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Ethos of Dunfermline Waterpolo Club
- To provide support in which all club members have the opportunity to work hard to achieve their personal best.
- To encourage individual and team development within a strong supportive sporting framework
- To create and sustain an environment where everyone is equally valued.
East District Development Tournament Report
Great to see so many of our players at today's East District tournament, 13 Dec. We had 11 very excited kids participating in games not only for DWPC but also with the Nomad team.
The main stand out for me was the progress all players have made since the last tournament, improved skills, confidence, and sportsmanship all round – well done all!
A great example of what the ED tournaments are all about, game experience, challenge and lots of fun.
Team list for the East District Development Tournament:
Flora Mackenzie
Alisa Mackenzie
Billy Stothard
Danny Stothard
Arlo Webster
Mikhael Mostovyi
Ben Afamefuna
Maks Jankowski
Natan Jankowski
Dan Evans
Liam McAulay
Coaches:
Keith Bayne
Peter Wilson
Assistant Coaches / Team Managers:
Toby Hoblyn
Harry Hoblyn
Aaron Bayne
Thanks to all who helped make this happen - our table officials, young (and older) coaches and team managers and Richie for all the hard work you do to make these events happen. 🙂🤽🤽🎉
Match Report: DWPC/M’Hill Ladies v Warrender – SNL 2025/26
Monday 8th December 2025 – RCP - Edinburgh.
DWPC/M’Hill have lost their first game of the 2025/26 Ladies SNL season with 5-10 defeat to rivals Warrender. In a low scoring contest, the Edinburgh team were always leading and despite a solid first half performance, where we only trailed by 1 goal, we struggled to pose consistent goal threat in the 2nd half against an organised defence and excellent Goalkeeper to lose 1-5 and grant Warrender victory. Well done to them.
Positively, we lined up with 13 players, to Warrender’s 11, with 6 of our girl’s U/18 and GK Eve Fielding making her first start for the Senior Ladies team.. We were missing Kayleigh Goldschmidt from our line-up and our opponents Eve Kerr and Nyrobi Gutu.
Per 1: We started with Zara in goal, and Ava and Lucy on the left, Susan and Molly on the right and Kayleigh at CB and Julia at CF. Unfortunately, we made a slow start in an attacking sense against a strong press and struggled to create clear chances and were forced to dump the ball on 28 secs several times. This allowed us though to cover well and grant our opponents few counter-attack opportunities. They were solid in possession however and probed our defence well to score 3 goals through Lauren Averell on our right, Rosa Green on our left and Caitlin McRobbie with a perimeter lob to lead 3-0 at the end of the period.
Per 2: The 2nd period was much better from our point of view. We defended actively to put more pressure on their perimeter and made it more difficult for Warrender to pass cleanly to their CF. We posed more of an attacking threat too, scoring two on the counter-attack through Ksenia and Molly, were more accurate in our passing to CF gaining a penalty which Lucy scored and a goal from Julia. We gained a man-up too but this was missed. Warrender replied with a goal from Kiara Walsh on the drive and Lauren Averell when 6v5. We won the period 4-2 but trailed 4-5 at the halfway stage.
Per 3: Eve was introduced to the game in goal at this point allowing Zara to play outfield. It was a very even period with defences on top and a lot of close 1v1 physical exchanges. Rosa Green scored a 2nd from our left wing before we saved a 5v6 situation with a good save from Eve. The game was then scoreless for 5 mins. We did well to gain 2 exclusions but unfortunately missed both 6v5’s before Caitlin McRobbie scored again from the perimeter with a well placed shot to stretch Warrender’s lead to 4-7.
Per 4: We needed to make a fast start to the final period but we were unable to break free consistently from our opponent’s close marking. When we did, we missed good shooting opportunities through a little hesitation, wrong decision making but also good opposition goalkeeping. Disappointingly, we were penalised often for offensive fouling that disrupted any attacking momentum we had. This seemed an uneven application. Warrender created and took their chances well, scoring 3 in a row from Rosa when 6v5, and 2 more from Caitlin. They also gained a further two 6v5’s but we defended them well stop their scoring. A 1-3 period score for a 5-10 defeat.
Reflections:
This was a difficult game against well organised opponents. We did create many more chances than the 5 goals scored would suggest but too often we lacked the necessary composure to find the player in space or shoot accurately past a very strong GK when under pressure. We struggled too to sustain a high tempo of attacking drives and break the shackles of close marking defenders. Defensively we worked hard and limited the opposition to very few counter attacks, but unfortunately, we did not blunt the threat of left hander Rosa Green at Position 1 or the experienced Caitlin McRobbie on the perimeter.
Going forward, we have a lot to work on and if we are to improve individually and collectively, we need better and more consistent attendances in future training sessions.
Areas to work on:
- 6 v 5 – “Man-up” We missed all 3 in this game
- Individual and collective attacking and defending when being held.
- Our fitness and water mobility.
Match summary:
- Team: Goals(): Eve Fielding GK , Erin Livie, Ava Thornton, Julia MacKay (1) , Millie Wishart, Molly Meldrum (2), Ksenia Mann (1), Lucy MacNair (1 pen), Lucy Hughes, Catlin O’Malley, Susan Johnston, Kayleigh Roy Zara Christie.
- Exclusions/Penalties (): Julia MacKay (2 exc), Ksenia (1exc),Lucy (1 exc), Caitlin (1 exc) Susan (1 exc),
- Man-up: 0 scored from 3 attempts – Penalties: 1/1
- Man-down: 4/6 saved (67%) – Penalties conceded: 0
DWPC Annual Christmas Hamper Raffle 2025
The famous DWPC Annual Christmas Hamper Raffle will be drawn on Thur 18 Dec around 7-30pm at Carnegie during the club session.
This is our key fundraising effort of 2025 and monies will be used to support club activities in 2026. A list of items needed to make up the hamper will be available via the online form and all items for the hamper should be from Marks and Spencer range. Other prizes for the raffle are also welcome.
Tickets are now available for sale in books of 10 at £1 per ticket. We normally issue at least 2 books per family to sell to friends, relatives and work colleagues.
Tickets will be available from this evening 13 Nov and treasurer Jeanette or Leanne will available be in the café from 6-30pm until 8pm.
Donations for the hamper and other prizes are welcome. Donations, monies, unsold tickets and sold ticket stubs can be handed in on club nights or by arrangement. All monies can be in cash or paid directly to the usual club account. Please use the reference ‘Raffle’.
The hamper donation google sheet has been circulated to register your M&S donation. Any questions contact the secretary.
Many thanks for your support.
Match Report: U17 Boys SNL - Warrender Steel 12-16 Dunfermline
A tough challenge lay ahead for Dunfermline as they set out to continue their undefeated start to the season. The opposition were last season’s League and Cup winners, the boys were very keen to make a real statement.
The first two periods proved to be a struggle with the team unable to get into any sort of attacking rhythm, but 6 James Lees goals and strong defence from Caleb Wilson and Zeti Nagy kept the boys within reach by ending the second period 7-6 down.
A change in structure going into period 3 saw the boys take total command of the game, with John Wilson moving to Centre Forward scoring 2 goals and helping to create space for Logan Currie and James to grab braces with strong finishes. A frustrated Warrender started to struggle to break down a stern Dunfermline defensive effort led by Caleb, with Goalkeeper Aaron Bayne also making several outstanding saves.
The dominance continued at the start of the final period with Dunfermline producing some very composed polo with superb finishing. Another brace from John alongside goals from Caleb and Logan opened up a comfortable 16-9 lead. A late flurry from Warrender in the final minute brought the game to a conclusion, but Dunfermline came away with a morale boosting victory and table topping bragging rights.
Team (Goals);
Aaron Bayne, Logan Currie (3), John Wilson (4), Toby Hoblyn, Maks Jankowski, Caleb Wilson (1), Alex Step, Dev Birdi, James Lees (8), Zeti Nagy, Dom Lazar, Billy Stothard.
Well done to the team and thanks to team staff Ali, Keith and Peter. Big thanks to Gillian and Sam for stepping in to help out Warrender on the table.
Team Manager PTOM: (Joint) James Lees & Zeti Nagy