{"id":8309,"date":"2026-07-14T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/?p=8309"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:44:26","slug":"election-of-the-first-national-refereeing-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/election-of-the-first-national-refereeing-board\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL REFEREEING BOARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/280px-URBH.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1528\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:260px;height:260px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/280px-URBH.png 280w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/280px-URBH-128x124.png 128w, https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/280px-URBH-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" align=\"justify\">The Royal Belgian Handball Federation (URBH-KBHB) successfully organised the first-ever elections for the National Refereeing Board (NRB), marking an important milestone in the continued professionalisation and development of refereeing in Belgium.\u00a0<br><br>A total of\u00a0<strong>127 of the 270 eligible referees and observers<\/strong>\u00a0took part in the elections, representing a\u00a0<strong>47% turnout<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following members have been elected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Director of Referees:<\/strong>\u00a0Klaus Convents\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Organisational Director:<\/strong>\u00a0Guy Kerremans\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promotion &amp; Talent Manager:<\/strong>\u00a0Eric Schreder\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Appointments \/ Nominations Manager:<\/strong>\u00a0Philippe Denis\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Education &amp; Development Manager:<\/strong>\u00a0Angelo Verdonck\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" align=\"justify\">The newly elected NRB will focus on further strengthening refereeing in Belgium through a long-term vision, referee education and development, talent identification, transparent appointment procedures, close cooperation between VHV, LFH and Belgian Handball, and enhanced support for referees and observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MORE INFO \u2013 NL:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/handbal.be\/nl\/news\/detail\/1640\/eerste-national-refereeing-board-verkozen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VHV HANDBAL<\/a><br><strong>MORE INFO \u2013 FR:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Election-du-premier-National-Refereeing-Board.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LFH HANDBALL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Belgian Handball Federation (URBH-KBHB) successfully organised the first-ever elections for the National Refereeing Board (NRB), marking an important milestone in the continued professionalisation and development of refereeing in Belgium.\u00a0 A total of\u00a0127 of the 270 eligible referees and observers\u00a0took part in the elections, representing a\u00a047% turnout.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"C\u00e9dric Mouchette","author_link":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Royal Belgian Handball Federation (URBH-KBHB) successfully organised the first-ever elections for the National Refereeing Board (NRB), marking an important milestone in the continued professionalisation and development of refereeing in Belgium.\u00a0 A total of\u00a0127 of the 270 eligible referees and observers\u00a0took part in the elections, representing a\u00a047% turnout.\u00a0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8313,"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8309\/revisions\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handballbelgium.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}