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Match Report: Stirling v DWPC/M’Hill Senior Ladies– SNL 2026/27
Tuesday 29 Sep 2026 – Carnegie
Dunfermline Ladies have made a winning start to their 2026/27 SNL season with an 18-11 victory over Stirling. It was the proverbial game of two halves with the Dunfermline girls putting in an excellent first half performance racing into a 15-2 half-time lead. Credit to Stirling however who came fighting back in the second half as perhaps our tempo and organisation faltered for a 9-3 win. Overall though, a good win and start to the season. Well done girls.
Per 1: DWPC lined up with six U19 girls in the squad and with a starting 7 of Zara in goal, Ksenia and Molly on the right, Ava and Eleanor on the left and Kayleigh R and Amaya (who was making her Senior team debut) in the central positions. We settled into the game quickly with strong defence and counter-attack enabling us to score 7 without reply with positively 6 different scorers in Ksenia, Amaya, Molly when 6v5, Ava, Caitlin and Kayleigh with 2. We led 7-0 at the period end.
Per 2: We introduced Ruby O on the right and Hali through the middle at the start of the 2nd period as the team continued with a dynamic approach. Ksenia extended our lead before Georgia Ross pulled one back for Stirling with a lob from the wing. We continued to press and counter and further goals from Ruby O, Hali, Ava, Molly and Ksenia with 3, took us into a commanding 15-1 lead before Stirling pulled one back through a Lucie Wiggins bounce shot with just 2 seconds on the period clock. An 8-1 period score for an excellent 15-2 lead at halftime.
Per 3: Eve replaced Zara in goal at the start of the 2nd half and the opening exchanges of the period were tight with both defences cancelling each other out. Molly increased our lead when 6v5 but the momentum of the game began to shift as Stirling increased their driving intensity and variation to score 3 without reply through a Georgia R double and one from Holly Corkhill. A 1-3 period reverse although still a commanding 16-5 lead at the three-quarter stage.
Per 4: The final period was disappointing from our point of view as our defensive intensity dropped allowing Stirling more unpressured shooting opportunities. Our offensive decision making faltered too as we missed several shooting opportunities at one end giving Stirling clear long ball 1 v GK situations at the other end which made it very difficult for GK Eve. Holly C scored early for Stirling with a low cross-cage skip shot before Kayleigh scored her 3rd goal for us. Stirling then scored 4 in a row through Rachel Luke and Anna Pollock. We did score an excellent 6v5 with another goal from Kayleigh popping off the left post before Georgia finished the scoring with a long-range perimeter shot with 3 seconds on the time clock. A 2-6 period reverse for a final 18-11 win.
Reflections:
Well done to the team on our first win of the new season. The first half was excellent with all our outfield players scoring and making positive contributions.
We had a very positive 60% - 5v6 save rate and gained 8 opposition exclusions for a 6v5 success rate of 50%. Some good combinations but also work to do here going forward.
The turnaround in the 2nd half was unexpected at half-time and perhaps down to some complacency due to having such a big lead and perhaps also fitness as we failed to maintain our first half intensity. Hopefully we can get a full turnout at training next Tuesday 6th October to let us work on the aspects of our play that didn’t go so well in this game
· Match summary:
1. Team: Goals(): Eve Fielding GK, Eleanor Campbell, Ava Thornton (2), Kayleigh Roy (4), Amaya Leiby (1) Molly Meldrum (3), Ruby Oswald (1) Catlin O’Malley (1), Hali Farah (1), Zara Christie, Ksenia Mann (5)
2. Exclusions/Penalties (): Eleanor (1exc), Kayleigh (2 exc), Molly M (1 exc) Hali F (1)
3. Man-up: 4 scored from 8 attempts (50%) – Penalties: 0
4. Man-down: 2/5 saved (60%) – Penalties conceded: 0
BMC Cup – U/18 Girls 4-6 Sep
12 Teams from across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland descended on Dunfermline to compete in a thrilling weekend of youth water polo at the recent BMC Cup for Girls. The BMC Cup, held at Carnegie Leisure Centre, between 4 and 6 Sep welcomed competitors for an under-18 all-female tournament at the weekend.
A big well done to all the girls from both Dunfermline and Menzieshill for their efforts and exertions over the weekend.
The older group of players played as Dunfermline Water Polo Club reached the bronze medal match whilst the younger group of players played as Menzieshill and had some tough games but took their last game to penalties.
Both teams played really really well. There was so much good team work and they played for each other.
Whilst the results didnt go our way today and due to call offs we had only 9 and 8 players in each team, positively 17 players gained experience of playing in the BMC Cup against strong opposition.
Full set of results: https://www.thebmccup.co.uk/bmc-cup-u18-girls-2026/
Hopefully now, as we move towards Scottish Leagues and possible NAGS entry in 2027, the weekend's competition exposure will help us.
BMC Festival 2012+
Another extremely successful and fun BMC Cup weekend sadly comes to an end and how lucky are we to have this fantastic event on our doorstep! We have so many reasons to be proud of our amazing youngsters in achieving yet another podium finish and taking Bronze in a tough competition, well done to the DWPC players and staff who contributed so well to Team BMC achieving a very creditable 5th place.
Further congratulations from the weekend to Co-captains Logan Currie and Molly Oswald.
Logan claimed the Top Goal Scorer award for the second BMC Cup in succession with an amazing 19 goals from 5 games. Also, Logan surely bagged one of the goals of the tournament with a lob from his own half 🎯
Molly won the MVP award in the Bronze Medal game vs Menzieshill, a great achievement considering she wasn't feeling 100% - a true warrior 👏
A big thank you yet again to all the club volunteers who led the way in helping to run the event. We had so many youngsters and families manning the merch table, table officials, live streaming and just generally being the driving force behind the tournament.
Scotland U16 Girls at SE Inter-regions
The Scottish U16 Girls have returned home from Division 1 Inter Regions in Liverpool with a well earned bronze medal 🥉 👏
Hali Farah (Joint Captain), Molly Oswald, Ellie Thornton, Isla Edwards and Rosie Hookham joined their U16s NDS team mates.
The girls got off to a great start on Saturday, winning their 1st match 8-5 vs North East Steelers. This was followed by 2 more wins; 9-7 vs South West Sharks and 15-1 vs East Angels, meaning they topped their group 💪
This then set up a semi final vs South East on Sunday which finished 5-5 after normal time. Unfortunately the girls luck wasn't in on the penalties lottery, but still gave them the opportunity to compete for the bronze medal.
Their opponents were South West, a team they had previously beaten the day before. The girls took confidence from that result and finished their weekend off strong to come away 10-8 winners and bring the bronze back to Scotland 🔥 well done girls! 🙂
