{"id":21348,"date":"2017-11-07T19:13:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=21348"},"modified":"2017-11-07T19:13:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:13:49","slug":"wales-ranked-25th-world-rising-minority-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/07\/wales-ranked-25th-world-rising-minority-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales ranked 25th in the world in rising minority sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WALES&#8217; National Korfball Team are now ranked 25th in the world after finishing fourth in the 17th annual International Korfball Tournament at Stadskanaal in the Netherlands.<br \/>\nNow that teams at Aberystwyth and Swansea universities have been set up, joining the team at Cardiff Uni, the sport has the potential to progress further in Wales despite the sport&#8217;s relatively small participation levels.<br \/>\nWill Hayward, 28, who founded Cardiff Raptors Korfball (Wales\u2019 largest club) and is a member of Wales International squad said: &#8220;Aberystwyth and Swansea opening clubs will be great because it creates a trickle down of talent.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Hayward said: \u201cI think numbers have remained the same but the average age of a player has gone down so I am really optimistic about the future of the club in sport in Wales.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe sport is growing in Cardiff, which is host to a number of korfball teams and until recently was the only city in Wales participating in the sport.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21349\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21349\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21349\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/cardiff-university-korfball.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff University were the first Welsh korfball team<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nVerity Marsterson, first team captain of the Cardiff University Korfball Team heard about the sport during freshers week.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cWhen I first joined the club four years ago we were struggling to get enough players to field three teams. Last year we recruited enough for four teams, and this year we&#8217;re having to split sessions to accommodate the number of players wanting to join.\u201d<br \/>\nThe progress that university level korfball has made signifies the future potential for the sport in Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES&#8217; National Korfball Team are now ranked 25th in the world after finishing fourth in the 17th annual International Korfball Tournament at Stadskanaal in the Netherlands. Now that teams at Aberystwyth and Swansea universities have been set up, joining the team at Cardiff Uni, the sport has the potential to progress further in Wales despite the sport&#8217;s relatively small participation levels. Will Hayward, 28, who founded Cardiff Raptors Korfball (Wales\u2019 largest club) and is a member of Wales International squad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":21349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,4],"tags":[1291,265,543,74,5099],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-sport","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-university","tag-korfball","tag-sport-2","tag-wales-international-team"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wales ranked 25th in the world in rising minority sport - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/07\/wales-ranked-25th-world-rising-minority-sport\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wales ranked 25th in the world in rising minority sport - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WALES&#8217; National Korfball Team are now ranked 25th in the world after finishing fourth in the 17th annual International Korfball Tournament at Stadskanaal in the Netherlands. 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