2016–17 England Korfball League Explained

Competition:	England Korfball League
Season:	2016–17
Winners:	Trojans (10th title)
Biggest Home Win:	Trojans 46-6 Bearsted (8 January 2017)
Biggest Away Win:	Bearsted 4-37 Norwich Knights (20 November 2016)
Highest Scoring:	Bec 24-31 Trojans (11 December 2016)
Matches:	56
Total Goals:	2309
Longest Unbeaten:	11 games Trojans
Longest Winless:	14 games Bearsted
League Topscorer:	Charlie Vogwill (98 goals)
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
Updated:	9 April 2017

The 2016–17 England Korfball League season is played with 8 teams. Trojans KC are the defending champions. As there will be an extension of the league from 8 to 10 teams for the 2017–18 season, the last placed team will not be automatically relegated, instead they will go into the Promotion play-offs to fight for another season in the league.^[1]

Teams

A total of 8 teams will be taking part in the league: The best six teams from the 2015–16 season and the number 1 and 2 of the 2015-16 promotion/relegation play-offs.

Club	Province	Location	Position in 2015-16
			1st
			2nd
Bearsted			2nd in promotion/relegation play-offs
KV			1st in promotion/relegation play-offs
Nomads			4th
Kingfishers			3rd
Tornadoes			6th
Norwich Knights			5th

Regular Season Table

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Results

Game-week fourteen

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Final Stages

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team
	bgcolor=Gold align=left	Trojans
	bgcolor=silver align=left	Norwich Knights
	bgcolor=white align=left	Bec
4	bgcolor=white align=left	Kingfishers

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Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Charlie Vogwill		98
2	David Brooks		81
3	Sytze Bijker		75
4=	Owen Bailey		73
4=	Paul Debenham		73
5	Sam Brooks		69
6	Blake Palfreyman		64
7	Davesh Patel		62
8	Andrew Hall		51
9	Kieron Hicks		50

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2017.

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Squads

The players listed are ones that have appeared at least once for the club this season in a league game.

Trojans

David Brooks Sam Brooks Tony Woodvine Matt Brooks Andrew Bovey Jonathan Nickerson Clinton Bryan

Amy Turner Stephanie Allen Kathryn Goodridge Neala Brennan Aimee Evans Lia Matthews Hannah Goodridge Laura Pacey

Head Coach: Gary Brooks

Bec

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

Hoyei Chow Caitlin Fitzgerald Sara Roberts Ana Rocha Helen West Jess Bennett Rennan Ayres Fonseca Amy Swain Bethany Penhaligon

• Head coach: Dave Buckland

Bearsted

Chris Martin Will Alderton Zach Catterall Karl Sieber David Wiseman Rob Haggart Chris Beale Tom Sandow John Haggart Owen Mansfield

Sarah Munro Emma Sackett Ayishah Chaudry Holly Sackett Emma Hind Emma Stanley Alicia Nolan Rebecca Thornberg

• Head coach: Alexander Sieber

Kingfishers

Kieron Hicks John Denton Tom Woolmer Ryan Medhurst Luke Francis Liam Geddes Adam Hall Liam Kirby Ross Carr-Taylor

Saskia Carr-Taylor Lauren Hall Shannon Jones Mallory Gore Kenzie Baldock Rebecca Stone Ruth Austin Rachel Turner

• Head coach: Ross Carr-Taylor

Tornadoes

Owen Bailey Dan Brown Shane Buckland Jacob Dawes Josh Mclellan Jamie Buck

Eleanor Parker Elise Sparks Ashley Warner Bethany Mclellan Alix Richardson Corinne Buckland Alexandra Derham

• Head coach: Corinne Buckland

Nomads

Sytze Bijker Dinos Tritsarolis Ean Irwin Alex Bell Nikesh Patel Alex Smith Ben Rivers Simon Cole Olly Bell

Emma Cole Heather Ikwuemesi Amy Smith Sam Rowbottom Tamika Zilm Emma Thornberg Hannah Lorrimer Anna Osbourne Abby Golding Carina Lamelas

Head Coach: Peter Teague

Norwich Knights

Charlie Vogwill Stan Dunn Paul Debenham Josh Rowe James Seymour Luke McKenzie Frank Dunn

Claire Dique Lizzie McCloud Heather Stokes Anna Woodall Joanna Cook Emily Cocker Rachel Burt Adele Mitchell

• Head coach: Joe Stirling

KV

Rob Williams Dan Howard Luke Flanagan Flynn Picot James Summers Thomas Holder Robert Summers

Alice Arnold Annie Boyd Kirsty Aldridge Jo Hickey Ellie Summers Dot Mcadam Trudy Parker Sam Medcraft

• Head coach: Rob Williams

Notes and References

1. Web site: England Korfball National League. Fixtures Live. 25 November 2016.
2. Web site: FixturesLive.
3. Web site: Premier Playoffs – England Korfball.
4. Web site: Davesh Patel: You can't buy experience – England Korfball.
5. Web site: LFF Grand finals line-up completed – England Korfball.
6. Web site: FixturesLive.