England’s March club news is now out! - February 28, 2018

Welcome to our March edition of Club News.  This month we will catch up on the news from clubs around England.  For all the latest BWPL news and results please go to www.bwpl.org.

Girls’ U17 National Age Group Championship 2018

Otter and Newton Abbott won all 5 games in their respective groups to lead the qualifiers from the preliminary round of the NAGS. Also through from Group A are Tyldesley, City of Sheffield A and Otter Futura.  This is the first time that Otter Futura have made it through to the next round in NAGS.  Group B saw Cheltenham, City of Liverpool and Watford also through to the next round.  With only 7 players Watford put in a particularly gritty performance to get into the next round.

The next stage of the competition took place on 24 February.  The defending champions City of Manchester qualified first in Group A with Liverpool in second place.  The Group B champions were Otter with Rotherham in second place.  The qualification round on 17-18 March will determine the ranking of the four teams going through to the finals on 14-15 April.

This month saw Barnet juniors playing a friendly game against Chelmsford juniors in Chelmsford.  From the picture below it looks like a good time was had by all and the teams are looking forward to the return fixture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hillingdon Water Polo Club have a new under 14 team.  The new squad first appeared in the London League in January and in February they competed in the Div 2 tournament in Uxbridge.

Enfield Water Polo Club have introduced their first women’s water polo team. It is fantastic to see another women’s team.  Please let us know how you get on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still with Enfield we would like to congratulate Nick Ashton as the club’s 2017 Player of the Year.  He was presented with the trophy by Club President Roy Naisbitt

Barnet WPC are looking for a coach to help out with sessions at Haringey Aquatics on Sundays 17:45 to 19:15 at Tottenham Green (N15 4JA).  The club has grown in size and thus need two adult coaches.  The club can pay an hourly rate and travel expenses.   If you are interested please contact Justin Shute at Justin.Shute@nhs.net.

Barcelona International Water Polo Academy has extended invitations to water polo clubs in England who would like to compete in the following events –

2^nd International Beach Water Polo Tournament in Palamós, Spain.   This tournament will be open to mixed teams of any age and will take place on the Palamós beach on 31^st August, 1^st and 2^nd September 2018.  Each team must enroll at least 10 players.  Registration is online at www.biwpa.com You can see a video of the 1^st event below >

 

3^rd Water Polo International Turbo Cup in Barcelona.  The tournament will be at International level and will be open to water polo men & woman teams from all over the world and will take place from 6^th to 9^th September 2018.  This event will take place in the Olympic facilities BCn92, Montjuïc Municipal Pool. Each team must register a minimum of 13 players plus 3 staff (coaches, representatives). The minimum number of matches played by each team in the tournament will be 6. The playing field is 25×20 meter. Registration is online at www.biwpa.com.  You can also take a look to the last edition of The 2^nd International Turbo Cup below >

Our team- mates in America

Delighted to see that Ashley Castle has been selected to the 2017 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Academic team.  This is an honour awarded to collegiate water polo players who in addition to playing for their teams are able to perform well academically.  Ashley was selected to the ‘outstanding’ team with a grade point average (GPA) between 4.0 and 3.71.  Well-done Ashley!  We are all very proud of what you are accomplishing in your sophomore year.

 

And finally, couldn’t resist this picture of Rosie Huck (Arizona State Sun Devils and City of Manchester), Clare Nixon (University of Hawai’i and Walsall) and Mhari Nurthen (University of Hawai’i and Otter) catching up at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational in Irvine last weekend.

Well that’s it for this month. If you have any news about your club that you would like to share please do let me know by emailing me at ah@waterpoloengland.org.

 

 

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