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- Ayishah Chaudry — 2
- Amie Medhurst — 1
- Sam Hart — 1
Extremely top-heavy across top 7 scorers
- Top man
- Isaac O'Hare — 4 (36% of M)
- Top woman
- Chelsie Browne — 4 (40% of F)
Even gender split in attack
- Isaac O'Hare — 1
- Rebekka Price — 1
- Sophie Whitaker — 1
- Chelsie Browne — 1
- Teodor Wator — 1
Very spread attack across top 8 scorers
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| Ayishah Chaudry | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Bethany Bailey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Brown | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Liam Geddes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Flanagan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mallory Head | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Hart | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shannon Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Owen Bailey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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| Chelsie Browne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris West | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Emma Kerrigan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac O'Hare | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebekka Price | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Galvin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Sophie Whitaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Teodor Wator | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
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| Luke Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kingfisher powered past Cambridge Tigers 27-20 at Maidstone Girls Grammar School, a statement win that rockets them into the early promotion picture. On a day when momentum mattered, the home side sustained their intensity far longer than the visitors could match.
The Match
Sunday’s National League meeting always looked like a useful early-season barometer, and Kingfisher treated it that way from the first whistle. Playing at Maidstone Girls Grammar School, the hosts set a high tempo and repeatedly forced Cambridge Tigers into longer possessions, turning pressure into clean looks at the korf and building a cushion that grew with each division swap.
While individual goal tallies weren’t provided, the collective numbers tell the story: 27 korfs is a big National League return, and it reflected Kingfisher’s ability to keep scoring threats alive across the court rather than leaning on a single outlet. Cambridge Tigers stayed competitive in patches, but too often they were chasing the game rather than shaping it.
The 7-korf margin underlined the gap in control as much as in finishing. For Kingfisher, it’s not just a win—it’s a timely correction after their early wobble, and an immediate boost in a season where the table will tighten quickly. For Cambridge Tigers, the 20 scored shows they can trouble teams, but conceding 27 away from home is a defensive marker they’ll want to address fast.
What It Means
- Kingfisher: Move up to 3rd with 2 points from 2 games (form: WL) and are explicitly in the promotion zone; they sit 2 points behind the leaders and have a game in hand on the team above.
- Cambridge Tigers: Drop to 6th on 2 points from 2 games (form: LW), now 0 points off the promotion places but needing a response after their away loss.
- Early-table pressure: With just 7 of 90 league games completed, this result compresses the chasing pack—Kingfisher’s surge makes the top-four battle more crowded behind Bromley.
- Head-to-head edge: In the first meeting between these two this season, Kingfisher take the early advantage (1-0), a detail that could matter later if the mid-table logjam develops.
Head to head record shown as at the time of this match.
Recent matches shown as at the time of this match.
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| 1 | Tornadoes 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Bromley 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Norwich Knights 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Bec 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Trojans 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Kingfisher 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Cambridge Tigers 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Nomads 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | Bristol Thunder 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Birmingham City 1 | 4 | 0 |