Cardiff Dragons Korfball Club

As is traditional, the Bristol tournament was played under hot sunshine, and Dragons were optimistic of retaining the title they won last summer (well, a team wearing Dragons tops won last summer, though lots of the players were from City!) with a squad of: Rachel, Helen, Ang, Ruth, hey boyfriend Stu - who plays National League for Bec, Gareth, Chris, Josh and Taff.

The first game was against Cardiff City, who had brought a large squad, primarily consisting of second team players. Games against them are always competitive though, and Dragons had to work for a 3-0 victory.

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The first summer tournament of the year was accompanied by its usual corollary, the unholy early morning departure. The Dragons squad was led by Sian, the only first team regular, plus Julie, Amy, James and Josh from the seconds. We were supplemented by Ruth, making her Dragons debut plus guests: Jack from Cardiff Uni, Stuart from Bristol City, Kevin from Bristol Uni and Hannah from Horfield, We are equal opportunity ringer employers!

As forecast, the weather in Manchester was glorious, with just enough breeze to prevent us from completely overheating. The pitch was OK, though we soon learnt that the grass was too long to effectively use bounce passes. With 24 teams competing, the group games were only 15 minutes long, meaning that tense, low-scoring games were frequent. (more…)