If there is a better way to boost the moral of a Korfball club after the icy gloom of postponed games and winter chill then i am yet to discover it!

Nomads chalked up a stunning winning margin of 12 goals and held Kingfishers to the lowest goals total for any team in so far the 09/10 Haven Sports Korfball League in a game that Nomads fans will hope provides a springboard for a successful 2010.

The result takes the reds up into fifth spot in the HSKL and by virtue of closing the gap with Kingfishers in fourth place, it hangs the tantalising carrot of a berth in the end of season play-offs if they can keep up the good form and pick up more wins.

Nomads started confidently with goals from Ana Osbourne and Steve Green giving the perfect two goal lead from first attack, Sytze Bijker then added a third before an uncharacteristic penalty miss from Sam Rowbottom.

Kingfishers picked up their opening goal and shortly after a Steve Green effort regained the three goal lead for Nomads.

Kingfisher returned fire to make it 4-2 and the game seemed to be settling into the usual close battle, with goals being traded back and forth and a tight finish...

Unfortunately, nobody had let the Nomads players in on the script and a prolonged period of intensity and shooting accuracy ensued as they fired in six goals without reply, a look at my notes shows the order of goals as Bijker, Irwin, Osbourne, Green, Bijker and Cole. A brilliant spell and one that can only bring confidence to the Nomads ranks.

10-2 to the good at half time, only a collapse of Angola v Mali standards would be able to take the two points away from Nomads but such collapses come when teams ease off or lose concentration and so the challenge faced in the second half was that of maintaining the intensity and focus and keeping the game well away from Kingfishers.

Although a win was almost certain given the size of the lead, a great win required a concerted effort to prevent Kingfishers from regaining ground.

The second half started with Joe Olds scoring an intelligent goal from under the Korf, Steve Green added another to his tally before two goals from Kingfishers brought the score to 13-4 and the game entered a stagnant period with Nomads failing for a short while add to their total, pushing slightly too hard and losing their natural flow.

Although Kingfishers had made changes to try and make an impact on the game, they continued to have a bad days shooting and without consistent goals they could not apply the pressure they needed to find a way back into the game.

The dry patch for Nomads soon ended with a further Steve Green goal and two more for Sytze bringing the lead above ten goals, Kingfishers replied with a lone goal before Olds and then Bijker took Nomads up to their final total of 18 and a final consolation goal from the visitors took them to a hugely disappointing 6 goals.

A great result and with bottom side Norwich Knights next to visit Epsom another performance of this calibre will give Nomads a great chance to take their unbeaten home record to a fourth game.