By Harry Low/John Coughlan Supernova’s first team came tantalisingly close to back-to-back wins as they succumbed to one-goal defeat against Croydon 2 for the second time in 4 weeks. In the early stages both divisions seemed settled and balanced, putting up some well-crafted shots and working hard to stifle the Croydon attack. Ingmar and Sian […]
Match Report: LOSS Supernova 2 (7-9) Croydon 3
By Harry Low Supernova’s second team suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time since November 2014 as they lost by two goals away at Croydon 3. A low-scoring first have yielded just five goals, four of them for the home side, with captain Eiti the only Supernova scorer when she equalised with a runner. Three […]
Match Report: WIN Supernova 4 (17-5) Croydon 4
By Mark Paxton After last week’s defeat against Nomads 5, the fourths congregated at Royal Russell with the knowledge that the teams in the LKA3 chasing pack had closed the gap. Croydon 4 started the day in second place so the match promised to be a tough one, especially considering the opposition had games in […]
Match Report: LOSS Supernova 2 (9-15) Bromley 1
By Harry Low Supernova’s second team suffered their first defeat of the season, losing 15-9 to Bromley 1 at Millwall. Bromley raced into a two goal lead as their talismanic number 30 scored twice. He would go on to score seven in total throughout the match. Pippa M, making her maiden appearance for the second […]
Match Report: LOSS Supernova 4 (4-10) Nomads 5
By Mark Paxton The fourth team came into this game four points clear at the top of the LKA3. The division’s top scorer, Rich, had been called into the thirds, but the team was ready and raring to go! Nomads had a mixture of experienced players and promising youngsters, indicating a tough encounter. Sure enough, Nomads got […]
Match Report: Supernova Squad Vs Brighton University
By Harry Low Supernova sauntered down to Shalcrow’s south coast hometown on surely the shiveriest Saturday of the season so far. We were welcomed with open arms by Brighton, if not by the staff at the sports centre, and after some training, it was down to business. Some may be forgiven for thinking we were there […]
Match Report: WIN Supernova 4 (9-8) Croydon 5
By Pete Lindsay Supernova turned up to Royal Russell on the coldest day so far, hoping to repeat the Thirds victory in their top of the table battle. The teams laid out with Rich, Abbey, Louise and Tom in attack, with Mark, Bobby, Jules and Leanne in defence. Game on! Croydon got off to a […]
Match Report: WIN Supernova 3 (10-7) Highbury 3
By Nicola Gordon SN3 hoped to match the win by SN4 previously on court. Marita started the scoring for SN3 with a great long shot from centre court. Femke had a great running in shot and Pete was on fire with his super-long-range shots, some of which barely even touched the basket! Joe and Hannah […]
Match Report: WIN Supernova 4 (9-3) Highbury 4
By Nicola Gordon Supernova 4 started off as they meant to go on, with Richard Moorhouse scoring what might be the quickest goal in Supernova history with just 11 seconds on the clock. It was a running in shot, which was almost missed even by wife Nicola who was just starting the camera rolling. SN4 […]
Match Report: LOSS Supernova 1 (12-13) Highbury 1
By Harry Low Supernova’s first team came agonisingly close to making it a clean sweep on a thrilling Super Sunday, losing by one goal to joint top-of-the-table Highbury. After watching the fourth, third and second teams dispose of their opponents earlier in the day, the latter in particularly thrilling fashion with a winner in the […]