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RESULTS 2006 EXHIBITION MATCHES 14 and 15 October 2006, Marks Park, Emmarentia, Johannesburg Saturday, 14 October 2006
Sunday, 15 October 2006
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2006 SAKF AWARDS Photos At a function, held on Saturday, 15 Oktober, 2006, the SAKF made the following awards:- SAKF HONORIS CAUSA Anna Ackermann – Long and meritorious service to korfball and the SAKF SAKF PIN OF MERIT Luther Grobler - Second most senior player in the Senior National team who has played eighteen Senior international matches as well as his service to korfball in coaching and administrative roles in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng Central Saar Prinsloo - Service to korfball and the SAKF in various roles and capacities over the last thirteen years SAKF MERIT CERTIFICATE Riaan Niemann - In July 2006 this player became the player who played in the most Senior international matches in the history of the SAKF - 24 ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE YEAR Gauteng East REFEREE OF THE YEAR Robbie Fowles COACH OF THE YEAR Gertjie The˙se PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Senior Men - Riaan Niemann Senior Ladies - Elsandri van Niekerk Junior Men - Evert Banninga Junior Ladies - Liandri The˙se SAKF REGION OF THE YEAR Sedibeng
ZIMBABWE vs SA SENIOR NATIONAL
TEAM - 23 September, 2006
ZIMBABWE NATIONAL TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA The Zimbabwe Senior National Team arrived in Pretoria, South Africa, late on Thursday evening after a very long bus trip from Mutare in Zimbabwe. Tired, but looking ahead to Saturday’s international match against their neighboring South African counterparts. The match will take place on Saturday, 23 September, 2006 on the Protea’s homeground, the Gezina Indoor Sports Hall in Pretoria. The Zimbabwean Team consists of:-
Team Manager: Joseph Nyakuromba Head Coach: Nyasha Biriwasha Daniel de Rudder, the current National Coach of New Zealand, who is in South Africa already to assist the South African Korfball Federation with their development program, will assist the Zimbabwean team today, 22 September, with their preparation for the match, by training the team during morning and afternoon sessions. The team shall probably use Daniel again during the pre-match training session on Saturday morning. This will definitely be a valuable experience for the relative newcomers to the game to be trained by a coach of such high esteem. FIRST ALL-AFRICA INTERNATIONAL In a historic and memorable occasion the senior national teams of Zimbabwe and South Africa clashed on Saturday, 23 September, 2006 in Pretoria (RSA). The initial aim of the match was to decide who will represent Africa at the Senior World Championships in Brno in 2007, but this was totally overshadowed by the historic significance of the match. What made this such a historic event was that this was the first korfball match, ever to be played, between two countries from the African Continent on African soil. Korfball is indeed now firmly established on the African Continent and this small event will hopefully grow towards something huge (typical to Africa). Although one can elaborate on the historic significance of the match indefinitely, the match statistics are also important and need mentioning. The final score of 33 - 6 (first half 14 - 2), in favour of South Africa, does not give a true reflection of the game as it was very obvious that the South Africans took their feet of the gas pedal in the second half and played a more relaxed and less intensive game. Their defence intensity also dropped remarkably and thereby the Zimbabweans created more shooting chances. The Zimbabwean team was definitely overawed by the occasion. The stand-in coach, Daniel de Rudder from Belgium, had his hands full trying to get this team to structure their attack. On defence this team also made mistakes which led to easy scoring chances for the South Africans. It was obvious from the match that experience cannot be taught - time is the best teacher. Because of the standard of play of the Zimbabwean team, the South Africans did not play anywhere close to what we came to expect from them as seen during the Commonwealth Games and Friends Tournament in Great Britain, in July. Another significant fact is that the first ever Zimbabwean goal was scored by Angeline Mamvura, ten minutes before the end of the first half.
NASHUA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS (25-27 AUGUST, 2006)
This coming weekend, 25 - 27 August 2006, sees the 9 th edition of one of the premium events on the South African Korfball Federation’s calendar, namely the Nashua Club Championships. This Tournament will take place in the sports hall in Gezina, Pretoria. Through the years we have seen some exciting korfball being played during this Tournament and this year is expected to be no different. The standard might prove even better due to the standard of the teams entered. Last year’s winner, University of Johannesburg Korfball Club (Gauteng Central), will definitely be the early favourites to lift the trophy on Sunday because of their track record during the past year’s performance against some of the teams also entered in this tournament. It also helps that four Senior National players ( Luther Grobler, Riaan Niemann, Sonja Greyling and Gelinda Friedman) form the basis on which the team builds it’s playing strategy and attack plans. During the Commonwealth Games and Friends Tournament in London (July 2006), Luther Grobler scored the most goals in the Tournament and against some of the best players in the Commonwealth. Taking this shooting form into the Club Championships can make it difficult for the defenders of the other teams present. This is a well trained side which should produce a good team performance. Overall this seems to be a very well balanced side which could be too much on the day for most of the other teams to contend with. Titans Korfball Club (Gauteng East), attending their 4 th Championship, followed-up their 2 nd position during last year’s Championship with constant good performances during this year’s league season and could definitely be a contender for the trophy come Sunday. Heleen Bennetts, Liandri Theÿse, Heinrich Myburgh and Anthony Muller are the players in the team with international experience on Senior and Under 23 level and should be the players to look out for. The team representing Northern Cape, City of Angels Korfball Club, is the unknown factor in this years competition. This team is made up of young players not known to most of us. Although all of them have played in Northern Cape Regional teams, only Johan Vermeulen has represented South Africa at Under 23 level during the 2001 World Championships in South Africa. Since then he has not played much korfball and has only started again late this year. Cormari van den Heever represented South Africa at Under 19 level at the Junior World Cup and Hanri Fick and Roelof du Plessis represented South African as Under 16 players at the Youth Talent Cup. Although this team has some very good individual players, there is some doubt about its abilities as a team as well as the sharpness of the players due to the lack of match practice. The team has issued a challenge to all the other participants and has stressed that they might have some surprises for the other teams. Their motto for the Tournament is “Go big or go home”. Participating in its 5 th Championships, Rustenburg Korfball Club ( North West), with a best ever finish of 3 rd during the 2003 Championships, has during the years shown much promise but just could not make the breakthrough. Given the ladies players that the team has this year, we will hopefully see the team play to its full potential. The physical strength of Ilse Kleynhans, Bianca le Grange, Monique Botha and Georgina Human might prove to be too much for the ladies of the other teams, although their shooting abilities might be suspect due to the lack of match practice and training. If the men of the team can produce some good support for the ladies, and stand up to the men of the other teams, this might just be the year for the Club. Coastals Korfball Club is definitely the Club with the most experience in the Nashua Club Championships as this will be their 5 th appearance. For most of us Coastals Korfball Club is an unknown name. In the past the Club has participated under the names of Amanzimtoti and Bayview Korfball Club. Because of the distance to Kwa-Zulu Natal and the fact that most of us have only seen these players once this year, during the SAKF Regional Tournament, and the fact that we have not seen them play together as a team, will make it difficult to predict the team’s performance during the upcoming weekend. Although Ettienne Potgieter is a Senior National player and we know what he is capable of, the team’s ability to outscore most of the other teams can be questioned. Coupled with the fact that some of the players, like Michael Robbertze, will not be able to attend the tournament. Their experience and performance will be missed. As in the past, the team will be well coached and extremely well conditioned, but because as already mentioned, the lack of match practice can restrict the team’s performance under pressure. The newcomer to the Championships this year is Centurion Korfball Club (Gauteng North). With three National Senior players, (Werner Basson, Elsandri van Niekerk and JP Jacobs), one national Under 23 player (Ignus Basson), three national Under 19 players (Tessie Esterhuizen, Ettienne Stander and Clarissa Nel) and three national Under 16 players (JP Cassel, Jurgens Banninga and Christie Theÿse), this looks like a good team, at least on paper, although in the past it was shown that the performance on the weekend was what was important. The Coaches of the National Senior and Under 23 Teams have indicated that they will attend the Championships and take a good look at all the matches and players with the aim of identifying new talent for the upcoming national training camps. These training camps will be the start of the preparation for the Senior World Championships ( Czech Republic) in 2007 and the Under 23 World Championships in 2008 (Chinese Taipei). There will also be something for the referees during the weekend. A panel was appointed to evaluate the performances of the referees during the pool matches and this panel will rank the referees accordingly. At stake is honor to officiate in the final match on Sunday to determine places one and two.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE FRIDAY, 25 AUGUST, 2006
SATURDAY, 26 AUGUST, 2006
SUNDAY, 27 AUGUST, 2006
End Results 1st place - University of Johannesburg2nd place - Centurion 3rd place - City of Angels 4th place - Titans 5th place - Rustenburg 6th place - Coastals Individual achievements during the Championships
RESULTS AND OTHER INFO REGARDING THE PAST SA TOURNAMENT IN KIMBERLEY LEAGUE WINNERS
GOAL SCORING COMPETITION
GOAL TROPHIES Under 9 - Northern Cape Under 11 - Gauteng North Under 13 - Mpumalanga South Under 15 - Stellaland Under 17 - Gauteng North Under 19 - Sedibeng Under 23 - Northern Cape Senior C - Gauteng North C Senior B - Gauteng North B Senior A - Gauteng North A Veterans - Sedibeng
JUNIOR REFEREE Ilze Reyneke – Northern Cape SENIOR REFEREE Charles Byleveldt – Northern Cape REFEREES FOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS Robbie Fowles Charles Byleveldt Karel Mwala Saar Prinsloo Hein van der Lith Coenie Barkhuizen
REFEREES FOR EXHIBITION MATCHES Robbie Fowles Charles Byleveldt Karel Mwala Saar Prinsloo Hein van der Lith Coenie Barkhuizen Ilze Reyneke Ilze Kleynhans Louis Buys Christie The˙se Ettienne Potgieter
TEAM SELECTION
THE SOUTH AFRICAN KORFBALL FEDERATION WELCOMES NEW REFEREES The following new referees are welcomed to the South African Korfball Federation Referee Association:- Willicia Jacobs These referees all attended a course over the weekend of 19 to 21 May 2006 which was presented by Saar Prinsloo of the SAKF Referee Association in Amanzimtoti, Kwa Zulu Natal. We hope to see these referees officiating during the up-coming National Regional Tournament in Kimberley.
DEVELOPMENT OF TEAM MANAGERS, COACHES AND REFEREES At a South African Korfball Federation (SAKF) Executive Meeting, held in February 2006, the current situation with respect to the availability of sufficient qualified and experienced Team Managers, Coaches and Referees within the SAKF structures and associations, to officiate on national and international level, was discussed and the Executive has decided to invest in the long term development of potential candidates for these positions to ensure a pool of available candidates to meet future needs. Candidates who are interested to become involved in this challenge are requested to make their availability known to the SAKF office or to their Regional or Club structures before 31 May 2006. A communiqué in this regard will be distributed through the normal SAKF communication channels. For more detail on the project the SAKF office or Chris Theÿse can be contacted by e-mail or by phone.”
VETERANS TOURNAMENT in Port Elizabeth - Team submissions and player names to reach the SAKF office by no later than 25 March, 2006 This year the Veterans Tournament will take place in Port Elizabeth as part of the South African Master Games, from 27 April - 1 May.
TRAINING ACADEMY, IKF LEVEL I & II COACHES- and REFEREE COURSES - Names to be submitted by 25 March, 2006
Players from 13-15 years of age, will be training from 1-4 April and ages 17-19 from 5-9 April. Regions are requested to submit the names of the players to participate by 25 March. IKF Level I & II Coaches- and Referee Courses will also be presented during this time.
SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM ANNOUNCED The following persons were selected as Team Managers and Coaches of the Senior National Team that will participate in Portugal in July, 2006 and also the Commonwealth Games Tournament in England:-Hein van der Lith - Team ManagerThe Team Managers are only appointed until after the Portugal games in July, thereafter new Managers will be selected. The Coaches, however, are fixed until November 2007. The Team was announced during this past weekend, and is as follows:-
The above team will participate in the following tournaments and games, including all the scheduled training camps:- 2-9 July, 2006 - Go Korfball Tournament in Portugal
RESULTS FROM PORTUGAL "We've won Liberade Nucles Granaxide with 15-9 and lost our second
game against them (11-13) Clube De Corffebal De Ogras - 7-11 RESULTS FROM COMMONWEALTH AND FRIENDS TOURNAMENT The results from the first day showed no real surprises with the teams from England, South Africa and Australia leading the way.
u/16 NATIONAL TEAM results from Schijndel 1st Netherlands South For a few photos, click here A big "THANK YOU" goes to AND1, one of the sponsors, who helps to make this trip so much more exiting and unforgetable.
Rina Peusschers - Team ManagerThe Team were as follows:-
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