# 2016–17 England Korfball League

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.

## 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 |
| Trojans Korfball Club | Greater London | Croydon | 1st |
| Bec | Greater London | South Croydon | 2nd |
| Bearsted | Kent | Aylesford | 2nd in promotion/relegation play-offs |
| KV Archived 15 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine | Kent | Aylesford | 1st in promotion/relegation play-offs |
| Nomads | Surrey | Epsom | 4th |
| Kingfishers | Kent | Aylesford | 3rd |
| Tornadoes Archived 28 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine | Kent | Aylesford | 6th |
| Norwich Knights | Norfolk | Norwich | 5th |

## Regular Season Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Play-offs or relegation |
| 1 | Trojans | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 418 | 229 | +189 | 25 | Final Stages |
| 2 | Bec | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 348 | 216 | +132 | 24 | Final Stages |
| 3 | Norwich Knights | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 349 | 254 | +95 | 19 | Final Stages |
| 4 | Kingfishers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 268 | 268 | 0 | 14 | Final Stages |
| 5 | Nomads | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 262 | 287 | −25 | 13 | |
| 6 | Tornadoes | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 298 | 289 | +9 | 13 | |
| 7 | KV | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 217 | 339 | −122 | 4 | |
| 8 | Bearsted | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 157 | 435 | −278 | 0 | promotion / relegation play-off |

## Final Stages

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 May 2017 - | 6 May 2017 - |
| Trojans | 21 |
| Trojans | 21 | 7 May 2017 - | 7 May 2017 - |
| Kingfishers | 14 | 7 May 2017 - | 7 May 2017 - |
| Kingfishers | 14 | Trojans | 30 |
| 6 May 2017 - | 6 May 2017 - | | Trojans | 30 |
| 6 May 2017 - | 6 May 2017 - | Norwich Knights | 17 |
| Bec | 15 | Norwich Knights | 17 |
| Norwich Knights | 17 | | |
| Norwich Knights | 17 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 7 May 2017 - | 7 May 2017 - |
| | | Bec | 15 |
| | | Kingfishers | 8 |
| Rank | Team |
| | Trojans |
| | Norwich Knights |
| | Bec |
| 4 | Kingfishers |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Charlie Vogwill | Norwich Knights | 98 |
| 2 | David Brooks | Trojans | 81 |
| 3 | Sytze Bijker | Nomads | 75 |
| 4= | Owen Bailey | Tornadoes | 73 |
| 4= | Paul Debenham | Norwich Knights | 73 |
| 5 | Sam Brooks | Trojans | 69 |
| 6 | Blake Palfreyman | Bec | 64 |
| 7 | Davesh Patel | Bec | 62 |
| 8 | Andrew Hall | Bec | 51 |
| 9 | Kieron Hicks | Kingfishers | 50 |
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2017.

## 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