It gives us great pleasure to announce that Kathleen Briedenhann has been appointed the Captain of the Women’s GBR Wallball Team. Kathleen has represented Great Britain for three years now and over that time has worked her way up to the top ranks of European players. Kathleen takes over from Kerry White, who now lives […]
UK Wallball’s 2nd strategic plan lands for 2015-2020. We grew nicely in our 2012-2015 period and hit most of our goals. The foundations are now in place to move forward and develop the sport properly in the UK, securing a bright future for children, adults and volunteers. Strategic Plan 2015-2020 (High quality print version available […]
UK Wallball is delighted to announce the new membership programme. By becoming a member you’ll be able to play in our tournaments, go on our tours and be eligible for special offers throughout the year. Of course, you’ll also be helping to support the development of the sport. You can buy membership through our shop. […]
In March of this year, ex-GB wallball captain Ady Lee (now living in Hong Kong) was invited to attend the WPP Stream Asia conference held in Phuket, Thailand. Stream represents a series of global conferences hosted by Sir Martin Sorrell (CEO of WPP) and Israeli investor Yossi Vardi and brings together some of the top […]
Nizza Monferrato, a small, picturesque, wine producing town in North-Eastern Italy was once again host for the Italian Open. Three members of the UK Wallball squad managed to avoid strikes by Italian airport staff to make their way to Italy for the tournament. Sadly other competitors were not so lucky; with 12 Irish players having […]
On the 24th March Kathleen Briedenhann travelled to South Africa with the Frontball Development team to launch the second Frontball school on the African continent. Frontball is a similar sport to wallball but uses a hard ball instead of a rubber one. UK Wallball is developing strong links with Frontball in terms of sport outreach […]
The UK Open 2015 was once again hosted at Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood, London, which saw over 80 competitors from 7 countries travel to the UK to compete for this year’s titles. Over 20 hours of play across the weekend took place, with 226 games completed and new champions emerging in both the Men’s […]
As part of UK Wallball’s volunteering outreach programme, the UCLU Tennis Society is launching this great venture on a Sunday afternoons – every Sunday from 1-3pm. Cost = Free!! Head down to Westway Sports Centre to learn how to play wallball from some great coaches from University College London. In case you’ve never heard about wallball, […]
Wallball is being introduced to the girls of Streatham & Clapham High School as part of their PE programme. As the result of an introductory meeting at GDST headquarters in London attended by two schools, the Head of PE at Streatham & Clapham High decided it would be a good game for hand-eye coordination and […]
The children from Sphinx 2 at Green Dragon Primary School were delighted to welcome Dick Warner, a Wallball aficionado, to their introductory Wallball session. Dick led a team-building warm-up session which focussed on the children’s ball handling ability before demonstrating the beautiful simplicity of Wallball. The children then worked in pairs to develop their skills […]