Despite a horribly early start (for a Saturday) eight Cardiff City players made their way to Bristol for the annual Bristol City Korfball Tournament. The spotlight was on us, Cardiff City having won the tournament twice already in its short eight year history. Despite numerous complaints that the sun wasn’t as scorching as ordered (it was only 9:30 in the morning) we warmed up for our first match of the day…
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The Cardiff Summer Tournament is taking place on the 22nd August. Please see click on our Tournament page for more details.
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Cyclones players decided to enter the Croydon tournament to get some game-time as a team. The first worry of all outdoor tournaments is the weather and today was no exception. Rain was forcast but nothing fell from the sky, in fact if was perfect korfball weather. Second worry is getting a team together. With the help of Steve and Kim Jones, Cyclones not only had 8 great players but also two coaches to help us out.
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Cardiff City’s win in the Regional Champion’s League (Wales, South West & Oxfordshire) secured their place in Norwich on the 9th & 10th May to play in the Champion’s Trophy. The winners of the Champion’s Trophy would be promoted to the English Premier League. This two-day event was jam-packed with korfball action, including matches for the English Premier League Play-offs (ie relegation matches) and the korfBALL on Saturday evening.
CCKC was placed in a very tough pool comprising of Norwich Knights, Manchester Warriors and Tornadoes. The first match of the weekend was versus Norwich. Matches were played on full size pitches which CCKC were not used to. Combined with Knights’ shooting accuracy, this proved too much for CCKC and ended in a loss.
The second match versus Manchester was a much closer battle, but unfortunately CCKC could not keep their match momentum going and let a potential victory slip from their grasp.
The third and last match of the day was against the Welsh coach’s team; Tornadoes. It had been a long day but all of City’s players were extremely keen to show the Welsh coach what they were made of. Defence was tight as always, but small slip-ups allowed Tornadoes some easy opportunities which they converted. Slowly but surely the goal difference increased but CCKC fought hard until the final whistle. CCKC ended 4th of their pool.
Matches over for the day, it was time to do our hair, put our bow ties on, slip on our dressed, drink Moët champagne and generally smarten up for the evening’s korfBALL. The food (prepared by Delia Smith’s catering team) was delicious, the drinks were flowing and the dance moves were hilarious. Lady Luck was with Kat at the roulette table (fake money though) and was £100 up when she decided she had enough of pretend gambling and needed a top-up on her drink. So logically she put all her money on #26… which came up. Doh!
First match of day 2 of the Champions Trophy was against Birmingham who ended 3rd in their pool. The best way to start the day is with a win, which is exactly what CCKC did. Next match was a re-match against Manchester, this time for 5/6th position. Although the stakes were much higher and CCKC’s performance much better, it was still not quite enough to overcome the Warriors. CCKC ended the tournament a creditable 6th overall in the standings (out of 8 teams).
Players that weekend were: Ramzi Barbir (captain), Susan Belfourd, Rob Davies, Aidan Dickson, Elaine Dunlop, Zoe Gabica, Chris Gubby, Max Lloyd, Julie Prosser & Kat Trelawny.
The first outdoor tournament of the year saw a CCKC team travel to Gloucester in glorious sunshine. The first task was to erect the gazebo which provided us with much needed shade for the rest of the day.
Our first group match was against Gloucester Cubs which resulted in a confident 5-0 win to start the day. It was good to see such a controlled game and some well worked shots for the City team. Next up were Woking, which turned out to be a low scoring and tight match, with Woking eventually winning 2-0. Our final group match was against Exeter. Again goals were hard to come by despite many shots going up and it was drawn 1-1. This left City third in their group and so into the crossover matches for 9-16th places.
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