A belated report on the what can only be described as the most intense and frustrating match the girls have ever yet to play. November 13th saw Southampton Ladies take on Bath at Home, in the second of the group stages in the SUWP tournament. It was a tough match with Bath taking an early lead, however Southampton held out in the first 2 quarters, … Continue reading Ladies’ 1st vs Bath Uni 1st 13/11/2011
A very interesting game took place in Jubilee’s Sport Centre pool on Wednesday. This game was the last game for the group stages of the SUWP tournament. As was expected, the opposing team was really tough and had in its possession some skilled players. Due to many mistakes in both attack and defence, our team managed to score only one early goal and concede four quick goals … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Plymouth Uni 1st 16/11/2011
The second match in Southern University Water Polo (SUWP) tournament, after Exeter, for the Men’s 1st team took place past Sunday in the University’s Jubilee Sports Centre. Our team managed to beat Bath’s second team quite easily thus coming one step closer in proceeding to the knock out phase of the tournament. One more game remains to be played on the group stages this coming … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Bath 2nd 14/11/2011
The first match of the year for the men’s 2nd team was a friendly against Southampton City B at home. Fielding a side containing many players for whom this was their first match, the Uni team made a great start, winning the first quarter 1-0 courtesy of an impressive reverse-shot from Robbie Collison. City B changed their tactics in the second quarter, and now ‘full-pressed’ … Continue reading Men’s 2nd vs Southampton City B 13/11/2011
Our Men’s 1st team’s home game this week was a friendly against the City of Southampton. This annual game works as an indicator of the team’s fitness and training, and as a measure of potential for the rest of the year. Since we have not been training for very long together, the result of the match was a disappointing 4-9 defeat. The opposition managed to … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Southampton City 26/10/2011
Southampton University Water Polo Club 