Bec make perfect start to their Europa Shield title defence

Bec Korfball Club (Tooting, London) made the perfect start to their defence of the Europa Shield on Friday (24 January) evening with a 12-14 victory over Portuguese side GDD Bons Dias.

Top scorers for Bec; Joe Bedford 4 and Heather Ikwuemesi 3.

The IKF Europa Shield takes place between 24 – 26 January 2020 in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.

Bec Korfball Club has been drawn in Pool A alongside Club Korfbal Vallparadís (CAT), Grupo Desportivo dos Bons Dias (POR) and TuS Schildgen 1932 e.V. (GER)

Pool B includes 2018 champions, KV Adler Rauxel e.V. (GER) along with Korfbal Klub Brno (CZE), Kocaeli University Sport Club (TUR) and KS Defenders Korfball Wroclaw (POL).

Don’t miss out on any of the action! You can watch all the matches live through the IKF YouTube live streaming channel with all the statistics, results, scorers and rankings available on www.worldkorfball.sport.

Tomorrow Bec take on TuS Schildgen from Germany at midday (UK time) and then Club Korfbal Vallparadís from Catalonia at 3.05pm . For the very latest search #EShield2020 on social.

Photos by Gertrude de Vries