Match Reports 19/10/2019

Thunder 2

Today the seconds started the season in a way that we have not become accustomed to with a win!!!! Final score was thunder 18-11 horfield/hornets (they weren’t playing in black and yellow for anyone wondering). As always we made it slightly stressful for our supporters but the win was never in doubt. Huge well done to everyone who played and thank you to all who supported, coached and shockclocked. A special mention to Heidi Paton on making her return just months after having little Mollie and Alex Lindsay-Perez who was MVP on her thunder debut. Just in case anyone was wondering we are top of the league. The rest of regional league better watch out!

Match Reports 6/10/2019

Thunder 3

Thunder 3 started their post-promotion season with a draw against the well established Taunton 2. After Thunder scored the first goal of 19-20 season Taunton tried to pull away but we repeatedly came from behind to level the scores. The second half saw Taunton increase the pressure but a sensational 5 goals from Stephen Wood kept them in check and sealed a draw in the dying minutes of the game. Huge shout-out to our 4 girls who had to play the full hour maintaining high intensity and great shooting.

MVPs
Stephen and Anthea

Thunder 4

Taunton Soul 3 10 – 16 Bristol Thunder 4

The 4s started off the season with a solid win away at Taunton. Playing the entire match a girl down, the division of 3 did exceptionally well to keep the opposition under control for the duration of the match. We enjoyed a comfortable lead after going 5-1 up early on, and improved throughout.

A promising start with all 7 of us getting on the scoreboard!

Thanks to Phil, Sophie, and Beth for stepping in to fill the team!

MVPs
Paven
Loic

Scorers
Beth 2
Phil 3
Alex 4
Loic 4
Sophie 1
Paven 1
Russ 1

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About Us

Bristol Thunder was founded in 2011 by a group of ex-Bristol University players. From its humble beginnings as the newest club in Bristol, Thunder has fledged into the largest Korfball Club in the South-West and one of the largest outside of London.

To find out more about us check out the video below Be Fit Bristol made about us.

The Club

Our training sessions are run in sports halls right in the centre of Bristol and take place on weekday evenings. For more info on times and locations hit the ‘Training’ link on the menu above.

Thunder now fields five squads and is represented all the way from the top tier of the English National Korfball League down to the second division of the South-West League, with a membership of over 60 people comprising korfballers who’ve been playing for decades all the way through to brand new players.

Why Korfball?

Korfball is a great alternative to basketball and netball and is played by both men and women together. We train and play indoors which makes Korfball a brilliant sport for the the winter months. If you’d like to know more about the sport and how to play check out the ‘What is Korfball?’ tab above.

If you’re interested in coming along then send us an email at thunderkorf@gmail.com – we’re currently operating a standby list for new members due to space restrictions and a recent influx of new korfballers, so we’ll let you know how we’re looking for space when you get in touch! We’d also suggest taking a look at our friends at Bristol City Korfball Club, Bristol Hornets Korfball Club and the University of Bristol Korfball Club – all full of lovely welcoming people ready to show you what Korfball is all about!

AGM

Last night saw the completion of our 2019 AGM and the election of the following members to committee positions:

Secretary: Tim Crutchley


Treasurer: Clare Derrett


Development Officer: Mollie Lynch


Welfare Officer: Dave Paton


Publicity Officer: Anthea Roper


Fixtures Officer: Jake Cooper (with Sam Ward lending a hand post-August)


Selection Officer: Sophie Higgins


Social Secretary: Sam Alexander & Mike Greenland

Head Coach / Coaching Coordinator: Jake Cooper


Non-portfolio committee members: Stephen Wood, Alex Webb, Lizzie Tighe


Chair: Beth Ryan

Match Reports 27/2/19

A mixed bag this week, so we’ll start with a positive one from Anna Howbrook with the 4ths:

On Sunday we had another eventful journey down to Exeter and another win, beating Exeter Uni 11-7.
We started well with 2 goals from Lewis and Pav, both disallowed but still a promising start.
By half time we were leading 5-2 and in the second half we were going just as strong getting to 10-7 when Eleanor took a hard elbow to the temple. She has now made a full recovery but at the time we had to leave her on courtside with an icepack on her face and play the last few minutes down to 7 players. One of the highlights was in the very last second, as the ball was mid-air the ref blew the final whistle and Chester got the 11th goal!

MVPs Ellie and Chester Burbidge

Slightly less upbeat were the 2s with Alex Webb:

Saturday became a day that the seconds would rather forget as they lost 14-19 to Exeter. At times we played well but a few lapses in concentration at key parts cost us. We all wish Chris Rainforth (who got injured after 5 mins) a speedy recovery. Feelings were improved by the thirds thumping Exeter the following day and the encouraging words of coach Jake Cooper. We will come back fighting this weekend, Bristol city better watch out!

The 1s had another hard NL game at the weekend, from which Rebecca Fitch has this to report:

On Sunday the Firsts travelled to play the mighty Bec. With absolute heroes Webby and Kyran Evans-Beale making the journey to sub for us! Thank you so much, we really really appreciate it! Bec started off strong but after the first ten minutes of settling in, our defence was strong too! However we were shocked in attack, Bec’s defence is so zonal and full on that the opportunities that we managed to get were rushed. We managed to score just the one and finish the first half 13-1. We had a bit of a reality check at half time, recognising that we were playing with bad mentality – with a defeatist attitude and not giving the attack our all. So with renewed vigour we went into the second half determined to score more. It turns out we also upped our defence, as the score in the second half was 11-5 – perfectly respectable. Ur due to our poor first half the score was 24-6. Just to note, Ky came on 10 minutes towards the end against an England U21 player and absolutely smashed it! Cheers guys, we’ve got a week off this week and then Kingfisher on the 10th. Bring it on!

And to finish on a GREAT note, Tom Franks with the 3s!!

The 3rds won SWKA 2 this weekend with an awesome 32-5 victory over Exeter! And that’s without mentioning Samuel’s three missed penalties in a row. MVPs were Stephen Wood and Abby Fryett but really everyone should’ve been as I thought we all genuinely played brilliantly. It was the first game I’ve ever played when every single player got on the scoresheet! Even more rare than this was Michael Greenland not celebrating smugly for even one of his six goals! It was also to nice to have Philip in the team being classic Phil. Same as last week, a big thank you to Ben Smith for his great coaching and Beth Ryan for reffing & the celebratory drinks! The next challenge for us is to win our last 3 games and finish the season with a clean sweep of victories!

Club training is back on this eve, see you all there!!

Match Reports 22/2/19

Match reports from the last two weekends!!!

First up, the 4s!

From the week before last, interim Captain Alex Hawkins had this to say:

Bristol Uni 2 9 – 10 Bristol Thunder 4

Thunder 4 continued their winning ways to make it 5 on the trot in a match tinged with significance. Bristol Uni 2, confident after their BUCS success were looking to do the double on us and leapfrog Thunder to take 2nd in the table. To add to the tension, Thunder were playing with just 7 players (Luckily it turns out Sammy is worth 2).

We got off to a good start, but the depleted attack were struggling to find a rhythm at first. Solid-as-always defence kept us just a couple of goals behind until our tactical brilliance came through and even with just 3 players we STILL brought the Thunder.

We were either holding the lead or drawing for much of the game, quickly replying any time Uni levelled the score and in a tense final few minutes we really kept our cool and didn’t give anything away, edging the lead and holding it well.

Some excellent goals and solid performances all round – now we look ahead to next weeks much-anticipated Thunder 3 vs Thunder 4 rematch, will anybody be able to stop the mighty 3s unbeaten season? (don’t ruin our goal difference too much pls)

First and Second in the league – solid work Thunder

MVPs
Rohanna Morris and Alex

Then from last weekend, Captain Anna Howbrook reported:

This weekend we got to play our toughest competition in SWKA 2, our good mates in Thunder 3.
We played well in the first half but despite this we were down 11-0 at half time.
In the second half, the score was much better. Ky scored a great long shot to get us on the score sheet. This was followed by 2 more goals from Ky and a super long shot from Russ. Well done to Tim MurRay who’s first match this was. And to Ky for getting fourths 100th goal of the season. And thanks to Justin for being our last minute coach.
MVPs Kyran and Sammy Moore

Next up, from the 3s – Tom Franks had this to say about their Derby game:

The 3rds had a tough test in a very warm city academy against the 4ths on the weekend but ended up marching on towards the title by winning 17-3(?)! Stephen Wood played particularly well with his 4 goals. Many thanks to Beth Ryan for reffing and Ben Smith for coaching, and it was nice for everyone to be there to say goodbye to @Justin Dean! If we win our next game against Exeter city then we have definitely won the title!

Then from the 1s – Rebecca Fitch, el Capitan on Sunday’s game:

The first team travelled to Epsom to play Nomads, who we’d previously only lost to 21-20. The match started and Nomads sunk the first two goals. Thunder then kicked in and got our first goal, meaning that we were officially in the game but having to chase. Nomads were about 6 ahead, when Thunder absolutely stormed it, and with about 10 minutes before the end of the first half, we were only 2 down. But with a lapse in focus, Nomads managed to finish the first half 15-9. We were still very much in this game, if we came out stronger in the second half and didn’t let them run away with it. We put in maximum effort, but our shots weren’t always dropping (apart from @Lizzie’s) and Nomads we’re getting some very clever goals. With a couple of defended calls from the ref (unfair) and some very tough front defence to tackle, Nomads started edging away throughout the second half. Shout out to super subs Sarah Paine and Adam Mason, great performances when you came on!! Nomads won 28-16 in the end, lots to work on for the rest of the season 🌩

And finally, from the terrific 2’s captain Webby!

On this Saturday’s game against Farnborough:

The seconds winning run sadly came to an end on Saturdays as we lost 17-29??? to farnborough. At times we were able to go toe to toe with them and forced them into an early change to try to get the better of us and call a timeout at 4-4. Unfortunately a combination of their super sub and some amazing shooting they started to pull away. Massive thank you to shotclocker Chester Burbidge, scoreboarder Matthew Paterson and coach jake. A huge well done to all those who stepped up and made their 2018-2019 second team debut Philip ManavopoulosMichael GreenlandSophie Higgins and Clare Wtsn. Next up is a must win match against Exeter!

Lets go smash this weekend’s games guys!!!