Shenley Brook End School Profile
Recent events for Shenley Brook End School
Cameron Helps England to 4th Spot at the U16 World Cup
MKX player Cameron played for England at the U16 World Cup 20th/21st March 2010 in Eindhoven.
The young team eventually finished a creditable 4th place with some strong perfomances, but unfortunately some narrow defeats.
England beat Russia (8-6) and South Africa (10-6) before a narrow loss to Chinese Taipei (14-11) but finished top of their group before moving to the play off pol. Here England beat Catalonia (12-9)before a one goal loss to Taipei again and finally a golden goal loss to Russia left them 4th.
Cameron had limited court time but did score against South Africa and learned loads and enjoyed himself greatly. Cameron also played and scored in a warm up friendly v South Africa on 18th and in a match v one of the Dutch regional sides on 19th March.
Cameron has been playing korfball for little more than two years and is now travelling the world with England. MKX team mate Chelsie Brown has also played with England this season. The possibility is there for other young, talented MKX players.
We now run U11 and U16 teams that train every Thursday at Courtside, MK College in Bletchley. If you start now, maybe you could play for England too!
MKX: the Future
Thanks to a sizeable grant of the National Hockey Foundation and the support of the Milton Keynes Community Foundation, youth korfball in MK is set to take huge steps forward.
Starting in April 2010 we will be delivering a 3 year programme through MKX to train teachers and voulnteers in schools to be able to deliver korfball in the curriculum and at after school clubs.
We are currently working on a new Vision for youth korfball in MK and a Blueprint (what youth korfball will look like in 3 years) and we will then outline the steps to get us there. We will publish these shortly but initial thoughts will see korfball on the curriculum of most secondary and primary schools, that this will support and enthuse young people to join a number of after and out of school clubs, that coaching standards will rise considerably and our teams compete in a local youth league and perform well at national level.
Korfball is a great sport. It will only go forward if we invest in young people, give them opportunities to compete and most importantly to have fun in a safe and developmental environment. This is what we will be doing with MKX.
If you want to be part of MKX as a player, a parent-helper, a coach or a volunteer - please do get in touch.
Best wishes DARREN Chair of MK City Director of MKX
Two New Schools Korfball Champions Crowned, One Still to be Decided
MKX Youth Korfball and the Bucks and Milton Keynes Sport Partnership recently held four tournaments for local schools. The two primary school and two secondary school events were all exciting and competitive yet very friendly and fair.
MKX is looking for new players in the New Year and boys and girls of all ages and experience are welcome.
For more information call Darren on 07949411502 or go to http://mkx.korfballinmk.co.uk