pm until 7pm.

Eligibility for the Competition
All players must be Under 13 on 1st September 2007. No exceptions will be made.

A teams may enter, but B teams may be omitted, subject to availability.

Application
Clubs must advise the Youth Competitions Co-ordinator that they wish to participate in this year’s Championships by Sunday 2nd March 2008. No applications will be accepted after that date. Applications should be sent to:
Frank Sieber
Emails must be sent to Frank.Sieber@blueyonder.co.uk

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Championships

Frank Sieber - EKA Youth Competitions Co-ordinator

The oldest rivals KKA and LDKA played the first inter-area competition today (16.2.08) at Swallows, Sittingbourne as KKA hosted the first event. The return will be played at Brixton Leisure Centre on 26th April 2009

Results:

KKA U11B v LDKA 3-6
LDKA Scores: Reece 2, Tom 1, Sarah 1, Amy 2
KKA Scores: Saira 2, James 1

KKA U13B v LDKA 3-6
LDKA Scores: Blake 3, Oliver 2, Ella 1
KKA Scores: Hannah 1, Kat 2

KKA U16B v LDKA 15-3
LDKA Scores: Will 1, Russell 1, Hannah 1
KKA Scores: Kieron 1, Robert 2, Holly 2, Jess 2, Rebecca 1, Rachel 4, Adam 3

KKA U11A v LDKA 7-5
LDKA Scores: Tom 2, Amy 3
KKA Scores: Thomas 2, Liam 1, Lucy 2, Elly 2

KKA U13A v LDKA 5-2
LDKA Scores: Blake 1, Amy 1
KKA Scores: Mallory 2, Alex 1, Ollie 1, Dan 1

KKA U16A v LDKA 22-2
LDKA Scores: Hannah 2
KKA Scores: Jordan 5, Kieron 3, Sammy 3, AmyT 1, Josh 3, AmyF 2, Emma 4, Tom 1

Frank Sieber - KKA Youth Competitions Co-ordinator

10.00 U11 KKA B v LDKA
11.00 U13 KKA B v LDKA
12.15 U16 KKA B v LDKA
13.45 U11 KKA A v LDKA
14.45 U13 KKA A v LDKA
16.00 U16 KKA vv LDKA

Saskia de Jaeger the U11 coach has asked that the Under 11s are there 45 mins before the games start.
Kent A 13.00
Kent B 9.15

Frank Sieber - KKA Youth Competitions Co-ordinator

Due to the heavy commitments of the U19 Squad members - training for 11th February has been cancelled.

KKA U16s will be taking this slot.

Frank Sieber - KKA Squads Co-ordinator

Good luck this weekend to the teams playing in the apeldoorn tournament. & Flaunders game in England.
The teams have been training hard, So will be using this as vital practice in preparation to a busy year.

If anybody is Around the Croydon Area on Saturday

ROYAL RUSSELL (1 pm to 5pm)
London Under 14 vs Flanders
EKA Under 16 vs Flanders
EKA Under 19 vs Flanders.
There will be seating area, and hot/cold refreshments. so come and support your Country.
' Your country needs you'.


On sunday the return fixtures in the Kent 'Garden of England'
Aylesford School in Kent. (9am to 1 pm)

Kent under 14 vs Flanders
EKA Under 16 vs Flanders
EKA Under 19 vs Flanders.

Good luck to all the team and hope to see as much support as possible over the weekend.


Peter Teague - EKA U16 Coach

This has been a tremendous year for the interest shown in the Kent Under 16 squad.

It was a hard decision to come up with the players selected from the initial September/October trials, we have tried to keep the younger players involved to keep up their development for the future and it is now even harder now to make another cut after the improvements and commitment seen by all the players.

Unfortunately, now is the time we really need to concentrate and focus our efforts upon the actual teams required to play in the upcoming competitions. This has meant we need to cut down the squad to a group of 10 girls and 10 boys. This has been a particularly difficult decision to make and much thought has gone into this selection both from the players ability and technique and their own input/feedback we received from them.

For further information see County Squads section

Anne-Marie Turner - KKA U16 Manager

The National Championships for Under 11s will be held on Saturday 19th January at Strood Sports, Centre, Strood, Kent.

Applications should be sent to Frank.Sieber@blueyonder.co.uk and should be received by Sunday 12th January.

Frank Sieber - EKA Youth Competitions Co-ordinator

Coaches Chris Martin and Adam Smith have revised the KKA U16 Squad to reflect the very high levels of competition.

Regretfully, due to pressures of work etc, Rebecca Woolmer has had to withdraw as coach for the squad. Philip Locke, at very short notice, has agreed to assist the squad, coaches and management.

KKA U16 Squad would like to pay tribute to the excellent contribution Rebecca has made and she will be sorely missed by all.

Anne-Marie Turner - KKA U16 Manager

Just to remind you that the next Korfball coaching session is this Monday,
26th Nov, at New Brompton College 7pm-10pm.

I believe that exams are taking place which means that we will need to put
out the tables after the session. Please can all candidates help with this.

Jackie Hubbard - KKA Development Officer

Don Thornberg the KKA Under 13 Coach has announced the squads.

See County Squads

Congratulations to all those selected.

Kent Teams featured in the finals placings of the National Championships.

Bearsted and Kingfisher fought out a tense and exciting final and Invicta and Bearsted 2 in contention for the 3rd 4th spot.

Final Placings
Bearsted
Kingfisher
Invicta
Bearsted 2

Frank Sieber - EKA Youth Competitions Co-ordinator

Don Thornberg has selected the KKA Squad - see County Squads

The next training will be held on 12th November at Holmsdale