2026 Scottish Championships Summary

Published: 13 June 2026

This year Dunfermline led the way with 4 wins from 4 finals; the U17 Female, U17 Male&Open, Senior Open and U19 Male&Open.

For the first time in several years the event returned to Tollcross.  In addition to teams attending with their staff and vocal supporters with drums and horns; Dunfermline also contributed a significant number of Volunteers, Table Officials, Marshalls and Referees as well as supplying equipment, all of which helped make this event a success.

A full album of images can now be found on the Scottish Swimming Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCWtQ1

This years results are below:

Every match felt worthy of a final: close, competitive, and often undecided until later in the game, when the eventual winners pulled away to secure the title.

View all the results and stats via this link:

https://www.thebmccup.co.uk/swpevents/scottishcup2026/

A special well done and thank you to the organiser Wendy Tubi (SWP Chair - Stingrays) along with those who supported her in the organising of a successful 2026 Scottish Championships programme culminating in the finals; the Technical officials who supported all 5 dates, The BMC Water Polo Cup team (Ali C, Holly and Keith plus others) with their website, media, commentary and musical background along with the Scottish Water Polo Comms and Scottish Swimming media support.

Well done to everyone for delivering another successful Waterpolo championships.

Senior Men Match Summary

Published: 08 June 2026

Sat 6 Jun - Scottish Championships Finals - DWPC v Portobello

We made a very strong start going into an early 3 goal lead but Porty pegged us back with 4 goals in a row to lead by 1 at the period end.

8 goals were shared in the 2nd period with exciting end to end action so Porty led by one at half time.

With us fighting back to 11-10 ahead mid way through the 3rd period the game's pivotal incident occurred when Portobello's Emil Vilin was excluded for violent conduct when under strong defensive pressure which meant we had an extra man 6v5 situation for 4 minutes in which time we scored 4 goals to Porty's 1.

Despite Porty gaining player parity at 6v6 for the remaining 5 minutes, DWPC's stronger squad and intensive pre game preparation paid dividends as we took control of the play, scoring the last 3 goals of the match for a well deserved 17-11 win. Trailing at halftime we had won the 2nd half of the match 10-3.

2026 Scottish Champions

Published: 07 June 2026

2026 SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS

Match Report - Scottish Cup Final - U17 Girls – DWPC v Menzieshill – Sat 6 Jun -Tollcross

Published: 07 June 2026

Dunfermline U17 Girls are 2026 Champions

Dunfermline WPC’s U17 girls had prepared well for this cup final and lined up with the same 11 players who played in the semi-final v Warrender. Our opponents Menzieshill also fielded 11 players. A very positive first half performance which saw us leading 9-1 at halftime laid the foundation for an excellent 16-7 win in which all players made a contribution. Credit goes to our opponents too who put up a very strong fight in the second half despite losing Rosie Illes Brookbank on 3 majors early in the second period.

Per 1: Strong press defence and crash back on their CF and good goalkeeping from Eve followed by team counter-attack saw us dominate the first period. We gained 3 exclusions and scored two 6v5’s through Poppy and Ava who added another two. We also gained three penalties but unfortunately missed them all with the commanding Ksenia Mann in goal. A 4-0 lead at the end of the period.

Per 2:  We continued to dominate in the 2^nd period and gained an early penalty. We missed again but Hali did well to score the rebound. Further goals from Isla and a 2^nd from Hali extended our lead to 7 before Ailsa D scored a nice goal from CF to open MH’s account. We responded however with another two goals goals from Ava and Hali for a 5-1 period score and a 9-1 lead at the halfway point.

Per 3: With the loss of Rosie IB, M’Hill changed their player positioning in the 2^nd half and put up a very strong fight. Two quick goals from Eleanor C, one from a penalty, reduced our lead. We responded well however with 2 of our own through Ruby O and Hali. We then gained our 5^th penalty of the game and although missing, like Hali, Ava retrieved and scored the rebound. A 3-2 period score to lead 12-3 at the three-quarter stage.

Per 4: Credit to MH who kept working hard to share the last 8 goals of the game in the final period. Ava extended our lead before goals from Eleanor C and Libby D scored with accurate perimeter lobs. We kept attacking and Hali scored her 5^th goal of the game with our first penalty conversion before Eleanor C scored her 4^th for MH. We then gained but missed our 6^th penalty of the game unluckily hitting the inside of the post. Ava scored her 7th goal of the game before Ailsa D replied and then Ava finished the scoring with her 8^th goal with just 3 seconds on the clock. An exciting 4-4 final period but a very well deserved 16-7 win for Dunfermline. Congratulations girls.

Game Reflections:

As in the semi-final win, this was an excellent, very hard working and fully committed team performance that fully merited its positive final outcome. We combined well defensively to reduce the opposition’s main scoring threats and then countered strongly to create many goalscoring opportunities of which 16 were converted. Leading 9-1 at half time we were able to give all of our 11 of our players water time.

Areas to work on:

• Converting our penalty opportunities.
• Shoot with more power and conviction when scoring opportunities are created. Keep moving forward to get as close to the goal as possible.
• Putting pressure on perimeter shooters more quickly with the GK moving back towards the goal line to jump late for dropping lob shots.
• Match Statistics:

1. Team & Goal scorers ( ): Eve Fielding, Ruby Oswald (1), Ava Thornton (8) Hali Farah (4 + 1 pen)), Jessica Comerford, Niamh Wilson, Poppy Reid (1), Isla Edwards (1), Molly Oswald, Rosie Hookham, Ellie Thornton.
2. Exclusions/Pens conceded: Poppy (1 pen), Molly (1 exc)
3. Man-up – 3 gained - 2 scored (67%) - Man-down: 1 conceded – 0 goals scored – (100%)
4. Penalties: 6 gained – 1 scored (17%) although 2 rebounds were converted. - 1 pen conceded – 1 scored (100%)