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
Last Tuesday the Men’s first team travelled to the Quays pool for their first match against long-time adversaries, Southampton City. City now have two teams, and we were playing their 2nd “Stingrays” team. Given the result of the 2nd’s game against the Stingrays the week before, we knew that the team wouldn’t be easy to beat. The game started off badly, with Stephens bizarrely being … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Soton Stingrays 12/11/2013
Wednesday saw the First Team Ladies play the first of their games this year. The run up has been exciting, with a massive recruitment of polo fresh. This has been really encouraging and great motivation to perform well, in addition to a massive turn out of support on the pool side. We had not trained as much as a team before the game, but with … Continue reading Ladies’ 1st vs Exeter 23/10/13
Friday 8th March saw the first Ladies playing their return away match against Bath in the UPolo tournament. Aside from BUCS, which very few of our first team were actually able to attend, this was our first match this year in a double-deep pool. In addition to this, the Bath pool was Olympic sized and had a full 8 lanes- meaning it was a good … Continue reading Ladies’ 1st vs Bath 08/03/2013
Southampton University Water Polo Club 