Group: Oxford University Korfball Club

Korfball is a mixed, non-contact basket sport in which two teams compete to score goals. Solo-play (running with the ball, dribbling the ball, passing to one's self etc) is forbidden, as this does not promote the kind of teamwork the sport was designed for.

Each team must comprise 4 men and 4 women, with 2 of each in attack and the other 2 in defence (the roles swap over every 2 goals, so everyone has to be able to both attack and defend).

The other main rule of korfball is that you have to get away from your defender to shoot (even if your defender is too short to actually stop the ball going over their head, the shot will be disallowed if they got close enough to make a good attempt ie an arm's reach), which means lots of fast passing and darting runs.

Oxford University is one of 20 UK universities which currently play korfball. Oxford Uni participates in local league and cup competitions run by the Oxfordshire Korfball Association, a Varsity match against Cambridge Uni, and a BUSA national competition, as well as lots of other tournaments, of varying seriousness, throughout the year.

Group set up by Blath