News and Blogs – Swim England Water Polo Hub https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo Home of the sport of water polo in England Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:19:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 East and North West on top at Swim England Water Polo Talent Games https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-results-july-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-results-july-2024/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:19:13 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8935 Teams from the East and North West talent centres came away with the titles at the Swim England Water Polo Talent Games. The East centre – in it’s first talent centre year – won both the U16 age group trophies as well as the U14 Female event, whilst the North West claimed the U14 Open … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-results-july-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/Water-polo-talent-games-winners-July2024-1200x675.png Competitive and educational weekend ahead at the Swim England Talent Games https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-summer-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-summer-2024/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:08:07 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8921 The second Swim England Water Polo Talent Games event of the year takes place this weekend where we’ll crown our talent centre champions for 2024. For the first time the event will be held at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre from Saturday 6 to Sunday 7 July. Last year, the North and South talent centres shared … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-summer-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/Water_polo_talent_games_2023_1200x675.png Water polo applications for Aquatic Diploma in Sporting Excellence open https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/dise-applications-open-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/dise-applications-open-2024/#respond Fri, 24 May 2024 15:06:28 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8854 Applications have opened for a unique sporting qualification for emerging water polo players to combine competition and training with their studies. The aquatics Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) programme is now accepting applications for the two-year programme which is funded by the Department of Education and delivered by Swim England in collaboration with Loughborough College. … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/dise-applications-open-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/09/GB_senior_men_water_polo_Portugal_1200x675.jpg Changes in European age group competitions an ‘exciting opportunity’ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/european-changes-present-exciting-opportunity/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/european-changes-present-exciting-opportunity/#respond Fri, 17 May 2024 12:41:16 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8841 Swim England water polo programme lead Craig Figes has welcomed the changes to European Aquatics age group competitions, saying they provide an ‘exciting opportunity’. The European governing body have revealed that the new European competitions for U16, U18 and U20s will now played in two parts and without a qualification tournament. It continues the revamp … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/european-changes-present-exciting-opportunity/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/09/water_polo_generic.jpg “Fantastic weekend of water polo” at first Talent Games event of 2024 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-april-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-april-2024/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 14:54:24 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8833 Coventry’s Alan Higgs Centre hosted the first Swim England Water Polo Talent Games of 2024 at the end of April. The event in the Midlands – which took place on the weekend of Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April – invited athletes and coaches from each of the five water polo talent centres for two … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-april-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/05/Player_workshop_WP_Talent_Games_April_2024_1200x675.png Swim England Water Polo Talent Games returns for 2024 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-returns-for-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-returns-for-2024/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:22:54 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8812 The first of two Swim England Water Polo Talent Games events takes place this weekend at Coventry’s Alan Higgs Sports Centre as the event returns for 2024. The two day event held on 27 and 28 April will see U14 and U16 athletes from each of the five water polo talent centres come together for … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/talent-games-returns-for-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/04/Talent_Games_2023_April_1200x675.png Dominant display from Cheltenham as they reclaim U19 Female national title https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/cheltenham-reclaim-u19-female-title-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/cheltenham-reclaim-u19-female-title-2024/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:40:12 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8792 Cheltenham were on top form as they powered their way to reclaiming the U19 Female title at the GoCardless Swim England Water Polo National Age Group Championships 2024 (U17/U19). The home side didn’t let up as they produced a dominant display to beat City of Sheffield by 23-5. After losing out to City of Manchester … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/cheltenham-reclaim-u19-female-title-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/04/Cheltenham-U19-Female-winners-1200x675.png Worthing complete three-peat of U19 Open national titles with narrow win https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/worthing-u19-open-national-champions-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/worthing-u19-open-national-champions-2024/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:23:45 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8787 Worthing successfully defended their U19 Open national title yet again as they completed a spectacular three-peat at the GoCardless Swim England Water Polo National Age Group Championships 2024 (U17/U19). It was a repeat of the 2023 final as Worthing faced off against Cheltenham – with both sides knowing to expect a difficult match up. It … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/worthing-u19-open-national-champions-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/04/Worthing-U19-Open-winners-1200x675.png City of Manchester go one better this year to clinch U17 Female title https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/manchester-u17s-female-national-champions-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/manchester-u17s-female-national-champions-2024/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:20:43 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8782 City of Manchester returned to the top as they clinched the U17 Female title at the GoCardless Swim England Water Polo National Age Group Championships 2024 (U17/U19). After settling for silver in 2023, the club from the North West regained the title they held back in 2022 with a victory over West London Penguin in … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/manchester-u17s-female-national-champions-2024/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/04/CityOfManchester-U17-Female-winners-1200x675.png West London Penguin go back-to-back as they retain U17 Open title https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/west-london-penguin-retain-u17s-open-national-title-2024/ https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/west-london-penguin-retain-u17s-open-national-title-2024/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:34:29 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/?p=8774 West London Penguin retained the U17 Open national title at the GoCardless Swim England Water Polo National Age Group Championships 2024 (U17/U19). After a competitive first half, Penguin found themselves behind by one goal at half-time as Cheltenham led 10-9. But a superb second half performance which saw them score 15 goals, set them on … […]

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