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- Top man
- Peter Curtis — 10 (29% of M)
- Top woman
- Alison Timman — 7 (27% of F)
Men lead scoring (56% vs 43%)
- Alison Timman — 2
- Peter Curtis — 2
- Claire Giles — 1
Balanced attack — top 4 score 56%, bottom 6 score 44%
- Top man
- Matthew Magowan — 10 (26% of M)
- Top woman
- Natasha Liem — 11 (38% of F)
Men lead scoring (53% vs 40%)
- Natasha Liem — 4
- Matthew Magowan — 3
- Dhanush Karan — 2
Balanced attack — top 4 score 54%, bottom 6 score 46%
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| Alison Timman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Claire Giles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiona Jelley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Conde Maltes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Morgan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oli Croadshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Curtis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taya Charles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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| Lucy Warland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Alec Ovens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anja Norton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dhanush Karan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keira Sankreacha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Natasha Liem | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sophia Norton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zuhib Munshi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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| Bethany Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Hammond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The Headline
Guildford Thunder 1 edged Oxford City 3 11-10 in a one-korf thriller at The Swan School, turning a tight contest on its head with a decisive late push. The one-goal win matters: it lifts Guildford two places to third and keeps them within touching distance of the early pace-setters.
The Match
Saturday’s Southern Regional League meeting had the feel of a mid-table separator, and it delivered exactly that. Oxford City 3 and Guildford Thunder 1 traded momentum throughout, with neither side able to build more than a small cushion as the match stayed locked in a single-korf margin for long stretches. The visitors kept finding answers just as the home side threatened to pull clear, making every attacking set and defensive stop feel decisive.
With the scoreline finishing 11-10, this was a contest shaped less by one dominant spell and more by repeated small wins: a clean feed into the post area here, a forced turnover there, and just enough composure to convert under pressure. Guildford’s ability to keep their attacking structure intact in the closing phases proved the difference as Oxford’s final attempts to reclaim the lead couldn’t quite find the korf.
The one-korf margin underlined how evenly matched these sides were on the day, but it also highlighted Guildford’s growing resilience. For Thunder, backing up their recent up-and-down run with a tight away win is a meaningful step; for Oxford City 3, the narrow defeat will sting precisely because the performance level kept them right in it until the end.
What It Means
- Guildford Thunder 1: move up to 3rd on 6 points from 6 games (GD -6). They are 4 points behind leaders Oxford City 1 and 4 points off promotion, with a form line now reading WWLLW (three wins from five).
- Games in hand boost for Thunder: Guildford have 1 game in hand on the leaders and 3 games in hand on the team above, giving them genuine scope to climb again if they can string results together.
- Oxford City 3: stay 6th on 4 points from 5 (GD -12LWLLW, and turning close games like this into points will be key to pushing up the pack.
- Wider league picture: Oxford City 1 remain clear at the top on 10 points, but Guildford’s win keeps the chasing group active, while the bottom remains tough for Reading Rooks 1, still winless after five.
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 | Oxford City 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Basingstoke Bulls 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Guildford Thunder 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Abingdon Atoms 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Oxford City 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Oxford City 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Matrix 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Basingstoke Bulls 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | MK Matrix 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Reading Rooks 1 | 5 | 0 |