SETS presentation of the Flemish traditional sports association

1. 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?

2. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
What do we call traditional sports?
for the common man (woman)
not for the elite
What do we understand to be traditional sports ?

3. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
What do we understand to be traditional sports ?
- regional
not spread over the whole country

4. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
- the factor luck is often built in the rules of the game
it is not always the best player who wins
What do we understand to be traditional sports ?

5. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
- accessible
you mostly do not need to follow a training
course before you participate
What do we understand to be traditional sports ?

6. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
easy going – family activity can be competitive but not professional

7. Traditional sports that are practised in competitions or tournaments
tug of war

8. handboogschieten op de staande wip
handboogschieten op de liggende wip

9. klepschieten

10. buksschieten

11. flessenschieten
katapult

12. Kruisboog

13. VlaS
Krulbol

14. VlaS
Trabol

15. VlaS
Kegelen

16. VlaS
Gaaibol

17. VlaS
Stopschieten -
paapgooien

18. sjoelen

19. golfbiljart

20. Traditional sports and traditions
Handball tournament /
Brussels ‘Grote Markt’
Old Limburg
Shooting celebration

21. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
Traditionele sporten in Flanders = superactive
tradition
VlaS counts
11.627 players
530 clubs
23 different disciplines

22. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
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

23. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
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

24. 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]

25. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
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’.

26. Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw
SETS
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

27. thank you,
Hein Comeyne
Vlaamse Traditionele Sporten vzw