Report Author: Alex Wilmshurst Game: Southampton Men’s 1s vs Plymouth Men’s 1s Score: 5-5 SUWPCs biggest boys had their final league fixture of the year. This came up against top of the table Plymouth. Last time these two teams met at the Plymouth Life Centre, SUWPC took a small side, with a mixture of experience. When facing the team which are very strong swimmers, taking only … Continue reading Stalemate

Report Author: Alex Wilmshurst Game: Southampton Men’s 1s vs Exeter Men’s 2s Score: 15-7   A long-awaited fixture loomed over SUWPCs biggest boys on the evening of the 8th of December. After some mismanagement of dates, the provisional away fixture against Exeter 2s in October ended in a walkover against SUWPC. Despite our pleas and begging, Exeter were not willing to re-arrange the match, resulting … Continue reading The Circus

Report Author: Alex Wilmshurst Game: Southampton Men’s 1st vs Aberystwyth Men’s 1st Score: 13 – 10 Date: 23/11/19 Early on a Saturday morning, 8 of SUWPCs biggest boys and 4 loyal supporters made the pilgrimage to our furthest away opponent this season. They had to travel across rivers and borders to make it to this match, but this journey seemed futile compared to the objective … Continue reading Wandering in Wales

Report by: Alex Wilmshurst Game: Southampton Men’s 1st vs Aberystwyth Men’s 1st Score: 16-1 Date: 16/10/19 SUWPC welcomed our furthest away competition in our opening home game of the 2019/2020 BUCS season. With some fresh faces gracing the squad, the boys were eager to get their season going. Not much was known about Aberystwyth, other than its impossible to spell and is a four hour drive … Continue reading A Good Start

From the get-go we were not optimistic for the game ahead of us. Meeting at redbrick at 5 for a 2-hour drive to Bristol we quickly realised how few players we had. Alex Wilmshurst had been “spilling his guts” in the toilet the night before, our captain Ali had injured ribs from some galivanting over the weekend and Wardy coming up with an even worse … Continue reading “Oh Deer!”—A Bristol defeat.