Friday 10 August at 2.30pm

Memorial Chapel
Surrey and Sussex Crematorium
Balcombe Road
Crawley, West Sussex
RH10 3NQ

Please join us afterwards at

The Royal Oak Inn
Caterfield Lane
Staffhurst Wood
Oxted, Surrey
RH8 0RR

All are welcome but please let Gill Sage know if you wish to come along as they need to know how many to cater for.
gill.hills @ korfball.com (no spaces)

No flowers please, but if you would like to make a donation to Terry's
favourite charity, the RNLI (Lifeboats), please do so by sending your
donation to

Alex Jones Funeral Directors
92 Station Road East
Oxted, Surrey
RH8 0QA

He once told me that 'top korfballers will always look to go the extra yard, or stay late and train more' Something in my younger days i listened too and never forgot.

He also taught me some excellent coaching and training drills. He was a true thinker of the game,

I can credit him with giving me the blueprint for how a team manager should be and act around a squad Internationally (Steve B used to tell me tales of Terry's attention to detail).

I can say I was blessed to have know a true legend of the game.

My sincere thoughts are with Gill and the family.

RIP peace Terry.

Im sure your explaining what korfball is and what the rules of the game, to your new team.

A minute or so later . . . BUMP . . . but just a little harder. "Probably kids, I thought, ignore it you'll be through soon" BUMP . . . "hmmm, if that happens again I might just have a word" BUMP, BUMP.

Off came the headphones, as I swivelled: "'scuse me" I said, forcefully, before I realised I was looking into the grinning face of Terry Sage, with Gill barely concealing her giggles next to him.

As much as the coaching, as much as the Korfball, as much as the years of LDKA Committee meetings round Dave Bond's house, the three of us driving Elsie Renew to distraction, it's the sense of humour and friendship that I'll always remember Terry for.

Rest in peace Terry, you will be much missed. My thoughts and condolences to Gill and the family.

I remember when I first started as a junior coach he came over and gave some advice about things to work on with the kids. The advice I cannot remember (sure it was good!), the way he gave it (with such relish for the sport and energy for bringing through the next generation) inspired me then and touch me now.

Terry made the world a better place and will be very much missed. He was a real character and touched so many people in a positive way.

My thoughts are with Gill and those closest to him.

My sincere and immediate thoughts are with Gill, Karen and Maria.

For me Terry Sage was ‘Mr Korfball’ in the eighties and early nineties and many others have already demonstrated how he was a such a great man. He was passionate about the sport and wanted Great Britain to succeed so much he would make any sacrifice.

Terry was a great manager, as a Great Britain player and captain I found him so supportive and encouraging and he did everything to help any player in the squad fulfil their potential. Terry listened to what the players were feeling and would do what he could to make things right. I remember the 1985 World Games squad hitting a low so he took us out of the player’s village and off to an Italian restaurant where he had arranged for us to be the sole customer. He turned it into a soul searching /clear the air session and the results spoke for themselves.

I was proud to be the captain of that 1987 squad that took Bronze, that squad owed him so much. Terry put so much effort into getting us the right facilities, Coach Rudi, training camp, training opposition, kit, food and transport. He even got Steve Jones a MacDonald’s when he found out he had not eaten for two days.

When I was Great Britain Coach and Terry was the manager, we spent many a time planning and plotting our way round the International scene and we got our second Bronze in the 1992 outdoor European championships. His attention to detail and pampering of players and their ego’s was a key factor in ensuring harmony and confidence in that squad.

Terry was also a proud man and stood up for his principles, he was a Korfball purist and wanted Korfball to maintain its identity and not go down the Basketball route; he championed skill, innovation, ability, entertainment and tactical brain. He disliked the physical and cheating side of the game which brought out the passion he had for the game.

Terry was a true legend and champion of Korfball and a great man. I am so sorry he has gone but I will never forget him as he had a great influence on me.

I would suggest that we name one of the trophies after him so that he is enshrined in Korfball history.

Reg Etwaroo
Former GB Player & Coach

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