Sunday 8th March took the Ladies’ 1st on a trip to the far reaches of the barren north, to play Warwick on their home ground. Because of an incredibly short BUCS deadline, we also had to play a travelling Bath team straight away afterwards. We hadn’t seen Warwick in the pool in recent memory and so we went into the match calm, but unsure. We … Continue reading Warwick Worth the Walk, Bath Finally Drained
9th Feburary was the last semi-final match for the Ladies 1sts against Cardiff Met. The journey up was a long one, and we put the time to good use getting information on our opponents. “IT’S A POND?!” Yelled Rosie, as we found a website telling us about Cardiff’s 25m by 4 lane pool, which was only a metre deep in 75% of it. “We’re not … Continue reading A Story Involving Sheep
Southampton 1sts 13-4 Weymouth & Portland Round 2- Fight As we all know Weymouth enjoy a bit of rough and tumble in the pool, which is a shame considering if they concentrating more on playing polo they might be a half decent side. But with 14 majors against the Weymouth boys, including 2 players wrapped it was always going to be a struggle for them. … Continue reading Wet War II with Weymouth
Southampton 1st Men- BUCS tournament take 3 SUWPC always travel in style, but today was a special occasion as we commandeered a highway maintenance vehicle, fitted with flashing orange lights and the works! As we speed towards Gloucester for our final chapter of the BUCS tournament trilogy, we hear the unfortunate news that Plymouth weren’t coming any longer, it was speculated that they were … Continue reading Biggest Boys Undefeated at BUC’s
After our defeat at Cardiff, the girls (with a hugely augmented team, thank you for everyone for making the effort to come to the home match!) were understandably nervous for our home match against Marjons not even 6 hours later. Quickly however we realised we had the upper hand, as a won swim off by Katie O was converted straight into a goal within the … Continue reading Killer Katie’s Pummel Plymouth
Southampton University Water Polo Club 