South London Korfball’s first team – Mitcham – kicked off their season with a 16-12 victory over Bec 3, with the girls scoring most of the goals (9).

Bec started strong with Michele Jhugroo scoring the first of her many shots. Maisy Wainwright equalised from distance, but then Bec scored the next 3 to make it 4-1. Sarah Broadberry scored a free pass, and Matt Norman converted his penalty to bring the difference to within 1. Bec scored either side of Maisy’s distance shot to make it 6-4. Tom Greeves stepped up to score under the post and from distance to level the scores. Maisy scored again from distance to put Mitcham in the lead for the first time. Bec equalised, but Mitcham’s Alex Chaffey chipped in with the first of her two goals – a distance shot and one under the post – and Paul Franke scored under the post to open up a three goal lead. Bec got one back, but Mitcham got two more before half time from Alex Chaffey and Matt Norman to leave the scores at 8-12.

There were no changes at half time from Mitcham. Maisy scored the first goal of the second half, but Bec got two goals back. Alex Chaffey scored again from under the post. Bec and Mitcham would score twice more (a runner from Paul Franke and distance shot from Tom Greeves) leaving the scores 12-16.