Men’s 1st Lady Richmond Brown Tournament 19/05/2012

Last Saturday the annual LRB tournament took place. As is the case every year, the date chosen for the tournament was uncomfortably close to the exam, meaning that we had to defend the trophy with many absences, with only 9 players managing to come. The first, and most serious, game was against Southampton City. The game was quite balanced at the beginning, with the score in the … Continue reading Men’s 1st Lady Richmond Brown Tournament 19/05/2012

Men’s 1st vs Bournemouth 22/04/2012

After a full month’s break and only one official training, our men’s 1st had their first game after Easter, on Sunday.  Our team managed to bring together a team of only 10 people, due to many injuries and absences. However, the opposition (B’mouth) thankfully had only 7 players, which made things easier for us. In the first quarter our team was attacking on the shallow end … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Bournemouth 22/04/2012

Men’s 2nd vs Portsmouth 15/03/2012

The last game of this term for the Men’s 2nd team came only a day after their previous match. After a comprehensive win at home to Basingstoke, the chosen team were under no illusions as to the challenge faced in playing a physical Portsmouth team, in their full size pool. Being eight lanes wide and deep at both ends, the tactics were to use the full extremities of … Continue reading Men’s 2nd vs Portsmouth 15/03/2012

Men’s 2nd vs. Basingstoke B 14/03/2012

The penultimate game before the Easter break saw the men’s 2nd team take on Basingstoke at home, for the return leg of their first match of the season. After a draw when we played them away, confidence within the team was strong, given our increased match practise. The first quarter of the game saw Southampton attack the shallow end of the pool. Good arc formation … Continue reading Men’s 2nd vs. Basingstoke B 14/03/2012

Men’s 1st vs Weymouth/Portland 07/03/2012

On Wednesday our big boys had the return match against the Weymouth/Portland team. Due to many last minute casualties and injured players, the Southampton team had to play with only 11 players. However, the Weymouth team had brought only 10 people so the problem wasn’t that significant. In the first quarter, our team played very good, tight defending, with very good “doubling” and Call Of … Continue reading Men’s 1st vs Weymouth/Portland 07/03/2012