PENGUIN COMPLETE HAT-TRICK
Penguin defeated Castleford 18-9 to end the first weekend of the men's Championship 2 campaign at Watford with three wins. They beat Otter and Durham Palatinates on day one.
Matches in men's Championship 2 and 3 were split between Watford and Gloucester, where Manchester Hawks, having beaten Worthing by a single goal, held out for an equally tense 18-17 victory over City of Bristol.
After winning all seven matches in Division 4, plus two more in Championship 3 at Watford, Hucknall fell at the 10th hurdle - beaten 15-9 by York. See News and Results pages for all the details.
This season's Super 5s finale takes place at Coventry on 21/22 March. The men's line-up will be: Manchester, who finished the Division 1 programme with an impressive 100 per cent record, Solihull, Sheffield, Invicta and Lancaster. Women's top five: Manchester (also with a perfect record in Division 1), Sheffield Sharks, Coventry, Liverpool Lizards, Otter. See News and Results pages for all the details.
Top of page: Focus on three players who ended up as divisional top scorers in the first phase of the season. L-R: Joe Jenkins-Delf (Welsh Wanderers, men's Division 2); Tyldesley's Addison Brown (men's 4); and Steph Whittaker, City of Manchester, (women's Division 1). Photos: Trevor Hyde.
Matches in men's Championship 2 and 3 were split between Watford and Gloucester, where Manchester Hawks, having beaten Worthing by a single goal, held out for an equally tense 18-17 victory over City of Bristol.
After winning all seven matches in Division 4, plus two more in Championship 3 at Watford, Hucknall fell at the 10th hurdle - beaten 15-9 by York. See News and Results pages for all the details.
This season's Super 5s finale takes place at Coventry on 21/22 March. The men's line-up will be: Manchester, who finished the Division 1 programme with an impressive 100 per cent record, Solihull, Sheffield, Invicta and Lancaster. Women's top five: Manchester (also with a perfect record in Division 1), Sheffield Sharks, Coventry, Liverpool Lizards, Otter. See News and Results pages for all the details.
Top of page: Focus on three players who ended up as divisional top scorers in the first phase of the season. L-R: Joe Jenkins-Delf (Welsh Wanderers, men's Division 2); Tyldesley's Addison Brown (men's 4); and Steph Whittaker, City of Manchester, (women's Division 1). Photos: Trevor Hyde.
Other News:
PLAYER PROFILE: The second in this website's new Player Profile series can be found in the Features section. It focuses on former international Bernice Cowton, who, at 44, is still very much a key member of the City of Sheffield Super 5s team.
LEADERSHIP GROUP CHAIR: The new chair of Swim England's Water Polo Leadership Group is a current BWPL player. Discover his identity on the News page.
Make sure you know about everything new in the British League by subscribing to the regular League newsletter (see panel at the top of this page).
PLAYER PROFILE: The second in this website's new Player Profile series can be found in the Features section. It focuses on former international Bernice Cowton, who, at 44, is still very much a key member of the City of Sheffield Super 5s team.
LEADERSHIP GROUP CHAIR: The new chair of Swim England's Water Polo Leadership Group is a current BWPL player. Discover his identity on the News page.
Make sure you know about everything new in the British League by subscribing to the regular League newsletter (see panel at the top of this page).
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The British Water Polo League was launched in 2010 following the successful merger of the men's National League and the National Women's Water Polo League. We have gone from strength to strength since then and the 2019/20 season features a full complement of 64 teams from England, Scotland and Wales - 40 men's and 24 women's.
Particular thanks to James Reddick, of Polytechnic, for his help in creating this website. For more information about advertising, please contact BWPL Secretary Chris Ducker, chris.ducker@bwpl.org.
