Having had a close call with Basingstoke in the last Hampshire league match, Southampton Men’s team were ready for their first match with Southampton Bitter, an away fixture in Winchester. However, despite starting the week with a full team of 12, it seemed the water polo gods thought the Uni’s biggest boys needed a harder challenge so reasonable excuses including car trouble and antibiotics and … Continue reading A not so Bitter ending
Southampton’s biggest boys returned on Sunday with a game against the even bigger boys of the Basingstoke men’s team. It was looking like an uphill battle for Southampton with 2 of the squad in bed ill, captain Finn telling anyone who would listen about his fever and our resident rugby lad MR Wilkes suffering from his 52nd concussion of the season. Despite the adversity a … Continue reading Sotn Biggest Boys vs Basingstoke: Part 2
This time Queen Mary ‘s would travel from London to Southampton, giving the Southampton Men’s home advantage in the wonderful Jubilee pool. Last time’s sour defeat against BARTs at the start of the campaign meant that Soton’s biggest boys were out for revenge. After the warmup, the first quarter of the game started with BARTS eager to be on the scoresheet as they scored the … Continue reading Sweet Revenge: Barts vs. Southampton Uni 2
With the end of term in sight, Southampton’s biggest of boys were looking for a calm, whimsical and low-stakes game of polo. Obviously, these are 3 words that are never used in the same sentence as water polo and so they were about to be severely disappointed. Excited for a game against unfamiliar opponents, the starting 7 took their marks. 20 seconds into the match … Continue reading Soton stud’s showdown with Swansea
It was the end of term and the biggest of Soton’s boys were hoping to end 2023 on a high with a stunning victory in the Hampshire league against Bournemouth. Unfortunately it didn’t quite go to plan. First quarter starts and straight out of the gate our very own Alex Wilmshurst scores to a roar from the onlooking spectators. Hopes were high. Then no. 6 … Continue reading The boys vs Bournemouth: at least we know what our New Year’s resolutions is.
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