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| 31 Dec 06 |
Pan Pacific Waterpolo Cup
won by Australia GB found Australia too strong and went down 5-18 in the Final of the Youth Tournament |
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| 30 Dec 06 |
GB reach Final of Pan Pacific Waterpolo Cup GB and New Zealand tied again in normal time in the semi-final. Extra time failed to separate the teams and it went to a shoot-out in which GB prevailed. In all the excitement there was a red card for the GB Assistant Coach. Australia, easily the strongest team, now await in the final. |
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| 28 Dec 06 |
Pan Pacific Waterpolo Cup The event has started in Calgary. GB Youth team play today with games against New Zealand and Australia. Programme (local time is GMT -7 hours) and results |
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| 29 Dec 06 |
Pan Pacific Waterpolo Cup GB took part in the first tied game of the Tournament with a 9-9 draw vs New Zealand. Ali Campbell scored 2 goals in the 3rd period as GB pulled back from 1-5 deficit in the 2nd. GB won the 4th quarter as well. Their second game was more one-sided and they lost to Australia 5-15. GB's came back from 3 goals down to tie with USA 8-8 in their first match of Day #3. Ali Campbell scored one goal. Canada were GB's opponents in their last round robin game and this too ended in a draw - 10-10. This should put GB in 3rd place on goal difference, behind Australia and New Zealand with a game against NZ next. |
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| 23 Dec 06 |
ASA Championships 2007 At the December Technical Meeting it was agreed that 2007 ASA Club Championships would operate on a home or away basis, with National League First Division Clubs being excluded from the first round. The first round would be played on a "regional" basis, i.e. with the country cut into quarters and teams playing each other in the quarter, i.e. South, West and Wales, North and Scotland, etc. The semis and finals will be played at Manchester on June 30th/July 1st, 2007. The Age Groups will be Senior Men & Women, Junior Men and Women (1989/1990); Youth Men & Women (1991+) (next year we will be looking to introduce Academy Age Group (1993/1994)) The dates for the Home or Aways will be dependent on entries. Ideally we will be looking for the matches to be played in pools deeper than 1.2 metres shallow, ideally the deeper the better. We are awaiting a decision by the ASA about age groups, i.e. that a junior player can play for a different senior team. The water polo conditions say that its ok, whilst the ASA's general conditions contradict this, so we are awaiting clarification. Mike Coles, ASA Domestic co-ordinator Entry forms are not now due to be received until early in the New Year. As you will note there are eligibility issues to be clarified, dates to be advised & decisions to be taken on where we play our home matches. Carnegie Centre is 1.2m deep at the shallow end therefore remains a possibility. BM Campbell, Club Secretary |
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| 23 Dec 06 |
National Women's Water Polo League - Junior "Just got this note re Junior Women's League. I'm not sure if we will have enough female players to enter a team. Can you let me know if you think otherwise. If not we could try and get our players into other teams." Ken Fussell "We have the go ahead from the ASA Water polo committee to run a Youth 91/92 & Junior 89/90 national league pilot, we will discuss at AGM to get it formally set up. We need 4 teams in each age group, as far as I know at this point in time juniors and younger can play for different clubs than the ones they have in the senior league. I will get this clarified. Proposed dates are 2 weekends out of these 4 to play both leagues together, 2 89's games followed by 2 91's games - 12 games a weekend as we do for Divs 2 & 3. 3/4th Feb : 3/4th March : 17/18th March : 31st/1st April (juniors are at Millfield next day). I need to know fairly sharpish who wants to enter a team so I can get some pools booked. All costs will be shared by competing clubs. Please let me know a.s.a.p. if you are interested and in one or both age groups." Judith Clayton |
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| 22 Dec 06 |
Our new SPONSOR At long last the website has a sponsor. After intense negotiation David Stewart has persuaded Fiona that the family should be even more involved in the Club! Thanks very much Fiona - link on our Home page. The Haven is at 19 Halketts Hall Limekilns, tel. 01383 872736 |
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| 19 Dec 06 |
Diary Dates 2007 "We are starting to organise polo for the first part of 2007. The 2007 Scottish National League is to be played in the first 4 – 5 months in 2007. We need to know of any dates that are not suitable for the teams to play. The SNL should run all comps as 2 rounds of central location deep water events with a finals day for all comps probably at Tollcross. As you will know bookings at the Stirling pool have been done a year ago so we need to use these dates as we have to pay for them regardless. Dates currently booked :- Sat 27th Jan 6 hours; Sun 28th Jan 6 hour; Sun 11th Feb 6 hours; Sat 17th Feb 6 hours; Sat 24th Feb 6 hours; Sun 25th Feb 6 hours; Sat 28th Apr 6 hours; Sun 29th Apr 6 hours Possible bookings:- Sat 10th Mar 4 hours; Sun 11th Mar 6 hours We will need to decide which times will be used for RTC, Women’s training and SNL. Could you all please let me know if any of the above days conflict with other events, water polo or otherwise. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Great New Year." Ken Fussell, SASA Domestic Co-ordinator *24th Feb - SASA Awards Dinner date - Murray McLeod |
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| 20 Dec 06 |
Fun Night The Fun Night was a great success with a great turnout. The youngsters (and a couple of "oldsters") played a hectic game with about 20 a side. Afterwards the "juniors" took on the "dads", a couple of seniors and a "veteran" in an end-to-end struggle which eventually resulted in victory for the dads! The Christmas Raffle was drawn and winners will be published soon. |
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| 19 Dec 06 |
FUN NIGHT TONIGHT Club closes for winter break tonight. The session will be a fun night which is open to all including parents. The challenge is out and the kids expect to win easily! |
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| 17 Dec 06 |
Surprise for Dougie Dougie Campbell was taken by surprise when he was called through from a leisure swim with his children in the main pool to find a large number of old and current team mates waiting to start a tournament in his honour in the training pool. His former and present clubs, Portobello, Dunfermline and Lancaster were joined by a Select featuring many old club (photo) and international colleagues (photos) in an event to say farewell to Dougie and his family who are off to Australia in the New Year. David Stewart the organiser was delighted with the tournament which was played in great spirit. Dougie took part (photo) for one team or another in all 13 games. At one stage we had the rare sight of the 4 Campbell brothers back in action together. The final matched Lancaster and Portobello who played out a draw then scored 5 each in the penalty shoot-out then, fittingly, Dougie scored the decisive penalty to give Lancaster the trophy. In the evening David Stewart, Ally McKilligan and Dougie's wife Kay had arranged another surprise with a get-together in Charlestown and this too was a great success with many old friends meeting up after many years. Presentations (photo) were made. (more later) |
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| 13 Dec 06 |
Christmas Raffle Remember that the Raffle is due to be drawn on Tuesday 19 December. There are still some items required for the Hamper (see Notice Board). All monies, ticket stubs, unsold tickets to be returned as soon as possible. Jeanette Metcalfe |
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| 10 Dec 06 |
BRITISH WATER POLO ACADEMY, MILLFIELD SCHOOL, SOMERSET Sunday 5th August - Friday 10th August 2007 For 93/94 Age-Group Athletes FURTHER INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW IN THE NEW YEAR |
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| 10 Dec 06 |
Grantham Water Polo
Academy Open Day : Wednesday 31 January 2007 for more information email enquiry@grantham.ac.uk Anyone wishing to attend should contact the College to book their place. tel. 0800 0521 577 |
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| 10 Dec 06 |
National Women's Water Polo League Caledonia won 2 out of 3 matches in week 4 of Div 3 last weekend to maintain a mid-table position. Julia Mackay's Harrogate also won 2 but lost again to leaders Manchester B. and remain 2nd in Div 2. |
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| 07 Dec 06 |
Freedom's Fury Stewart Carlile pointed out this link to information including trailer for film about The Blood in the Water Match. Trailer only here |
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| 05 Dec 06 |
NWPL news Douglas Campbell finished his NWPL career on a high scoring 6 in his final game. His team Lancaster completed the season undefeated in NWPL Div 1, ASA Cup and British Championships which is a record. Congratulations to Portobello who finished in 6th place in Div.1 which guarantees a British Championship spot in 2007. |
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| 04 Dec 06 |
ASA Competitions 2007 At a meeting at Manchester on Friday it is expected that approval will be given for the proposed format of next year's ASA Cup competitions with the relevant entry forms and details issued next week to Clubs. The Club hope to enter the Senior, Youth and possibly Junior competitions to provide a test for our players. |
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| 04 Dec 06 |
Thanks Jim Jim Roxburgh, City of Leeds, sent this message to Caledonia team "Sorry to hear that your guys have decided not to accept Sutton’s challenge to maintain your position in the NWPL Div 2. I hope you have a successful season in Div 3 and that when you do come back into Div 2 you have a stronger team and bit a bit more luck." |
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| 02 Dec 06 |
Scottish National League Senior Dunfermline beat Menzieshill Whitehall 20 - 10 (5-5; 5-2; 3-2; 7-1) in Final played today at Stirling. Scorers : Calum Fraser 8; Graeme Morrison 4; Neil Strachan 3 ; Alasdair Campbell 3; Stewart Carlile 1; Andrew Woodall 1. |
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| 02 Dec 06 |
Internationalists Photograph of Scotland Junior team at Newport |
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| 02 Dec 06 |
Veterans Tournament A new generation of players has taken over the annual triangular tournament for the Charlie Grierson Trophy. Home team Warrender managed to shake off the non-availability of Jack Donaldson as Derek Docherty, Ross and Ian MacCallum led the charge to see off the challenges of Galashiels and Portobello. Ian Penny and the Pflug brothers led Gala to a close thing in the first game losing 2-3. Portobello, spearheaded by Andy Gilhooly, Stuart Paterson and Dave Kipling, beat them in the second 5-1 to set up a deciding game against Warrender. Toby Carless scored 3 typical goals for the hosts and it seemed all over but Portobello made a spirited comeback but just failed and Warrender ended 5-4 winners. The contest was even more keenly contested than usual and most of the 60+ players (including yours truly) were happy to stay on the bench but Scotland's first 100 cap player Murray Anderson was still in there at 70. The "elder statesmen" came into their own at the after-match get-together and Charlie Grierson was on hand to present the trophy. GS. |
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| 01 Dec 06 |
International Duty Dunfermline's Alasdair Campbell has been selected for the GB Junior (u/19) team which will participate in the Pan Pacific International Tournament to be held in Calgary, Canada from December 27th - December 30th 2006. The participating teams are GB, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and USA. This will be the highest level of Water Polo that Alasdair will have experienced. The other teams are all ranked above GB. The team will be staying in Calgary after the event and will take part in training sessions with Canada and New Zealand before returning home around 5th January 2007. This is the start of the build-up to the European Youth Qualifiers in May 2007. |
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| 01 Dec 06 |
Licencing The SASA is setting high standards for water polo events. with the new Licencing Regulations (WP10.5). The minimum facility requirements for friendlies is far more stringent than for internationals, although the internationalists do get seating! |
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| 01 Dec 06 |
Julia Mackay Good to see Julia is getting among the goals in the National Women's League. Her team Harrogate are 2nd in Div 2 and Julia is well up the goal chart with 27. She's pretty near the top of the Major Queens as well so she's getting really involved in the action. It's Basingstoke tomorrow for weekend #4 |
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| 01 Dec 06 |
Annual Meeting of Water Polo Clubs The meeting was very poorly attended and consequently served little purpose. |
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| 29.11.06 |
Scottish National Leagues Dunfermline defeated Menzieshill Whitehall 16-10 in an U17 match at Carnegie Centre last night. Report With the re-opening of the Carnegie Centre Training has re-commenced, new members are welcome to come along and try out Water Polo. |
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| 28.11.06 |
Play-off withdrawal Late News : It has been decided that Caledonia will not, after all, contest the play-off with Sutton & Cheam. There are difficulties in raising a team. With the expense involved, and the likelihood that team would struggle to compete next year in Div 2 it has been decided that it would be better to consolidate the team's position in Div 3. The jump to Div 2 was too much, especially with the injuries and availability. David Stewart/Murray McLeod |
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| 27.11.06 |
Scottish National Leagues Dunfermline defeated Menzieshill Whitehall 11-5 senior National League fixture. scorers Neil Strachan 2, Andrew Woodall 4, Ali Campbell 2, Calum Fraser 3 Under 16 National League match vs Menzieshill @ 9pm Tuesday 28 November at Carnegie Centre |
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| 27.11.06 |
Play-off details "I have received confirmation this morning that Sutton and Cheam have challenged Caledonia for our place in Division 2 next season. Having spoken to the players at the Bath weekend and with Alan Donaldson last night, I have on behalf of Caledonia accepted the challenge. The game will take place at Aldershot on Saturday 9th December, with a likely start time of 2/2.30 in the afternoon. This works in well with EasyJet flights to travel there and back on the same day if wished. I will not be in attendance as I have an exam at college on that day but will be their in spirit!" Murray McLeod Update received this afternoon:- "I can now confirm arrangements for the end-of-season play-offs, as follows: Div 1/2, *Birkenhead or Penguin or Polytechnic v Solihull, Loughborough University, Saturday, 16 December, 5pm warm-up, 5.20 start. Div 2/3, Caledonia v Sutton & Cheam, Aldershot, Saturday, 9 December, 2.10pm warm-up, 2.30pm start. Div 3/4, Basingstoke Bluefins v Invicta Marlins, Aldershot, Saturday, 9 December, 3.30pm warm-up, 3.45pm start. * Subject to acceptance of Solihull's challenge. Please also note a change in start times for Division One matches at Aldershot on Sunday, 10 December, as follows: 12.35 Portobello v Polytechnic 13.40 Cheltenham v Manchester 14.45 Bristol v Rotherham Chris Ducker |
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| 26.11.06 |
Regional Training Centre - Competition Day A competition day is being held for all Players 1991 - 1992 at Walsall on 16th or 17th December 2006 as detailed on the poster. Players are split into teams on the day and a series of matches played. Although a RTC is not up and running yet in Scotland, Scottish Players are invited to attend. You will have to make your own way there (Walsall is 310 mls from Dunfermline with departure around 4.30am to make the 10am start which allows a brief stop for breakfast). Please advise if you interested in attending by return and I will advise the RTC Administrator - please also advise if there are extra seats in any cars which may be going down & I will pass contact details around. This is not just for Scottish Squad players but for anyone of the above ages who are likely to be in the Scottish Regional Training Centre. Coaches / Managers are also invited to attend. B.M.Campbell |
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| 26.11.06 |
Scottish National Leagues Dunfermline defeated Warrender 12-4 in the u/16 National League fixture. Dunfermline were always in command winning each quarter 2-1; 4-0; 4-2 & 2-1 with goals from Darren & Christopher Campbell (4 each), Robert Tate (3) & Andrew Woodall. Dunfermline entertain Menzieshill Whitehall at Carnegie Centre on Tuesday evening in the next u/16 fixture. In a Senior National League match Dunfermline defeated Warrender 13 -7 with Robert Tate making his Senior debut. (Report) |
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| 25.11.06 |
Play-off Sutton & Cheam take 2nd place in Div 3 of the National League and, no doubt, will now challenge Caledonia for 2nd Div spot |
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| 25.11.06 |
Carnegie Centre Training Pool at Carnegie Centre re-opens on Monday 27 November. Training returns to normal. |
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| 22.11.06 |
The Blood in the Water Match Hartley MacGibbon has pointed out the article in the Herald this week about the most famous water polo match ever - the Russia vs Hungary encounter at the Melbourne Olympics 50 years ago. |
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| 18.11.06 |
Congratulations Good luck to Toni Bonnar & Jamie Hinley who will be attending trials for the new GB Women's Youth Squad. and to Alasdair Campbell who will be travelling to Calgary, Canada on Boxing Day to play in a tournament with the GB Junior team . |
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| 18.11.06 |
National League Div 1 At Loughborough this afternoon GB Juniors defeated Portobello 11 - 8 with 2 goals from Alasdair Campbell. GB Juniors later lost to Penguin 8-6. Alasdair scored 1 goal |
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| 17.11.06 |
Christmas Raffle This is a major Fund Raiser for the Club. Jeanette and Sylvia have prepared a news sheet with information, an appeal and a list. Please take the time to check it out. Get selling tickets and see what else you can do to help. Draw 19 December |
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| 14.11.06 |
Vacancy "Scottish Universities seek to fill the vacant post of Coach to the Women's Celtic Nations team. We are looking for somebody with some experience to help us build on last year's victories." Paul Metcalfe, joint coordinator |
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| 14.11.06 |
Scottish Polo Player of the Year Awards Dave Balbirnie, Midlands Convener, has pointed out that the change of date for the Scottish Polo Clubs AGM takes it beyond the date when SASA will decide awards. He has contacted SASA but it will probably safer to make any nominations by email a.s.a.p. to SASA Office, copied to Convener, Hugh Cullen. |
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| 14.11.06 |
National League Coach's Report now available. team photo |
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| 13.11.06 |
Ladies National League Caledonia lost 3-13 to Otter, drew 6-6 with Hucknall and lost 6-8 to Invicta on Weekend #3 at Middlesborough. Full details at League site |
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| 13.11.06 |
Scottish National Leagues Dunfermline defeated East Dunbartonshire in an under-16 League match at the Allander Centre by 16 goals to 6. Dunfermline controlled the match throughout and the result was never in doubt winning all four quarters 3-1; 5-1;4-3 & 4-1. The performance overall was good with few mistakes made. Scorers - Andrew Woodall - 7; Christopher Campbell - 4; Robert Tate & Darren Campbell - 2 & Andrew Melville - 1. |
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| 12.11.06 |
National League Caledonia will have to play off to stay in the 2nd Division next season. Invicta had a runaway 30-3 win over Reading while Caledonia lost 9-13 to Leeds. |
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| 11.11.06 |
National League Bright start to Weekend #5 for Caledonia with a 9-8 victory over Invicta. The Man of the Match, Bruce Henderson. made a crucial save in dying seconds to stop Invicta claiming a share of the points. The fight to avoid the play-off position is now very tight. Tyldesey and Invicta are on 9 points with Caledonia on 8. Wheels came off Caledonia's campaign in their second match, losing unexpectedly to bottom club Reading 7-11. Only hope now is for Reading to beat Invicta while Caledonia must beat Leeds in Sunday's matches. |
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| 10.11.06 |
Scottish Water Polo AGM The date for the AGM has been changed Water Polo AGM; 30th November 2006; NSA Seminar Room (not Board Room); 1900 – 2100 hrs. |
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| 29.11.06 |
Message from National Convener "Scottish Water Polo Clubs AGM - Representation Further to the recent flurry of e-mails on the above subject, attendance at the above is open to all clubs to attend, to discuss the previous year and for the SWPC to answer any relevant questions. Convention allowed for three members from each club to attend and that will continue at the present. The “convention” to my knowledge has never been documented, and this accounts for the interpretation reached by the Office. Any further debate should not be required and debate by e-mail should cease." HD Cullen SWPC Convenor While pleased that Hugh has come down on the side of removing the restriction proposed by the Youth Development Officer I am disappointed that he seems to be frowning on the email exchanges which resulted from Lorraine Campbell's email. I cannot see what "accounts for the interpretation reached by the Office". Was I wrong to object and make my objection known? Messages I have received suggest I am not alone in contending that the interpretation was wrong and would have completely altered the purpose of the Statutory Meeting. George Spowart |
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| 29.11.06 |
Secretary's response to National Convener "Regarding the ongoing debate re who can attend the forthcoming Water Polo Clubs AGM. It is our understanding that this meeting has always been an 'Open forum' for all interested parties to attend, should a vote be required obviously only those entitled to vote should do so however votes at these meetings are not usually required. With reference to the e-mail from Scottish Swimming earlier today, having an AGM with only those who attend the normal SWPC meetings, is very much a waste of time as no new views will be expressed and Reports will be to "themselves' indeed we fail to see how the objectives of Rule WP7.2 can be met unless it is an open forum. It is our belief that the Chairman can invite anyone to attend as an 'observer' and take part in the debate, we would suggest that you consider the immediate issue of a global invite to all interested parties to attend." B.M.Campbell |
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| 11.11.06 |
Dave Wallace, Western Baths News of an unfortunate accident to a Western Baths stalwart : "For those who don't know, Dave was hit by a bus in Paisley on Wednesday lunchtime. As you can imagine it was very severe with multiple head fractures, broken eye socket and a broken jaw. Dave was admitted to Intensive Care at the Southern General on Wednesday afternoon. He has been responding well to treatment and able to answer questions. Dave was moved to ward 65 on Thursday afternoon and was up on his feet during the night. I'm sure you will all join me in wishing him a speedy recovery and offering support to Fran and their boys. Graham will keep me informed of Dave's progress and I'll pass on the information to you all as I get it." Ken Fussell |
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| 10.11.06 |
New Webpage Welcome to the new webpage for the National Women's Water Polo League. It is part of the GB Swimming site. NOTE Draws, Results, Rules etc. are all in Microsoft Word format. |
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| 08.11.06 |
Scottish Water Polo AGM The following has been intimated to some members of the SWPC. Trying to find out if clubs are to be notified. (see below) Water Polo AGM; 16th November 2006; NSA Seminar Room (not Board Room); 1900 – 2100 hrs Response from Juliana Aitken (who circulated notice on 17 October) is that Ken Fussell has circulated notice - she didn't know that such a group (Club Representatives) existed. I pointed out that they are not a separate group, the SWPC INCLUDES a representative from each of the polo-playing clubs. So Ken's post is all the information clubs are going to get! No agenda, no previous minutes, probably no reports. |
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| 08.11.06 |
National League Information regarding this weekend received from NWPL, note game times are as per NWPL website and not NWPL handbook therefore games are - Sat 11:40 v Invicta, 15:10 v Reading,Sunday 12:15 v Leeds |
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| 06.11.06 |
Scottish National Leagues "Further update on draws for the leagues. which includes the referee appointments from Murray. Refs please check their availability for the games they are to ref. If you have difficulty let me know, there are 2 I can't make. I will then sort it with Murray." Ken Fussell A couple of SNL results : Senior - Western Baths 8 Menzieshill Whitehall 20; U/16 - Menzieshill Whitehall 21 East Dunbartonshire 11 |
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| 05.11.06 |
Ladies National League Caledonia fought out an 8-8 draw with Hucknall this weekend. They later lost 6-8 to Invicta & lost 3-12 to Otter. Report |
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| 05.11.06 |
National League Two DWPC members were in action on weekend 6 of the 1st Division at Lancaster. With his family's upcoming move to Australia settled, Dougie Campbell was back in the Lancaster side which had an easy 13-2 win over Manchester in the top half of the league. Ali Campbell was in the GB Juniors team which lost narrowly 12-15 to Penguin and Portobello had to battle hard to overcome Polytechnic 7-6 in the bottom half. On Sunday GB Juniors lost by the narrowest of margins 10-11 to Birkenhead. Portobello moved up the table with an 11-10 win over Welsh Wanderers. Lancaster won again to keep top spot in Div 1. |
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| 04.11.06 |
Scottish National League In an exciting U/14 National League match at the Thirlestone Road baths Dunfermline defeated Warrender 10-5 with five goals from Darren Campbell, four goals from Christopher Campbell and the final goal by Craig Wilkinson. (Match report) |
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| 01.11.06 |
MAIL SCAM It has been confirmed by Royal Mail that the Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:- A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) or similar suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0306 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize. If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call. If you do receive a card with these details then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at:- www.icstis.org.uk |
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| 01.11.06 |
National League Coach's report for Weekend 4 (Photo) |
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| 31.10.06 |
AGM The 23rd Annual General Meeting of the Club took place last night. There was an improved attendance compared with the last few years but more members must become involved in running the Club. Parents too can help in many ways. The Secretary has circulated a summary of the business. |
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| 29.10.06 |
National League Caledonia finished weekend 4 on a happy note with a 13-10 victory over Tyldesley. Top scorer was Ryan Laird with 6 goals. The result still leaves them 3 points behind the 3rd bottom team Invicta, their first opponents in week 5. |
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| 29.10.06 |
Home Internationals Scotland took 3rd place with a hard-fought 13-11 win over Wales which included 2 penalty saves by David Armstrong (WR). Ali Campbell (DU) was Scotland's top scorer for the tournament (3rd overall) with 13 goals. England coasted to a final 14-5 victory over Ireland for the title. Scotland's 1991+ team had an excellent 22-13 victory over Wales. Jake Hinley (DU) was outstanding in goals. Andrew Woodall (DU) was top scorer with 6 goals. Details to follow. photographs of DWPC members and Scotland Youth team |
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| 28.10.06 |
National League Given the recent spate of injuries plus players away on international duty it was always going to be a hard weekend for Caledonia. They lost their first match 6-10 to Otter. The second game was closer a 10-12 defeat by league leaders Solihull. Details later |
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| 28.10.06 |
Home Internationals - latest Scotland made a winning start to their campaign in the Junior Home Internationals in Cardiff. They came through a hard, physical game against Ireland to win 9-8 (2-3;2-1; 1-1; 4-3. Scores James Scobie (WR); Ross Johnston (WR) (3); Malcolm Kerr (WR); Alasdair Campbell (DU) (4). England overcame Wales 22-5. In their second game Scotland led hosts, Wales, 9-4 at half time then faded. The score was tied 14-14 after extra time but Wales won the penalty shoot-out. Coach, Derek Docherty, was at a loss to explain the slump. England beat Ireland 10-5 and Scotland 10-2. Ireland beat Wales 13-11 to book a place in tomorrow's final against England. Scotland a contest 3rd/4th places with Wales. Scotland U15 team ran riot in a training match beating Wales 29-5 but expect a harder match in the international tomorrow. |
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| 26.10.06 |
Changes There are slight changes to the website. The Member Info section now includes a Resources page where we will make available useful forms etc. The Photo Album uses thumbnails in the index instead of text. We hope to include other new features soon. G.S. |
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| 26.10.06 |
POOL CLOSEDOWN Carnegie Centre pool closes on Monday 30 October until early December. The last session before the closedown will be on Sunday 29 October from 7pm - 8.30pm - this will be an open session - with so many players away on Scotland duty & with Caledonia the session time has been reduced. Committee have reached agreement with InCAS to hold a shared session at HMS Caledonia on Sunday afternoons from 1.00pm - 2.30pm with InCAS Swimming Club. These sessions will be held on 5th; 12th; 19th & 26th November 2006 after which the Carnegie Centre is expected to re-open, there is no additional charge to Members. This pool is within a Naval base and has Security officers at the main gate, a pass is required and Ian Thomson can provide the relevant form - 2 (two) photographs are required and a payment of £1.00. It is likely that Rosyth will be used in the future therefore your application will not be wasted. You can download the relevant form (with associated conditions etc.) through the website although the 'photo card' will have to be collected from the reception at the pool and completed. I am not available on 5th & 19th November & volunteers are required to assist, please advise me if you are available & willing. B.M.C. Our Senior players will be organising their own sessions. |
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| 26.10.06 |
CLUB RAFFLE Tickets for the Club's annual Christmas raffle are now available from Jeanette Metcalfe with the draw due to take place at the Club session on Tuesday 19th December 2006. Books cost only £1.00 and further books can be requested via the Secretary or direct to Jeanette. Members should make every effort to maximise sales to ensure the success of one of our major fundraising events of the year. |
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| 26.10.06 |
DISTRICT SPORTS COUNCIL ANNUAL AWARDS Nominations are invited for the following Annual awards (to be submitted by 10 November) :- > Sports Personality > Services to Sport > Asda, St Leonards Trophy (16 years & under) > Benny Hutton Team award > East Kilbride Sports Council award (disabled award) > Carnegie Dunfermline Trust Centenary Masters award (over 35 years) > Rotary Club of Dunfermline Junior team of the Year (under 16's team) |
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| 25.10.06 |
Home Internationals Good luck to the Scottish teams taking part in the Junior Home Internationals and 1991+ international in Wales this weekend. Best wishes in particular to the six juniors, six 1991+ and 1991+ coach Brian Campbell who will represent the Club. |
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| 24.10.06 |
Scottish National Leagues "Further update on draws for the leagues. Changes in magenta. Men - There are a couple of changes to the draw. Western has a broken goal so their game against Portobello is changed. Menzieshill Whitehall asked to change one of their games, so Warrender will switch a night. U/16 - Note the change in pool for Menzieshill Whitehall games. It should always have been the High School." Ken Fussell |
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| 23 10.06 |
Update on the Women's Scottish National League We will play these games on Saturday 28th October from 15:30 till 19:30. Can clubs let me know how many players can make it along? I will need some referees, coaches and table officials as well. Can anyone let me know if they are available? I know a number of the usual suspects will be away at either Junior Men Nationals or Caledonia Men so I am looking for other volunteers please. Please call me on 07730413136 Ken Fussell |
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| 22.10.06 |
New website This is the new home of DWPC on the Net. While moving the site and making changes I may have missed some links etc. If you come across any booboos please email me. |
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| 22.10.06 |
National League Div 2 Brief coach's report for weekend 3 at Millfield |
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| 18.10.06 |
Scottish National Leagues The Domestic Convener has circulated updated draws for the leagues. ""If any team has difficulty with playing any of these games please contact me by Saturday 21 October with proposed changes. Otherwise the schedule will stand and any teams who fail to play will forfeit the game. Note there is time at Stirling on the weekend 25 - 26 November, Brian will be running National Squad training but there is plenty of pool time to slot in any extra games. Dunfermline already have some "Home" games scheduled there. Big Note I will not be there that weekend as the Caledonia Women are playing down south. WOMEN : Can all clubs provide me with an idea of the number of women who are able to participate in the SNL on 28 - 29 October at Stirling! I will be running games and squad training that weekend" Ken Fussell |
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| 16.10.06 |
Death of former internationalist Sad to report that actor and former Scottish water polo internationalist Willie "Ross" Davidson has died from cancer. |
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| 15.10.06 |
Caledonia Ladies make great debut Div 3 :- vs Sunderland won 12 - 3; vs Bristol won 6 - 4; vs Sheffield won 7 - 6 |
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| 15.10.06 |
Tough for Caledonia Caledonia were short of players for the NL weekend at Millfield and lost all 3 games. Caledonia vs Hucknall 8 - 20 scorers : Calum Fraser - 4; Alasdair Campbell - 3; David Baxter - 1 Caledonia vs Invicta 7 - 16 scoresr : Calum Fraser - 4; David Baxter - 1; Mat McGeechan - 1; Stewart Carlile - 1 Caledonia vs Solihull 7 - 11 scorers David Baxter - 3; Vesolin Veroynin - 2; Stewart Carlile - 1; Calum Fraser - 1 |
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| 14.10.06 |
Blast from the past Met up with former Carnegie stalwart and Dunfermline (WPC and Athletic) supporter Drew Hunter on a visit to his home town. Based in Chester for many years, Drew has a son who is taking his first steps in water polo. On the way home Drew was fitting in a visit to Motherwell to support the Pars . G.S. |
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| 13.10.06 |
Junior Home Nations Details of team selection and schedule on Scottish Swimming website |
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| 08.10.06 |
Items from the Secretary
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| 12.10.06 |
National League Timetable for this weekend's Div 2 fixtures at Millfield |
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| 10.10.06 |
Scottish National Leagues The Domestic Convener has circulated updated draws for the leagues. "Thanks to Irene for sorting this. In her absence please keep me informed of any changes. Due to scheduling limitations we will run the U/14 league as 2 rounds and a final. The U/16 will run as a single round then the final. The Men will run as a single round then the final. Can the teams let me know their pool time and I will schedule ASAP. I will run the Women's comp on the weekend 28 - 29 October. Can clubs let me know how many females would be interested in playing." Ken Fussell |
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| 10.10.06 |
Brian Greenyer Nice to see Brian back in Edinburgh and taking an interest after his spell up north. He thought our readers might be interested in this Wikipedia article on water polo. |
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| 08.10.06 |
Hard going for Portobello The Scottish champions suffered 3 losses out of three matches in Div 1 at Millfield this weekend. They dropped to seventh place in the League and will now contest the bottom half of the division. |
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| 12.10.06 |
National League Timetable for this weekend's Div 2 fixtures at Millfield |
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| 10.10.06 |
Scottish National Leagues The Domestic Convener has circulated updated draws for the leagues. "Thanks to Irene for sorting this. In her absence please keep me informed of any changes. Due to scheduling limitations we will run the U/14 league as 2 rounds and a final. The U/16 will run as a single round then the final. The Men will run as a single round then the final. Can the teams let me know their pool time and I will schedule ASAP. I will run the Women's comp on the weekend 28 - 29 October. Can clubs let me know how many females would be interested in playing." Ken Fussell |
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| 10.10.06 |
Brian Greenyer Nice to see Brian back in Edinburgh and taking an interest after his spell up north. He thought our readers might be interested in this Wikipedia article on water polo. |
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| 08.10.06 |
Hard going for Portobello The Scottish champions suffered 3 losses out of three matches in Div 1 at Millfield this weekend. They dropped to seventh place in the League and will now contest the bottom half of the division. |
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| 04.10.06 |
Glasgow International Masters meet - Request for entries
"I have just received an email from Linda Walsh regarding the Glasgow International, which takes place on 10/11 November. The closing date for this meet is next Monday 9 October. She only has 25 entries to date with six days remaining and is beginning to become concerned. If you are intending to participate please try and file your entries ASAP to help Linda sleep at night! Graeme Sutton Telephone: 0845 129 8229 website" |
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| 01.10.06 |
Caledonia
beaten at last The second match of the weekend resulted in a 11-14 loss to Hucknall. This match was a tale of missed chances (mainly man-up) and wrong choices taken. Although Dave Stewart was available he was 'fouled-out' in the second quarter and Caledonia suffered their first ever defeat in the National Leagues. Scorers - Calum Fraser - 3; Alasdair Campbell 2; Steven Adams; 2 Dave Baxter 1; Dave Stewart 1; Neil Strachan 2(correction) Caledonia's final match of the weekend also resulted in defeat DWPC 12 Leeds 15. Again a story of missed chances and mistakes as the team lost their second successive match. (Reflections) (Match Reports) |
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| 30.09.06 |
Friendly match tomorrow (Sunday) There is a friendly at Carnegie Centre tomorrow at 8p.m. with Menzieshill Whitehall visiting. Age group is 1989 Girls/1991 Boys |
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| 30.09.06 |
Another Draw for Caledonia Caledonia's first match at Ponds Forge today vs Reading ended tied at 13-13. Caledonia were fielding a team missing several first seven players and had youngsters Simon Metcalfe and Andrew Woodall involved for the first time this season. It took another storming finish - 2 goals down with 28 secs left - to maintain the unbeaten record. The equaliser came with an Ally Campbell/Calum Fraser break with a few seconds remaining. Scorers : Vesolin Voynov 1; Ally Campbell 2; Steven Adams 1; David Baxter 1; Neil Strachan 2; Calum Fraser 5; Matt McGeehan 1. |
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| 30.09.06 |
Scottish National Leagues Circular from Domestic Coordinator. Requires URGENT response from clubs |
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| 20.09.06 |
National League changes The new schedule for Weekend 2 of the national League (Ponds Forge 30 Sep/1 Oct) is on the Caledonia news. |
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| 19.09.06 |
District Open Meeting Invitation from Scottish Swimming : "Come out to the District Meetings and have your say! Scottish Swimming will be allocated a 60 minute window at the upcoming district meetings in order to consult with membership on the following two critical areas:
Midland District: 18 Sept - University of Dundee, Gardyne Road
Campus 7:15pm (Ashley Howard ) |
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| 17.09.06 |
International Duty
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| 17.09.06 |
Draw for Caledonia Caledonia 11 Tyldesley 11; Match reduced to 4 x 7mins; Scorers :- Neil Strachan - 3, Mark Speed - 2, Alasdair Campbell - 1, Alan Shepherd - 1, Ryan Laird - 1, Steven Adams - 1, Stewart Carlile - 1, Vesolin Voynov - 1 Report (Photo) |
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| 16.09.06 |
Sunday 17 September There is a born 1991 East District League game vs Warrender 8p.m. at Carnegie Centre. No Senior training session. |
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| 16.09.06 |
Team Caledonia start with a win The Division 2 campaign started well for Caledonia with a hard-fought 13-12 ( 0-2; 4-4; 4-4; 5-2) victory over Otter at Loughborough. Otter were ahead all the way until the last 2 minutes when Caledonia finally overtook them. Although Caledonia showed some good countering and covering they also gave the ball away too often and must tighten up on possession. Scorers David Baxter (2); Vesolin Voynov (2); Ryan laird (3); Mark Speed; Alasdair Campbell (2) and Calum Fraser (3). Report There was unexpected support from an old member when Dr. Iain McLeod (photo) turned up. Iain is still playing (for Worcester in the Midland League). He was a first seven player in the Club's Scottish and English campaigns as well as the first Malta tour in the 1980s. |
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| 20.08.06 |
AGM The Club AGM will be held in Room 1 at The Carnegie Centre on Monday 30 October 2006. Senior members and parents of our Junior Members are all invited to attend - please make every effort to do so. In addition many positions within the Club remain unfilled (including that of President) with the associated tasks not being carried out - all should consider how they can contribute to managing the Club - with numbers at an all time high this is becoming more and more of an issue. Information will be issued nearer the time. |
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| 09.08.06 |
Home Nations Tournament (1987 or later) Newport, Wales on 27th to 29th Oct. 2006. |
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| 14.09.06 |
National League changes The programme for the NWPL this weekend has been effected by a pool problem with times etc. The following has been required to happen 1) - Saturday v Otter will now commence at 6:45 2) - Sunday v Tyldesley will now commence at 13:55 3) - v Hucknall match postponed game will be rescheduled once the NWPL committee have had more time to check schedule for rest of season. 4) - All warm up will occur behind goal and teams must be capped up and ready to start immediately previous game commences. 5) Dave Andrews Competition Coordinator will be in attendance should we have any issues to raise. |
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| 10.09.06 |
National Leagues The 2006 National Leagues started this weekend. Portobello found it tough going in the 1st Division while Lancaster and Cheltenham both won their 3 matches. Next weekend Caledonia make their debut in the 2nd Division at Loughborough. |
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| 10.09.06 |
Club Tournaments
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| 09.09.06 |
Hit Counter Our counter name seems to have been "lost" from the WebCounter database and we are getting error instead of count. We had recorded 18000 hits since I installed it last November. Hits have been pretty constant so it has served its purpose and I've just removed it. |
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| 09.09.06 |
Update from Secretary
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| 05.09.06 |
Club Tournaments this weekend There will be a feast of Water Polo at the Carnegie Centre this weekend with the Under-16 team playing in an Awards for All tournament against strong opposition from 1pm on Saturday and the Seniors playing in a five-a-side Sport for All tournament from 1pm on Sunday
Help is still urgently required to man the table, referee
matches, provide food etc. if you can help please contact either myself (07980
691732), Ian Thomson (07707 624526) or Alasdair Campbell (07815 439028). All
helpers should arrive at the pool at 12.30pm. |
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| 26.08.06 |
Scottish Water Polo Development Plan 2006-2012 The following received today : - "I have been asked by the SWPC to send this email ...... concerning the requirement for Water Polo to submit a 6 year development plan to the Scottish Swimming Board of Directors in time for their Board meeting on the 10th September 2006. All disciplines have been asked to produce such a plan and the SWPC commissioned a technical subgroup to deliver this target for Water Polo on behalf of the committee. Feedback has already been received from within the subgroup, members of British Water Polo, and some members of the SWPC. The plan introduces a change to the current organisation of the sport and supports the British Water Polo vision and plans leading to London 2012. Failure to submit a plan will result in Water Polo not receiving an allocation of funds for Nov 06/Oct 07. Please find attached version 5 of the 6 year development plan that incorporates feedback from those in attendance at the Scottish Water Polo meeting (24/08/2006). Also attached is the budget summary 2006/2007(version 2), and a summary of the sections with areas of responsibility assigned. Any further feedback should be emailed direct to me/or provided by telephone by no later than 15.00 hrs on Monday 28th August. Best wishes, Lorraine Campbell on behalf of the SWPC & Development Plan subgroup." The draft copy of the Scottish Swimming Water Polo Development Plan covering the period 2006-2012, the Section summary and Responsibilities for 2006 / 2007 has been added to form one document (link removed at SASA request). BMC We stress that this is the first chance that the Club has had to inform the members of the Plan and to give chance to respond. See BMC comments below. |
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| 29.08.06 |
SWPC Meeting 24 Aug 2006 Brian Campbell's observations on the Meeting, particularly the Development Plan for Scottish Water Polo (link removed at SASA request). |
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| 24.08.06 |
Regional Training Centre The Club is doing its bit to progress the Regional Training Centre proposed to be held from October at Rosyth. The names of two volunteers have been submitted, Alan Donaldson as Chief Coach and Mike Tate as Manager. We look forward to hearing in the near future whether these submissions have been successful and further details of the Centre. |
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| 23.08.06 |
SWPC Meeting Senior Members - Unfortunately Roddy MacKay is unable to attend the next meeting of SWPC at Stirling on Thursday 24 August 2006 from 7pm. Unless a volunteer comes forward to attend the Club will not be represented at the meeting - any volunteer please contact me. B.M.Campbell UPDATE - Secretary will attend Meeting |
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| 20.08.06 |
Training Training resumes as normal this evening (Sunday 20 August). members should make every effort to attend regularly. If you know of anyone who is interested in playing water polo please invite them along to a session |
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| 20.08.06 |
'AWARDS FOR ALL TOURNAMENT (1991) This will be held on Saturday 9 September from 12 noon to 6.00m at the Carnegie Centre. Volunteers are required to assist in running the event and include - manning the table; providing food / drink at the end; organising medals; announcer; Referees. Please advise if you are available to assist. |
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| 20.08.06 |
SPORT FOR ALL SENIOR FIVE-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT This will be held on Sunday 10 September from 1pm to 7pm at the Carnegie Centre. Volunteers are required to assist in running the event and include - manning the table; providing food / drink at the end; organising medals; announcer; Referees. Please advise if you are available to assist. Training from 7pm will be on as normal. |
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| 20.08.06 |
'COME & TRY' SESSIONS Please note that 'Come & Try' sessions held in conjunction with the Sports Council will be held on Sunday 3 September (7-8pm) & Tuesday 5 September (8-9pm). If you know of anyone who might be interested in playing water polo please invite them to come along. |
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| 14.08.06 |
Team Caledonia training sessions The following sessions have been booked at Carnegie Centre < 26th August 3.30pm to 5pm > < 27th August 12noon to 1.30pm > < 3rd September 1pm to 2.30pm > David Stewart |
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| 09.08.06 |
Andrew Melville Unfortunately broke his arm at Scout Camp - his cast has just been removed (luckily missing-out on some decoration from his team mates) and should be back in the water in a few weeks - I'm sure he could have thought-up a less painful way of missing training !!! |
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| 02.08.06 |
GB Juniors avoid "wooden spoon" in Romania Great Britain finished in 15th place in the European Junior Championships staged at Oradea, Romania last week. Their group results were 1-20 v eventual champions Serbia & Montenegro; 4-6 v Slovenia; 9-11 v Slovakia. The match for 15/16 places resulted in a 7-6 win v Poland after extra time. Full results |
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| 24.07.06 |
Good Luck The following Club members will be attending Millfield during August - GB Youth Squad training - Alasdair Campbell GB National Academy Squad - Robert Tate; Andrew Woodall & Toni Bonnar, unfortunately Jamie Hinley is unable to attend due to injury |
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| 09.07.06 |
Congratulations To our own Douglas Campbell and his Lancaster team-mates who beat Cheltenham 15-12 in the ASA Club Senior Championship Final. Dougie scored 4 goals. |
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| 26.06.06 |
National Newsletter The National Water Polo Update is available as a PDF file |
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| 18.06.06 |
Serbia & Montenegro win
World Cup Serbia & Montenegro pipped hosts, Hungary, by the odd goal after 2 periods of extra time. The scores were tied at 8-8 at the end of normal time. The first extra period produced a goal apiece and the winning goal came in the second extra period. Spain took 3rd place with a 13-10 win over Croatia |
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| 17.06.06 |
ASA Club Senior Men's Championship DWPC 8 Manchester 10 Missing Mark Speed who pulled out late due to illness and without their injured Coach, Alan Donaldson, DWPC got off to a bad start and were 7-3 behind midway through the second quarter. They worked hard over the next two quarters to bring it back to 7-7 with only 3 mins left. Manchester struck, with three quick goals with only one in reply from DWPC, to win a hard-fought match. Too many missed man-up chances was the order of the day. However DWPC are continuing to close the gap with the top GB teams which is encouraging for the forthcoming National League campaign. Scorers : Calum Fraser (3); David Baxter (2); Alasdair Campbell; Stewart Carlile & Alan Shepherd 1 each. |
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| 17.06.06 |
Congratulations Ross Elder, former SASA Water Polo Convener, has been appointed to the chair of the Officials sub-committee of the NWPL. Summary of Ross's career in water polo. |
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| 17.06.06 |
Scottish Championships Team photographs, courtesy of Ken Fussell |
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| 16.06.06 |
Visit to Scotland by GB Water Polo Staff Brian Campbell has produced a report on the visit. |
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| 16.06.06 |
National Academy Note the following from the ASA Website - British Water Polo is looking for Team Managers and Coaches. There is to be an assessment held at Millfield School in Somerset from 6-11 August. For an application form, please click here. For further information, please contact Craig Figes or call the National Water Polo Development Office on 0161 973 7965 Anyone interested should contact Craig Figes immediately - it is a worthwhile week if you want to learn about Water Polo (& have holidays to spare !). |
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| 16.06.06 |
U14s Cup Final Sorry for the delay in posting the photo of the winning team. Webmaster has been off the FINA World Cup in Budapest seeing how the game should be played and presented. |
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| 11.06.06 |
DWPC U14s win thrilling Cup Final Dunfermline beat Warrender 18-17 (5-2)(6-5)(6-4)(1-6) in the final of U14 Scottish Cup. Joe Thomson scored the winner with a lob with 20sec left to play after a strong fight-back by Warrender in the last quarter. . Other scorers Christopher Campbell (7), Darren Campbell (7). Jordan Wood, Zach Thomson, and Daniel Woodall. Menzieshill Whitehall beat DWPC in U16s Dunfermline lost the U16 final 17-22 (3-3)(2-2)(4-7)(3-5). Dunfermline had several players who played in the U14 final as well and tiredness showed in the second half. Scorers Andrew Woodall,(5), Chris Campbell (4), Daniel Wood (2) and Darren Campbell Portobello retain Scottish Cup Dunfermline played well in a tight game which was tied at 7-7 going into the last period. Portobello got the only goal of the period and held on to retain the Cup. (Report) |
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| 10.06.06 |
Scottish Cup Finals In the Senior Scottish Cup semi final Dunfermline defeated Warrender 32 - 6 to reach the final against Portobello. The line-up for the Scottish Cup finals at Tollcross on Sunday 11 June 2006 is now confirmed as (times are approximate) - >>> 10am u/14 DWPC vs Warrender >>> 11.30am u/16 DWPC vs Menzieshill/Whitehall >>> 1pm Senior Men DWPC vs Portobellol |
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| 10.06.06 |
Director to visit Club On Thursday 15 June 2006 GB Performance Director, Nick Hume; National Development Director, Craig Figes & Sarah Dunsbee from the National Water Polo office will visit the Club during it's normal session. This follows the general meeting at Stirling on Wednesday 14th June 2006. |
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| 10.06.06 |
Menzieshill Whitehall in Final Menzieshill defeated Warrender 26-5 to reach the final of the U/16 Willie Mellor's Cup final against Dunfermline |
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| 08.06.06 |
GB National Performance Director Please note details of the meeting with the GB National Performance Director and National Development Director. Wed 14 Jun 7p.m. NASA Stirling. Players, Officials and Parents of Players hoping to be selected for future GB Squads should find the meeting interesting and we should aim to maximise attendance from our Club. To co-ordinate travel please advise me if you are intending to attend. B.M.Campbell |
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| 06.06.06 |
Re-arranged
cup tie OFF U14 match vs Warrender re-scheduled for Tuesday 6 June, 9p.m. at Carnegie Centre is OFF. This means we progress to next weekend's final without playing a game - a sad state of affairs!. Training as usual tonight. |
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| 04.06.06 |
Cup Tie re-arranged U14 match vs Warrender has been re-scheduled for Tuesday 6 June, 9p.m. at Carnegie Centre. Team need a draw to progress to next weekend's final. |
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| 04.06.06 |
Scottish Cup Finals The Men's Semi Finals will be played on Saturday 10th June at Tollcross as follows:- 12:00 - 13:00 Menzieshill/Whitehall vs Portobello 13:00 - 14:00 Dunfermline vs Warrender The Finals will then be played on Sunday 11th June at Tollcross as follows:- 10:00 - 11:20 U14 National Academy Final (Boys/Girls 1992+) - finalists t.b.c. 11:20 - 12:40 U21 Malta Trophy Final Dunfermline vs Menzieshill/Whitehall 12:40 - 14:00 U16 Willie Mellors Final (Boys 1990+/Girls 1988+) Dunfermline vs t.b.c. 14:00 - 15:20 Senior Men's Final - finalists t.b.c. |
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| 02.01.06 |
Committee Minutes The Minutes of the Club Committee meeting held on 8 May 2006 have been issued to Senior Members and Parents of our Junior Members via e-mail. Any member who has not received a copy should contact the Secretary |
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| 02.01.06 |
Congratulations Alasdair Campbell has been invited to join the next GB Junior (1987+) session in Walsall on 24 June 2006. He is one of ten members of the current GB Youth squad who have been invited to join the Junior squad as they continue with their preparations for the forthcoming European Championships later this year. Following this session twenty-four players will be invited to a week long Camp at Cranwell from 28 June - 6 July 2006 with a final squad of selected to attend a Training Camp abroad during July. |
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| 02.01.06 |
Nick Hume's visit Nick Hume (GB National Performance Director) and Craig Figues (Development) plan to visit Scotland 14-16 June 2006. A general meeting is proposed for the evening of Thursday 15 June 2006 to listen to the current GB plans for Water Polo and to raise questions - further details to follow. He plans to review the proposals for HMS Caledonia, Rosyth and will also view the final draft of the Scottish Water Polo Development Plan which is being drawn-up. |
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| 01.01.06 |
Club Trunks and Costumes Club Water Polo trunks / Costumes will be ordered shortly. If interested contact either Ian Thomson or Simon Metcalfe. |
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| 01.01.06 |
Club Fund-raising and Social Events Club is seeking a group of members / parents / friends to identify and co-ordinate others to raise funds for the Club and/or organise Social events. Anyone interested in helping out please make yourself known to the Secretary. There appears to be people who are willing to help out, but, without anyone planning and organising, nothing is happening. Ideally we would like to see a group identify a few activities which can then be taken forward by different people. |
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| 31.05.06 |
ASA Club Senior Championships The draw for the quarter final stage have been made and in the Men's event Dunfermline face Manchester at Loughborough on 17 June. Full programme. |
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| 30.05.06 |
Call-off by Warrender Today's U14 match vs Warrender has been cancelled. Training session as normal |
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| 28.05.06 |
Call-off by Menzieshill Today's U14 match vs Menzieshill has been cancelled - we shall be claiming the match. It is too late to cancel the pool time tomorrow afternoon therefore there will be general session for any members from 2pm - 3.30pmh |
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| 24.05.06 |
Carnegie SC session The Club accepted an Invitation from Carnegie SC to take their young squad for a 30 minute water polo session yesterday evening. The highlight was the '15' per side Boys vs Girls match which ended as a 3-3 draw. All the swimmers enjoyed their 'break' from their swimming regime. Thanks to those Junior players who helped out. |
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| 24.05.06 |
Club Tournaments - advance notice This year the Club plan to host a weekend of Water Polo with two tournaments taking place - >> Saturday 9 September - Awards for All Tournament (1991+) (12 noon - 6pm approx) >> Sunday 10 September - Sport for All Senior five-a-side competition (1-7pm approx) Assistance will be required from as many people as possible to man the table, look after catering at the end of the competition, find contributors for the Programme / fund raising. With little help we will run a basic weekend - with help we can run an excellent weekend which can help with the fundraising for the Club. Note your interest to the Secretary - |
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| 24.05.06 |
Upcoming Matches Our Under 14 team (1992+) with five new players play two home matches next week in the Scottish Cup group stage:- vs Menzieshill : Sunday 28 May 2006, 2pm Carnegie Centre - report at 1.30pm (Training on later as normal). vs Warrender : Tuesday 30 May 2006, 9pm Carnegie Centre - training before match as normal - 2 referees required. Note there will be no training for the older Players next Tuesday evening. Why not come along and support the team, put up the goals, help set-up the pool operate Timing Equipment etc. |
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| 24.05.06 |
Scottish Youth Championship Dunfermline's young players performed well to win two Scottish Cup Youth group matches in the last week (Reports) - Home - Tuesday 16 May 2006 : DWPC 16 - 1 Warrender Away - Monday 22 May 2006 : Menzieshill 8 - 10 DWPC |
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| 22.05.06 |
ASA Club Senior Men Championship The club team performed well at the weekend at Crystal Palace with 3 wins and a draw in their 4 matches. The next stage is on 17 June at Loughborough with a NWPL Division 1 club as opponents. Report |
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| 22.05.06 |
Scottish Women's Squad There will be an open session for the Scottish Women's Water Polo Senior Squad on the weekend of June 10 and 11. This is an invitation to all interested players to attend. The sessions are as follows. Sat 10-Jun-06 10:00 12:00 Tollcross Sat 10-Jun-06 14:00 16:00 Tollcross Sun 11-Jun-06 10:00 12:00 Ed Uni Sun 11-Jun-06 13:00 15:00 Ed Uni There will be a conflict on the Sunday for some U/18 players who will be playing in the Scottish Cup finals. Also the Edinburgh Marathon is being run on the Sunday morning from 9:00 am and the course goes right past the pool! Allow lots of time to get there and you may have to park far away. The plan is to select a squad of about 20 players from which teams will be selected for the required events throughout the next 12 months. Events this year include: >> NWWPL Div 3 that covers 6 weekends playing at various venues in England. (Excluding anyone already playing for a club in the NWWPL) >> International Waterpolo Tournament, Oosterhout, the Netherlands 1 - 3 Sept 2005. >> Swedish Invite tournament in November 2005. (I'm not sure of the details). >> There will also be a Women's competition in the Scottish National League in the Autumn for the Scottish clubs to enter. There will also be about 7 training weekends in the same period. A calendar of events will be available and updated regularly. It is expected that the players be committed to the squad. That means that we expect you to be available for 80% of the games and 90% of the training sessions. We are interested in all female players who qualify for playing for Scotland. (See SASA rules if you are in doubt). Including Scottish players not resident in Scotland. Could you please pass this invite onto anyone you think maybe interested. To give me an idea of numbers I would like the players to email their intention to attend to myself. If there are any questions please feel free to contact me by email or phone. Ken Fussell, Manager Scottish Women's Water Polo Squad |
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| 20.04.06 |
Scottish Cup Finals The Men's Semi Finals will be played on Saturday 10th June at Tollcross as follows:- 12:00 - 13:15 Menzieshill/Whitehall vs Portobello 13:15 - 14:30 Dunfermline vs Warrender The Finals will then be played on Sunday 11th June at Tollcross as follows:- 10:00 - 11:20 U14 National Academy Final (Boys/Girls 1992+) 11:20 - 12:40 U21 Malta Trophy Final Dunfermline vs Menzieshill/Whitehall 12:40 - 14:00 U16 Willie Mellors Final (Boys 1990+/Girls 1988+) 14:00 - 15:20 Senior Men's Final Note - we have to qualify for the u/14 & u/16 finals. |
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| 12.05.06 |
Crystal Palace 20/21 May - LATEST "Dear Clubs, We have had some success with additional referees but to date this is not nearly enough. The Chairman has decided that both Men and Women’s competitions will be cancelled on Monday at 1200 unless more clubs come forward with suitable available referees names. Please send all names to Mike Coles over the weekend." Sarah Dunsbee, ASA Water Polo |
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| 11.05.06 |
ASA Club Senior - Crystal Palace 20/21 May The organisers are having major problems getting referees and table officials for the weekend 20-21 May at Crystal Palace. HELP : Anyone, suitably qualified, willing to act in either capacity in order to save the cancellation of the event, is asked to contact Brian Littlejohn or Mike Coles as soon as possible |
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| 10.05.06 |
New Website Just had a note from Callum MacGregor to say that Warrender Water Polo's new website is up and running. |
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| 08.05.06 |
Training Session Change With immediate effect training on a Tuesday from 8pm - 9pm & from 7pm - 8pm on a Sunday will be for those players born 1993 and younger. This change will allow more time to be devoted to this group of players. The second hour on a Tuesday will remain for Junior players as at present. If you have any queries please contact Brian Campbell to discuss. |
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| 08.05.06 |
ASA Youth Cup Although the Club's team were not able to progress in their first ASA competition. held at Bath University, they were a very young team and improved over the weekend. (Report) (Photo) |
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| 08.05.06 |
European Junior Men's Championship Qualifier Congratulations to the GB team who qualified for the finals, winning all five matches and finishing ahead of Poland in second place. Details can be found on the Irish web-site at : http://www.eurowaterpolo.com/results.htm |
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| 20.04.06 |
ASA Club Senior - programme alteration The game order for the ASA Club Senior Men has been altered slightly in order to allow the DWPC team to catch a plane. Our thanks for the co-operation of all concerned. |
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| 20.04.06 |
Tayside & Fife High Performance Swimming Squad Visit The Club are delighted to host the 'Tayside and Fife High Performance Swimming Squad' and Gary van der Meulen, their High performance Coach on Tuesday 25 April 2006. The Club were able to assist with his request for pool time after a 'Parents evening' event for his squad in Room 1 and we have also obtained co-operation from Carnegie SC to allow our Development squad to have a full session. This has resulted in the following timetable for this 'fun' evening :- 7.30 - 8.30 : Development squad will join with the Carnegie Squad and will consist of mixed games and some simple drills with the emphasis on fun - please arrive at the pool at 7.15pm on the night. 8.30 - 9.30 : Gary will take a joint session with the Junior squad and his swimmers and will concentrate on stroke technique. Junior squad members are also asked to arrive at 7.15pm to assist with the Development session. 9.30 - 10.00 : Mixed matches with 'special rules' being applied - only swimmers will be allowed to score for example. This should provide us with a 'fun' night and all players are asked to fully support this joint initiative between the two Aquatics disciplines. |
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| 20.04.06 |
Dunfermline & West Fife Sports Council The Sports Council AGM will be held at Rosyth Civil Service Club on Thursday 25 May 2006 at 7pm. A volunteer is required\ to attend and represent the Club. A presentation 'One Year On' will also be given by Sarah Drury, Manager, Fife Active Schools. Sport for All Week will take place between Saturday 2nd until Sunday 10 September 2006 - suggestions for events are invited. |
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| 17.04.06 |
Match Postponement U16 Cup tie scheduled for Tuesday 18th April has been postponed - Warrender unable to raise team. Training session as usual. |
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| 17.04.06 |
ASA Senior Men - Amended Draw Birkenhead missed out in error from draw circulated previously. Amended draw (PDF) |
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| 14.04.06 |
GB Youth Squad Alasdair Campbell has just completed a training camp at Millfield with the GB Youth squad and took part in three victories over Sweden - 16-6 & 15-5 in the first two training matches and 10-6 in the more formal final match where Ali scored twice. |
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| 14.04.06 |
New Water Polo Website Pro Water Polo promote their site as follows - "The idea of online registers may not be the new thing but if you browse internet a little, you’ll find out that we are the only web register of WORLD WIDE WATER POLO.There is no site where you can find all this info in one place. Our activity consists of providing crucial information to our clients regarding water polo. Then the breaking news and announcements cumulation, world’s top expert’s articles...etc. We created an Online registry that lists water polo clubs, water polo federations and water polo players from all over the world. Our goal is to provide information to players seeking clubs to play in, clubs seeking players and sponsors to get finances from and after all. We provide advertisement space for: Sport Equipment Companies, Sport sale stores, and everybody else that might be interested and needs low cost advertising service." |
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| 13.04.06 |
Club Lotto Iain Thomson reports that he has managed to "sell" the last available number for the Monthly Draw. Next draw on Saturday 29 April. |
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| 12.04.06 |
Funding for GB Water Polo GB Water Polo given a funding boost from UK Sport with funding to 2008 from them for the first time #3.113M with a further review after the Beijing Olympic Games. The breakdown is - WATER POLO > Performance Director - to be appointed > 2005-06 World Class Pathway funding - #14,000 > 2006-07 New Pathway investment - #622,000 > 2007-08 Pathway investment - #1,237,000 > 2008-09 Pathway investment - #1,274,000 > Increase in 2006-07 on existing award #608,000 > % increase in 2006-07 on existing award n/a > Total Pathway Investment 2006-09 #3,133,000 Full document (PDF) |
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| 12.04.06 |
Under 16
Scottish Cup Match vs Warrender - Carnegie Centre, Tuesday 18 April 2006 at 9p.m. |
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| 07.04.06 |
Easter Training Water Polo Easter training has been organised on the following days and times Monday 10 April; Wednesday 12 April, Thursday 13 April & Friday 14 April - 2pm - 4pm and Tuesday 11 April 3pm - 4pm. All ages are being catered for and new players / friends are also welcome to come and try. The cost for the week is #20 Anyone able to help out on the poolside would also be welcome - contact me in the first instance. Training on Tuesday & Thursday evenings continues as normal. B.M.Campbell |
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| 07.04.06 |
ASA Youth Cup - Extra training The following sessions have been booked at the Carnegie Centre In preparation for the above competition. Saturday 8 April 1-4pm; Saturday 22 April 1-4pm; Saturday 29 April 1-4pm Cost will be #2 per player per session payable either to myself or Roddy afterwards. Senior players are encouraged to attend to provide opposition for the team. B.M.Campbell |
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| 07.04.06 |
Long Term Athlete Development for Water Polo GB Long Term Athlete Development document for Water Polo (PDF) which seems to have been issued in 2004. |
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| 06.04.06 |
Scottish Water Polo Committee Meeting 13th April Roddy Mackay will be going to this meeting, should you have any issues you wish raised please contact him direct & advise him. No copy of the previous minutes have been issued to the Club. (Agenda, PDF) The list of this year's SWPC Meetings is as follows -
13th April : 1st June : 24th August : 5th October :
2nd November (Clubs AGM) :16th November
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| 06.04.06 |
Scottish Cup -Under 16 Dunfermline beat East Dunbartonshire 10-7 in the opener (Report) |
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| 27.03.06 |
East District An Electronic version of the recent District Management Meeting minutes & reports are available on request from the Secretary. Next District Delegates meeting held at the Holiday Inn, Edinburgh Thurs. 20th April 2006, at 1930hrs Anyone wishing to attend on behalf of the Club to contact the Secretary. |
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| 26.03.06 |
Carnegie Centre Closure Due to Industrial action we have been advised that the Carnegie Centre will be closed on Tuesday 28 March 2006 therefore the Training session that night has been cancelled. If the Industrial action is cancelled Training will be on - check the website on Tuesday or call the Secretary for more information. |
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| 26.03.06 |
Scottish Cup Competitions The details for the U14 and U16 fixtures have been released |
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| 25.03.06 |
Club Lotto The March Winner is ball number 9 Karen Ironside |
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| 25.03.06 |
ASA Cup Competitions The draw for the various ASA Cup competitions has been released. The Club has entered the Senior and Youth Men |
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| 23.03.06 |
Club Lotto The draw for the March Bonus Ball Lotto takes place this Saturday. You've got to be in it to win it. Contact Iain Thomson to sign up. |
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| 21.03.06 |
New Web site Pleased to hear Menzieshill Whitehall club have a new website. Ryan Laird has got the job of looking after the water polo content. |
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| 21.03.06 |
National Water Polo Leagues The fixture lists for 2006 are available on the NWPL site |
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| 13.03.06 |
Scottish Cup Competitions Sorry for the delay in sending this out, I have been trying to secure pool time. The 2006 Scottish Cup competitions will run as follows.
Ken Fussell, Domestic Convener |
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| 13.03.06 |
Secretary's Notes
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| 12.03.06 |
Club Lotto The March Bonus Ball draw will be coming up in a couple of weeks. There are only three numbers still available. Contact Iain if you want to take part |
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| 12.03.06 |
Training Session Cancelled Training sessions tonight (Sunday 12th March) cancelled as Carnegie Centre is to close. |
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| 12.03.06 |
Club Constitution & Byelaws The updated Constitution and Byelaws, to meet with SASA requirements, as approved at the 2005 AGM . |
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| 12.03.06 | Scottish Swimming Board of Management Bullets January 2006 | ||||
| 12.03.06 |
Club AGM The Minutes of the 2005 AGM have been circulated. Copies can be requested from the Secretary |
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| 12.03.06 |
Proposed Malta Trip A very small number expressed an interest in the trip and two older players were interested in organising / coaching the team. This was insufficient response and Exiles have been advised that we shall not be entering their tournament this year. |
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| 09.03.06 |
Club Lifeguard Co-ordinator Club member Rachel Millar has agreed to be the Club Lifeguard co-ordinator and will allocate lifeguards to sessions. If no lifeguard is available she will have the option to request a Centre Lifeguard therefore ensuring that our Sessions remain covered. Our thanks to Rachel for stepping into the breech and everyone's co-operation is requested. Anyone interested in going onto the Club Lifeguard list should send their details to the Secretary. |
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| 08.03.06 |
Commonwealth Games Extract, regarding water polo in the Commonwealth Games, from recent ASFGB Meeting |
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| 06.03.06 |
Swim Event "An excellent swim from four Club members representing InCAS in the16 & over BOYS 200m Relays in the East District Age Group Championships held at Glenrothes over the weekend.- Ali Campbell; David Stewart; Calum Fraser & Dougie Campbell came in a creditable third in the Medley relay only 3 secs behind Warrender A & B and took an excellent second place in the Freestyle relay behind Warrender B (by 0.28 secs) and touching-out Warrender A (by 0.01 secs) in what was a superb race throughout. Split times in the Medley event were : Back (Ali) - 29.86; Breast (Dougie) - 31.64; Fly (Calum) - 26.7 & Free (Davie) - 25.6 Split times in the freestyle event were - Ali Campbell - 25.85; Dave Stewart - 25.47; Calum Fraser - 25.78 & Dougie Campbell - 24.7 It could be argued however that this is a sad reflection on Swimming where so few teams competed in the 'older' age groups and a team of ageing Water Polo players (average age over 30yrs) were able to achieve second place - water polo players cannot be that unfit after all ??" B.M.Campbell |
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| 06.03.06 |
Scottish Swimming Membership Renewals Following the recent SASA AGM the SASA membership fees are due now for calendar year March 2006 – February 2007. The renewal fees are as follows: >>> Category 2 (#12.80) - A member 10yrs and under (as of 31st December '06) >>> Category 3 (#10.00) - A member 16yrs and over who is a technical official, teacher, coach, club helper, committee member or a volunteer in any discipline and does not participate in any aquatic activity. >>> Category 4 (#22.75) - A member over the age of 10 years The above concerns only those Members who are first claim with DWPC – normally fees for 2nd Claim members will be collected and paid via your 1st Claim Club. It is a requirement of the SASA that all members must be registered or our Insurance cover will be invalid – no registration means you cannot train with the Club, compete for the Club or Coach & Manage teams. Unless the appropriate fees are paid to the Club you will not be re-registered. A separate note will be sent to all 1st claim members requesting the relevant payment. Any member considering ‘switching’ to become a 1st claim member of DWPC must complete a form – contact the Secretary |
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| 06.03.06 |
ASA Competitions ASA Cup dates have been issued and show changes from the dates provided on the entry form. Details of the actual draw are awaited. We have entered the following competitions this year - Senior Men : >>> Crystal Palace : 20th - 21st May Saturday 1pm - 9pm Sunday 9am - 3pm >>> Loughborough : 17th June Saturday 2:30pm - 9:30pm Youth Men (1990+) : >>> Bath : 6th - 7th May Saturday 1pm - 8pm Sunday 9:00am - 3pm Note : ASA National Championships ALL FINALS >>> 8th and 9th July Saturday 1pm - 9pm >>> Sunday 9am - 3pm Manchester Aquatics Centre |
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| 03.03.06 | Scottish Swimming Guide to Teacher and Coach Licensing in Scotland | ||||
| 01.03.06 |
National Water Polo League e-mail vote on the proposed "parachuting" of the GB Juniors into the NWPL was overwhelmingly in favour |
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| 28.02.06 |
Scottish Polo Players of the Year -
Photo Congratulations to David Stewart and Julia Mackay who received the 2005 Polo Player of the Year Award and Junior Polo Player of the Year Award respectively at the SASA Awards Dinner on Saturday |
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| 27.02.06 |
East District Masters Swimming - event cancelled East Districts Masters Competition - Portobello Baths - Sunday 12th March "It is with regret that I must announce the above event will be cancelled. Though numbers were encouraging for a first attempt (just over 50) and I extended the closing date to allow late entries to come in, unfortunately there are not the applications to make the event feasible." Andy May, ED Masters Convener |
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| 26.02.06 |
Scottish Competitions "I intend to run the Scottish Cup Competitions in March and April. I need to know which teams will enter by Wednesday 1st March so I can do the draw at the Water Polo Meeting on the 2nd March. There will be a competition for >>> Senior Men >>> Under 21 Malta Trophy (Males only born 1986 & later) >>> Willie Mellors Trophy (Boys born 1990 & later and girls born 1988 & later) >>> National Academy (Boys & Girls born 1992 & later) I also need to know now any days that teams will not be available I know of a BUSA event on the weekend 18-19 March which will only affect the U21 Men. Let me know otherwise. Also the East Dumbartonshire club are in Ireland the weekend 11-12 March. I aim to play most games at a central pool on weekends but may need to play some of the games at home pools." Ken Fussell, Domestic Co-ordinator | ||||
| 26.02.06 |
British Championships MEN Semi-Finals : Rotherham 9 - Bristol 10; Lancaster 11 - Cheltenham 3 3rd/4th Play-off: Rotherham 9 - Cheltenham 8 Final: Lancaster 10 - Bristol 6 WOMEN Semi-Finals : Sheffield 15 - Manchester 6; Liverpool 7 - Penguin 2 3rd/4th Play-off: Manchester 13 - Penguin 6 Final: Sheffield 7 - Liverpool 4 |
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| 26.02.06 |
Club " Bonus Ball" Lotto Winner for February No.29 Rod Wilkinson |
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| 26.02.06 |
British Championships Coach's Report for the weekend |
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| 25.02.06 |
Club " Bonus Ball" Lotto starts tonight The club Lotto starts tonight. Please note that there are a FEW numbers available so contact organiser Iain Thomsonas soon as possible. List of numbers and holders The winner will be advertised on the Home page each month. |
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| 20.02.06 |
British Championships results and qualifiers Pool A Lancaster 7 v 2 Manchester Rotherham 16 v 3 Dunfermline Manchester 4 v 9 Rotherham Lancaster 18 v 6 Dunfermline Lancaster 14 v 7 Rotherham Dunfermline 6 v 14 Manchester Pool B Bristol 13 v 3 Polytechnic Cheltenham 15 v 11 Portobello Portobello 14 v 9 Polytechnic Bristol 10 v 8 Cheltenham Polytechnic 11 v 15 Cheltenham Bristol 12 v 8 Portobello Qualifiers from Pool A - Lancaster & Rotherham : from Pool B - Bristol & Cheltenham |
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| 19.02.06 |
British Championships Lancaster 7 Manchester 2 Rotherham 9 Manchester 4 DWPC 3 Rotherham 16 Despite a good start holding Rotherham to 2-1 after the first quarter Dunfermline started to lose ground going in 9-3 down after the second quarter. Against generally better and more experienced players Dunfermline found it difficult to press forward their attacks. Surprisingly there were only 2 majors in the whole game which is being played with 8 minute quarters. Scorers : Davie Stewart; Ryan Laird & Calum Fraser - 1 goal each Lancaster 18 Dunfermline 6 Dunfermline improved in their second game although losing to Lancaster. . Dunfermline's final match is against Manchester tomorrow afternoon. Scorers - Neil Strachan - 2; Davie Stewart, Ryan Laird, Calum Fraser & Steve Adams 1 each. Rotherham and Lancaster have qualified for the finals. In their first match Portobello, in the other group, lost 15-10 to Cheltenham and now face Polytechnic on Sunday morning in a must win game. DWPC 6 Manchester 14 A good start from DWPC with the score on 3-3 after the first quarter however the more experienced Manchester team pulled ahead after this. Scorers : Neil Strachan 2; Calum Fraser 2; Mark Speed & Ryan Laird 1. |
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| 16.02.06 |
Sad News We are very sad to report the sudden death of Stewart Mowbray who was very helpful as a table official at the club a few years ago. Note : Funeral is Private but friends wishing to celebrate Stewart's life are invited to attend the Commercial Inn, Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline from 12.30p.m. on Friday 17 February |
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| 09.02.06 |
Update from Secretary
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| 08.02.06 |
Tournament Invitation - Malta The Club has received an invitation to take part in an International Tournament for U15 and U17s to be staged between 19th and 24th July 2006 by the Exiles club in Malta. We need to gauge interest and availability. Besides players we need to identify a coach and a manager/organiser. It is likely that a week's stay would be involved. Exiles are pre-booking lodgings and costings will have to be made but cost of the trip might be around 400GBP each. There should not be a problem if players from other clubs wished to make up our teams if we are unable to supply full complement. To express an interest contact the Club Secretary as soon as possible. B.M.Campbell |
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| 06.02.06 |
Club Lotto The Club Lotto is due to start soon. There are still a few numbers available. To make sure the club gets the most out of this venture, and to have the chance of winning, contact Iain Thomson to sign up - it's only 2GBP per month. |
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| 04.02.06 |
British
Championship draw
(PDF file) The competition will be held in Manchester on 18/19 February. Dunfermline are in Group A with Lancaster, Rotherham and Manchester. Portobello are in Group B with Bristol, Cheltenham and Polytechnic |
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| 02.02.06 |
D&WF Sports Council Awards Club members missed out on the annual Sports Council awards against high quality opposition. The Club were delighted to have so many nominees on the night. Photo |
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| 29.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament Finals Australia take the Golds (Men & Women), Canada the Silvers and New Zealand the Bronzes Congratulations to Brian Littlejohn who was given the honour of refereeing the Men's Final |
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| 29.01.06 |
Training Times
Sunday
Sessions - With immediate effect training on Sunday evenings
for our Senior members has been extended by 30 minutes to 9.30pm.
The pool time has been increased to allow players to prepare for the
difficult matches ahead. Selected Junior members may still attend at
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| 28.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament
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| 27.01.06 |
Awards for All Grant success We are delighted to announce that the Club has been successful in an application for a grant from Awards for All Scotland. The 5000GBP will go towards our 2006 Junior Development programme. The new Development page has been updated accordingly |
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| 27.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament
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| 27.01.06 |
New Page There is a new section linked from the Member Info page. This lists the Club's Swim Records (1st Claim members only). These were collected and collated by Wemyss Donaldson and date, mainly, from the days when Wemyss used to persuade members to enter District Leagues and other swim competitions as a relaxation from the rigours of water polo! |
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| 26.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament
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| 25.01.06 |
Appeal for assistance at East District and national
levels Message from Keith Johnston to the Scottish water polo community Please read and note Keith's comments - Assistance required. Members interested in helping out should contact the Club Secretary in the first instance - the Manager's role is not difficult and is rewarding, guidance is available. Little water polo knowledge is required just some organisational skills - if we want the Junior squads to continue to progress staff are required to supplement those still involved. There are currently three Junior Boys squads with Stewart Carlile managing the National Academy squad and me coaching them, the other two squads are Youth & Junior. From September this year the age groups become - Nat Acad - 1993+, Youth - 1991+, Junior - 1989+. Currently there are no equivalent Girls' squads however to start these staff would also be required. Members available to attend on 8 Feb should also advise me. The District job again is not difficult or time consuming and is more of a coordinators role with regular reports submitted to the East District, it is hoped that a Regional Training Centre (u/14 age group) can be considered in due course - coaches are available. Unfortunately again there is a lack of staff to run and manage it. Non-members who are interested in the above and would like to offer assistance can make contact through the Club Secretary or contact Scottish Swimming at Stirling direct. If we can find enough people to do a little we can achieve a lot - the same applies to the Management of the Club. B.M.Campbell |
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| 25.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament
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| 24.01.06 |
Win for Scotland Scotland won their second fixture of the II Commonwealth Water Polo Championships, defeating Singapore 11-7. Team Captain Fiona Greer said: "It was a good win to give ourselves some confidence that we can compete at this level." Greer, of Hammersmith Penguin, scored 4 and Menzieshill Whitehall's Caroline Connor scored two. Dunfermline 's Julia MacKay and Gael Logan, and Warrender's Katie Matthews, Cathy Burns and Lucy MacGregor scored a goal apiece. |
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| 23.01.06 |
Competition Entries Club will be entering the following GB competitions in 2006 Senior Men - British Championships & ASA Men's Club Championship Boys - ASA Men's Club Youth (1990) Championship Although half our "Youth" team will be 1993+ we are treating this as a Development opportunity and a chance to test ourselves against better teams/players. All the players are looking forward to the competition although they realise that the games will be difficult . The first round will be held in early April. In the spirit of the Caledonia composite arrangement three Menzieshill players will represent DWPC in the boys competition and three from DWPC will represent Menzieshill in the girls competition (the numbers involved are a coincidence rather than a balancing act !!). B.M.Campbell |
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| 23.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament
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| 22.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament gets underway England men lose but women win easily in matches against South Africa |
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| 19.01.06 |
D&WF Sports Council Awards The following have been nominated for a Sports Council Award - Sportsman of the Year - Douglas Campbell Junior Sportsman of the Year - Alasdair Campbell Masters Award - Harry Hewitt Asda Trophy - Under 14 team The Ceremony will be held at 7pm on Wednesday 1 February 2006 in the Glen Pavillion, Dunfermline. The Club receive a small allocation of Tickets and additional tickets can be bought for #5. Club tickets will be allocated by Ballot. Please advise by return if you wish to attend. B.M.Campbell |
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| 19.01.06 |
More News from Perth by Matt McGeehan
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| 17.01.06 |
Scottish Women have tough start to preparation in
Perth SCOTLAND 3 - MELVILLE 30, Challenge Stadium, Perth, WA (Monday 16 January 2006) SCOTLAND began their Commonwealth Championships preparations with a defeat to the Australian National League champions of the last two seasons, Melville Sharks. Coach Theo Bampouras said: "It was a learning experience for the team against a very high standard of opposition." The Melville team contained a Gold medallist from the Sydney Olympics, two members of the Athens 2004 Australian Olympic Team, a World Championships Team member from 1998 and an Australian under 20 international who spent the past season playing professional Water Polo in Italy. The full match report will appear on www.scottishwomenswaterpolo.com soon |
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| 16.01.06 |
Birthday Cake So chuffed with this birthday cake I thought I'd share it - G.S. |
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| 15.01.06 |
from the Secretary
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| 12.01.06 |
Bonus Ball Scheme Message from Iain Thomson PDF file or DOC file |
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| 09.01.06 |
East District Information for the ED meeting on 19 January 2006 is now available - contact Secretary if you wish a copy to be sent to you. |
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| 05.01.06 |
Message from the Secretary
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| 05.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament Here is the Scottish Women's Water Polo Squad going to Australia on Friday 13th January for the Commonwealth Water Polo Championships. Cap Name 1 Lynne Baird 3 Fiona Greer 4 Julia MacKay 5 Cathy Burns 6 Jillian Connor 7 Caroline Connor 8 Gael Logan 9 Katie Matthews 10 Lucy MacGregor 11 Susan Johnstone 12 Lynn Ruddock 13 Sam Souter Manager - Ken Fussell : Coach - Theo Bampouras : Chaperone - Jenny Connor The official web site is http://www.waterpolochamps.com If possible we will send reports back to the following: Our Web Site http://www.scottishwomenswaterpolo.com/ Dunfermline web site http://www.dunfermline-wpc.co.uk/ and Scottish Swimming. Ken Fussell |
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| 04.01.06 |
A Message from Malta "In your excellent website I noticed you've included a 1984 photo of when your club was in Malta and won a trophy during a tournament organised by Exiles SC... and it happens to be the first trophy you won!! Well, if you're interested, I invite you to visit our website www.exiles.com.mt Furthermore, we may be organising an international tournament in Malta next Summer... keep in touch if you'd be interested in participating. Best regards" Sandro Caruana, Hon Secretary, Exiles SC I remember it well. Exiles were a very friendly club and made us very welcome. "Humph" (Colin Braund) wasn't too happy - he ended up with very painful sea urchin spines in his feet getting out of the sea over the rocks - the pitch was roped off with no "walls", the referee perched on a rock on the shore. Exiles had an enthusiastic record keeper who had all the club's records carefully preserved and available to show off. Well worth a visit if the tournament comes off. Malta was the stepping stone to the Club's success in the 80s and 90s. G.S. |
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| 04.01.06 |
Commonwealth Tournament Ladies' team leaves for Perth, Australia on 13 January 2006 - Club wishes the team the very best for the difficult matches ahead. Congratulations to the Players for raising the funds to get there with little support from elsewhere. Results will be posted on our Web site as they become available. Tournament website |
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| 01.01.06 |
ASFGB Minutes of ASFGB Technical Water Polo Committee December Meeting published
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