Archives for the ‘Lead Story’ Category

New Squad Coach Announcement

By bigal • Sep 7th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

Nottingham KC are pleased to announce the appointment of England International Natasha Dawson as their new 1st team coach. Natasha will work alongside Richard Buttinger: the pair will be responsible for leading Nottingham 1 through the HSKL season as well as the EKA Cup and, excitingly, the Europa Shield. They will also work [...]



Nottingham Korfball Club Vacancy – 1st team coach

By samos • Aug 1st, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

In the 2009-10 season Andy Dowding and Richard Buttinger took over the reins to coach Nottingham’s 1st team to an unprecedented 2nd place finish in the HSKL, the highest league in the country.
We are disappointed to announce that Andy has since made the decision not to continue coaching the team this season due to family [...]



Good-Knight Mitcham & Croydon

By bigal • Dec 24th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, National League

The Nottingham 1 & 2 were drawn away in this round of the EKA Cup and matched up against teams from London, looking to qualify for the quarter finals. Despite travel delays, Nottingham 2 arrived to challenge Croydon 2; the only competing second teams in this round matched up against each other. After a slow [...]



Notts snatch 2nd place from Kingfishers

By bigal • Dec 17th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, National League

Kingfisher made a change back to their full line up as they took on Nottingham in Kent, in a battle for second place. Amy Turner was back in the squad after resting at Knights the week before and made an immediate impact as she slotted from 6 metres to open the scoring against England Senior [...]



Notts defensive pressure wins the game

By bigal • Dec 13th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, National League

Nottingham’s home record has not been favourable this season as they looked to entertain Kent side Kwiek in week 6. They started quicker than the visitors as they eeked out an early lead through leading goal scorer Charlie Vogwill and new starter Cris Lanting.
Kwiek kept pace though and made life as difficult as they could [...]



Nottingham 2 Silence Leeds

By samos • Nov 30th, 2009 • Category: Central England, Lead Story

On Saturday Nottingham’s undefeated 2nd team travelled to Leeds for a top-of-the-table clash, with both teams equal on points coming into the game. Leeds had the superior goal difference having a resounding 15 goal win over Birmingham under their belts, whilst the 2nds had beaten the same team by only 5 goals.

The 2nds knew [...]



Firsts snatch 2 points away from Mitcham!

By bigal • Nov 28th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, National League

Dean Woods opened the scoring with a dinky drop off, capitalizing on some lack lustre Nottingham defence. Mitcham were off to a fast start and quickly went 2 ahead from a Ross Bower free pass.
Nottingham soon rallied and Al Knight stormed past his defended to win a penalty, which Charlie Vogwill majestically converted. Tasha Dawson [...]



22nd November - Preview

By samos • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, National League

This Sunday, 22nd November, the 1st team travel away to Mitcham and the 2nd team make the journey across the A50 to Castle.
Nottingham’s 1st team have enjoyed a mixed start to the season.  An emphatic 21-10 win in their first game over last season’s new boys Norwich Knights sent out a clear [...]



Nick Wilkins captains Wales to European glory

By bigal • Nov 13th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, National League

Wales, captained by 1st team player Nick Wilkins, were crowned Champions at the EuroBowl West 2009.
Wales, Scotland and Ireland travelled out to the EuroBowl (West) competition in Luxembourg, knowing that a top 3 finish would guarantee them a place at the European Championships 2010, a huge incentive for all the teams.
The tournament started with a [...]



2nd team through to next round

By bigal • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Category: Central England, Lead Story

After having dispatched Bristol City 10-5 in the opening game of the 1st round of the EKA Cup, Notts 2 set-up a winner takes all tie against Croydon, who played in the National Premier League last season. A fiery encounter in the 1st half saw the ref struggle to control passionate players on both sides [...]