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Once you've read the rest of this page and decided if you want to find out more, you can either just turn up at a training session (listed in the calendar) or email Michael to sort out any queries you might have.
Training
We train once a week, at Walton High sports hall: on a Tuesday night from 8:15-9:30pm (check the events lists for up-to-date details if this ever varies). Our coach, Michael, recently qualified as a Level 2 coach; he tries to teach a mixture of technique and tactical awareness, and reinforce it in a game situation.
Everyone is welcome to come and train! Whether you have played before or not (let's face it- most of us had never heard of korfball as a child, either), whether you are ultra fit or don't exercise at all and want to change that, whether you aspire to play competitive korfball or just want to get some exercise and meet new people: you really are welcome!
Competition
Walton Rogues enters a team in the South Midlands Korfball Association league, playing in triangular fixtures (three teams play a round-robin against each other) every few weeks. The standard is fun but competitive.
At a higher level of competition, the top Walton Rogues players can be selected for MK City, which plays in the Oxfordshire Korfball Association league.
What is korfball?
Korfball is an exciting sport played within a rectangular field of play, indoors most of the year, with a shorter outdoor season in the summer. Teams of four male players and four female players try to shoot a ball into a korf (basket), which is on a pole 3.5m high (higher than basketball or netball) with no backboard.
Teams of eight players divide into two sections – two male, two female in each section. Playing area consists of two large squares joined along the centre line, each square with a ‘korf’ set in one third from the back line. One section starts the game in attack and stays in one half of the pitch, and the other in defence in the other half. Sections swap roles after two goals have been scored – the attackers become defenders and vice versa.
Why play korfball?
Unlike many established sports which expect you to be a certain standard before joining the club, the MK korfball clubs actively welcome all players from absolute beginner upwards. Most UK players start as adult beginners, we teach you the rules and skills, and there will be other players there who have not been playing very long!
Great if you want to play a sport all winter, that is indoors – no freezing or getting wet on an outdoor pitch, or having matches cancelled due to weather!
Great if you want to play a competitive sport but one with a lower risk of injury than sports like football or rugby, e.g. if you have previously had injuries
Great if you like variety, because all players get to both attack and defend, rather than being stuck in a single playing position
A good way back into team sports if you currently don’t do much sport or feel unfit, since you get a break while the ball is in the other section of the pitch!
Chance to play at whatever level, or amount of travel, that you want – either just train, or play MK local league matches, or play Oxfordshire league matches, or play a tournament (usually outdoors over the summer, but sometimes indoors in the winter) which is sometimes further away, but you get to play all day rather than just one game and is sometimes followed by a party!
If you’re more interested in the social side, then the clubs have regular post-training drinks, club socials, stay overnight and party after some summer tournaments, and the MK clubs do at least one trip abroad every year to play in a tournament in Europe!
Funding
We are very grateful to the following organisations for funding us: we could not do the work we do, particularly the youth development, without this support.