Saturday 16 October '10
Home v Gloucester
2.15 - 5.15pm, Wonford
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Firsts: 7 - 9
Seconds: 14 - 5
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In a tight, low-scoring game, Exeter
Firsts eventually succumbed a little disappointingly to Gloucester,
with the away team only pulling away in the final minutes of the match,
after Exeter had led for much of the first half. Exeter struggled to
put together fluent attacks and paid the price with Gloucester's
long-shooting more accurate and Stuart Hall's 5 goals for Gloucester
proving particularly decisive.
Exeter Seconds' experience finally
told in spite of a plethora of missed penalties and the goals
eventually came thick and fast with a healthy winning margin gained.
Particularly notable was a debut goal for Hannah Welters and hat-tricks
for Steve Tremlett, Tom Wilkinson and Helen Bissell.
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Sunday
24 October '10
Away v Taunton
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Firsts: 11 - 11
Seconds: 5 - 12
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The
Firsts showed great character to
come back from 3 - 9 down at half time to briefly lead by one goal deep
into the second half, after a cooly taken penalty from Matt had
equalled the scores moments before (see pic left). A nail-biting final
few minutes ensued from which the Firsts emerged with a well deserved
point from the drawn result.
After a close opening, with both
sides level on 2 - 2 after ten minutes, the Seconds inexorably pulled
away from a feisty but inexperienced Taunton side to win by a handsome
margin. It was great to see almost all members of the team making it
onto the score sheet. Steve and Princess seemed particularly pleased...
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Saturday 6 November '10
Home v Bristol City
2.15 - 5.15pm , Wonford
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Firsts: 3 - 15
Seconds: 6 - 8 |
Despite
putting in a coherent performance, two goals from Rob and another by
Helen were only a consolation as the Firsts succumbed to a well
organised and confident Bristol attack. A fine long shot from Lisa
bounced off the korf (pic left).
The Seconds fought well
against a City Second team containing several regular First
team
members to narrowly lose their match. Memorable moments included two
cooly converted penalties from Deb, and a guest appearance
from
Kevin Allen of Bistol before he changed into a sharp pinstripe suit to
coach the Firsts to victory from the sidelines.
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Saturday 27 November '10
Home v Horfield
2.15 - 5.15pm , Wonford
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Firsts:
10 - 13
Seconds: 5 - 8
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Don't really like to talk about it.... |
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Sunday 12 December '10
Away v Bristol Uni
12 - 3pm, Kingsdown Sports Centre
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Firsts:
15 - 9
Seconds: 6 - 8 |
Don't really like to talk about it....
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January '11
Home
v Taunton
3pm
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Firsts:
13 - 14
Seconds: 6 - 5 |
Part
2 of this year's local derby with
Taunton saw two games that quite literally could not have been closer.
Exeter 2 struggled for fluidity but the returning prodigal son Kevin,
and Keith, showed their class with a pair of hat-tricks
which were enough to seal the victory for Exeter.
In a game of
impressive athleticism, quite decent ball skills, passion,
controversy, a yellow card and about a dozen penalties, Exeter 1 put in
their best display of the season but lost out to a well-drilled,
physical Taunton side who probably just deserved to edge it right at
the end with - what else? - a match-clinching penalty. Credit to our
resident international, Ana, both for a well-taken hat trick and
winning a series of penalties towards the end of the 2nd half, all of
which were converted under pressure by Alan Martin, and brought Exeter
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5 February '11
Away
v Horfield
2pm
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Firsts:
5 - 13
Seconds: 7 - 5 |
Only five
months into
the season and Exeter 1 saw their first victory! And a
thoroughly
convincing one too! Despite numerous shots put up by
Horfield,
the Firsts led from the outset and largely dominated the match by
exploiting the Hors' tendency to over-commit - and by keeping cool
heads to the end.
The Seconds got off to a frustrating start
with attacks running out of space and possession being repeatedly lost.
If anything the 4 - 1 scoreline flattered them as Horfield missed no
less than 3 penalty attempts. Things came together later in the second
half but there just wasn't time to mount a full come-back against a
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February '11
Away
v Gloucester
4pm
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Firsts:
11 - 12
Seconds: 4 - 11 |
All
that carbing-up in Carluccio's
earlier in the day paid off for the Exeter Korfball and Fine Dining
Club (as they must now be called) with both teams gaining maximum
points up the M5 on Sunday evening.
Captain Hannah got the
Seconds off to a flying start with 2 goals in quick succession
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and while Gloucester played well, some good creative attacking and
solid work in defence from Exeter saw the visitors take the spoils by a
handsome margin.
The Firsts had a less comfortable game.
After starting brightly, to lead 2 - 5, some outrageous long
shooting from Gloucester seemed to shake Exeter 1's momentum. A well
taken penalty from Rob helped restore confidence but, despite Alan and
Ana scoring 4 a piece, it stayed tight to the finish. Every goal
counted, as Steve's exuberant victory celebrations showed!
Thanks to Nigel for coming out of semi-retirement again to keep
us legal. * |
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26 Feb '11
Home
v Bristol Uni
3pm
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Firsts:
15 - 9
Seconds: 16 - 3 |
The
students played with their normal spirit on Saturday but failed to
threaten at the Wonford.
As
usual this season, Exeter 2 had the more comfortable match with almost
all members of the team sharing in the 16 (yes 16) goals.
The Firsts
were never
behind, but the students drew level at 9 - 9 before some deft
running-in shots put the result beyond doubt in the final 15
minutes of
the match.
The students may have been a bit sleepy
after the night before, but this was still a couple of
excellent
results for the club.
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March '11 - Super Saturday
Away
v Bristol City
City Academy
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Firsts:
15 - 7
Seconds: 5 - 6 |
After
a struggle getting enough male
players out to make legal teams, Connor, JC and Lawrence from
Exeter Uni came heroically to our rescue (and put in some really solid
supporting performances too). Fingers crossed, this means our record of
no forfeited games all season will remain intact. *
The venue
for 'Super Saturday' was Bristol's City Academy, where 3 games
were played all day across 3 adjoining pitches, creating a
vibrant, and seriously warm, atmosphere in the spring sunshine.
The
Firsts showed great spirit (Alan and Lisa particularly scoring
memorably) but unfortunately the game was a hard one to chase for E1 as
Bristol drew inexorably ahead, assisted by a small glut of free passes.
It was a good job the ref didn't speak Portugese, for Ana's sake!
The
Seconds' match was the proverbial game of two halves. Dominating in the
first half, it seemed we could do no wrong as the Bristol attack proved
toothless and flowing open play from E2 reaped dividends. But Bristol
needed points from this match to win the Division! So team
Bristol
was re-equipped with new legs after the break, pushing Exeter sharply
onto the back foot as a tide of noise rose from the City bench in
the last few minutes, while we struggled to keep control of the game.
Bristol were within sniffing distance of the title, but creditably
stubborn defence saw Exeter finish with both points in our tired sweaty
hands.
Overall, a great end to the 2010 - 11 season (heat
exhaustion aside) which saw the Seconds finish 3rd in their league
while the Firsts finished 5th. An enjoyable season was toasted in
the pub
later at the SWKA End of Season bash with a well deserved beer or three. |
Photos
courtesy of Claire and Steve
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