1977: The first plans for an international youth tournament at Forward are made.

1978: Forward MB1 becomes champion of the Netherlands, but not the first winner of the IKT. That honor goes to the German ladies of Gladbacher HTC. Breda wins among the boys. The tournament is a success. Organizer Clemens de Jong kneels on field 1 afterwards and kisses the grass.

1980: Kent College is the first participant from England. The supervisors are surprised about the closing times of the Dutch pubs.

1983: For the first time we have an artificial grass field. And that’s a good thing because the weather is brutally bad on Saturday. We can only play on artificial grass. It will be a kind of mini-hockey on a quarter field. But at least we can do something.

1985: Hosted a national selection for the first time: the ladies of Belgium U16. At the party on Saturday evening, the players are sent to bed early. That amazes the other partygoers, but it works because they win the tournament.

1986: Perhaps the most spectacular IKT competition ever. In the semi-finals the boys from Kent College will play against Gladbacher HTC. The match goes in all directions. The English win 5 – 4. They have lost their powder because in the final the Oranje Zwart is much too strong with 7 – 0.

1987 – 1989: The years of Spanish rule. The boys from Egara Terrassa win three times in a row with force majeure. A number of these men will face the Dutch national team in the 1996 Olympic final in Atlanta.

The 1990s: Accommodation is still sought with host families for foreign guests. Dutch teams spend the night in the changing rooms of the city sports hall. Between the changing rooms for women and men, a law enforcement service has its hands full with defectors…

2002: The training for federal referees in the South Netherlands district uses the IKT for the first time as a kind of practical weekend. It gives the tournament something extra. The collaboration is experienced so positively that it will be continued.

2005:The organization is in a bit of a rut. A few enthusiasts try to revive things but are thwarted by the weather. It is harsh and angry in the spring. Snow falls in March. So many competition matches are canceled that all days off are filled with make-up matches. For the first time, the tournament is canceled.

2006: A careful restart. But it lives again. The French national U16 team is a standout participant and reaches the final. The French lose to Heeze there. Among the boys, a group of Scots steals the show.

2011 :It should be the last tournament at Forward. It is not possible to get things done, perhaps also because of all the merger issues.

2012: The IKT at HC Tilburg for the first time. Bigger than ever, but of course we now also have much more space. The Kruikencamping in the parking lot is introduced. It gives a kind of holiday feeling.

2017: A team of Polish boys is thoroughly tackled by Jeroen Delmee on Friday afternoon. It doesn’t help much because they almost come last, but they say they have learned a lot. They leave for home with a bus full of goalkeeper equipment.

2019: The last edition of the IKT for the time being. World goalkeeper David Harte is tackled by a player from Warande in a shoot-out competition. The girls from SCHC and the boys from Den Bosch are the last winners for the time being.

2020: Everything is under construction again and then Corona arrives. Everything is locked. No school, no hockey and therefore no tournament.

2021 – 2024: The pandemic is still lingering. Also in the organization of the club. It remains quiet around the IKT. But plans are being made again.

2025: We’re back!