Last Sunday our Spitfires (yes, I will keep on coming up with nicknames) hosted a game against Bath University. This match concluded the first set of games for our 1st team in the U-polo tournament, meaning that we will have to play against the same teams once more. Winning this game would not mean that we would certainly proceed to the next round but it … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Bath Uni 02/12/2012
Men’s 1st vs Cardiff Uni 25/11/2012 Last Sunday our Men’s 1st team had another U-polo game, this time at home, against Cardiff. Last year’s game against Cardiff ended up with us losing badly, but this time things were different. Until now (touch wood), in all our games we have managed to play really sensibly and win triumphantly! In the first quarter of the game we … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Cardiff Uni 25/11/2012
The 2nd team’s uPolo tournament got underway on Sunday, with our first game against Bath. After a couple of good 2nd team training sessions, the aim was to work on the basics that we had practiced in training and swim hard to tire the opposition’s team of 9. With our team well supported, the match got under way with a very close first quarter. Everyone in the … Continue reading Men’s 2nd vs Bath 2nd 18/11/2012
This year’s U-Polo tournament continued on Monday, with us playing against UWE. This was our first away game for the academic year and we only managed to have a team of 9, as many couldn’t make it due to obligations (university related or other). Having a small number of players and playing against a team (13 people) that was coached by the Team GB’s water … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs UWE 12/11/2012
On Wednesday our men’s first team played its opening game in the Hampshire league for 2012/13. The game took place at home in the Jubilee Sports Centre meaning that there was vast support on the side (a big thank you to everyone who came to support). The opposition was a newly formed team composed of the best players aged under 19 in Hampshire. The first … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Hampshire U19’s 07/11/2012
Southampton University Water Polo Club 