{"id":15026,"date":"2016-11-22T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=15026"},"modified":"2016-11-22T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:35:13","slug":"korf-blimey-cardiff-university-team-go-top-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/22\/korf-blimey-cardiff-university-team-go-top-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Korf blimey! 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class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15066\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/shot-2.jpg\" alt=\"shot-2\" width=\"1079\" height=\"785\" \/><\/noscript> Goal attempt, Cardiff University 1 in the red kit.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is one of the few sports in the world played by mixed teams with four men and four women on each side.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">League leaders CU1 had a strong start in the match against the Archers, scoring their first goal at the four-minute mark, followed by another moments later.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15054\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15054 size-medium\" 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\/><\/noscript> Kris Banhan running into position.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Welsh National Korfball League, when a team scores two goals, players swap positions, with defenders becoming attackers and attackers become defenders. After the switch CU1 scored another goal, making the score 3-0.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The game saw a flurry of passes and interceptions and by half-time the difference in teams was clear, with CU1 taking a 12-3 lead.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the start of the second half, both teams struggled to keep possession of the ball, but slowly the Archers began to dominate.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CU1 weren\u2019t going down easily though, with Kris Banhan seeing his shot come agonisingly close to falling in the korf, before dropping out.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul Franke began to pull the strings for CU1, constantly making himself available to receive the ball from his teammates and create scoring chances.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15059\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15059 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Korfball shot\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15059 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Korfball shot\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/featured-image.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Sebastian Sieroslawski shots for the korf.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Archers closed the gap on the scoreboard, but there was too much to do and CU1 won 17-12.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Franke, who was awarded Most Valued Player (MVP) for his performance, said: \u201cWe went through a rough patch, but we ground out the win.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis really is a team game, you can\u2019t just have one player run the ball like in basketball.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15056\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15056 size-medium\" 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korf.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ludwig Ruf from the Archers said: \u201cAt the start of the second half we managed to score two goals, changing our minds, making us feel that maybe we can do this.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019d really like to see more spectators in the future, it adds to the atmosphere and might have pushed us to win.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff University has one of the oldest clubs in the Welsh national league with 67 members across four teams.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Banhan said: \u201cIt\u2019s a game you can pick up quite quickly, just dive right in. We have a lot of people come from netball who want something a bit faster.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s not like other sports where people come in and know that sport already. You all start equal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF University&#8217;s first team took on Cardiff City Archers in their fourth match of this year\u2019s Welsh National Korfball League. Korfball was created in 1902 by a school teacher in the Netherlands and\u00a0is similar to netball or basketball, with teams trying to score goals by getting a ball into a basket, or \u201ckorf\u201d as it is called in Dutch. 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