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Girls 1997+ Inter Region Championships - Scotland Team
Congratulations to the following DWPC players selected to represent Scotland at the Girls 97+ Inter Region Championships in Walsall on 11/12 Feb:
Alison Tate
Gabby Gatherer
Carla Macaloney (DWPC Ladies and Falkirk Otters)

Click here for format and programme.

Good luck to the team.
4 Feb 2012 - 08:48 by Club Secretary

Busy Period for DWPC
January 2012 has started with a bang; not only have we returned home to Carnegie where we continue to refine squad structures to maximise player participation and development, we have also participated in 4 out of 5 Scottish Championship finals; narrowly becoming runners up in U21 and Men whilst achieving success to win the Academy Trophy (96+) and Willie Mellors Trophy (94+).

Another busy month now faces DWPC with Senior Scottish National League's starting, joint sessions with Caledonia Men and Women and warm up games for the ASA 94 Squad. In addition, DWPC are playing a key role in the Carnegie Leisure centre (CLC) Official Opening Events.

Thur 2 Feb - Joint session with Caledonia men. Senior squad only
Tues 7 Feb - Ladies v Western at Carnegie 8pm. Normal training cancelled.
Thur 9 Feb - Joint mixed session/training match with Caledonia Ladies. Normal training as we will be using this as a combined training opportunity for all DWPC players who usually attend.

Sat 11 Feb - DWPC 94+ boys v Ulster Boys at Carnegie 6pm

Tues 14 Feb - Ladies v St Andrews Uni at Carnegie 8pm. Normal training cancelled

Tues 21 Feb - Men v Edi Uni at Carnegie 8pm. Normal training cancelled.

Fri 24 Feb (1100 to 1200) - CLC Official Opening - DWPC will provide 2 teams to take part in opening ceremony, players need to be capable of playing a short game in the pool which will be set to 2m (all deep). A teamer has been sent out and names will be collated shortly so the council can notify schools to release the players.

Sat 25 Feb (0930 to 1230) - CLC Opening tournament and swimming gala. Menzieshill have been invited to bring a squad along to take part in junior (96+) development games followed a Mens Scottish National League match. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for the Cllr to meet participants and officials and present them with mementoes.

25/26 Feb - ASA IR 97+ at Newport, Wales. Good luck to DWPC members; Jake Howes, Scott Wilson Jnr, James Melville and Ross Stewart who will be representing Scotland in this tournament. Scott Wilson will also be attending as team manager.

A big thank you to those who came along to Kirkcaldy last weekend and everyone is invited along to Carnegie in the coming weeks to support our teams.
2 Feb 2012 - 12:16 by Club Secretary

Portobello Live!
Just received this message from Portobello Water Polo

"Dear Water Polo Fan,

Portobello will be competing in the qualifying matches for the British Championships this weekend (4/5 Feb 2012). We have been drawn against Cheltenham, Lancaster and Invicta and if we bag some wins we'll qualify for the finals which will take place 18/19 Feb. We would love to see you in Manchester to support us, but if you can't make it then we'd also love to welcome you to our live coverage which can be found on our web page
The program for the event can be found here,

Portobello's matches are as follows:
Saturday 4th February 2012 : Cheltenham v Portobello 13.40 : Lancaster v Portobello 17.10
Sunday 5th February 2012 : Portobello v Invicta 12.30

We will be commencing coverage from around 1:30pm on Saturday for the first match against Cheltenham, and there may well be updates on the other teams' matches too so please bookmark the page and stay tuned for the whole weekend! We have set up a brand new system which is much better than last year's one; there will be real-time updates rather than all those page refreshes and it is also completely smartphone and tablet (e.g. iPhone and iPad) compatible meaning you can access it on the move. Furthermore there will be an opportunity for you to contribute by posting messages to the team via the website.

We look forward to welcoming you this weekend, and finally, please forward this email to anyone else you think would be interested.

Porty Water Polo."
1 Feb 2012 - 12:27 by newsmaster

British Swimming and ASA mourn Noel Winter
I have been passed this sad news by Brian Littlejohn as Noel was GB team manager when a number of Dunfermline members were part of the team.

A tribute to Noel can be found on the ASA website via this link:
http://www.swimming.org/asa/news/general-news/asa-mourn-noel-winter/12374/

Noel Winter funeral - This will take place on Wednesday 8th Feb, 3.20pm, at Wilford Hill Crematorium, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7FE.
30 Jan 2012 - 16:07 by Club Secretary

Senior Men push Portobello hard in Scottish Cup - Weekend Report
A depleted mens team put up a valiant effort against a stronger and more experienced Portobello team to lose 14-11. With many players having taken part in earlier 94 and U21 games, the team pushed Portobello hard and went in after 2 qtrs only 3 goals behind. Good goalkeeping and hard work in defence continued to see DWPC hold their own winning the 3rd qtr 3-2 to close the gap going into the final qtr. Portobello showed their class to hold out finally winning the 4th qtr 3-2 to restore their 3 goal advantage.

Qtr scores: 3-4, 3-5, 3-2, 2-3
Squadlist: S Metcalfe, L Thomson, D Woodall, C campbell(2), Z Thomson(1), D Campbell(2), P Metcalfe(1), N Vidler, A Woodall(4), S Carlile, A Campbell(1), J Thomson

Well done to both teams for a worthy final match of the 2011 Scottish Championships that was watched by the President of SASA, Neil Valentine, who subsequently presented the medals and trophy.

Click Here for full weekend match report by Ali Campbell.
30 Jan 2012 - 16:02 by Club Secretary

DWPC U21 Narrowly lose Malta Trophy Final
The U21 team narrowly lost the Malta Trophy Final to Edinburgh Uni 10-9 in a physical and close game. DWPC led into the 3rd and decisive qtr that then saw Edi Uni surge into a small 2 goal lead that despite every effort by DWPC to break down their strong drop defence, they managed to hold on to win by a single goal.
Qtr scores:1-4, 3-2, 5-1, 1-2

Squadlist: J Thomson, C Ironside, L Rodger, L Thomson, Z Thomson
D Campbell(2), C Campbell(7), J Howes, A woodall, J Pulham, S Wilson, N Vidler, D Woodall.
30 Jan 2012 - 15:49 by Club Secretary

DWPC Win 94+ and 96+ Scottish Cup Finals
DWPC 94 team overcome Warrender to win the Willie Mellors Memorial Trophy Final by 28 - 2. The team comfortably won the 1st qtr 8-0 and never looked like conceding the game. All players contributed with the 2 goalies also swapping over at half time.
Qtr scores 8-0, 6-1, 6-0, 8-1
Squadlist (goals): J Thomson, S Wilson(1), N Tate(2), J Pulham, L Thomson, D Campbell(7), C Campbell(9), A Johnstone(4), D woodall(5), L Rodger, R Broadbent, A tate, J Howes.

The 96 squad were then in action in the Academy Trophy final to win 14-5 against Warrender. Again a solid team performance against a physically larger Warrender team that also saw our young up and coming academy players get their share of pool time.
Qtr Scores: 5-1, 5-1, 2-3, 2-0
Squadlist: J Howes, C Johnstone(1), C Stewart, J Melville(1), H Milner, R Broadbent(1), L Thomson(3), L Rodger(1), S Wilson(5), A Tate(2), R Stewart, F Nesbitt, G Gatherer.
30 Jan 2012 - 15:39 by Club Secretary

Serbia triumph
Serbia beat Montenegro 9-8 to take the European Men's Championship in Eindhoven. Bronze went to Hungary who beat Italy 12-9. Germany had a 9-6 victory over Greece for 5th place Spain took 7th by beating Romania 9-8. 9th place went to Croatia who beat Netherlands 16-4
29 Jan 2012 - 17:42 by newsmaster

3 Semi Finals Wins out of 3 for DWPC
DWPC 96+, 94+ and Men all won their semi's to book places in tomorrows finals.

The 94s beat MHW to play Warrender in the Willie Mellors Trophy final at 0900
The 96s beat MHW 16-8 and will play Warrender in the final of the Academy Trophy at 1030.
The men beat MHW 21-8 and will play Portobello in the final of the Scottish Cup at 1530

In addition to these successes today, our U21s are also playing in the Malta Trophy final against Edi Uni at 1200.

The Ladies final will be contested by MHW and Edi Uni for the Graz Cup.

Well done today and good luck to all the players for tomorrow.

28 Jan 2012 - 22:37 by Club Secretary

Italy are Champions
Italy took the European Women's Championship with a 13-10 win over Greece. Hungary beat Russia 9-8 in the Bronze Medal match. Spain beat Netherlands 11-10 to take 5th place. Great Britain finished in 7th place with a 13-11 victory over Germany
28 Jan 2012 - 20:32 by newsmaster

2011 Scottish Waterpolo Championships - Programme
The 2011 Scottish Waterpolo Championships will be taking place at Kirkcaldy on 28-29 Jan. DWPC has teams in 4 out of 5 cup competitions and a programme of events can be found in the club diary, SWP website or by Clicking here.

A local professional photographer (Derek Fett) will also be available who is able to provide an instant print service enabling photos to viewed, printed and paid for immediately after the game. Costs for a 9 x 6 inch colour photo in a black cardboard frame are £10 each or £25 for 3. Photos for specific players can be taken on request as well as for team groups. Due to child protection regulations, photos will not be retained after the event nor will they be available on the website. The photographers have a Disclosure Scotland clearance and have previously attended a number of swimming events. For further details visit their website at www.fettimages.co.uk.

Good luck to all those taking part.
25 Jan 2012 - 10:18 by Club Secretary

Pay per View
As of today LEN has changed access to High Resolution webcasting of the European Championship matches. Registration and payment is required. 30 USD for the rest of the tourament, 7USD up to 10USD per day.
24 Jan 2012 - 18:39 by newsmaster

Success for 96+s and Men in Scottish Champs Prelims
DWPC 96s and Men reach the Scottish Championship semi finals in the respective competitions. They both play Menzieshill next Saturday at Kirkcaldy as they strive to make their finals on Sunday.

The 96s took an early lead against a determined Hamilton team taking the 1st qtr 5-0 and then never looked like relinquishing the game, coming out winners 14-7.
DWPC managed to retain their composure and discipline throughout giving away only 1 major to Hamiltons 7.
Scott was again our top goal scorer with some excellent pit work despite the physicality of the pit defenders. Jake Howes continued to show fine form in goals however all players worked hard throughout the game and delivered an excellent all round team performance.
Qtr scores: 5-0, 5-2, 4-2, 0-3
Squad (scores): Jake Howes, Charlie Johnstone (1), Ryan Broadbent, Craig Stewart, Ross Stewart, Luke Thomson(3), Liam Rodger, Scott Wilson(9), Alison Tate(1), Lewis Campbell.

A reduced Men's team managed a convincing win over Western 29-5 displaying an excellent example of a disciplined, fast paced and skilful style of play. Picking up only 5 majors against 13 for Western.
Not to be outdone by the Ladies goalie in their match, Simon Metcalfe also managed to score from his own goal area with Andrew Woodall overall top goal scorer.
Squad (scores): S Metcalfe(1), N Vidler(1), Z Thomson(1), D Stewart(4), D Campbell(3), P Metcalfe(4), A Woodall(7), S Carlile(2), A Campbell(6), J Thomson.
23 Jan 2012 - 10:58 by Club Secretary

DWPC Ladies narrowly lose to Menzieshill Ladies.
DWPC Ladies Combined team were unlucky to lose last nights game in a thrilling encounter with Menzieshill Ladies. In the first game at Carnegie LC for many years, the game rarely had more than a couple of goals separating the teams as both sets of players worked hard throughout. Both goalies had outstanding games to keep their teams in the match although extra mention to Chantal the DWPC goalie for scoring from her own goal in the dying second of the third qtr.
With support from our partners at Falkirk and Stirling, we were able to field 12 players and hope to build on this and look forward to the forthcoming 2012 Scottish National League games, the first of which is due mid Feb against St Andrews Uni ladies.

Scores per qtr: 1-3, 4-1, 3-0, 4-1 Final score: MHW 9 DWPC 8

Squadlist (goals): C Guillot (1), K Falconer, N Tate (4), J Mackay (1), C Macaloney, S Morrison, S Campbell, K Reid (1), T Sams, A Tate (1), R Nicol, G Gatherer.

Full Match report to follow

Good luck to Menzieshill Ladies in next weekends Scottish Championships.
20 Jan 2012 - 09:54 by Club Secretary

European Championships - webcasts
The 2012 European Water Polo Championships (Men and Women) are taking place in Eindhoven, Netherlands 16-29 January. There are webcasts of live matches and videos of completed matches.
Link from here to Multimedia and Webcasts

Today's games start with GB v Hungary (Women) at 4.00p.m. CET (3.00p.m.)

Link to Line-ups, Results, Details
18 Jan 2012 - 09:38 by newsmaster

Boys 1997+ Inter Region Championships - Scotland Team
Congratulations to the following DWPC players selected to represent Scotland at the 97+ Inter Region Championships in Newport, Wales on 25/26 Feb:
Jake Howes
Scott Wilson
James Melville
Ross Stewart

The rest of the team selected for this event is as follows :-
Rory Gallacher, Portobello (Captain)
Darren Smyth, Hamilton
Gerard O'Hagen, Hamilton
Max MacCallum, Warrender
Braden Henderson, Menzieshill
Mathew Clark, East Dunbartonshire
Bailey Forbes, Warrender

Team Manager : Scott Wilson, Coach : Brian Campbell

Schedule :-

Sat 25th
1.50pm vs East
4.30pm vs East Midlands
6.30pm vs Wales

Sun 26th
12.40pm vs North West Ravens
2.00pm vs London

Games are 2 periods of 7mins.

Good luck all involved
17 Jan 2012 - 15:56 by Club Secretary

Scottish Junior Boys Training Squad
Well done to Ross Stewart, Craig Stewart and Finlay Nesbitt who have made their debuts attending the Scottish Junior boys Training squad.
17 Jan 2012 - 10:47 by Club Secretary

Successful weekend for Caledonia Ladies
Caledonia Ladies have had a successful weekend in Grantham. They have won both of their Championship One matches, beating Solihull 13-12 and Leeds Sharks 5-2.

Well done to all involved

15 Jan 2012 - 17:05 by webmaster

Reviving the Message Board
Use of the Message Board has dropped off over the last few months and I think that is unfortunate. The Board is facility for members and friends to pass on information and opinions and, as such, is important to the well-being of the Club. I feel that one reason that the Board is not better used is that there has been no indication of current topics on our Home Page. At last I have got round to arranging that the latest topic will show on the Home Page under the News Headlines. Do members think this will be helpful?
George
14 Jan 2012 - 15:01 by newsmaster

2011 Scottish Cup ladies Match - 19 Jan (Training Cancelled)
The Ladies prelim match for the 2011 Scottish Cup against Menzieshill Whitehall will take place on thur 19 Jan at 8pm.
The winners will play Warrender in the semi final on Sat 28 Jan at Kirkcaldy.

Training that evening is cancelled.
13 Jan 2012 - 08:51 by Club Secretary


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