Jean-Luc Moerenhout
President
The federation
The federation
The only tamburello federation in Belgium, affiliated to the International Tambourine Ball Federation.
An alliance born of a European Cup
In December 2025, the Municipality of Evere hosted the first tamburello European Cup ever played in Belgium: nine nations, twenty-four teams, around a hundred participants, in a municipal hall. A two-year-old federation does not obtain a mandate from the International Federation on its own. It needs a municipality that says yes.
Evere said yes first, and for a long time alone. The hall of the sports complex is made available, the first tambourine club in Belgium was born there, the national team trains there, and the children of the municipality play there free of charge.
The remit of the alderman for Sport is titled "Sport" and "Solidarity between peoples". That is the exact definition of what tamburello has become in Evere: a sport where you hear a dozen languages in the same hall on a Sunday morning.
- Alessandro Zappala Mayor
- Jean-Luc Muleo Alderman for Sport, Housing, Employment, Youth and Solidarity between Peoples
That the federation still exists at all, it owes to this municipality and to those who lead it.
Our mission
- Develop the practice of tamburello in Belgium, indoors and outdoors.
- Represent Belgium at the International Federation and in competition.
- Train coaches and referees to international standards.
- Introduce the discipline to schools and to the general public, free of charge and without barriers.
- Build the first Belgian clubs.
Milestones
- The founding deed is signed and the federation joins the FIBaT.
- The first tamburello taster session ever held in Belgium, in Ganshoren, over two days.
- A demonstration during car-free Sunday in Ganshoren.
- A taster session at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
- The national team is formed: the Tamburello Red Devils.
- The Indoor European Cup is hosted in Evere.
- 10th place at the World Championship in Rome.
Who does what
Muriel Meunier
Vice-president
Sarah Jacmain
Secretary general
Ariane Luyindula Mbaninu
Treasurer
Nathy Ahmed
Accounts auditor and coach at Tambourin Evere
Julien Deloof
Coach at Tambourin Evere
Narcisse Amoussou
Director of sport and captain of the national team
John Aoga
Technical director
Thomas Beelen
Coach at Tambourin Evere
Giuseppe Palma
Founder of the project and ambassador of the FIBaT
The federation runs entirely on volunteers: no paid staff, no rented premises.
International affiliation
The FBST is a member of the FIBaT, the International Tambourine Ball Federation, based in Rome. It was on that basis that it hosted the 2025 Indoor European Cup in Belgium and that it enters the national team in the world championships.
Rome (Italy) — Palais H, Largo Lauro De Bosis 15
Official documents
- Official record of the association in the company register
- Tambourine rulebook
- Tamburello Schools Programme
The coordinated articles of association and the Moniteur belge publication are sent on simple request to info@fbst.be.
Supporting the federation
The federation has received no structural funding to date. Everything achieved has been achieved on personal funds and volunteer work. Municipalities, companies, foundations: a partnership, a donation or the loan of a hall changes in concrete terms what we are able to do.