# 2017–18 England Korfball League

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

## 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.
| 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 | Final Stages |
| 3 | Tornadoes | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 459 | 329 | +130 | 24 | Final Stages |
| 4 | Norwich Knights | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 464 | 310 | +154 | 25 | Final Stages |
| 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 |

## Final Stages

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