Advancing roundnet worldwide.

The vision

2019’s announcement of the first world championships energized the roundnet community. It was an inspiration to band together, get organized, and train in the hopes of representing your country on the world’s stage. With it came exciting possibilities and hopeful wonderings - how far can this sport go?

Roundnet has incredible potential. However, its lack of a unified international organization presents a limit to its growth. That’s where the International Roundnet Federation comes in. The IRF is a non-profit, international governing body for the sport of roundnet. Created in the Olympic Model, the IRF seeks to amplify the impact of roundnet communities across the world by providing the infrastructure for the sport to flourish at an international level. The IRF’s purposes include:

• Establishing uniform rules and setting standards for international competition

• Sanctioning World Championships and other international events

• Promoting the development of national governing bodies

In doing this, we seek to encourage the proliferation of roundnet amongst people of all background and athletic abilities. We strive to maintain the the sportsmanship and spirit that has come to define the roundnet community.

How far can we go? The sky’s the limit.

The board

One of IRF’s goals is to promote and strengthen National Governing Bodies. As such, the IRF will be made up of independent National Governing Bodies representing the diverse interests of international competition.

Current Board Members

Jack Scotti, United States - 1 year term (through 2025)

Jack has been developing the sport of roundnet for over a decade. He worked as VP of Strategy and Sport Development at Spikeball Inc from 2016 to 2023. Before joining the Spikeball team full-time, Jack was involved in the sport as an independent organizer, responsible for the world’s largest and longest running roundnet tournament, Coney Island’s Summer Spike. Jack also served as one of the first regional directors for USA Spikeball and was an original author of the first unified rules of the sport. Prior to working at Spikeball, Jack was COO of a venture backed education technology company, Story2, and as a member of Teach For America taught middle school English in the South Bronx. He lives in New York with his wife, daughter, and son. 

Jose Duque, Colombia - 2 year term (through 2026)

Jose was a co-founder of Roundnet Colombia in 2018. He has been instrumental in the growth of the sport throughout Colombia and actively works to spread that growth throughout South America. He supports roundnet clubs in different cities in Colombia to promote sports among children, youth and adults through strategies that allow them to take advantage of their free time in a recreational and competitive sports environment. He excited to work with the IRF to represent South America and help roundnet reach its full potential. 

Maxi Lauber, Germany - 1 year term (through 2025)

During his time at Roundnet Germany, Maximilian “Maxi” Lauber has shown outstanding commitment and passion for the sport and above all for the development and building of professional structures around Roundnet. In the last year he worked on the development of our national roundnet league as the leader of our responsible department for leagues.

Murray Noble, Australia - 2 year term (through 2026)

Murray Noble has been competing in the sport of roundnet since 2014. In 2018 was the first international player and first player from the pacific northwest to achieve premier status. He returned to Australia in 2019 and since then has featured in every Australian Nationals final, with two championships, and two second place finishes. He has represented Australia at both Worlds, and captained the team at both the 2023 Asian champs and 2024 Worlds.

Murray has experience growing the sport of roundnet, from the college club that he founded  to his current work with Sydney Roundnet. He has taught roundnet in schools, community centres and youth detention centres, and has professional experience running outdoor education camps and mid-scale events. He also has a background in design, writing and media production. 

Sarah Brenker - 2 year term (through 2026)

Sarah has been playing Roundnet since 2021. She coaches kids at SV Lindenau 1848 e.V. and leads a student course while studying sports management at the University of Leipzig.

In 2022, she began volunteering with Roundnet Germany e.V., managing the 2nd Bundesliga and sponsorships. Her aim is to expand Roundnet internationally through the IRF to grow the sport and build supportive structures. She dreams of Roundnet becoming an Olympic discipline, and her focus is on achieving global consistency. This includes accessible tournament listings, establishing league systems worldwide, and promoting National Governing Bodies for unified rules and values.

Past Board Members

Fre Eskens, Belgium (Founding Member, Secretary, 2020 - 2024)

Fre organized and won the first Belgian National Championship in 2018. He was one of the founding members of Roundnet Belgium to represent the sport on a national level and bring together and support people from all over the country. As part of Roundnet Belgium, he’s been able to be a co-founder of the European Spikeball Roundnet Association, organizer of the first EUSRA Grand Slam, and operational leader of the first World Championship. Fre studied software development and works as a software consultant at Axxes, an Antwerp based consultancy firm. Additionally, he does contract work for Spikeball Inc. helping get roundnet into PE programs throughout Europe. In his spare time he plays volleyball on a competitive level. 

Amir Faridz, Taiwan (2022 - 2024)

Amir comes from a background of competitive tennis and shifted his interest to roundnet when he was introduced to the sport in 2018. He is the co-founder of Taiwan Roundnet and one of the founding members of Asia roundnet. Amir also represented Taiwan in the recent world championship in Belgium in 2022.

Raphael Rosales Silveira , Brazil  (2021 - 2022)

Graduated in Computer Engineering and passionate about sports.

He knew and fell in love with Roundnet by chance, but at first he saw the opportunity and applied to become an ambassador in Brazil.  Since the end of 2017 he has been working on structuring and promoting the sport in the country.

Martin Sigren, Chile (Founding Member, 2020 - 2021)

Martin was introduced to the sport in 2013 and began mapping out every park in Chile to find and introduce new payers to roundnet. He has been the main promoter of the sport in Chile and hosted the first South American international tournament which included teams from Peru, Brazil, and Venezuela. He is the director of Roundnet Chile which is the face of the sport in the country. He studied business management at the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and is completing his Masters in Strategic Administration. When not playing roundnet he is a Professional Rugby player and captain of the Chilean National Team. 

Gabriela Mlcochova, Czech Republic (Founding Member, 2020 -2022)

Gabby has been playing roundnet since 2014. From the beginning, she has worked to cultivate a community by creating playing opportunities, organizing tournaments, and conducting training sessions. In 2019, she co-founded Czech Roundnet Association as an official non-profit organization. In that role she connects Czech players, organizes tournaments, runs camps and supports roundnet youth development initiatives in the Czech Republic. Gabby is also one of the original founders of the European Spikeball Roundnet Association, organizing the first ever European tournament series and championships. There, she is a member of the content team and focuses on issues of gender equity. Prior to roundnet, she was a top level Czech rower. She studied General Medicine at Charles University in Prague and is a pediatrician with a neonatology specialization. 

Kayla Lariviere (Founding Member, 2020 - 2022)

Kayla was introduced to roundnet in 2015 at Nipissing University’s Teachers College. She soon became an ambassador of the sport, organizing local pickup sessions. She founded North Bay Roundnet Club in 2016 with her fiance, Ian. Since then they’ve organized annual tournament circuits, linking together a series of events throughout the Ontario area. In 2018, they founded Roundnet Ontario, expanding the audience and reach of their event series. Kayla spends a good amount of time growing the sport through teaching at schools. She works for Primerica Financial Services teaching courses to get certified to market insurance across Canada. Her other passion is baking where her business Elysium Edibles provides custom baked goods online.