Following a good night’s sleep, a walk on the beach and some pre-polo fish and chips, we arrived in Plymouth for the second and final match of the weekend. All regretting the lunchtime indulgence we were apprehensive of this match. To everyone’s relief, Katie arrived, newly elected VP Sports Development, boosting our numbers to 10 players. We took to Tom Daley’s home training ground to … Continue reading Ladies’ 1st vs Marjon 01/03/14
With only 9 players, missing some of our strongest, we headed to Gloucester on Friday evening. This formed the opening evening and match to our mini-tour around the South West. Arriving in ample time allowed us to suss out the pool and collect our thoughts before diving in to the warm up. We were unsure of what to expect, having not played Gloucester yet this … Continue reading Ladies’ 1st vs Gloucester – 28/02/14
I am going to start with an apology for the repetitive nature of my match reports… We seem to continue improving and bettering our performance each time we play! Following a 12-3 defeat when we travelled to Cardiff last term, we were apprehensive of the match but with the home advantage and extra training since, we managed to put out a very good display. The … Continue reading Ladies 1sts vs Cardiff 16/02/14
Having made it in good time in to central London and eventually finding a parking space (thank you Katie!), we were straight in the pool. The first game was against UCL, and what a good start it was. With the team in a slight state of disrepair, a played in hospital and the majority of us under the whether for one reason or another, we … Continue reading Ladies’ 1sts BUCS Weekend #1
The men’s first team crammed into a minibus with most of the girls team for a long, boring drive up to Cardiff for our next u-polo match. With many of the first team unable to make the whole day commitment, the boy’s team was mostly second team players, who graciously stepped up and filled in for the missing firsts. With only 8 players in total, … Continue reading Men’s 1sts vs Cardiff 04/12/2013
Southampton University Water Polo Club 