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Korfball In Andhra
Pradesh
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Korfball in Andhra Pradesh was started by
Mr. J. Jai Raj
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Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Korfball
Association. It is by his
endurance, willpower and patients that korfball stands strong in
Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh Korfball Association was
started in the year
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Andhra Pradesh
Korfball teams made a remarkable record in the History of Andhra Pradesh
Sports and Korfball Federation of India wherein Andhra Pradesh became
the only state to secure consecutively all First positions in National
Championships in a year.
Korfball is an
exciting mixed team sport, accessible to both young and old, complete
beginner or international, that is increasing in popularity throughout
the world. The word 'korf' is simply Dutch for 'basket' and quite
sensibly was not translated to English to avoid confusion with the
American Basketball. |
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The year 2004-2005 was
a golden year for the Andhra Pradesh Korfball Association. The
state teams showed outstanding performance in the National Korfball
Championships and secured 1st Positions in all the National
Korfball Championships. |
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11th Federation Cup Korfball
Championship |
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The State Senior
team participated in the
11th Federation
Cup Korfball Championship
which was held at Chennai from 2-4 July, 2004 and secured 1st
Position by defeating Delhi in the Final. |
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5th Sub-Junior National Korfball Championship |
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The State
Sub-Junior Korfball team participated in the
5th Sub-Junior National Korfball
Championship which was
held at Chennai from 3-7August, 2004 and secured 1st
Position by defeating Jammu and Kashmir in the Final. |
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12th Junior National
Korfball Championship |
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The State Junior
Team participated in the
12th Junior National
Korfball Championship which was held at Una (Himachal Pradesh) from 18-22 September, 2004
and secured 1st Position by defeating Himachal
Pradesh in the Final. |
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18th Senior National
Korfball Championship |
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The State Senior
Team participated in the
18th Senior National
Korfball Championship
which was held at
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) from 24-28 December, 2004 and secured 1st
Position by defeating Delhi in the Final. |
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Korfball History |
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Korfball is an
exciting mixed team sport, accessible to both young and old, complete
beginner or international, that is increasing in popularity throughout
the world. |
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This Korfball sport was the brainchild of
Dutch school teacher Nico Broekhusen
who founded Korfball in
1902.
He searched far and wide, without success, for a team sport that
both the boys and girls in his school could play together on equal
terms. He chose instead to develop a sport of his own that would
encourage both teamwork and co-operation. The word 'korf' is simply
Dutch for 'basket' and quite sensibly was not translated to English
to avoid confusion with the American Basketball. The sport is often
described as a mix between Basketball and Netball since it has some
elements of both but in truth the sport is far more
distinctive in its own right than that. Apart from the playing side, the
sport has an unrivalled social attraction that is inevitable in a truly
mixed sport. |
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The International
Korfball Federation
was founded in
1933
and has helped the sport to spread its roots throughout the globe and in
recent years it has increased in popularity in many countries worldwide.
It is now played in the Americas, throughout Europe, South East Asia and
Australasia.
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