vlaamse traditionele sporten vzw - hein comeyne

Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw

traditional sports were probably the

first sports-for-all initiatives

The active participation in traditional sports and

games are a valuable, living sportive and cultural

heritage.

How do we safeguard their popularity?


What do we call traditional sports?

for the common man (woman)

not for the elite

What do we understand to be traditional sports ?



- regional

not spread over the whole country


- the factor luck is often built in the rules of the game

it is not always the best player who wins



- accessible

you mostly do not need to follow a training

course before you participate



easy going – family activity can be competitive but not professional

Traditional sports that are practised in competitions or tournaments

tug of war

handboogschieten op de staande wip

handboogschieten op de liggende wip

klepschieten

buksschieten

flessenschieten

katapult

Kruisboog

VlaS

Krulbol

VlaS

Trabol

VlaS

Kegelen

VlaS

Gaaibol

VlaS

Stopschieten -

paapgooien

sjoelen

golfbiljart

Traditional sports and traditions

Handball tournament /

Brussels ‘Grote Markt’

Old Limburg

Shooting celebration


Traditionele sporten in Flanders = superactive

tradition

VlaS counts

11.627 players

530 clubs

23 different disciplines


46% of the VlaS

members are

older than 55

vrouwelijke leden

40-

340-

334-

317-

556-

562-

435-

212

29-

mannelijke leden

65

860

768

958

1489

1798

1692

1572

453

0-9 j

10-19 j

20-29 j

30-39 j

40-49 j

50-59 j

60-69 j

70-79 j

80-99 j


VlaS gives advice on following subjects:

VlaS is active in PR and lobby activities on behalf of traditional sports

VlaS publishes a quarterly magazine (named ‘Trend’)

VlaS secretary in Bruges: two staff

VlaS is founding member of ETSGA

VlaS has a good insurance for accidents for all volunteers and members

VlaS helps organising two courses:

- initiator bow shooting

- initiator traditional sports

VlaS events 2015:

West-Vlaanderen Vlamt – Eernegem – zondag 7 juni 2015

Europese Spelen van traditionele sporten – Doornzele

– zondag 16 augustus 2015

Bokrijkspelen – Genk – zondag 9 augustus 2015

SETS-conference North-East Europe – Vilnius – feb’15

SETS-conference South-East Europe – Martfu – mar’15

Participation festival Ga.M.E.S.Net Narni (Italy) 23 may 2015

[also AG ETSGA]


intangible heritage

The VlaS-activities were part of the Flemish project

‘Ludodiversity’ which was recognised by Unesco as best practice

for saveguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage.

VlaS cooperated to put the traditional sport ‘krulbol’ on the

Flemish list of valuable ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’.

Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzwSETS

VlaS leads a project founded by the EU: ‘Strengthening European

Traditional Sports’

It aims at:

-Enlarging the existing ETSGA-network to South and East Europe

- safeguard and promote European TSG

We pursue this by:

-Organising three international conferences

- Creating a website and an online forum to exchange information

about European traditional sports and games

thank you,

Hein Comeyne
