Born 1996+ Boys Inter Regional Championships
Congratulations to the boys selected to the 'Scotland Select' team which will participate in the Born 1996 and later Inter Regional Championships at Basildon on Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th June 2011.
This is the first inter regional championship for this age group. For many of the team this will be their first 'away' trip and the experience will benefit them in the future.
Squad list:
Luke Thomson, Liam Rodger, Jake Howes & James Melville (Dunfermline WPC). (Unfortunately Scott Wilson has been forced to withdraw due to injury)
Max MacCallum & Ben Phelps (Warrender)
Rory Gallacher (Captain) (Portobello)
Gerard O'Hagen & Darren Smyth (Hamilton)
Coach / Manager : Brian Campbell
Another
1st
for
Dunfermline
WPC
DWPC
have
successfully
completed
all
the
criteria
required
to
be
awarded
'poloMark',
the
waterpolo
equivalent
to
swimMark.
poloMark
is
Scottish
Swimming's
quality
aquatic
development
programme
for
clubs
and
DWPC
is
the
first
waterpolo
club
in
Scotland
to
receive
this
award.
DWPC Men Win
2011
Scottish
National
League Final
DWPC
Men beat
Menzieshill
Whitehall
(MHW) in
a tight
2011
Scottish
National
League (SNL)
Final on
22
May at
NSA
Stirling
between
2 well
matched
teams.
DWPC
took a
narrow
lead
from the
start
reaching
a 10-5
lead by
the end
of the
3rd
quarter
and
managed
to hold
on
to win 12-9 despite
a
spirited
comeback
from MHW.
All
players
worked
hard to
maintain
the
tempo in
a
physical
encounter
with
both
sides
employing
a full
press
for much
of the
game.
Both
goalies
played
their
part
well in
keeping
the goal
count
down and
the game
competitive.
Teamlist in
Final
(goals
in
brackets):
S
Metcalfe,
J Hinley,
N Vidler,
C
Campbell(4),
D
Stewart(1),
D
Campbell(1),
P
Metcalfe(1),
A
Woodall,
S
Carlile(1),
A
Campbell(4),
J
Thomson.
In
addition
to those
playing
today;
credit
for
winning
the 2011
League
Title
must go
to all
the
players
who have
played
at
various
stages
of this
years
Mens SNL
campaign,
where
DWPC
lost
only 1
of their
games
despite
fielding
a number
of
junior
players.
DWPC U21s Win
2010 Scottish
U21 Cup Final
DWPC
U21s
successfully
retained the
delayed 2010 U21
Scottish Cup
(Malta Trophy)
with a 16-13 win
over Edinburgh
Uni U21's at
Kirkcaldy on
Saturday 14 May
in a hard fought
and close game.
Both teams
worked hard in a
physical and
competitive
encounter with
the game finely
balanced until
the very end,
each team
winning 2
quarters each.
Quarter scores (DWPC
- Edi Uni): 4-5,
2-0, 7-4, 3-4.
Scores at end of
each quarter:
4-5, 6-5, 13-9,
16-13
All
DWPC players
kept their
discipline and
control whilst
working to
maintain a high
tempo of play
despite coming
under pressure
from an Edi Uni
'full
press'. They
also managed to
keep the 'major'
count low. It
was an excellent
team
performance.
Well done to all
the boys in a
comparatively
young U21 squad
which also bodes
well for the
future.
The Men's and
Ladies 2010
Scottish Cups
were also
decided on
Sunday 15 May at
NSA Stirling so
I've done a few
lines for them
as 3 of the 4
teams came from
2 ED clubs
however
please remove if
either team send
their own report
in to you:
2010 Scottish
Cup Men and
Ladies Finals
In matches delayed
from Nov 2010
due to the bad
weather;
Portobello Men,
Edinburgh Uni
Men and
Edinburgh Uni
Ladies took part
in the 2010
Scottish Cup
Finals at NSA
Stirling on
Sunday 15 May.
Portobello
successfully
defended their
Scottish Men
title against
Edi Uni whilst
the Edi Uni
ladies were
beaten by
Menziehill
Whitehall
Ladies.
Scotlands
Second Annual Waterpolo
Champs For Secondary
Schools
The Second Annual Water
polo champs for
Secondary Schools will
take place on Sunday 19
Jun at St. Mungo's High
School pool, Falkirk.
There will be two
competition divisions:
1. Open (any S1-S6
eligible)
2. S1-S3 (mixed boys and
girls required - 3 girls
minimum)
Water Polo, a sport
born in Scotland, is a
fun and exciting sport,
though new to most
schools. The spirit of
these championships is
to have a fun, yet
competitive championship
that will encourage
players new to the
sport. When possible we
will encourage schools
to make ties with their
closest Scottish
Swimming Water Polo
clubs for aid in
preparing for this
competition. Regions
have been selected based
on this criteria.
The Championship format
will depend on how many
teams enter in each
division. The intention
is to play group
round-robin matches
followed by a knockout
round to determine the
champion through 4th
place teams. The games
will be short, 2 periods
of 5-7 minutes. These
championships will be
7-a-side water polo: 6
field players and a
goalkeeper, teams can
have up to 13 players
total.
Mini Polo First for
Dunfermline Water Polo Club
DWPC stepped up their game this
week with a somewhat younger
team than before. The club
recently established a mini polo
section which allows kids not
quite at club level the
opportunity to get a taste for
the sport in a fun based
environment. Last week the
minipolo team played in their
first game against another local
team, The Dunfermline Sharks,
based at Dunfermline High School
as part of the Community Learn
to swim Programme. Between both
teams there were twenty two
kids, varying in age from seven
to thirteen. Although the Sharks
won the game, it was closely
fought and all of those who took
part were shattered afterwards
but thoroughly enjoyed the game.
The DWPC youngsters performed
well considering their
inexperience but the fun doesn't
end there as a rematch is
planned in the coming weeks to
maintain this good competitive
spirit and enthusiasm for the
sport.
DWPC will continue to look for
minipolo opportunities, to get
involved with other groups or
swim clubs and would be happy to
take on challengers.
British Water Polo Players to Make Waves
in 2012
Below a
press release in relation to the
participation of both the Men's and
Women's Water Polo teams at the London
Olympic Games.
This follows a presentation by British
Swimming/British Water Polo to the BOA.
http://www.olympics.org.uk/news.aspx?NE=4628
Success
for DWPC at the ASA National Age Groups
Preliminary Round for Junior Boys (Born 93+)
After the Group
B preliminary round at the ASA National Age
Group Junior Boys Championships on 5 Mar at
Liverpool Aquatic Centre, DWPC successfully
qualified with 3 well fought wins and then
finished with a draw against Lancaster City, the
top seeded team of the competition.
Despite short
games of 2 halves of 7mins, all the players got
plenty of pool-time and gained valuable game
experience playing at this higher level against
bigger, stronger opposition.
Next up for
this squad is the 1st round on Sat 19 Mar of the
2 day qualifying stage, with the second round
for the successful teams on Sun 20 Mar. This
will be an even bigger challenge for all the
players with full games being played in a round
robin involving the top 2 teams from the other 2
Prelim groups.
Scottish Waterpolo Players of the Year 2010
At the
Scottish Swimming AGM on 26 Feb, 2 DWPC players were
announced as Scottish Players of the year 2010:
Senior Water Polo Player of the Year: Chantal Guillot,
Dunfermline WPC
Junior Water Polo Player of the Year: Darren Campbell,
Dunfermline WPC
Many Congratulations to both Players who will be
presented with their awards at the Scottish Swimming
Awards Event on Saturday, 10th September 2011, 6pm being
held in the IMAX Theatre at the Glasgow Science Centre.
Dunfermline Waterpolo Club 94+
The Dunfermline
Waterpolo Club Born 94+ British Gas National
Age Group Champions
2010 Team have
been presented with the Benny Hutton Over
16 Team Award by Dunfermline and West Fife Sports
Council for their successes in 2010.
The Club President (Iain
Thomson) was present with a number of players to
receive the award at the ceremony this evening (23
Feb) at the Glen Pavilion,
Dunfermline.
94+
Girls Inter-Regional Squad
Selection
list for the 1994+ASA Inter-Regionals, these girls will
compete 12, 13 February in the top 5 Group in Liverpool.
Menzieshill & Whitehall: Louise Fox, Beth Fyffe, Emma
Coupar, Hannah Edwards
Dunfermline: Nicola
Tate, Alison Tate, Kayleigh Reid,
Warrender: Anna Green,
Mairi Jaap, Katy Barker
Monifieth:
Amy Bryant, Shonagh Howe
E.
Dunbartonshire: Alison Thomson
Coach - Derek Docherty
(Warrender/Edinburgh University) Team Manager - Brenda
Tate (Dunfermline)
This
young group consists of only 4 players with more than a
year of proper water polo experience. However, it also
shows the success of the mini polo and schools programs
as 10 of these girls came from those programs. Eight of
the ladies are born 1996 and younger they can't be
expected to win many matches in the competitive 1994 age
group, however it will bode well for the future.
Tri Nations Water
Polo Team Selection
Tri-Nations Tournament Team Selection -
click
here
for details
Tri Nations Water
Polo Tournament
Scottish Water Polo
are hosting a Tri Nations Water Polo tournament to be held on
the weekend of the 28th and 29th of August
at the NSA Stirling University with teams from Scotland, Wales,
Ireland, Sweden and NE England involved. The tournament will
consist of 4 competitions, Men, Women, Junior Men and Junior
Women. The junior teams are for players born 1993 or later. The
match schedule can be found on the
DWPC website club diary and
a number of East District players and officials will be
involved. Click
here for more details.
All are welcome to
come along and support.
Win for Woodmill High School
Congratulations to Woodmill High School who have won the inaugural
Scottish Schools Waterpolo Championships at St Mungo's High School,
Falkirk this afternoon
Dunfermline Waterpolo Club News
For the
latest news from Dunfermline Waterpolo Club, click
here
East District Player of the
Year
Nicola
Tate was presented with the East District Player of the Year Award
at the recent East District swimming event held in Glenrothes by the
ED President. For full report & photos, click
here
Campbell Twins
Selected for European Qualifiers
Christopher and Darren Campbell of DWPC have been selected as part
of the GB water polo squad taking part in the European Qualifiers
being held in Gorzow, Poland on 9th/10th/11th April. GB
are in Group A along with Slovakia,
Belarus and Georgia. |
Many congratulations to former DWPC goalkeeper Brian Littlejohn (BL), who has been selected as the Great Britain referee at the 2012 Olympic Games. This will be Brian's second Olympics, having been selected as a referee for Beijing in 2008.
