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MEN'S 2012 SEASON - TABLES, RESULTS, REPORTS

Super fives Men's Table (final table)

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Cheltenham 8 6 1 1 117 78 13 +39
Lancaster 8 5 0 3 86 80 10 +6
Bristol 8 3 1 4 73 95 7 -22
Portobello 8 3 1 4 83 101 7 -18
Manchester 8 1 1 6 73 78 3 -5

 

week 1 Crystal Palace national sports centre

Date

Score

White

Blue

10 November 9-5 Manchester Bristol
  13-11 Lancaster Cheltenham
  9-11 Portobello Bristol
11 November 17-16 Portobello Lancaster
  13-12 Cheltenham Manchester

 

week 2 hengrove leisure centre, bristol

Date

Score

White

Blue

24 November 9-7 Bristol Lancaster
  18-10 Cheltenham Portobello
  5-6 Manchester Lancaster
25 November 10-13 Manchester Portobello
  13-9 Cheltenham Bristol

 

week 3 salt ayre sports centre, lancaster

Date

Score

White

Blue

8 December 9-9 Manchester Cheltenham
  11-6 Lancaster Portobello
  10-8 Bristol Manchester
9 December 8-8 Bristol Portobello
  10-7 Cheltenham Lancaster

 

week 4 University of surrey, guildford

Date

Score

White

Blue

19 January 9-17 Portobello Cheltenham
  15-12 Lancaster Bristol
  11-10 Portobello Manchester
20 January 11-10 Lancaster Manchester
  9-26 Bristol Cheltenham

 

CHAMPIONSHIP 1
Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Penguin 7 6 0 1 72 53 12 +19
Welsh Wanderers 7 6 0 1 84 44 12 +40
Caledonia 7 5 0 2 77 60 10 +17
                 
Sheffield 7 4 1 2 70 50 9 +20
Invicta 7 3 0 4 71 57 6 +14
Polytechnic 7 1 1 5 55 75 3 -20
Sutton & Cheam 7 1 0 6 63 108 2 -45
Hucknall 7 1 0 6 45 90 2 -45

Crystal Palace

Score

White

Blue

11 November

10-9 Invicta Polytechnic

 

11-5 Penguin Hucknall

 

17-8 Sheffield Sutton & Cheam

 

15-8 Welsh Wanderers Caledonia

12 November

7-10 Penguin Sheffield

 

7-18 Hucknall Caledonia

 

7-8 Invicta Welsh Wanderers

 

17-12 Polytechnic Sutton & Cheam

Bristol

Score

White

Blue

24 November

8-11 Hucknall Sutton & Cheam

 

7-14 Polytechnic Caledonia

 

10-7 Penguin Welsh Wanderers

 

5-10 Invicta Sheffield

25 November

16-4 Invicta Hucknall

 

7-8 Sheffield Caledonia

 

7-6 Penguin Polytechnic

 

16-6 Welsh Wanderers Sutton & Cheam

Loughborough

Score

White

Blue

15 December

14-8 Penguin Sutton & cheam

 

4-5 Invicta Caledonia

 

8-8 Sheffield Polytechnic

 

17-4 Welsh Wanderers Hucknall

 

18-9 Invicta Sutton & Cheam

 

11-6 Penguin Caledonia

16 December

5-6 Sheffield Welsh Wanderers

 

4-9 Polytechnic Hucknall

 

9-18 Sutton & Cheam Caledonia

 

11-12 Invicta Penguin

 

15-4 Welsh Wanderers Polytechnic

 

13-8 Sheffield Hucknall

CHAMPIONSHIP 2

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Team Northumbria 7 6 0 1 100 70 12 +30
Croydon Amphibians 7 5 0 2 104 75 10 +29
Rotherham 7 5 0 2 105 98 10 +7
                 
Exeter 7 4 1 2 106 92 9 +14
Carlisle 7 3 1 3 95 96 7 -1
Birmingham 7 3 0 4 106 111 6 -5
South Derbyshire 7 1 0 6 102 125 2 -23
Leeds Sharks 7 0 0 7 73 124 0 -51

 

week 1GL Pool, gloucester

Date

Score

White

Blue

10 November 9-22 Birmingham Croydon
  10-17 Leeds Exeter
  15-18 Carlisle Rotherham
  11-21 South Derbyshire Team Northumbria
  16-11 Birmingham Exeter
  10-20 Leeds Croydon
  9-14 Carlisle Team Northumbria
11 November 10-20 South Derbyshire Rotherham
  7-10 Carlisle Croydon
  7-13 Leeds Team Northumbria

 

16-18 Birmingham Rotherham

 

14-16 South Derbyshire Exeter

 

week 2 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

24 November 11-17 South Derbyshire Croydon
  10-17 Leeds Rotherham
  12-13 Birmingham Team Northumbria
  16-16 Carlisle Exeter
25 November 13-26 Leeds South Derbyshire
  14-12 Team Northumbria Croydon
  18-17 Rotherham Exeter
  15-17 Birmingham Carlisle

 

week 3 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

15 December 16-15 Birmingham Leeds
  16-15 Carlisle South Derbyshire
  7-15 Rotherham Team Northumbria
  8-17 Croydon Exeter
  8-15 Leeds Carlisle
  22-15 Birmingham South Derbyshire
  10-12 Team Northumbria Exeter
  7-15 Rotherham Croydon

 

CHAMPIONSHIP 3

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Cambridge 7 5 1 1 85 73 11 +12
Worthing 7 5 0 2 90 76 10 +14
University of Bristol 7 5 0 2 91 65 10 +26
                 
Manchester Hawks 7 4 0 3 97 101 8 -4
Otter 7 4 0 3 98 74 8 +24
Bridgefield 7 2 1 4 87 96 5 -9
Watford 7 1 1 5 79 92 3 -13
Bedford 7 0 1 6 73 123 1 -50

week 1 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

10 November 9-11 University of Bristol Cambridge
  4-18 Bedford Worthing
  9-19 Watford Otter
  15-19 Manchester Hawks Bridgefield
  6-25 Bedford University of Bristol
  12-13 Cambridge Worthing
  16-15 Manchester Hawks Watford
  20-10 Otter Bridgefield
11 November 13-9 Manchester Hawks Otter
  13-8 Watford Bridgefield

 

10-13 Bedford Cambridge

 

10-11 University of Bristol Worthing

 

week 2 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

24 November 12-12 Bedford Watford
  8-14 Manchester Hawks University of Bristol
25 November 14-15 Watford University of Bristol
  19-16 Manchester Hawks Bedford
       

 

week 3 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

1 December 11-12 Bridgefield Worthing
  11-13 Otter Cambridge
2 December 10-10 Bridgefield Cambridge
  17-12 Otter Worthing

 

week 4 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

16 December 14-18 Manchester Hawks Cambridge
  10-14 Watford Worthing
  11-17 Bedford Otter
  12-10 University of Bristol Bridgefield
  12-10 Manchester Hawks Worthing
  6-8 Watford Cambridge
  14-19 Bedford Bridgefield
  6-5 University of Bristol Otter

Championship 4

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Solihull 6 6 0 0 100 58 12 +42
Grantham 6 5 0 1 76 41 10 +35
Ealing 6 3 1 2 79 83 7 -4
                 
2nd City Birmingham 6 3 0 3 68 77 6 -9
Whitgiftians 6 1 1 4 53 76 3 -23
Invicta Marlins 6 1 0 5 56 68 2 -12
Sheffield Dolphins 6 1 0 5 56 85 2 -29

 

week 1 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

3 November 14-6 Grantham Ealing
  9-22 Invicta Marlins Solihull
  8-15 Whitgiftians 2nd City Birmingham
  18-5 Grantham Sheffield Dolphins
  11-12 Invicta Marlins Ealing
  17-9 Solihull Whitgiftians
  11-8 2nd City Birmingham Sheffield Dolphins

 

week 2 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

17 November 6-8 Invicta Marlins 2nd City Birmingham
  12-21 Ealing Solihull
  9-5 Grantham Whitgiftians
  14-5 Invicta Marlins Sheffield Dolphins
  19-14 Ealing 2nd City Birmingham
  7-8 Grantham Solihull
  11-16 Whitgiftians Sheffield Dolphins

 

week 3 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

8 December 20-11 Solihull 2nd City Birmingham
  19-12 Ealing Sheffield Dolphins
  12-8 Grantham Invicta Marlins
  11-11 Ealing Whitgiftians
9 December 16-9 Grantham 2nd City Birmingham
  8-9 Invicta Marlins Whitgiftians
  12-10 Solihull Sheffield Dolphins

Division 1 Men's final Table (october 7)

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Cheltenham 7 6 0 1 114 60 12 +54
Lancaster 7 6 0 1 109 53 12 +56
Manchester 7 5 0 2 86 69 10 +17
Bristol 7 4 1 2 86 66 9 +20
Portobello 7 3 0 4 71 75 6 -4
                 
Invicta 7 1 1 5 52 88 3 -36
Polytechnic 7 1 1 5 61 97 3 -36
Penguin 7 0 1 6 51 122 1 -71

 

week 1 hengrove leisure centre, bristol

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 1 Sept 12-12

 Polytechnic

 Bristol

  17-8

 Lancaster

 Invicta

  15-12

 Portobello

 Penguin

  9-18

 Manchester

 Cheltenham

  10-9

 Invicta

 Polytechnic

  9-19

 Bristol

 Lancaster

  7-12

 Portobello

 Cheltenham

  7-13

 Penguin

 Manchester

Sun, 2 Sept 5-15

 Bristol

 Manchester

  5-24

 Penguin

 Lancaster

 

6-12

 Invicta

 Portobello

 

29-5

 Cheltenham

 Polytechnic

 

week 2 hengrove leisure centre, bristol

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 15 Sept 11-11

 Penguin

 Invicta

  18-8

 Bristol

Cheltenham

Sun, 16 Sept

9-5

 Bristol

Invicta

 

8-22  Penguin Cheltenham

 

week 3 ponds forge, sheffield

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 29 Sept 11-10 Manchester Portobello
  14-3 Lancaster Polytechnic
Sun, 30 Sept 14-10 Lancaster Portobello
  14-8 Manchester Polytechnic

 

week 4 royal commonwealth pool, edinburgh

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 6 October 16-8 Manchester Invicta
  9-11 Lancaster Cheltenham
  6-16

 Penguin

Polytechnic

  12-5

 Bristol

 Portobello

Sun, 7 October 2-21

 Penguin

Bristol

  4-14

 Invicta

Cheltenham

  13-7

 Lancaster

 Manchester

  12-8

 Portobello

 Polytechnic

Division 2 Men's Table (21 october)

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
City of Sheffield 7 7 0 0 93 60 14 +33
Welsh Wanderers 7 4 0 3 88 61 8 +27
Caledonia 7 4 0 3 83 78 8 +5
Sutton & Cheam 7 4 0 3 75 74 8 +1
Hucknall 7 3 0 4 57 71 6 -14
                 
Croydon Amphibians 7 2 0 5 72 91 4 -19
*Rotherham Metro 7 3 0 4 55 52 2 +3
Exeter City 7 1 0 6 61 97 2 -36

 

*Rotherham deducted four points. Non-fulfilments v Hucknall and Sutton.

week 1 Hengrove leisure centre, bristol

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 15 Sept 16-3

 Welsh Wanderers

 Croydon Amphibians

  15-13

 Caledonia

 Hucknall

  4-12

 Exeter City

 Sheffield

  Void

 Sutton & Cheam

 Rotherham

Sun, 16 Sept 12-10

 Sheffield

 Croydon Amphibians

  11-15

 Sutton & Cheam

 Caledonia

  Void

 Rotherham

 Hucknall

  9-17

 Exeter City

 Welsh Wanderers

 

week 2 ponds forge, sheffield

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 29 Sept 9-15

 Exeter City

 Rotherham

  8-13

 Welsh Wanderers

 Sheffield

  12-11

 Caledonia

Croydon Amphibians

  10-8

 Sutton & Cheam

Hucknall

Sun, 30 Sept 8-13

 Caledonia

 Welsh Wanderers

  11-14

 Sutton & Cheam

 Exeter City

 

15-9

 Hucknall

Croydon Amphibians

 

12-10

 Sheffield

 Rotherham

 

week 3 salt ayre pool, lancaster

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, Oct 20 16-7

 Sheffield

 Hucknall

  6-7  Caledonia  Rotherham
  14-10

 Sutton & Cheam

 Welsh Wanderers

  7-13

 Exeter City

 Croydon Amphibians

  9-11

 Caledonia

 Sheffield

  9-11

 Welsh Wanderers

 Rotherham

  6-11

 Exeter City

  Hucknall

  17-10

 Sutton & Cheam

 Croydon Amphibians

Sun, Oct 21 15-3

 Welsh Wanderers

 Hucknall

  12-18

 Exeter City

 Caledonia

 

12-17

 Sutton & Cheam

 Sheffield

 

12-16

 Rotherham

 Croydon Amphibians

 

 

 

 

 

Division 3 Men's Table (14 october)

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Team Northumbria 7 5 1 1 79 54 11 +25
Birmingham 7 5 0 2 86 75 10 +11
*Leeds Sharks 7 5 0 2 92 74 8 +18
Carlisle 7 3 1 3 83 73 7 +10
South Derbyshire 7 3 0 4 85 93 6 -8
                 
Worthing 7 3 0 4 82 64 6 +18
Cambridge 7 2 0 5 62 107 4 -45
Manchester Hawks 7 1 0 6 69 98 2 -29

 

*Leeds deducted two points, unregistered player.

week 1 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 15 Sept 13-11

 Birmingham

 Manchester Hawks

  5-13

 South Derbyshire

 Team Northumbria

  9-10

 Worthing

 Carlisle

  18-10

 Team Northumbria

 Manchester Hawks

  18-7

 Leeds

City of Cambridge

Sun, 16 Sept

15-8

 Carlisle

 City of Cambridge

 

6-8 Worthing Leeds

 

8-13

South Derbyshire

Birmingham

 

week 2 ponds forge, sheffield

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 29 Sept 12-8

 Team Northumbria

 Leeds

  13-6

 Worthing

 Birmingham

  11-10 City of Cambridge Manchester Hawks
  17-16

 South Derbyshire

 Carlisle

  8-11

 Worthing

 Team Northumbria

  13-8

 Birmingham

 City of Cambridge

Sun, 30 Sept 8-8

 Carlisle

 Team Northumbria

  10-15

 South Derbyshire

 Manchester Hawks

  18-15

 Birmingham

 Leeds

  19-11

 Worthing

 City of Cambridge

 

14-4

 Carlisle

 Manchester Hawks

 

9-19

 South Derbyshire

 Leeds

 

week 3 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 13 Oct 10-11

 Carlisle

Leeds

  25-9

 South Derbyshire

 City of Cambridge

  19-7

 Worthing

 Manchester Hawks

  7-10

 Birmingham

 Team Northumbria

Sun, 14 Oct

10-16

 Carlisle

 Birmingham

 

8-11

 Worthing

 South Derbyshire

  7-8

 Team Northumbria

City of Cambridge

  13-12

 Leeds

 Manchester Hawks

 

Division 4 Men's Table (13 october)

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
University of Bristol 7 4 1 2 76 76 9 0
Watford 7 4 1 2 97 84 9 +13
Otter 7 4 0 3 89 78 8 +11
Bridgefield 7 3 1 3 103 84 7 +19
Bedford 7 2 1 4 77 100 5 -23
                 
**Grantham 7 3 1 3 83 76 1 +7
*Invicta Marlins 7 1 0 6 64 99 -2 -35
***Ealing 7 4 1 2 88 80 -3 +8

 

*Invicta deducted 4 points, unregistered player

** Grantham deducted 6 points, unregistered player

*** Ealing deducted 12 points, unregistered player

week 1 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 8 Sept 7-13

 University of Bristol

Bridgefield

  8-17

 Invicta Marlins

 Otter

  23-6

 Watford

 Bedford

  13-14

 Grantham

 Ealing

  24-8

 Bridgefield

 Invicta Marlins

  3-15

 University of Bristol

 Otter

  17-9

 Watford

 Grantham

  14-13

 Ealing

 Bedford

 

week 2 leeds university

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 29 Sept 12-6

 Grantham

 Invicta Marlins

  12-12

 University of Bristol

 Bedford

  12-16

 Otter

 Ealing

  11-9

 Watford

 Bridgefield

  13-8

 Grantham

 Bedford

  10-6

 University of Bristol

 Invicta Marlins

  16-15

 Otter

 Bridgefield

  10-10

 Watford

 Ealing

Sun, 30 Sept 6-11

 Otter

 Bedford

  10-9

 University of Bristol

 Ealing

 

12-12

 Grantham

 Bridgefield

 

14-12

 Watford

 Invicta Marlins

 

week 3 surrey university

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 13 Oct 12-16

 Watford

 Otter

  11-12

 Grantham

 University of Bristol

  9-16

 Bridgefield

 Ealing

  11-13

 Invicta Marlins

 Bedford

  10-22

 Watford

 University of Bristol

  13-7

 Grantham

 Otter

  21-14

 Bridgefield

 Bedford

  13-9

 Invicta Marlins

 Ealing

 

Division 5 Men's Table (14 october)

Team P W D L F A Pts GD
Solihull 6 6 0 0 121 38 12 +83
Old Whitgiftian 6 3 0 3 56 77 6 -21
2nd City Birmingham 6 2 0 4 52 82 4 -30
Sheffield Dolphins 6 1 0 5 46 78 2 -32

 

week 1 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 15 Sept 22-5

 Solihull

Sheffield Dolphins

  11-8

 Old Whitgiftian

 2nd City Birmingham

  12-9

 Old Whitgiftian

Sheffield Dolphins

Sun, 16 Sept 5-9

Sheffield Dolphins

2nd City Birmingham

  19-3

Solihull

 Old Whitgiftian

  21-9

 Solihull

2nd City Birmingham

 

week 2 walsall gala baths

Date

Score

White

Blue

Sat, 13 Oct 22-7

 Solihull

 2nd City Birmingham

  7-13

 Old Whitgiftian

 Sheffield Dolphins

  19-6

 Solihull

Sheffield Dolphins

  10-15

 2nd City Birmingham

Old Whitgiftian

sun, 14 Oct 8-18

Old Whitgiftian

Solihull

  8-9

 Sheffield Dolphins

 2nd City Birmingham

 

hot shots/majors 2012-2013

men's super fives (20 january)

Alex Parsonage Lancaster 32
Matt Thresher Bristol Central 26
Tom Curwen Lancaster 21
Joe O'Regan Manchester 21
Mark Banwell Cheltenham 20
David Taylor Cheltenham 19
Ivan Iosa Zurita Portobello 19

Player

Team

Exclusions

Chris Hartley Lancaster 14
Ivan Iosa Zurita Portobello 14
John Sissons Bristol 13
Tom Crammond Portobello 11
Matt Thresher Bristol Central 11
Sean Coles Bristol Central 10
Kevin Johnstone Portobello 10
Joe O'Regan Manchester 10
Goodwin Robertson Manchester 10
Michael Thomas Cheltenham 10

men's championship 1 (16 december)

Dan Laxton Welsh Wanderers 33
Joel Abbott Sheffield 30
Callum Bailey Invicta 24
Ed Freeman Sutton & Cheam 19
James Hadlow Hucknall 19
Ben Matthews Penguin 19
Oli Bray Invicta 13
Graham Harrington Welsh Wanderers 13
Stiofan McMahon Penguin 13
Mark Speed Caledonia 13
George Szabo Penguin 13

Player

Team

Exclusions

Nick Beard Penguin 11
Tom Kelly Sheffield 11
Neil Coles Sutton & Cheam 10
Elliot Kelly Sheffield 10
A Mirable Polytechnic 9
Adrian Taylor Hucknall 9
Neil Williams Sheffield 9

men's championship 2 (15 december)

Josh Brown Team Northumbria 37
Neil Swainson South Derbyshire 34
Richard Leighton Rotherham 33
Csaba Rekasi Croydon 33
Andy Margetts Exeter 22
Matt Grieve Carlisle 21
Gary Tonks Birmingham 21
John Dyer South Derbyshire 20
Sam Routledge Carlisle 20
Darren de Bruyn Croydon 19

Player

Team

Exclusions

David Lane Birmingham 16
Andy Barry Exeter 14
Dan Barker Carlisle 12
Matt Grieve Carlisle 12
Jordan Fox Exeter 10
J Rippon Rotherham 10

men's championship 3 (16 december)

Charlie Harbot University of Bristol 30
Roger Kennedy Bridgefield 29
Sammy Badawy Manchester Hawks 26
Nick Ludford Cambridge 23
Kieran Whittle University of Bristol 21
Brian Whitlock Otter 20
Kieran Walshe Watford 19
Sam Abbott Worthing 18
Jason Attwood Watford 18
Justin Irvine Bedford 17
Tom Perry Bedford 17
Shaun Taylor University of Bristol 17

Player

Team

Exclusions

Neil Haftel Watford 13
Shaun Taylor University of Bristol 13
Torben Cattley Bedford 12
Orion Ganese Otter 12
Remy Gorton Manchester Hawks 12
Luke Roger Watford 12
Steve Behr Watford 10
Eric Boldon Otter 10
Nathan Hart Worthing 10
Nick Ludford Cambridge 10
M Nyaka Otter 10
Robert Ulring Bridgefield 10

men's championship 4 (9 december)

Phil Powell Solihull 33
Lina Liudzius Ealing 31
Adam Hayter Grantham 26
Nigel Greenwood 2nd City Birmingham 21
Oliver Grauers Invicta Marlins 12
Philip Redford-Jones Sheffield Dolphins 12
Nicholas Shute Whitgiftians 12

Player

Team

Exclusions

R Harmar 2nd City Birmingham 10
Simon Pates Ealing 9
Oliver Simpson Sheffield Dolphins 9
Phil Lucas Grantham 8
T Gomersall Invicta Marlins 7
Adam Hayter Grantham 7
I MacLeod Whitgiftians 7
James Newson Sheffield Dolphins 7

men's division one (7 october)

Alex Parsonage Lancaster

37

Mark Banwell

Cheltenham

32

Tom Curwen Lancaster

27

Mike Bourne Manchester

23

Chris Taylor Bristol Central

20

Callum Bailey

Invicta

17

David Taylor Cheltenham

17

Fraser Rutherford

Portobello

16

Player

Team

Exclusions

Nicholas Jackson Invicta 12
Johnny Donnelly Penguin 11
Albie Duffy Penguin 11
Leon Smith Penguin 11
Mike Bourne Manchester 10
Neilson Rutherford Portobello 10
A Mirable Polytechnic 10
James Scobie Portobello 9
Matt Thresher Bristol Central 9
Kevin Johnstone Portobello 8
Adam Legge Cheltenham 8

men's division 2 (21 october)

Dan Laxton Welsh Wanderers 44
Richard Leighton Rotherham 26
Stephen Bayles Sutton & Cheam 17
Gergely Fulop Sutton & Cheam 17
Joel Abbott Sheffield 16
Chris Campbell Caledonia 16
Csaba Rekas Croydon 16
Chris Howard Sheffield 15
Alasdair Campbell Caledonai 15

Player

Team

Exclusions

Dan Laxton Welsh Wanderers 11
Andy Barry Exeter 10
Andrew Lawrence Sutton & Cheam 10
James Baker Exeter 9
James Hadlow Hucknall 9

 

men's division 3 (14 october)

Neil Swainson South Derbyshire 25
Mark Taylor Birmingham 23
Matt White Worthing 21
Josh Brown Team Northumbria 20
Matt Little Carlisle 19
Declan Thompson Leeds Sharks 19
Sam Badawy Manchester Hawks 18
Dean Smith Manchester Hawks 18
Lewis Young Leeds 17

Player

Team

Exclusions

Tobias Hook Leeds Sharks 12
Andrew McGinty Manchester Hawks 12
Dan Barker Carlisle 11
John Houghton South Derbyshire 10
Matt Calvert Team Northumbria 9
Ben Cartwright Birmingham 9
Matt Foulds Birmingham 9
Matt Grieve Carlisle 9
Lewis Young Leeds Sharks 9

 

men's division 4 (14 october)

Roger Kennedy Bridgefield 40
Justin Irvine Bedford 30
John Whatley Grantham 25
Ciaran Walshe Watford 24
Tom McDonald Invicta Marlins 21
Tony Bates Bedford 19
Shaun Taylor University of Bristol 19
Brian Whitelock Otter 19

Player

Team

Exclusions

Csizinszky Denes Otter 15
Craig Grant Bridgefield 13
Tom McDonald Invicta Marlins 12
Leon Estrella Otter 10
Simon Pates Ealing 10

men's division 5 (14 october)

Phil Powell Solihull 29
Nicholas Shute Whitgiftians 17
Nigel Greenwood 2nd City Birmingham 14
Jay Drinkwater Solihull 13
Ian Jolly Solihull 12
Samir Ansara Solihull 11
Shaun Goggins Solihull 11

Player

Team

Exclusions

Chris Joyce 2nd City Birmingham 7
Nicholas Shute Whitgiftians 7
Shaun Goggins Solihull 6
Jim Lafferty Sheffield Dolphins 6

SHEFFIELD LEAD QUALIFIERS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP 1

Sheffield rounded off a great first half of the season, retaining a 100 per cent record in men's Division Two with three impressive victories at Lancaster (20/21 October).

They will be joined in Championship 1 by Welsh Wanderers, Caledonia, Sutton & Cheam and Hucknall, plus Invicta, Polytechnic and West London Penguin from Division One. Croydon Amphibians, Rotherham and Exeter compete in Championship 2.

Sheffield’s opening 16-7 win against Hucknall was followed by an 11-9 defeat of Caledonia, including hat-tricks by Joel Abbott and George Rix. Sheffield then proved too good for a Sutton & Cheam side that, with Hungarian duo Gabor Turzai and Gergely Fulop in dominating form, had looked particularly strong on day one, beating Welsh Wanderers 14-10 and Croydon Amphibians 17-10. On this occasion, Sheffield’s all-round team work shone through and they triumphed 17-12, with Elliot Kelly netting four.

Caledonia also lost on the opening day to Rotherham, going down 7-6 after the Yorkshire side had led 5-0. But a superb virtuoso display by nine-goal Chris Campbell ensured the Scots’ 18-12 victory over Exeter.

Dan Laxton scored eight of Welsh Wanderers’ goals in a 15-3 defeat of Hucknall. Croydon couldn’t avoid the drop into Championship 2 despite beating Exeter 13-7 (Exeter actually won the third period 5-0!) and Rotherham 16-12. Another Hungarian, Csaba Rekasi, scored four for Croydon.

LAST-DITCH QUALIFICATION FOR SOUTH DERBY

South Derbyshire provided much of the drama when the Division Three programme reached its climax at Walsall (13/14 October), qualifying for Championship 2 having won only one of their first five matches.

A runaway 25-9 victory over Cambridge – including eight goals by Neil Swainson and seven from John Dyer – meant that the winners of the South Derby-Worthing match on day two would finish in the top five and go through. Worthing were always playing catch-up after trailing 8-3 at half-time and eventually South Derby won 11-8.

Team Northumbria, Birmingham, Leeds and Carlisle also qualified, while Worthing, Cambridge and Manchester Hawks dropped into Championship 3 where, subject to confirmation, they will face Watford, Ealing, University of Bristol, Otter and Bridgefield.

Leeds Sharks shrugged off the handicap of an earlier deduction of two points – for including an unregistered player – although both their victories at Walsall were nail-biting affairs. They edged out Carlisle 11-10, resisting a late Carlisle rally after leading 8-3; then a goal a minute and half from the end by Shaun Greatorex secured a 13-12 victory over Manchester Hawks.

Cambridge may have struggled this season, but they came good in their final game, ending Team Northumbria’s unbeaten record when a Nick Ludford goal clinched an 8-7 win.

In Division Four, two wins lifted University of Bristol out of the bottom three. They dented Grantham’s top five ambitions with a 12-11 win – never much in doubt until Grantham recovered from 10-7 down to equalise at 11-11 in the last quarter through Ben Caulfield. Kieran Whittle scored the winner with 30 seconds remaining. Then Bristol beat Watford 22-10, with Shaun Taylor and Charlie Harbot both netting five. Invicta rounded off their divisional programme with a well deserved first win – 13-9 against Ealing, including four goals by Tom McDonald.

Solihull maintained their dominance of Division Five, hammering 2nd City Birmingham 22-5, Sheffield Dolphins 19-6 and Old Whitgiftians 18-8.

WATFORD’S ITALIAN INITIATIVE

Watford Water Polo, in association with ASA London Region (North), have jointly funded a visit to Rome for 26 junior players during the October School half-term.

The young squad, led by team manager Nikki Baker and assisted by head coach Nik Jovanovic – plus two Level One coaches – are spending eight days training at the Ostia Federal Center, where facilities include 50-metre indoor and outdoor pools as well as a gym.

Apart from one rest day, reserved for a sightseeing trip around Rome, the squad’s daily programme has featured double training sessions, gym work and friendly matches against Italian club sides. Watford also split into under-17 and under-15 age group teams for a round-robin international tournament involving Italian clubs Acilia WP, ASD Village, CC Lazio, Racing SCN and Akrosport.

Says Nikki Baker: “Following the excitement of GB competing in the Olympics, this is a great legacy opportunity. The players were incredibly excited about the prospect of training and competing in Italy.”

EVERGREEN COLES MAKES HIS MARK– AFTER A GAP OF 36 YEARS!

It’s never too late to make an impact in the British League!

In men’s Division Five, 2nd City Birmingham needed goalkeeping cover for two of their matches at Walsall (13/14 October). So they drafted in Mark Coles – for his first appearance in national league water polo for 36 years, which must be some sort of record.

Mark last played for Leamington in the old men’s National league. Since then, he has turned out for Camp Hill Edwardians, who currently play in Division 2 of the Midland League.

Mark is no stranger to record-breaking. He was also a member of the Camp Hill team that broke the world record for the longest-ever water polo match.

YOUNG MATT ON TARGET

And it’s not only water polo veterans who are making the news . . .

Matt Helps, who is just 14, notched two goals for Old Whitgiftians in the men’s Division Five match against Solihull at Walsall (14 October). Does that make him the youngest-ever British League/National League scorer?

Matt, the son of Mickey Helps, who played for Sutton & Cheam in their grand slam era, is a member of Croydon’s under-15 team, winners of the ASA national age group title earlier this year. Father Mickey is coach of the squad.

PORTOBELLO SQUEEZE INTO SUPER FIVES

Portobello pulled out all the stops to ensure that staging of the first-ever BWPL weekend in Scotland (6/7 October) – part of the Edinburgh club’s centenary celebrations – was an outstanding success.

Appropriately, perhaps, Portobello were involved in the dramatic final match at the Royal Commonwealth Pool – a winner-takes-all clash with the much-improved Polytechnic team to decide the last qualifier for the Super 5s.

There was plenty of tension in a large crowd as Polytechnic, led by Carlos Ardid, recovered from 3-1 down after the first period to level at 5-5 towards the end of the second. In the last minute of that quarter, however, brothers Fraser Rutherford (Blue 13 in the picture above) and Neilson Rutherford (Blue 5) scored vital goals for the Scots – who went on to win 12-8.

It was a great weekend for Cheltenham. As happened last year, they completed the Division One programme in first place after beating champions Lancaster 11-9 – including three goals by Joel Thomas – and Invicta 14-4. They finished level on points with Lancaster, but topped the division by virtue of the result in the Lancaster game.

With one exception – Bristol for West London Penguin –the Super 5s line-up this year will be the same as last season.

Manchester beat Invicta 16-8, including four goals by Mike Bourne (pictured above), but on day two lost 13-7 to a Lancaster team inspired by six-goal Alex Parsonage. GB captain Craig Figes and Matt Thresher both scored hat-tricks in Bristol’s 12-5 defeat of Portobello. There were six more goals for Figes against youthful Penguin, who were outplayed 21-2.

parsonage leads lancaster charge

Great Britain Olympian Alex Parsonage ensured that Lancaster chalked up two more victories at Ponds Forge (29 and 30 September). The left-hander was too good for Polytechnic, scoring eight in a 14-3 win. Then he added six more against Portobello, who were beaten 14-10.

Portobello won the last three quarters against Manchester, each by a single goal, but this was to no avail. A 5-1 lead for Manchester in the first period was eventually just enough to secure an 11-10 victory. Manchester also beat Polytechnic 14-8.

Sheffield are riding high in Division Two. They beat Caledonia 13-8 - including four goals apiece for George Rix and Chris Howard - and then recovered from 7-4 down after two quarters in their derby against Rotherham to win 12-10. Exeter claimed their first points, defeating Sutton & Cheam 14-11. Our picture (by Dave Evans) shows James Hadley, of Hucknall, lining up a shot against Croydon Amphibians' goalkeeper Hadley Potter.

There were plenty of goals and also close finishes in Division Three, where Team Northumbria trailed 5-0 in the first period but recovered to draw 8-8 with Carlisle and retain an unbeaten record at the top of the table. Cambridge notched their first points of the season when Nick Ludford's fifth goal with just a fraction of a second remaining gave his side an 11-10 victory over Manchester Hawks.

In Division Four, a goal in the last second by Orion Ganase earned Otter a 16-15 victory over Bridgefield, for whom Roger Kennedy scored eight. Bedford scored twice in the last two minutes through Torben Cattley and Sam Parry to grab a late point in a 12-12 draw against University of Bristol.

OLYMPIC SKIPPER BOOSTS BRISTOL

The battle for places in the Super 5s hotted up at Hengrove, Bristol (15/16 September) as the home club, including GB Olympic captain Craig Figes for the first time this season, improved their prospects by winning both their Division One matches - 18-8 against Cheltenham and 9-5 against Invicta.

However, Cheltenham are already more or less guaranteed a top five spot. They bounced back from the disappointment of the Bristol match by hammering West London Penguin 22-8. Mark Banwell, the division's top marksman, bagged seven. The score sheet also featured Cheltenham goals by two ex-internationals very much of pre-2012 vintage, Dave Edwards and Jerry Birmingham.

Invicta and West London Penguin shared the points in an 11-11 draw. Having trailed 8-6 midway through the second quarter, Invicta hit back to lead 10-9 in the fourth. Gergo Szabo's fifth goal for Penguin levelled it at 10-10 and he scored again from a man-up with 48 seconds remaining. Oli Bray claimed the final Invicta equlaser just 24 seconds from the end.

In Division Two, Lee Copley scored seven for Hucknall against Caledonia and still finished on the losing side. Caledonia held a comfortable 13-7 lead at one stage but faded in the last quarter, when Hucknall added five of their goals.

International Dan Laxton returned to action with Welsh Wanderers after a stint playing in Holland and scored six in a 16-3 defeat of Croydon Amphibians. That proved to be little more than a gentle warm-up before facing Exeter - this time he scored ten in a 17-9 win. Andy Barry contributed five for Exeter, including four in one quarter.

Sheffield and Caledonia also won their two matches. Rotherham withdrew from the weekend's programme due to team-raising difficulties.

At Walsall, Team Northumbria, Leeds Sharks, Carlisle and Birmingham won their opening fixtures. Solihull made a confident return to the league in Division Five with emphatic victories in three matches. See divisional results pages for all the latest scores and tables.

The battle for places in the Super 5s hotted up at Hengrove, Bristol (15/16 September) as the home club, including GB Olympic captain Craig Figes for the first time this season, improved their prospects by winning both their Division One matches - 18-8 against Cheltenham and 9-5 against Invicta.

However, Cheltenham are already more or less guaranteed a top five spot. They bounced back from the disappointment of the Bristol match by hammering West London Penguin 22-8. Mark Banwell, the division's top marksman, bagged seven. The score sheet also featured Cheltenham goals by two ex-internationals very much of pre-2012 vintage, Dave Edwards and Jerry Birmingham.

Invicta and West London Penguin shared the points in an 11-11 draw. Having trailed 8-6 midway through the second quarter, Invicta hit back to lead 10-9 in the fourth. Gergo Szabo's fifth goal for Penguin levelled it at 10-10 and he scored again from a man-up with 48 seconds remaining. Oli Bray claimed the final Invicta equlaser just 24 seconds from the end.

In Division Two, Lee Copley scored seven for Hucknall against Caledonia and still finished on the losing side. Caledonia held a comfortable 13-7 lead at one stage but faded in the last quarter, when Hucknall added five of their goals.

International Dan Laxton returned to action with Welsh Wanderers after a stint playing in Holland and scored six in a 16-3 defeat of Croydon Amphibians. That proved to be little more than a gentle warm-up before facing Exeter - this time he scored ten in a 17-9 win. Andy Barry contributed five for Exeter, including four in one quarter.

Sheffield and Caledonia also won their two matches. Rotherham withdrew from the weekend's programme due to team-raising difficulties.

At Walsall, Team Northumbria, Leeds Sharks, Carlisle and Birmingham won their opening fixtures. Solihull made a confident return to the league in Division Five with emphatic victories in three matches. See divisional results pages for all the latest scores and tables.

WINNING STARTS FOR CHELTENHAM AND LANCASTER

Lancaster and Cheltenham are already handily placed to qualify for the BWPL Super 5s after winning their three matches during the opening weekend of the Division One campaign at the new Hengrove pool, Bristol (1/2 September).

The two London clubs found the going particularly tough against the early pacesetters. West London Penguin crashed 24-5 to Lancaster, a scoreline that could have been even worse but for some valiant defending by Penguin's goalkeeper, Sacha Fellica.

Then Polytechnic suffered even more against rampant Cheltenham, whose 29-5 victory featured a ten-goal haul by Mark Banwell.

 

It was great to see half a dozen of Great Britain’s Olympic team turning out for their clubs.

Rob Parker, briefly available for his home town team Cheltenham before heading off to professional commitments in Spain, showed why he was GB’s top marksman at London 2012 with a powerful eight-goal performance in an 18-9 defeat of a youthful Manchester team.

Olympians Alex Parsonage (5) and Ciaran James (4) were Lancaster’s chief scorers against Invicta, who were beaten 17-8.

Manchester recovered from their reverse against Cheltenham, defeating Penguin 13-7 and then Bristol 15-5, including four goals by another GB international, Joe O’Regan.

Polytechnic’s earlier games were much closer than their Cheltenham debacle. They trailed 7-2 after the opening quarter against Bristol but then remarkably scored seven goals without reply. With two and half minutes to go, Luke Jones netted to give Poly a 12-11 lead – only for Carl Wyatt to claim a man-up equaliser with just 14 seconds remaining.

Against Invicta, Poly recovered from 7-4 down to lead 8-7, only to lose 10-9 when Conrad Rhodes scored the winning Invicta goal two minutes from the end.

Portobello lost 12-7 to Cheltenham but then beat Penguin 15-12, including six goals from Ivan Iosa, an impressive new recruit from Spain. Portobello then added two more valuable points with a 12-6 victory over Invicta.

Photos: Darren Nash

Top: Joe O'Regan, fresh from the London Olympics, in action for City of Manchester. Middle: Mark Banwell (with ball) lines up another shot for Cheltenham, watched by Rob Parker.

CHELTENHAM TRIBUTE TO OLYMPIC STARS

There may be something like 60 years in age between them. But Jack Jones and Rob Parker share the same honour – Cheltenham water polo players who have proudly represented their country at the Olympics.

The Cheltenham club staged a tribute dinner for both men at the town’s Rising Sun Hotel.

Altogether, there were almost 80 people present, including many past and present Cheltenham players as well as the town’s Mayor. Jack played in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics, captaining Great Britain on the third occasion. Our picture shows Rob wearing his 2012 Olympic blazer – with Jack in his blazer from 1956.

Rob was due to take part in the Olympic athletes’ open top bus tour on 10 September before heading for Spain, where he plays for Barcelona’s CN Catalunya.

smart NEW LOOK FOR LANCASTER

All smiles from three of Great Britain’s Olympians! Pictured with BWPL chairman David Andrews at the new Hengrove pool, Bristol, are (left to right) Glen Robinson, Alex Parsonage and Ciaran James.

The Lancaster trio were showing off the set of new customised caps their club received for winning the 2011 BWPL title from one of our sponsors, Waterswim, the Dutch company which already sponsors the current men’s and women’s champions in Holland.

Waterswim also presented new caps to the 2011 BWPL women’s champions, City of Manchester. For more details about Waterswim, go to www.waterswim.co.uk.

cheltenham's title after 42-year gap!

After a 42-year wait for a national league title, Cheltenham finally celebrated success in the Super 5s at Guildford (19/20 January). There might have been a temptation to ease up after making sure of victory on day one. Not a bit of it! In the very last match of the season, Cheltenham hammered old rivals Bristol 26-9 with a sparkling display highlighted by clinical finishing.

It was an indication of the all-round strength of the squad that, of the 'out' players, only ex-GB star Jerry Birmingham didn't feature among the scorers. Cheltenham piled on the agony for Bristol with ten goals in the final quarter.

Ironically, it was Bristol who began the weekend as the only team capable of catching Cheltenham. After Cheltenham won their opening game - 17-9 against Portobello - Bristol needed to beat Lancaster to stay in contention. Watched by a nervous Cheltenham squad, they had their chances to do so. Although Lancaster led 12-10 after three periods, Bristol then laid siege on the Lancaster goal, but missed a series of clear-cut chances as well as finding goalkeeper Marc Robinson in outstanding form (pictured against Bristol by Trevor Hyde). In the end, Lancaster won 15-12 and Cheltenham were in the clear.

Cheltenham's long history of water polo success has relied to a great extent on homegrown talent. These days, the British League squad includes the likes of Bernat Jakupovic, a very talented 17-year-old Hungarian, Max Gerasimov, from Moscow and those remarkable, ageless ex-internationals, Dave Edwards and Jerry Birmingham. But the vast majority of players began as juniors. And coach James Ross is proud to point out that, apart from goalkeeper Elliot Murphy, every member of the BWPL squad lives in the town.

Ross is now looking to the future and seeking more success at the British Championships and more experience competing in Europe. Significantly, too, Cheltenham's strength in depth is such that the club will be applying to enter a team in men's Division 5 next season.

"Currently, it's difficult to blood younger players at British League level - it's a big step up," he said. "Adding another team would bridge the gap and give extra encouragement to some of our developing youngsters.

"For now, we're thrilled to have won the league, especially as we have been strong contenders for six or seven years without being quite consistent enough to put together the back-to-back wins you need to get to the top.

"This season, we have been more consistent, avoiding the slip-ups that were so costly in 2011 when we missed out after going through the first phase of the season without losing a game. It was a measure of our progress that we were able to beat Lancaster in their own pool - always a huge challenge."

Ross added: "This has been a great season and I'd like to express our club's thanks to the league management and officers for their efforts in organising such a well-run competition."

Cheltenham team line-up (picture by Trevor Hyde): Back row, left to right: Will Middleton, Max Gerasimov, David Taylor (captain), David Edwards, Iain Greig, Lee Barnes, James Ross (coach). Front: Mike Thomas, Elliot Murphy, Guive Shafie, Mark Banwell, Adam Legge, Bernat Jakupovic, Jerry Birmingham, Joel Thomas.

Lancaster finished runners-up to Cheltenham. In addition to victory over Bristol, they beat Manchester 11-10 when Alex Parsonage claimed his seventh goal from a penalty with just 39 seconds remaining.

It was a similar, frustrating story for Manchester against Portobello. Again, they lost 11-10 - and to a goal 23 seconds from the end. Manchester had led 7-4 at the halfway stage, but the Scots staged a tremendous rally in the late stages to end their season on a high note.

parsonage tops super fives goals chart

For a second consecutive year, Liverpool Lizards' Kathryn Fowler has ended the season top goal-scorer in the women's Super 5s. She notched 25 - one goal ahead of teammate Katie Hesketh.

The men's trophy will go to Alex Parsonage, of Lancaster. His tally of 32 was six more than nearest challenger Matt Thresher, of Bristol Central.

Click on Statistics page for leading scorers and major kings in all divisions.

WATER POLO SURVEY

Leeds Sharks player Shaun Greatorex is conducting a survey of BWPL male players as a key element of a paper he is preparing for his degree at Leeds Metropolitan University. He'd welcome support from as many BWPL teams as possible. Please email him on s.greatorex3525@student.leedsmet.ac.uk for more information.