Gloucester Lions Korfball Club

The point of the club is not to take things too seriously. Most people joining will not know anything about the sport at all, let alone played it, but that's fine. We expect new members to be new to the game and the coaching is geared at complete beginners.

Korfball is a very easy game to pick up and if you can throw, catch, and run about a bit, you should be fine. Korfball has been compared to basketball and netball over the years, but is really a unique sport in its own right, although some of the rules, for example for passing and running with the ball, are very similar to netball.

We are hoping to get a regular number of around 20-25 people at training, so that we can field two teams in the League. The League has 5 clubs already, each fielding two teams in a first and second team division. Home and away fixtures are played, so overall ten matches will be played by each team over the course of the League season which lasts from October til March, so it is unlikely that matches would occur more often than every fortnight or so.

It is important to get the right balance in any club. Korfball is a very social sport and it is more or less obligatory to go out for a drink together after training and matches to get to know the other club members, and members of other clubs in the League. Indeed, there are summer tournaments whose entire focus appears to be the social after the games!

We are having at least one coaching session per week which will be outside in the summer and inside in the winter. There will be some small costs, although we are actively seeking sponsorship to cover such payments.

So, that's all from us - please pop along to a training session or drop us a message if you want to find out more information about the club, the people, or the sport. Please use the navigation bar at the top to read the other pages on the site or send us a message. Check the you tube link below for a taster video of korfball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd4CpW4Nm9Q

Hope to see you soon

Gloucester Lions Korfball Club