Team Caledonia

Caledonia is a composite team formed by Dunfermline WPC and Menzieshill Whitehall AS&WPC to compete in the British Water Polo Leagues which are played in various centralised venues in England. Each team plays each other twice with matches taking place over six weekends from September to December each year. Neither Club has the player nor financial resources to compete in this competition in their own right given the commitment required for the 6 weekends. Around 20 players are required and each will contribute in the region of £70 per weekend for Fuel & Accommodation giving a total cost of competing each year in the region of £6,000. Caledonia were accepted for entry into Division 3 in 2005 and were promoted as Champions to Division 2 in 2006. Caledonia decided not to contest the play-off to stay in Div 2 in 2007 but to drop to Div 3 to concentrate on developing young team. After a close fought season, Caledonia narrowly missed promotion in 2010 and remain in Division 3. These is also a combined Scottish women's team playing as Caledonia in the 2nd Div following promotion in 2010.

Caledonia Men BWPL Div.3 Fixtures 2011

Caledonia Men BWPL Div 3 Results 2011   Mens Championship 2 Results

Caledonia Women BWPL Div 2 Fixtures 2011 Womens Championship 1 Fixtures

Caledonia Women BWPL Div 2  Results 2011 Womens Championship 1 Results

TEAM CALEDONIA NEWS

• BWPL Committee Meeting - Please find attached Minutes of the BWPL Committee January meeting.  Click here
• BWPL AGM - Please find attached notice of the League's third Annual General Meeting to be held on 25 March 2012.  Click Here

  Chris Ducker

  Hon General Secretary
• Dear All,
  Please find attached Minutes of the BWPL Committee December meeting.  Click here 
  
  
  Regards,
  Chris

• Dear All,

  Please find attached Minutes of the BWPL Committee October meeting.  Click here 

  Regards,

  Chris
  
  
• Please find the Championship 2 Phase 2 programme by clicking on this link: Programme

• Please find attached by clicking on these links:

  1. Minutes of BWPL Committee Meeting, 2 August.

  2. Update on developments regarding BSWPC proposals for a new British Championships structure.

  Regards

  Chris Ducker

• Due to the clash with rounds of the LEN competitions, the following changes have been made to this season's BWPL programme:

  • 5/6 November, Cardiff International Pool - Women's Super 5s and Championship 1 transferred to Cardiff, 11/12 February, 2012.

  • 19/20 November, Manchester Aquatics Centre - Women's Super 5s and Championship 1 transferred to Grantham, 14/15 January, 2012.

  Apologies if this causes inconvenience to clubs but the dates given to us by LEN in March of this year were different to those actually used for the competition.

   Please note that:

  • Women's Championship 3 remains at Manchester Aquatics Centre on 19 November - on the second pitch.

  • Men's Championship 2 on 5/6 November will be at Leeds University and not Leeds International Pool

  The BWPL website has been temporarily out of commission recently but details listed above will be added as soon as possible.

   

  Sadly, for those unaware of the information, I have to report the sudden death at the weekend of Roger Hargreaves, former international referee and a great servant to the BWPL, NWPL and British water polo in general over many years. An obituary will appear on the website shortly.  

  Chris Ducker

• BWPL - response to BS proposals for British Champs. Please find attached (click here) for information a letter from BWPL chairman David Andrews to Howard Cartwright, Chairman, British Swimming WPC, in response to the recent WPC's document (click here) containing proposals for development of the British Championships.  Chris Ducker.

• BWPL May Committee meeting minutes.  Click here for link to minutes.  

• Please find attached the updated fixtures for Phase 1 of the coming Men Div 3 season. (Caledonia men DIV 3 FIXTURES 2011 ISSUE 8).

• Please find attached the summary for the 2010 season with stats. All 12 pages I’m afraid. Please note that for the first time it includes the Women’s information. I would appreciate it if you could circulate this to your club members [electronically of course] as I am sure some will find it interesting.  Link to Match Secretary's Report and Statistics 2010

        David Boot. Match Secretary

• BWPL AGM Reports.   Please find attached officers' reports for the AGM on 27 March. David Boot's detailed match secretary's report will, as usual, be circulated separately. The financial report will also follow.

  Also attached are tables of referee performance (in men's divisions, women's divisions and combined) produced by officials' co-ordinator Michelle Horton and based on club, rather than, delegate returns.

  Links to Reports: BWPL Annual Reports,  Ref Combined Percentage Report 2010, Treasurer's report 2010, BWPL Accounts Feb 2011

  Chris Ducker

• Please find attached the fixtures for Phase 1 of the coming Men Div 3 season, the venues and dates for Phase 2 will follow shortly. Regards David Boot. (Caledonia men DIV 3 FIXTURES 2011 ISSUE 2)

• BWPL - AGM delegates

Further to queries from a number of secretaries, each member club of the BWPL is entitled to THREE delegates at the AGM on 27 March. This is irrespective of the number of teams a club may enter in the league. Rule 7.6 applies: "Those entitled to vote at any General Meeting shall be the President and the officers as listed in Rule 7.1.3 and three delegates for every playing member club who must be members of the club they represent. Additional entered teams shall not entitle members to additional delegates. Associate members are not entitled to vote.

Regards, Chris Ducker

• Ladies Spring Cup 2011 revised draw at this link Ladies Spring Cup 2011 - Revised Draw 

• Please find attached Minutes of the recent BWPL committee meeting at this link bwplmins16Feb2011.

• Please find attached Minutes of the recent BWPL committee meeting at this link bwplmins21Jan2011. A reminder that the BWPL AGM takes place at King George VI Memorial Hall, Hockley Heath, on Sunday, 27 March. More details later.

• 27 Jan 2011: Caledonia Women Win Promotion - The Caledonia Women's polo squad finally achieved their goal of promotion to the second division by finishing first in the 3rd division. The finished the British Water Polo League with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, giving them 25 points to second place Carlisle's 23. They also topped the table in goal differential with +83.
  Throughout the season, Caledonia's traditionally stiff defense was present as they only allowed 54 goals throughout the whole season and kept high scoring Carlisle limited to 4 in each of their matches. However, the difference this year was clearly in offense compared to past season's where goal differential was always in the negative. Caledonia's Nicola Tate took the Division 3 high scorer title while Julia MacKay was near behind in 3rd position.
  The players who played this season's Division 3 campaign for Caledonia were: Gael Logan (Captain), Caroline Conner, Susan Johnstone, Laura Mathewson, Julia MacKay, Chantal Guillot (Goalkeeper), Nicola Tate, Vicky Witko, Michelle Risinger, Lynn Ruddock, Alison Thomson, Louise Fox, Jenny Bush, Rhianna Stewart, and Nikki Sutcliffe.
  Congratulations to the team and their coaches and managers.
  For the full report of the final weekend visit the Scottish waterpolo website at www.Scottishwaterpolo.com
  

• 28 Nov 2010: Caledonia Men finish runners up in Division 3.  Caledonia men won their final match of the weekend. They beat South Derbyshire 23 - 12. For full results when posted click the appropriate link Mens Results

• 13 Oct 2010 : Message from Stewart Carlile - 

  1    This Saturday - We are planning to have a blues v Whites match this Saturday in Kirkcaldy.   If you are available, please let me know so we can pick teams.   This will be a coached game and should be worthwhile for the next few weekends.

  2  Fourth and Fifth Weekends - It is highly likely that we will be looking to travel to Walsall on the Friday night before the fourth weekend and probably before the fifth weekend in Grantham as well.   The cost in Walsall will probably be £20 per person (I have not yet priced Grantham).   Please be aware of this and make arrangements accordingly.   Our game on the 6 Nov is at 1.30 which would mean a very early start otherwise for a game that looks as if it could be one of the most important.

• 13 Oct 2010 : Caledonia Men won all three matches last weekend.  Report

• 27 Sep 2010 : Caledonia Women won all three of their matches this past weekend in the opening competitions of the 2010 BWPL Division 3. The scores were 9-5 over Liverpool Water Beetles, 15-0 against nemesis Cardiff and 7-4 over Otter Lutra.
  Caledonia is tied with Carlisle at the top of the standings and already 3 points clear of the next team Otter. This also extends Caledonia’s win streak to their last 8 games in this Divisions competitions.
  The players for the weekend were Vicky Witko, Jen Bush, Lynn Ruddock, Louise Fox, Chantal Guillot, Caroline Connor, Susan Johnstone, Laura Mathewson, Gael Logan, Nicola Tate, and Julia Mackay.
  The top three scorers were Caroline Connor 7, Nicola Tate 7 and Julia Mackay 6   Neal Rayner

• 23 Sept 2010:Report from First Weekend 2010 in Middlesborough.  Photo

• 6 Sept 2010 : Third Weekend Guys, As we mentioned before, we are selecting the team for the third weekend earlier to allow those selected to book flights.   The team for the third weekend is as follows: Simon Metcalfe , David Baxter , Alan Shepherd , Graeme Dodd, Steven Cuthbert, Robert Tate , Steven Adams ,  Ryan Laird, Logan Shepherd , Stewart Carlile , Mark Speed, Andrew Woodall and Calum Fraser

  As we stated before, please confirm that you are available for the weekend and, where necessary, that you have booked your flights.   There is only one flight from Scotland that morning and a couple to return on.   Let me know if you need the flight details.

  Once confirmed, we will need to hire cars so please can you confirm as soon as possible.

  I have not booked accommodation for this weekend yet, but I will book it this week.   It will most likely be the Holiday Inn in Swindon again.  Our first game is at 1330.   We will be in touch nearer the time with more detailed plans.  Cheers, Stewart

• 6 Sept 2010 : First Weekend Guys, Thanks again to everyone who made themselves available for the first weekend.   While it is a nice problem to have, the decision of who to put into the team is not an easy one.   The team for the first weekend is as follows: Simon Metcalfe ,  David Baxter, Alan Shepherd ,  Callum MacGregor,  David Stewart,  Robert Tate ,  Steven Adams , Ryan Laird, Logan Shepherd , Stewart Carlile, Mark Speed, Andrew Woodall and Calum Fraser.   As we stated before, please confirm that you are available for the weekend.   As stated before, we will be staying in the Premier Inn (http://www.premierinn.com/en/checkHotel/MIDTOB/middlesbrough-central-south).   Unfortunately, as the Great North Run is on that weekend, rooms are £95 each.   At the moment, we have 3 family rooms and 2 twins.  Our first game is at 1500.   We will travel down in 3 cars (4 players in each car - David Baxter will travel up from London ), leaving Dundee at 0830 or Edinburgh (South side) at 1000.    We will have more precise plans later in the week and we will be in contact about these.    

  If possible, please can everyone try to make it along training on Saturday at Kirkcaldy (1730-1900) as everyone will be involved at some point in the season and it will be a good opportunity to run through  some tactics/man ups. Cheers, Stewart  

• 30 July 2010 : The British Water Polo League website is online now.

• 21 Mar 10 : New Season Hi everyone, Despite Dunfermline beating the mighty M/Hill yesterday I hope we are all still on speaking terms and starting to get ready for the season.
  The fixtures for the National league are out now and so the planning really needs to start. Please check the dates and let Stewart and myself know if there are any dates that you definitely can't make at the moment. Please make every effort to commit yourself to as many weekends as possible as we all know the benefit of having a full squad.
  As you'll see we start the season against some heavy teams on the Saturday and then the Marlins team that beat us to promotion two years ago. We can not afford to have the first weekend to get ourselves fit and organised and we certainly know that Exeter will be one of the toughest games of the year. (please recall a 12-3 hammering from Hucknall 1st game last year)
  Training is available on Saturday evenings in Kirkcaldy and you are welcome to attend with non-members paying £5 for the session. The next fixed session will be on the 10th of April. Our 92 team will be playing in the ASA cup the following weekend so the plan is to do some separate team work and then come together to work man up and game situations. Please let me know your availability. I understand there may be a GB weekend then. If everyone can get there for around 5pm so we can have a quick chat before the session starts that would be good.
  PS As a small team challenge can everyone get a 50m free time done before the session. You can use a race time as long as it has been done in 2010 or just a training time. Don't care about PBs because they were probably done when you were 15. Although I believe this was the average age of the Dunfermline team last night.
  I'll start the ball rolling with a 28.57 so nobody else needs to feel embarrassed about posting their time. David Baxter