End of season Korfball match, dinner, drinks and awards!

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The date and venue is confirmed so come along and join in the end of season fun!

Match 3.30-5pm, EORA Redfern, followed by a pub crawl through Surry Hills to the Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst for more drinks and a casual dinner at 7.30pm.

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All newbies welcome and please feel free to bring along friends, partners and family, the more the merrier! And if you can’t make one but can the other no worries.

We hope to see lots of you on the 18th!

Sydney stun favourites with scintillating showing!

The Sydney Redbacks created an upset at the National Korfball Championships with one team reaching the final and the other taking points off the eventual winners in the B grade tournament.

Although missing out on the trophy by the narrowest of margins, both teams can be very proud of their performances, with several players in each team playing their first ever matches; against teams playing regularly throughout the year.

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SCRKC (Blacks): Sarah Higginson, Gemma Pratt, Meena Subramanyam, Cheya Tyson; Simon Cunliffe, James Gounis, Wilfred Lau, Graham Morris, Mark Zilm

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SCRKC (Blues): Joey Lai, Elise Mizzi, Victoria Wah, Karen Zilm; Rob Allen, Daniel Berg, Josh Berg, Neil Hayes, George Lincoln, Ben Mizzi, Sebastiaan Schlee

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In an unprecedented move, Sydney Redbacks entered two teams into the B Grade competition, evenly split with the hope of both teams being competitive. Debuts were handed to Simon, Will, Elise, Daniel and Ben; in addition to late injury sub Josh who stepped in from the sidelines for the last game.

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Wednesday Evening Training!

For the next month the hall unfortunately isn’t available on a Thursday so instead from this week onwards up until Nationals in Melbourne we are switching to Wednesday nights from 8-9pm.

Weds 6th May – 8-9pm
Weds 13th May – 8-9pm
Weds 20th May – 8-9pm
Weds 27th May – 8-9pm
Weds 3rd June – 8-9pm

We have also booked a session on Sat 16th May 2.30-4pm for a full court match and for those newbies (and us oldies) to gain some valuable experience/learn some tactics prior to heading down to Melbourne. Even if you can’t make Melbourne please come along too, the more the merrier!

Australian Korfball Nationals here we come!

The Sydney Redbacks are excited to be entering 2 teams in this years Australian National Championships to be held in Melbourne on the June Long Weekend (7th/8th June 2015).

All players are encouraged to join – whether experienced or new, old or young! The tournament is a great way to gain some experience on court, watch some of the best Australian players and teams, and have a weekend of fun in Melbourne with the Redbacks.

Over the next month in preparation for the 2 day tournament we will be looking to up the training levels with full court bookings on Thursdays and a few practise game sessions on Saturdays. Stay tuned for more info on these dates! Everyone welcome!

Next round of Korf dates!

The next round of hall bookings at EORA Redfern are confirmed as follows:

Thurs 5th March – 7-8pm

Thurs 12th March – 7-8pm

Thurs 19th March – 7-8pm

Thurs 26th March – 7-8pm

Thurs 2nd April – NO TRAINING

Thurs 9th April – 7-8pm

Thurs 16th April – 7-8pm

Thurs 23rd April – 7-8pm

Thurs 30th April – 7-8pm

We are hoping to step up the training pace for Nationals held in Melbourne in June! Everyone is welcome so watch this space for more info!

Korf back for 2015!

Happy New Year!

It’s time to work off the Turkey and Xmas Pudding as Korfball returns next Thursday 15th Jan! Same place, same time – EORA Fitness Centre, Redfern, 7pm!

At this stage we have made bookings through until the end of February…

Thurs 15th Jan – 7-8pm

Thurs 22nd Jan – 7-8pm

Thurs 29th Jan – 7-8pm

Thurs 5th Feb – 7-8pm

Thurs 12th Feb – 7-8pm

Thurs 19th Feb – 7-8pm

Thurs 26th Feb – 7-8pm

See you there!

Merry Christmas!

With Christmas fast approaching and many of us otherwise engaged in Christmas activities, parties and a rush of work before Christmas we will be cancelling Thursday night training until the new year. Come January we are hoping we will all be fresh faced, eager and ready to work off our Turkey and Christmas Pud bellies and prepare for the upcoming Adelaide summer tournament in February.

Stay tuned for our return date (and details regarding Christmas drinks on Saturday 20th Dec).

Wishing everyone a festive Christmas and drunken NY!

The Redback Committee