{"id":24572,"date":"2014-11-25T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T12:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=24572"},"modified":"2014-11-25T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T12:56:51","slug":"cardiff-korfball-looking-for-more-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/25\/cardiff-korfball-looking-for-more-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Korfball looking for players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are 150 registered players in Cardiff alone but the goal of Welsh Korfball is to drive that number up and set up new clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Keiran Davey, the Welsh Korfball Development officer said, \u201cKorfball is a very popular sport for beginners in Cardiff because most people will join clubs having not even heard of the sport before. As a result all clubs cater for all abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cClubs are often cheap to join as well which means it is an affordable sport for newcomers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24586\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 453px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Cardiff-Dragons-v-Raptorsedit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24586\" alt=\"It's a local derby! Cardiff Dragons face up against Cardiff Raptors\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Cardiff-Dragons-v-Raptorsedit-453x312.jpg\" width=\"453\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24586\" alt=\"It's a local derby! Cardiff Dragons face up against Cardiff Raptors\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/Cardiff-Dragons-v-Raptorsedit-453x312.jpg\" width=\"453\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> It&#8217;s a local derby! Cardiff Dragons face up against Cardiff Raptors<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gender equality in sport is a hot topic and korfball truly is a mixed gender activity. It is made up of teams of eight players, four men and four women. 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