Oxfordshire Korfball Association

It's been 30 years since the first enthusiasts, Graham Box being one of them, set up a korfball club at Oxford University.  It was one of the first student clubs in England and it was involved in the first ever students korfball match.  Over years the club has produced many korfballers known at national as well as international level as well as coaches and referees.

These days OUKoC are celebrating their anniversary in style - they're organising an indoor tournament.  On Sunday 9 June, they'll be joined by Bearsted, MK Bucks, Southampton Uni and its own Alumni team.  The event starts at 10.15am at Oxford University Sports Complex on Iffley Road - come and watch some good korfball!

To read a bit more about OUKoC history and to see some old pictures, click here.

UPDATE:  The final standings are:
1. Bearsted KC
2. MK Bucks
3. Southampton Spartans Uni
4. Oxford University Korfball Club
5. Oxford University Korfball Club Alumni

The Chris Carter Memorial Cup matches took place yesterday at the White Horse Leisure Centre in Abingdon. The top 8 teams from the group stage played from the quarter finals through to placing matches. Earlier in the day, the other 4 teams competed for the Plate.

The tournament format worked well, and it was good to see teams from the north and south of the OKA playing against each other. There was a minute of silence to remember Chris Carter before both finals, and this was impeccably observed. Thanks to everyone who has helped out with the organisation and refereeing for the event. Hopefully we can do something similar again in future.

Congratulations to Basingstoke Bulls, who completed a League and Cup double. They drew 8-8 again with Southampton Spartans, the same score as in the Group Stage a week earlier, and could only be separated on sudden death penalties. Reading Knights claimed third place after losing to Basingstoke Bulls by just one goal in the semi-final. Didcot Dragons 1 finished as the top Oxfordshire team in 4th. Oxford Uni lost to Reading Knights by a single goal in the Quarter Finals, but came through to finish 5th. In the Plate, Farnborough Jets and Didcot Dragons 2 won the semi-finals, and in the final Farnborough Jets won 16-7 to pick up their first ever trophy.

The final positions are as follows...

Cup
1 Basingstoke Bulls
2 Southampton Spartans
3 Reading Knights
4 Didcot Dragons 1
5 Oxford Uni
6 Abingdon 1
7 Oxford Isis 1
8 Oxford Isis 2

Plate
1 Farnborough Jets
2 Didcot Dragons 2
3 Abingdon 2
4 Oxford City

For full results, see the spreadsheet on the link below:
http://www.oxfordshirekorfball.org.uk/images/docs/oka/results/OKACup2013_Results.xlsx
Browser version:  http://sdrv.ms/10OYK0q

That's the end of the OKA korfing for this season, but don't forget the summer tournaments:
Sat 22 June - Didcot Dragons 10th Anniversary Tournament - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sat 3 August - Oxford Korfball Tournament - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For a full list of tournaments, check the Korfball Forums:
http://www.korfball.com/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=5822&whichpage=3

The April OKA meeting minutes are now available in th admin section or by clicking HERE.

Hi OKA Korfers,

The OKL has now concluded and the final standings are in! Congratulations to the division champions as follows...

Division 1 - Basingstoke Bulls 1
Division 2 North - Didcot Dragons 1
Division 2 South - Southampton Spartans Uni

Didcot Dragons 1 and Southampton Spartans Uni are promoted. It is likely that Division 1 will expand to 8 teams next season.

Full league tables and top scorers are available in the spreadsheet on the link below. The top scorers in each division were Damien Fraysse (Abingdon - 31), Craig Allison (Didcot Dragons - 54) and Alex Bell (Southampton Spartans Uni - 76).
http://www.oxfordshirekorfball.org.uk/images/docs/oka/results/OKLFinalStandingsAndScorers2012-13.xls

The final weekend saw lots of matches, and no position changes in the end. Basingstoke Bulls 1 finished the season with another two wins to maintain their 100% record, and no team managed to get a bonus point against them all season. In Division 2 North, Oxford Uni 2 closed the gap on Oxford Isis 2 with a win over Oxford Isis 3, but Oxford Isis 2 kept their spot with a 9-9 draw against Didcot Dragons 2. Oxford Uni 3 forfeit against Abingdon 2, which handed them second position in the final table.

There was a close finish in the race for second place in Division 2 South, with Woking 3 briefly moving up to second after beating a reduced Reading Knights 2 team by a remarkable 33-8 scoreline. Woking 3 were unable to beat Southampton Spartans Uni, going down by just 2 goals, which meant Southampton Spartans City needed to win against Reading Knights 2 to re-take second. This they did, as Reading Knights 2 forfeit the last match.

Oxford University 1 6 - 10 Basingstoke Bulls 1
Basingstoke Bulls 1 16 - 8 Oxford Isis 1

Oxford University 2 12 - 6 Oxford Isis 3
Didcot Dragons 2 9 - 9 Oxford Isis 2
Oxford Uni 3* 0 - 15 Abingdon 2

Southampton Spartans Uni 14 - 12 Woking 3
Reading Knights 2 8 - 33 Woking 3
Southampton Spartans Uni 14 - 4 Southampton Spartans Spartans
Reading Knights 2 3 - 13 Farnborough Jets 1
Reading Knights 2* 0 - 15 Southampton Spartans City

* - forfeit.

Big thanks to all the club match secretaries who have helped to get the fixtures done before the end of April, and also to Damien for processing the match forms.

Happy korfing!

Gavin.

Hi OKA Korfers,

Basingstoke Bulls 1 have retained their Division 1 title after beating Reading Knights 1 at Everest on Sunday. Abingdon 1 and Reading Knights 1 have now completed their matches and have finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. The other placings in Division 1 are also finalised now, with Oxford Uni 1 in 4th, Oxford Isis 1 in fifth and Oxford City 1 propping them up (Isis have a better head-to-head record).

In Division 2 North, Abingdon 2 move away from the group on 31 points with a win over Oxford Isis 3. In Division 2 South, Farnborough Jets 1 suffered another defeat, this time at the hands of a resurgent Basingstoke Bulls 2 team, who also beat Reading Knights 2, and they move up to 4th place.

Division 1
Basingstoke Bulls 1 14 - 6 Reading Knights 1
Oxford University 1 8 - 17 Abingdon 1

Division 2 North
Abingdon 2 8 - 6 Oxford Isis 3
Oxford Isis 2** 18 - 5 Oxford University 3
Oxford City 2** 4 - 5 Didcot Dragons 2

Division 2 South
Basingstoke Bulls 2 19 - 8 Farnborough Jets 1
Woking 3 14 - 3 **Southampton Spartans Spartans
Basingstoke Bulls 2 8 - 3 Reading Knights 2 ** - Results unconfirmed, match forms awol!

The final weekend of the league features 10 matches, 8 of which involve a Uni team. After the snowpocalypse, there was a real effort to get the league season finished before May, in particular from Reading, Southampton and Woking, who agreed to play a set of fixtures on Sat 27 April. It was a tough weekend for hall availability, so we welcome two new venues - Oasis Academy in Southampton, and Woodford Park Leisure Centre in Reading.
Reading Knights 2 have three matches in one weekend, and a chance to move off the bottom of the Division 2 South table.
Woking 3 can go up to second if they win both of their games, but division winners Southampton Spartans Uni stand in their path, defending the position held by Southampton Spartans City.

At Cheney, Basingstoke Bulls 1 will look to complete the season with a 100% record in their matches against Oxford Uni 1 and Oxford Isis 1. In the race for second place in Division 2 North, Abingdon 2 play Oxford Uni 3 before Oxford Isis 2 face Didcot Dragons 2. Wins for both Abingdon 2 and Oxford Isis 2 would see them finish tied in joint second place on 39 points, as they have equal goal difference in their head-to-head matches.

Happy korfing!
Gavin.

The Oxford, South-West and Wales Regional League has ended and both our teams managed to finish at respectable places.  OKA RL team finished 4th and their MVP of the season was Alex Ford while the best goal scorer was Alex Beavan with 31 goals.  Basingstoke finished 5th and their MVP of the season was Vlad Stolojan while the highest goal scorer was Viktor Bogdanov with 24 goals.  For full table, all results and goal scorers tables click here.

OKA are organising a coaching/training session aimed at players’ physical performance.  It will be run by Will Hayward (Head Coach of Generate Jump Training - www.generatejumptraining.co.uk) and it will be for players of all levels as well as for coaches.  If you can answer any of these questions ‘yes’, this session will benefit you:

-          You want to improve your jump, speed, balance, power, agility and stamina
-          You want to know which exercises are useful for korfball and what benefit they bring you
-          You want to know how to build your core strength allowing you to shoot more accurately
-          You want to know how to help prevent common injuries

Will Hayward has played korfball for Wales, used to coach Cardiff Uni and Welsh Development Squad and currently coaches Cardiff Raptors Korfball Club.  He has worked with para-Olympians, International martial artists, hockey, basketball, football, table tennis and athletics clubs as well as junior international netball teams.  Visit the website (link above) to know more about what he’s doing.

Brief outline
1. Warm up- best ways to warm up your players. Difference between game warm ups and training warm ups.
2. Key mechanics of movement. How to optimize your players performance (esp in defence) through how they move, run and jump.
3. Generate session. I will then run a Generate Jump session (lasts about 45 mins). This will give example of korf specific exercises, the value of plyometrics and performance tracking.
4. Cardio. How to increase your players Cardio.
5. Injury prevention and Core stability.
6. Cool downs.

As you can see, it’ll be very useful for coaches as well as players of all korfball experience.  The session will be practical but those not willing to take part in exercises are welcome too.  There will be a short korfball game as well.

The session is taking place on Saturday 11 May at 12pm till 3pm at St Gregory the Great School, Oxford.  The fee is just £6.  To register your interest, please e-mail Martin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) asap, places are limited.