The Korfball Australia (KA), National Club Championships, were held on 12-13 June in Adelaide.  Club sides from Australia’s korfballing areas competed for the National title in both an A and B Grade section.  The strong Arista-Marion Korfball Club won their third successive A Grade final in a tight final against long time rivals, Adelaide Boomers. 

Arista-Marion started off strongly, gaining an advantage they held for most of the first half. Some determined play by Boomers evened the score, before Arista-Marion again extended its lead and finished the game off strongly to again claim the National title. Final Score 14-11.

In the B Grade final between Adelaide Boomers  and Glenelg, scores remained close throughout the match with both teams having chances to win in the final minutes.  A 10 – 10 draw at the end of regulation time saw the first B Grade final in the history of this tournament to be decided by Golden Goal. Both teams had several attacks but failed to score until Adelaide Boomers scored the winning goal as a result of a penalty. Final Score 11-10.

Korfball Australia is proud of the high participation rate of female referees for the tournament, the most in the history of National Club Championships. KA are also pleased with the number of youth players participating in the tournament who will hopefully progress to representing Australia in next year’s Asia Oceania Championships also to be held in Adelaide in July 2011.

Final Standings A Grade 
1. Arista-Marion
2. Adelaide Boomers
3. Glenelg
4. BMMKA
5. Sikopi
6. North Adelaide