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Castle Korfball Club's Facts & Figures Page (2005/2006)

CASTLE 1 RESULTS & FIXTURES for 2005-2006

CEKL DIVISION 1

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Castle 1 Match Reports (yeah, right): 

30/10/05: Manchester II (9), Castle I (2)
C1 = Jon A, Gill B, Adam G (1), Julia; Nigel (1), Colin [Dave S], Mary, Clair B

10/11/05: Sheffield Hallam Uni I (10), Castle I (3)
C1 = Jon A (1), Anja, Phil, Julia (1); Steve (1), Dave W, Mary, Clair B

13/11/05: Castle I (4), Leeds  I (10), 
C1 = Jon A (2), Anja (2), Phil, Julia; Steve, Dave W, Mary, Clair B

22/11/05: Nottingham IV (11), Castle I (7) 
C1 = Jon A (4?), Anja, Phil (1), Julia; Steve (1), Dave W, Mary (1), Clair B

27/11/05: Castle I (10), Man. Uni (4), 
C1 = Jon A (3), Anja (1), Phil (1), Julia (1); Steve (4), Dave W, Mary, Clair B

4/12/05: Castle I (18), Nottingham III (13), 
C1 = Jon A (7), Phil (1) [Dave W, 40 mins], Rebecca (1), Julia (1); Rob (8), Steve, Mary, Clair B

11/12/05: Sheffield Uni 1 (8) Castle I (7), 
C1 = Jon A (2), Phil, Anja, Julia; Rob (2), Dave W, Mary (3), Jana

29/1/06: Castle I (17), Nottingham 4 (5)
C1 = Jon A (3), Phil, Rebecca (5), Julia; Rob (7), Steve, Mary (2), Anja

5/2/06: Castle I (12), Manchester 2 (6)
C1 = Jon A (4?), Phil, Rebecca (3?), Julia; Rob (4?), Steve, Mary (1), Anja ()

14/2/06: Nottingham III (11) Castle I (8)
Castle 1  journeyed to near neighbours Nottingham 3 for what turned out to be a very enjoyable game. Following a shaky start, Castle's defence played well against 'high' pressure opposition which included man mountain 'Big Al' (well done Rob: the difference in height was meteoric!). Nottingham finished the game with only 7 following an injury to 'Tall' Sue, but Castle were not really able to capitalise. Castle's attack managed to score 8 but it should have been more - the infamous basket pixies returned to get their own back following their recent holiday!  A special well done to nina making her C1 debut who played really well in difficult circumstances
C1 = Jon A (3), Phil, Nina, Julia; Rob (3), Steve (2), Mary, Anja 

19/2/06: Leeds I (8), Castle I (7)
C1 = Jon A, Phil, Anja (2), Julia (1); Rob (2), Dave W (2), Mary, Nina

26/2/06: Castle I (11), Sheffield Hallam (8)
C1 = Jon A, Phil, Rebecca, Julia; Jon H, Steve, Mary, Anja

12/3/06: Castle I (10), Sheffield Uni I (11)
C1 = Jon A, Dave, Rebecca, Julia; Rob, Steve, Mary (3), Anja

19/3/06: Man Uni I (14), Castle I (7)
Yet another away game with yet another defeat, this time to a resurgent Man Uni, who were literally playing for their lives. Following 2 wins in their previous 2 games, one more win for Man uni would take them out of the automatic relegation zone. Castle were expecting something from the students, however not the onslaught which happened in the first 20 minutes of the game. Although Castle did score first thru Jon.  but the next thing catle knew they were 6-1 down. Following some quick exchanges of goals. Castle made it thru to half time only 9-4 down.  In the second half the pace of the game slowed with goals from Phil, Mary and Jon, but Castle were unable to get over the hurdle posed by the first half onslaught. The final whistle brought some cheering from the Students and meant they had almost made the great escape, condeming Nottingham 4 to CEKL2 next season. This was the first time all season Man Uni 1 had not been rock bottom and the win raised them to the dizzy heights of 1 above the bottom.
C1 = Jon A, Phil, Rebecca, Julia; Rob, Steve, Mary, Anja.

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CASTLE 2 RESULTS & FIXTURES for 2005-2006 

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CEKL DIVISION 2 POTTERIES LEAGUE (Pre-Christmas)

CEKL DIVISION 2 WEST (Post-Christmas, provisional)

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Castle 2 Match Reports: 

30/10/05: Castle II (4), Keele I (8)
This game was closer than the score indicates, with Keele I doing the damage in the second half.  However, there were promising signs for the future.  With two players new to the sport and one new to the club, we strung some good moves together and put lots of shots up.  Keele I are a good side, but we hope to run them closer in the return match later in the season.  A special thanks to Adam P for playing up from the thirds for this game. [Adam G]
C2 = Adam G (3), Adam P, Jana, Anja; Nigel (1), Andy, Nina, Katy

6/11/05: Castle II (8), Keele III (9)
This was a close game played in a competitive spirit.  Although Keele 3 led for most of the match, C2 had them on the ropes in a spirited fightback in the last ten minutes, and count themselves unfortunate not to have taken at least a point from the game.  The game opened at a frenetic pace as the teams exchanged goals in the first few minutes of the game, with Janna and Gordon scoring excellent goals.  Matt and Adam added two more as defences started to settle, but we trailed narrowly 5-4 at the break.  Keele scored the next two and just about held onto the lead.  Gordon and Andy (with his first competitive goal) kept the students’ lead pegged back before goals for Anja and Jana set up a dramatic last few minutes.
Thanks to Dave W for referring, Matt for playing up from the thirds, and Adam P, Mary, Phil, and Nigel for support. [Adam G]
C2 = Adam G (1), Andy (1), Jana (2), Katy [Nina, h/t]; Matt (1), Gordon (2), Anja (1), Maz

13/11/05: Stoke II (8) Castle II (8) 
For the second game in a row, Castle II rallied strongly late in the game, but this time it was enough to earn our first point of the season, with a late penalty from Dave Shaw levelling the scores. Although the seconds were behind for much of the game, we deserved at least a draw in return for our best performance of the season so far. The first half started with a brief flurry of goals, with Gordon, Nigel, and Jana scoring for Castle. We struggled a little early in the second half and started to fall behind, but runners from Adam and Jana and a couple of spectacular long shots from Nigel and Andy clawed us level. A competitive but good natured match turned a little fractious in the second half as we closed the gap and eventually levelled the game against some very tough opposition. Although we were behind for most of the game, we had a few good penalty shouts and a goal controversially disallowed, and could have won the game. Special mentions to Nina for some excellent and composed defensive play under pressure, Jana for two excellent running-in shots (four in two games!), Andy, for his second competitive goal, and Dave S for having nerves of steel to level the game. Also very pleasing to see the goals being spread around! [Adam G]
C2 = Adam G (1), Dave S (1), Jana (2), Anja; Maz, Nina, Nigel (2), Gordon (1) [Andy, h/t (1)]

18/11/05: Keele I (4), Castle II (7) 
Castle 2 earned their first win of the season with an excellent performance, building on Sunday's combative draw with Stoke 2. After falling behind early on, Nigel, Andy, Katy and Nina laid siege to the Keele basket for much of the first half. As Keele's defence dropped deep, we peppered the basket  with long shots supported by some dominant collecting that look suspiciously influenced by the previous Wednesday's training. One attack in particular saw the ball collected and recycled four or five times. On the relatively rare occasions that the ball crossed into the other half, Dave, Gordon,Jana and Anja kept Keele quiet. Goals from Nina (first of the season!) and Nigel levelled the score at 2-2 at half time.
We looked the stronger side trading goals to 4-4 at the start of the second half with goals from Anja and Nigel, before goals from Dave S and the obligatory running-in shot from Jana (who's deadly from under the basket!) took us to a 6-4 lead. We kept it tight in defence and patient in attack (perhaps too patient at times), limiting Keele to a few hurried shots while carving out some good chances ourselves - one of which Andy put away to make it three goals in as many games.
In fairness this was a weakened Keele I side fielding a couple of relatively inexperienced players, but that shouldn't detract from an excellent all-round team performance from C2. We created a lot of chances and made it very tough for Keele in attack, with Dave S in particular regularly breaking up Keele's attacks with some timely interceptions and control of the collect. Again, it was very pleasing to see the goals shared right through the team, though Nigel deserves a special mention not only for his two goals, but also for his movement and creativity that kept Keele guessing in defence. [Adam G]
C2 = Nina (1), Katy, Nigel (2), Andy (1); Anja (1), Jana (1), Gordon [Adam G, 50 mins], Dave S (1).

25/11/05: Keele III (1), Castle II (10) 
C2 = Nigel (3), Andy (1), Jana (1), Katy; Jon P (3), Adam, Claire Pigeon (1), Anja (1)

4/12/05: Castle II (3), Stoke II (9) 
C2 = Dave S, Gordon [ Adam, h/t], Jana, Nina; Nigel (3), Andy, Katy, Maz.

5/2/06: Manchester III (4) Castle II (3)
A tough, close game, with Castle II coming back from an early 2 goal deficit with 2 goals from Dave.  2-2 at the break, then 3-2 to Manchester before Steve equalised the score again.  Manchester's fourth was a penalty, and despite a number of good chances we couldn't pull back again.  Special mentions to Claire P and Steve for guesting for us, Dave W for two excellent goals, and Nina for playing on despite a knee injury. [Adam G]
C2 = Maz, Katy, Steve (1), Nigel; Nina, Claire P, Dave (2), Adam

12/2/06: Man Uni 1 (5) Castle II (8)
C2 got off to a good start in this one, following some good team play from Adam G, Dave, Nina and Claire. Things were good at the other end too, until Katy twisted her knee just before half time. Nigel, Mary, and Adam P did a magnificent job on a division of three to make things hard for the students. [Adam G]
C2 = Nina (1), Claire P, Dave (2), Adam G (2); Mary (1), Katy, Adam P, Nigel (2) 

19/2/06: B'ham City 1 (24) Castle II (0)
Pants - a game notable only for my misbehaviour, and some talented opposition [Nigel]
C2 = Claire P, Matt, Nigel; Gill, Maz, Adam G, Adam P.

26/2/06: Stoke Spitfires 1 (22) Castle II (2)
A much better game, but only a slight improvement on the score line. Thanks to Chloe for an excellent second team debut, and to Mary for playing down from the firsts
C2 = Adam G, Dave (2), Nina, Chloe; Adam P, Nigel, Claire P, Mary

5/3/06: Castle II (3), Stoke Spitfires 1 (15) 
A better performance and a (slightly) closer scoreline.   Thanks to Mary and Anja for playing down, and Adam P for playing up.  And thanks to everyone who's played for C2 over the last three weeks - probably our three toughest fixtures of the season in successive weeks.
C2 = Nina, Claire P, Dave (1), Adam G; Mary, Anja, Nigel (2), Adam P

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CASTLE 3 RESULTS & FIXTURES for 2005-2006 

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CEKL DIVISION 2 STAFFS & WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE (Pre-Christmas)

CEKL DIVISION 3 WEST (Post-Christmas)

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Castle 3 Match Reports: 

23/10/05: B'ham City (22), Castle III (1) (Baptism of Fire Part II, by Mike)
City are a young and athletic squad, and quickly established a dominant score line. We defended doggedly but couldn’t stem the tide, and the pressure began to show with some hasty passes and few shots at goal. I’m not sure of the half time score but would guess at around 13-0. At half time we decided that possession was what we lacked, and from the whistle we managed to hold the ball better and even got some chances. Jana scored a beautifully simple running-in shot to massive applause. City’s ability to intercept and to score from long distances still kept us on the back foot, but at least towards the end their goal rate declined. Phew – we limped back to the team bus! Thanks go to Dave W and Jana for making up the eight, and pats on the back all round for resolute resistance against a good team. 
C3 = Mike, Jana (1), Dave W, Gill R, Colin, Chloe, Katy, Adam P?

28/10/05: Keele II (4), Castle III (1)
This match was played in good spirit by both teams. Keele scored first after a concerted attack: a close range shot. Castle rallied and supported well, and this good play produced a well-deserved goal – a long shot from Colin. Castle continued in this vein, but Keele made more chances and scored with some of them. In the final few minutes we were awarded a penalty, but missed. But overall though a very encouraging performance with some good team play. [Mike]

13/11/05: Stoke I (19), Castle III (1)
This was always going to be a tough game and so it proved. Stoke showed an ability to score from all positions and a shower of goals produced a half-time score of 1-11 (to them). This is not to say that we played badly – in fact there were some passages of really good play particularly in the second half. We looked lively and supported well. Matt came close to scoring from long range. Thanks to Jon A and to Jana for making up the team (and to Dave W who came on for Jon at half-time), to Adam G, Julia and Mary for touch-line support, and Nigel for refereeing. [Mike]
C3 = Jana, Chloe, Jon A (1) [Dave W at half-time], Adam P, Claire P, Lyn, Matt, Colin 

20/11/05: Castle III (3), Keele II (7)
We got off to an excellent start with 3 quick goals (Adam, Mike, Katy) and some positive play. They were worried. They came back at us and scored 2 by half-time. From then on not so good, although we still played well, had plenty of possession, and a reasonable number of shots at goal. Melisa and Marijana both came on during the game for their first competitive matches, despite not feeling 100%. Thanks to Katy for helping out in the early stages and to Katy and Dave W for shouting “Party” from the sidelines. [Mike]
C3 = Chloe, Katy (1) [then Marianna, then Melissa], Mike (1), Adam P (1); Claire P, Lyn, Matt, Colin.

27/11/05: Castle III (0), Birmingham City (17)
A scoreline that does little justice to some great defensive play by Castle, particularly in the first half. In fact, this game started with 15 minutes of gridlock, with Castle's defense blocking everything apart from hopeful long-shots. But then  the hopeful long-shots started to turn into real scoring opportunities, and eventually they started to go in... by half time, though, the score was only 5-0, and Castle could justifiably feel proud of their defense. It was time to start attacking a bit more now... the one flaw in this plan was to forget about Birmingham being a very fit and fast squad. Birmingham switched their plan of attack in the second half too, and they had much more success once they'd switched to running in shots (and eventually veering, once our defense ran out of steam). The plan to get more shots in was working OK for Castle though. Mike had several long shots go close, and Gordon, Jana and Melissa did well to get several running in shots in against a very tight and physical B'ham defence (physical in the sense of hand-slapping, rather than bulldozing - B'ham also had very long arms, and were very quick on their feet, leading to a real challenge for our passing skills). All of our team deserve major credit for their performances though. Martin and Melissa did particularly well against their much more experienced opposition; Matt, Mike, Maz and Gordon put in pivotal performances, with some very good ball handling, Jana made loads of opportunities (but we could never get the ball to her early enough to beat the opposition), and Julia and Mary helped cover in defense for one half each. Thanks to Steve for refereeing, Colin for being the un-used sub, and the rest of the clan for touchline support.  [Nigel]
C3 = Melissa, Julia [Mary, h/t ], Gordon, Matt; Jana, Maz, Mike, Martin.

4/12/05: Stoke 1 (21) v Castle 3 (4)
We got off to a good start and had Stoke worried at first, but eventually they started scoring, and by half-time it was about 7-2 to them. Castle played in good spirit and looked like scoring, with Mary and Nigel doing just that from long shots. Stoke have some tall players (both sexes) and were intercepting and counterattacking very well, and we suffered from this, but at the same time they didn’t have it all their own way. Mary, combining well with Adam, got into feeds and Mike got a penalty from a running in shot (and missed!). At the other end Nigel, Matt, Jana and Lyn made some good passes, resulting in a running-in shot and goal for Jana. OK, at the end they pulled away, but it was an enjoyable game and although the winner was not in doubt we put up a good defence with flashes of good attacking play. [Mike]
C3 = Mike, Adam P, Mary (1), Gill, Nigel (2), Matt, Lyn, Jana (1).

31/1/06: Stoke 2 (14) v Castle 3 (5)
C3 = Mike(2), Adam P(1), Katy, Gill, Dave W (1), Martin (1), Lyn, Claire P.

5/2/06: Castle 3 (12?) v Keele 3 (5?)
C3 = Mary, Gill, Nigel, Adam P; Katy, Lyn, Dave W, Jon H. Ref = Rob.

12/2/06: Man Uni 2 (6) v Castle 3 (9)
C3 = Rob (), Adam P (), Katy [Mary, 40mins], Gill, Matt [Dave W, h/t ()], Colin (), Nina (), Claire P (1).

12/3/06: Castle II (3), Manchester IV (5) 
A fun game, with some good performances all-round. Good goals for Colin and Claire, a well taken penalty for Adam P, an ever-so-close-to-going-in shot from Gill, and an excellent first game for Andy (including a disallowed goal, which almost counts in my book). Thanks to Mary, Nigel and Anja for playing down, to Rob for reffing, and to Manchester for making this a really nice gameto play in.
C3 = Claire P(1), Andy, Colin (1), Anja; Mary, Gill, Nigel, Adam P (1).

17/3/06: Keele III (6), Castle III (7)
What an excellent game... Castle 3 matched Keele well throughout a well-tempered game, and came back from 5-2 down to snatch the game 7-6. Some excellent first half play by Jana, Gill and Matt in particular, followed up by loads of second half goals (including one for Colin, even though it was a disallowed one). 
C3 = Adam P, Matt [Nigel, h/t (1)], Mary(2), Claire P(1); Colin, Adam G, Jana(3) and Gill.

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