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Our England Water Polo news is out - February 28, 2023
Welcome to the March edition of Water Polo news in which we showcase what clubs have been up to in February. This is a busy time of the year as clubs vie with each other for positions in the British Water Polo League competitions. Men’s’ and Women’s Super Fives, Championship 1 and Championship 2 matches have all taken place this month.
In the Super Five’s Women’s competition, City of Manchester have shown their dominance with two emphatic wins against Liverpool Lizards (11-4) and against their closest rivals, Otter, who they beat 14-11. In the latter game four COM players scored hat tricks. This means the North West team have won all of their games played in the competition so far.
In the same competition Hucknall have continued to show great form as well defeating Liverpool Lizards 11-9 and Coventry 11-7. Otter beat Coventry 16-7.
City of Manchester in the Super Fives
The Men’s Super Fives is a much closer event with Penguin and Polytechnic both having 6 points, City of Manchester have 5, Cheltenham have 3 and Lancaster have none. In this month’s games, City of Manchester started off well with an emphatic victory over Lancaster 13-2. Their next game was against Penguin and it was a much closer affair with a final score of 13 all.
Polytechnic retained their 100% record with a 17-7 victory over Cheltenham but then lost to Penguin in a tense match that ended 9-8.
Cheltenham beat Lancaster 13-6.
In Women’s Championship 1, current leaders, SheffieldSharks, maintained their form defeating Exeter 15-7 and Rotherham Metro 16-5.
Cheltenham drew with Tyldesley 12 all and then went on to win their games against Rotherham Metro 18 to 14 and Liverpool Liver Birds 12 to 11.
Cheltenham’s Championship 1 team
Otter Lutra started the weekend’s matches with a 7 all draw against Rotherham Metro. They went on to a narrow 14-12 win over Tyldesley and then drew 9 all against Penguin Emperors.
Tyldesley had a good weekend drawing 12 all with Cheltenham and beating Exeter by 12 goals to 9. They lost t12 to 14 against Otter Lutra.
In Men’s Championship 1 Watford beat Invicta 10 goals to 7. The star of the match was Josh Barrett who scored a three minute hat-trick to help his team to the lead. Well done Josh!
Josh Barrett – Watford
Welsh Wanderers started the weekend strongly with 17-12 win over Caledonia with 7 goals being scored in the final period. Their winning streak came to end however, when they were defeated 16-13 by City of Bristol. They bounced back the next day by defeating Sheffield 8-6.
Sutton & Cheam have also enjoyed a strong month of water polo. They defeated Exeter 17 goals to 11 and Invicta 12 goals to 9 and sit top of the league on 9 points.
Exeter celebrated their first win in Championship 1 when they defeated Watford 11 goals to 10.
Exeter’s Championship 1 team
In Men’s Championship 2, Portobello maintained their 100% record to keep top of the league on 10 points by defeating Manchester Hawks 15 goals to 7, Hucknall 13 goals to 6 and Cheltenham Spartans 16 goals to 6.
Southampton are currently second in the league having beaten Otter 13-9 and Castleford 10-7. They drew against Rotherham Metro with 9 goals all.
Worthing’s under 14 squad did very well to qualify for the London League Championships play-off finals with four wins from four at Whitgift school. The event saw them defeat Kingston 13-1, Beckenham 8-0, Croydon Amphibians 6-1 and Sutton & Cheam 7-2.
Worthing under 14s
The final event was won by Watford under 14s A team. In the final round they came back from a narrow loss to Basingstoke (3-2) to defeat Worthing, 7-5, Croydon 7-1 and finally 9-2 against Penguin Latymer to become the London Winter League Division under 14s winners.
Watford under 14 squad London Winter League Division One winners
The Watford under 18 team started their London Winter League campaign in impressive style by beating Penguin Latymer, 6-3, Beckenham Boys, 10-5, and Hillingdon, 9-2.
Watford Under 18 squad
The Watford women weren’t to be outdone and they also won all their matches in a strong start to the London Winter League Division 1. They defeated Whitgift School, Otter and Croydon. Very cool!
Watford Ladies
The winners of the London League under 12s competition are Worthing Water Polo Club. They secured three valuable wins against Watford, Croydon and Lewisham to take the crown. Very well done.
Worthing under 12s
Congratulations also go to Exeter Water Polo’s under 13 squad who produced a superb performance in the Devon League season-opening Tournament winning four out of four of their matches. Very impressive.
Thanks to Craig Stowell for letting us know that Bridgefield Water Polo Club has launched a Future Leaders Programme, which aims to give young people at the club aged 16-19 with the opportunity to undertake a range of fully funded sports coaching and teaching courses, including aquatic sports, leading to recognised qualifications. Candidates for the Programme will study using a mix of blended learning and practical assessments and gain experience whilst volunteering for the club under the supervision of Senior Coaches and Teachers.
The project is funded by the Onward Community Trust and will run throughout 2023. The club is extremely grateful to the Onward Homes for supporting and enabling the development of young people at the club, and investing in this project, which has only been made possible through Onward’scommunity funding programme.
Next month we are looking forward to the women’s promotion play-offs at the Jason Kenny Centre in Bolton. These will be played as mini leagues with the bottom 2 teams in Division 2, Caledonia and Mid Sussex Marlins, playing the top 2 teams of Division 3, Watford and Manchester Comets. The top two teams will get places to play in Division 2 next season and it promises to be an exciting event.
Manchester Comets
That’s it for this month’s round up of club news. We are always happy to publicise news from clubs around England so if you have any news you would like to share, please let us know by emailing ah@waterpoloengland.org
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Our England Water Polo news is out -
Welcome to the March edition of Water Polo news in which we showcase what clubs have been up to in February. This is a busy time of the year as clubs vie with each other for positions in the British Water Polo League competitions. Men’s’ and Women’s Super Fives, Championship 1 and Championship 2 matches have all taken place this month.
In the Super Five’s Women’s competition, City of Manchester have shown their dominance with two emphatic wins against Liverpool Lizards (11-4) and against their closest rivals, Otter, who they beat 14-11. In the latter game four COM players scored hat tricks. This means the North West team have won all of their games played in the competition so far.
In the same competition Hucknall have continued to show great form as well defeating Liverpool Lizards 11-9 and Coventry 11-7. Otter beat Coventry 16-7.
City of Manchester in the Super Fives
The Men’s Super Fives is a much closer event with Penguin and Polytechnic both having 6 points, City of Manchester have 5, Cheltenham have 3 and Lancaster have none. In this month’s games, City of Manchester started off well with an emphatic victory over Lancaster 13-2. Their next game was against Penguin and it was a much closer affair with a final score of 13 all.
Polytechnic retained their 100% record with a 17-7 victory over Cheltenham but then lost to Penguin in a tense match that ended 9-8.
Cheltenham beat Lancaster 13-6.
In Women’s Championship 1, current leaders, SheffieldSharks, maintained their form defeating Exeter 15-7 and Rotherham Metro 16-5.
Cheltenham drew with Tyldesley 12 all and then went on to win their games against Rotherham Metro 18 to 14 and Liverpool Liver Birds 12 to 11.
Cheltenham’s Championship 1 team
Otter Lutra started the weekend’s matches with a 7 all draw against Rotherham Metro. They went on to a narrow 14-12 win over Tyldesley and then drew 9 all against Penguin Emperors.
Tyldesley had a good weekend drawing 12 all with Cheltenham and beating Exeter by 12 goals to 9. They lost t12 to 14 against Otter Lutra.
In Men’s Championship 1 Watford beat Invicta 10 goals to 7. The star of the match was Josh Barrett who scored a three minute hat-trick to help his team to the lead. Well done Josh!
Josh Barrett – Watford
Welsh Wanderers started the weekend strongly with 17-12 win over Caledonia with 7 goals being scored in the final period. Their winning streak came to end however, when they were defeated 16-13 by City of Bristol. They bounced back the next day by defeating Sheffield 8-6.
Sutton & Cheam have also enjoyed a strong month of water polo. They defeated Exeter 17 goals to 11 and Invicta 12 goals to 9 and sit top of the league on 9 points.
Exeter celebrated their first win in Championship 1 when they defeated Watford 11 goals to 10.
Exeter’s Championship 1 team
In Men’s Championship 2, Portobello maintained their 100% record to keep top of the league on 10 points by defeating Manchester Hawks 15 goals to 7, Hucknall 13 goals to 6 and Cheltenham Spartans 16 goals to 6.
Southampton are currently second in the league having beaten Otter 13-9 and Castleford 10-7. They drew against Rotherham Metro with 9 goals all.
Worthing’s under 14 squad did very well to qualify for the London League Championships play-off finals with four wins from four at Whitgift school. The event saw them defeat Kingston 13-1, Beckenham 8-0, Croydon Amphibians 6-1 and Sutton & Cheam 7-2.
Worthing under 14s
The final event was won by Watford under 14s A team. In the final round they came back from a narrow loss to Basingstoke (3-2) to defeat Worthing, 7-5, Croydon 7-1 and finally 9-2 against Penguin Latymer to become the London Winter League Division under 14s winners.
Watford under 14 squad London Winter League Division One winners
The Watford under 18 team started their London Winter League campaign in impressive style by beating Penguin Latymer, 6-3, Beckenham Boys, 10-5, and Hillingdon, 9-2.
Watford Under 18 squad
The Watford women weren’t to be outdone and they also won all their matches in a strong start to the London Winter League Division 1. They defeated Whitgift School, Otter and Croydon. Very cool!
Watford Ladies
The winners of the London League under 12s competition are Worthing Water Polo Club. They secured three valuable wins against Watford, Croydon and Lewisham to take the crown. Very well done.
Worthing under 12s
Congratulations also go to Exeter Water Polo’s under 13 squad who produced a superb performance in the Devon League season-opening Tournament winning four out of four of their matches. Very impressive.
Thanks to Craig Stowell for letting us know that Bridgefield Water Polo Club has launched a Future Leaders Programme, which aims to give young people at the club aged 16-19 with the opportunity to undertake a range of fully funded sports coaching and teaching courses, including aquatic sports, leading to recognised qualifications. Candidates for the Programme will study using a mix of blended learning and practical assessments and gain experience whilst volunteering for the club under the supervision of Senior Coaches and Teachers.
The project is funded by the Onward Community Trust and will run throughout 2023. The club is extremely grateful to the Onward Homes for supporting and enabling the development of young people at the club, and investing in this project, which has only been made possible through Onward’scommunity funding programme.
Next month we are looking forward to the women’s promotion play-offs at the Jason Kenny Centre in Bolton. These will be played as mini leagues with the bottom 2 teams in Division 2, Caledonia and Mid Sussex Marlins, playing the top 2 teams of Division 3, Watford and Manchester Comets. The top two teams will get places to play in Division 2 next season and it promises to be an exciting event.
Manchester Comets
That’s it for this month’s round up of club news. We are always happy to publicise news from clubs around England so if you have any news you would like to share, please let us know by emailing ah@waterpoloengland.org
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