First published in Sept 2016, we have been compiling a monthly post of water polo club news from across the country ever since. For most of those 8 years, the monthly newsletter has been edited by Anne Huck but with her recent retirement from the post, we feel that now is a good time to look again at the newsletter, its role in the England water polo community and whether a new approach might help to promote the good news stories about our polo clubs.
August has been another busy month on the international front with our Great Britain U19 women having a great European Championship tournament in Zagreb, Croatia.
Led by Head Coach Izzy Howe, with ACs Jade Smith and Michael Patterson and TM Victoria Dickens, our U19 women secured five wins from seven games, scoring 93 goals and with only one loss in regular time. Great Britain’s overall tournament top scorers in Zagreb – Amelie Perkins (23),
There’s one main focus for polo fans this month this year, and it’s of course the Olympics in Paris. So, in a special Paris 2024 Olympic version of our newsletter we have put together a short guide as to when the men’s and women’s polo matches will be played and how (for the cost of a cappuccino) you can watch the Olympic polo in the UK.
Sadly of course we don’t have Team GB polo representation in Paris this time around,