2017–18 England Korfball League

The 2017–18 England Korfball League season is played with 10 teams. Trojans KC are the defending korfball champions.

England Korfball League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Trojans (11th Title)
Goals scored	3,720
Top goalscorer	David Brooks (118 Goals)
Biggest home win	Tornadoes 49-14 Bearsted (11 January 2018)
Biggest away win	Bearsted 19-43 Trojans (19 November 2017)
Highest scoring	Tornadoes 49-14 Bearsted (11 January 2018)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Teams

The league will be played with 10 teams. The teams that have finished from 1st to 7th place as of 9 April 2017 in the 2016–17 season qualified for the 2017/18 season. The remaining three places were filled by Cambridge Tigers, Birmingham City and Bearsted who finished in the top three of the Promotion play-offs.

Norwich Knights

KV
Kingfisher
Tornadoes
Bearsted

Birmingham City

Cambridge Tigers

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Location of teams outside London:2016-17 England Korfball League

Trojans

Bec

Nomads

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Locations of teams in London:2016-17 England Korfball League

Club	Province	Location	Position in 2016-17
Trojans Korfball Club	Greater London	Croydon	1st
Bec	Greater London	South Croydon	3rd
KV Archived 2019-04-15 at the Wayback Machine	Kent	Aylesford	7th
Nomads	Surrey	Epsom	5th
Kingfishers	Kent	Aylesford	4th
Tornadoes Archived 2016-11-28 at the Wayback Machine	Kent	Aylesford	6th
Norwich Knights	Norfolk	Norwich	2nd
Cambridge Tigers	Cambridgeshire	Cambridge	1st in promotion/relegation play-offs
Birmingham City	West Midlands	Birmingham	2nd promotion/relegation play-offs
Bearsted	Kent	Aylesford	3rd in promotion/relegation play-offs

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Play-offs or relegation
1	Trojans	18	17	0	1	544	312	+232	34	Final Stages
2	Bec	18	17	0	1	489	283	+206	34
3	Tornadoes	18	12	0	6	459	329	+130	24
4	Norwich Knights	18	12	1	5	464	310	+154	25
5	Kingfishers	18	9	0	9	430	355	+75	18
6	KV	18	5	3	10	278	370	−92	13
7	Nomads	18	6	0	12	330	371	−41	12
8	Birmingham City	18	3	2	13	230	406	−176	8
9	Cambridge Tigers	18	3	2	13	247	447	−200	8
10	Bearsted	18	2	0	16	249	537	−288	4	Relegation

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: England Korfball

Results

Game-week one

Tornadoes v Birmingham City

15 October 2017	Tornadoes	20-6	Birmingham City	Ayelsford Sports College
12:30		Report

Cambridge Tigers v Trojans

15 October 2017	Cambridge Tigers	17-33	Trojans	The Perse School
14:15		Report

Bearsted v Cambridge Tigers

22 October 2017	Bearsted	14-19	Cambridge Tigers	New Line Learning Academy
		Report

Norwich Knights v KV

22 October 2017	Norwich Knights	22-14	KV	UEA
		Report

Kingfishers v Nomads

22 October 2017	Kingfishers	30-24	Nomads	Aylesford Sports College
		Report

Trojans v Bec

22 October 2017	Trojans	22-24	Bec	Trinity
		Report

Game-week two

Bearsted v Kingfishers

29 October 2017	Bearsted	17-35	Kingfishers	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

KV v Birmingham City

29 October 2017	KV	13-13	Birmingham City	Kings Sports Centre
		Report

Trojans v Norwich Knights

29 October 2017	Trojans	25-17	Norwich Knights	Trinity
		Report

Cambridge Tigers v Bec

29 October 2017	Cambridge Tigers	8-36	Bec	The Perse School
		Report

Game-week three

Kingfishers v KV

12 November 2017	Kingfishers	28-17	KV	New Line Learning Academy
		Report

Nomads v Cambridge Tigers

12 November 2017	Nomads	18-11	Cambridge Tigers	Epsom College
		Report

Trojans v Tornadoes

12 November 2017	Trojans	24-22	Tornadoes	Trinity
		Report

Bearsted v Birmingham City

12 November 2017	Bearsted	15-18	Birmingham City	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

Game-week four

Birmingham City v Nomads

18 November 2017	Birmingham City	13-12	Nomads	Woodcock Sports Centre
		Report

Bearsted v Trojans

19 November 2017	Bearsted	19-43	Trojans	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

Tornadoes v Norwich Knights

19 November 2017	Tornadoes	22-18	Norwich Knights	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

Bec v KV

19 November 2017	Bec	25-6	KV	Whitgift School
		Report

Kingfishers v Cambridge Tigers

19 November 2017	Kingfishers	29-9	Cambridge Tigers	Ayelsford sports College
		Report

Game-week five

Bearsted v KV

26 November 2017	Bearsted	18-16	KV	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

Bec v Tornadoes

26 November 2017	Bec	22-19	Tornadoes	Whitgift School
		Report

Nomads v Norwich Knights

26 November 2017	Nomads	15-18	Norwich Knights	Epsom College
		Report

Birmingham City v Kingfishers

26 November 2017	Birmingham City	17-23	Kingfishers	Woodcock Sports Centre
		Report

Game-week six

Tornadoes v KV

10 December 2017	Tornadoes	34-18	KV	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

Kingfishers v Bec

10 December 2017	Kingfishers	17-21	Bec	Ayelsford sports College
		Report

Birmingham City v Cambridge Tigers

10 December 2017

Birmingham City

-

Cambridge Tigers

Woodcock Sports Centre

Bearsted v Norwich Knights

10 December 2017

Bearsted

-

Norwich Knights

Ayelsford Sports College

Nomads v Trojans

10 December 2017	Nomads	17-31	Trojans	Epsom College
		Report

Game-week seven

Kingfishers v Tornadoes

17 December 2017	Kingfishers	20-22	Tornadoes	New Line Learning Academy
		Report

Birmingham City v Trojans

17 December 2017	Birmingham City	16-33	Trojans	Woodcock Sports Centre
		Report

Bearsted v Bec

17 December 2017	Bearsted	20-41	Bec	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

Cambridge Tigers v Norwich Knights

17 December 2017	Cambridge Tigers	8-35	Norwich Knights	The Perse School
		Report

KV v Nomads

17 December 2017	KV	22-19	Nomads	Kings Sports Centre
		Report

Game-week eight

KV v Cambridge Tigers

7 January 2018	KV	22-22	Cambridge Tigers	Kings Sports Centre
		Report

Birmingham City v Norwich Knights

7 January 2018	Birmingham City	9-29	Norwich Knights	Woodcock Sports Centre
		Report

Tornadoes v Bearsted

7 January 2018	Tornadoes	49-14	Bearsted	New Line Learning Academy
		Report

Nomads v Bec

7 January 2018	Nomads	14-19	Bec	Epsom College
		Report

Kingfishers v Trojans

7 January 2018	Kingfishers	23-30	Trojans	New Line Learning Academy
		Report

Game-week nine

Bec v Norwich Knights

13 January 2018	Bec	32-24	Norwich Knights	Trinity School Sports Centre
		Report

Nomads v Bearsted

14 January 2018	Nomads	20-16	Bearsted	Epsom College
		Report

Norwich Knights v Kingfishers

14 January 2018	Norwich Knights	23-11	Kingfishers	UEA
		Report

Bec v Birmingham City

14 January 2018	Bec	31-10	Birmingham City	Royal Russell
		Report

Cambridge Tigers v Tornadoes

14 January 2018	Cambridge Tigers	18-27	Tornadoes	The Perse School
		Report

Game-week ten

KV v Kingfishers

28 January 2018	KV	21-11	Kingfishers	Kings Sports Centre
		Report

Birmingham City v Bearsted

28 January 2018	Birmingham City	16-9	Bearsted	Woodcock Sports Centre
		Report

Cambridge Tigers v Nomads

28 January 2018	Cambridge Tigers	16-18	Nomads	The Perse School
		Report

Tornadoes v Trojans

28 January 2018	Tornadoes	21-27	Trojans	New Line Learning Academy
		Report

Game-week eleven

Trojans v Bearsted

4 February 2018	Trojans	35-14	Bearsted	Trinity
		Report

KV v Bec

4 February 2018	KV	7-29	Bec	Kings Sports Centre
		Report

Cambridge Tigers v Kingfishers

4 February 2018	Cambridge Tigers	11-28	Kingfishers	The Perse School
		Report

Nomads v Birmingham City

4 February 2018	Nomads	24-13	Birmingham City	Epsom College
		Report

Birmingham City v KV

11 February 2018	Birmingham City	11-19	KV	Woodcock Sports Centre
		Report

Tornadoes v Nomads

11 February 2017	Tornadoes	21-19	Nomads	Ayelsford Sports College
		Report

Game-week twelve

Norwich Knights v Tornadoes

17 February 2018	Norwich Knights	22-19	Tornadoes	UEA
		Report

Bearsted v Tornadoes

18 February 2018	Bearsted	11-38	Tornadoes	New Line Learning Academy
		Report

Bec v Nomads

18 February 2018	Bec	26-10	Nomads	Whitgift
		Report

Trojans v Kingfishers

18 February 2018	Trojans	22-19	Kingfishers	Trinity
		Report

Norwich Knights v Birmingham City

18 February 2018	Norwich Knights	24-11	Birmingham City	UEA
		Report

Cambridge Tigers v KV

18 February 2018

Cambridge Tigers

7-21

KV

The Perse School

Final Stages

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 May 2017 -
	Trojans	29
					7 May 2017 -
	[Tornadoes]	24
					Trojans	23
	6 May 2017 -
					Bec	22
	Bec	22
	Norwich Knights	18
					Third place
					7 May 2017 -
					[Tornadoes]	33
					Norwich Knights	29

Rank	Team
	Trojans
	Bec
	Tornadoes
4	Norwich Knights

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Brooks	Trojans	118
2	Tony Woodvine	Trojans	102
3	Charlie Vogwill	Norwich Knights	94
4	Blake Palfreyman	Bec	91
4	Paul Debenham	Norwich Knights	89
5	Jonathan Nickerson	Trojans	83
6=	Stan Dunn	Norwich Knights	77
6=	Davesh Patel	Bec	77
7	Ollie Bell	Nomads	72
8=	Jacob Dawes	Tornadoes	68
8=	Owen Bailey	Tornadoes	67

Squads

The players listed are those who have appeared at least twice for their club in a league game.

Bearsted

David Wiseman John Haggart James Norman Karl Sieber Alexander Sieber Tom Sandow Christopher Beale

Alicia Nolan Emma Sackett Amy Sheraton-Baker Sophie Parker Jessica Long Zara Wheaton

• Head coach: Alexander Sieber

Bec

Blake Palfreyman Davesh Patel Joe Bedford Kieron Hicks Andrew Hall Ben King Billy Ashby

Amy Swain Heather Ikwuemesi Jo-Anne Wilson Anna Rocha Kenzie Baldock Helen West Hoyei Knauss Sara Rocha Jessica Bennett Chloe Swain

• Head Coach: John Denton

Birmingham City

Andy Davies Marcus Tighe Alex Seabright Rick Scowcroft Merrick Lloyd Stewart Mcconvery

Jessica Davies Laura Morris Vanessa Gifford Bethany Jones Caroline Waide Bethan Phillips

• Head Coach: Andy Davies

Cambridge Tigers

Joshua Dawes Chris West Rory Haughan Oscar Edwards Thomas Northfield Ross Thomson

Francisca Wollerton Jenny Adamson Olivia Harcourt Lucy Northfield Daisy Llewellyn Keira Washtell

• Head Coach: Chris West

Kingfishers

Ryan Medhurst Liam Kirby George Fitzgerald Liam Geddes Tom Woolmer Chris Martin

Shannon Jones Saskia Carr-Taylor Mallory Gore Rebecca Clements Lauren Hall Rachel Turner

• Head Coach: Johan Oosterling

KV

James Summers Flynn Picot Will Alderton Robert Summers Robert Williams Luke Flanagan Dan Howard

Tamara Siemienuk Kirsty Aldridge Annie Boyd Ellie Summers Alice Arnold Emma Denton

• Head Coach: Rob Parker

Nomads

Ollie Bell Dinos Tritsarolis Alex Bell Alex Smith Sam Lee Simon Cole Anthony Taylor George Rourke

Abby Golding Tamika Zilm Helen Davies Vicki Gee Amy Smith Rebekah Humphries

• Head Coach: Terry Forde

Norwich Knights

Paul Debenham Charlie Vogwill Stan Dunn Josh Rowe Luke Coyte-Mckenzie

Claire Dique Lizzie Mccloud Heather Stokes Adele Mitchell Anna Woodall Joanna Cook

• Head Coach: Joe Stirling

Tornadoes

Owen Bailey Daniel Brown Shane Buckland Zach Catterall Jacob Dawes

Eleanor Parker Elise Sparks Ashley Warner Alexandra Falcsik Ayishah Chaudry Alex Richardson

• Head Coach: Dave Buckland

Trojans

David Brooks Tony Woodvine Jonathan Nickerson Sam Brooks Toby Clarke Matthew Brooks

Neala Brennan Amy Turner Hannah Goodridge Lia Matthews Kathryn Brooks Laura Pacey Emily Brooks

• Head Coach: Gary Brooks