Gloucester Lions Korfball Club

County Championships 2008

Congratulations to everyone who made the County Squad for the recent County Championships. I think we can all agree that it was a great weekend and thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Click on the link below to take you to the internet summary from a Gloucestershire point of view on the glosmedia site:

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/County-Korfball/article-247419-detail/article.html

For information, the county squad for 2008 comprised of:

Amy Barnes,
Holly Barnes,
Peter Forsey,
Heather Geddes,
Lois Haddock,
Stuart Hall (Captain),
Phillippa Keen,
Tom Richards,
Ed Willougby,
Laura Willougby,
Rich Willoughby.

On the 31st May 2008, Gloucester Lions held it's inaugural summer tournament in the glorious sunshine at Caincross Rugby Club. Following a day of hard korfballing, (see photo gallery) played by 13 teams from all over the country, the players and supporters were entertained by local sensation MonkeyJam!

For those of you interested, the final standings were:

1st - Cardiff City
2nd - Birmingham University
3rd - Exeter
4th - Bristol City
5th - Abingdon
6th - Bristol University
7th - Gloucester Lions 1
8th - Oxford City
9th - Horfield 1
10th - Oxford Isis
11th - Horfield 2
12th - Gloucester Lions 2
13th - Cardiff University

Please see training page for how to find our home venue.

These are our fixtures -

Saturday 13th October Away vs Bristol Uni  - Cotham School. 1sts 8-15; 2nds 1-1 (10-0 walkover)

Saturday 27th Away vs Horfield - 
Horfield Sports Centre. 1sts 14-18; 2nds 7-5

Saturday 10th November Home vs Exeter -  St Peter's School. 1sts 3-13; 2nds 0-7

Saturday 24th November 1.30pm until 4.30pm - Beginners' Tournament at Horfield Leisure Centre.

Sunday 2nd December Away vs Bristol City - City Academy, St George, Bristol. 1sts 6-8; 2nds 1-10 (10-0 walkover)


Sun 09 Dec Away vs Taunton Blackbrook Pavilions
. 1sts 2-11 2nds 0-0

Saturday 19th January Home vs Horfield. 1sts 3-11 2nds 1-9 

Match Report -
http://www.freewebs.com/gloskorf/vhorfieldh.htm

Saturday 26th January Home vs Bristol City
4.30pm @ St Peter's School 1st 14-11 2nds 6-26 (10-0 walkover)

Match Report -
http://www.freewebs.com/gloskorf/vbristolcityh.htm

Saturday 16th February Away vs Exeter at 2pm at St Luke's School, Exeter 1sts 4-26 2nds 1-13

http://www.freewebs.com/gloskorf/vexetera.htm

Saturday 23rd February Home vs Bristol Uni - 6pm @ St Peters School

http://www.freewebs.com/gloskorf/vbristolunih.htm

Saturday 9th March Home vs Taunton - 4.30pm @ St Peters School


TOP SCORERS

1st Team Leader Board

1) Stu
25
2) Philippa
6
= Lois
6
4) Heather
4
= Laura
4
5) Tom
3
= Sheryl
3
6) Ben
2
= Tony
2
10) Ed
1
=  Holly
1
=  Richard

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2nd Team Leader Board

1) Stu
4
2) Henry
2
= Phil
2
4) Laura
1