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CHELTENHAM AWARDS

25/5/2015

Cheltenham celebrated their British League and British Championship double in style at the club's third annual summer ball.

Those attending included 90-year-old triple Olympian Jack Jones; Ian Elliot, chair of the ASA Water Polo Management Group; and BWPL President Pippa Jones and Officials' Co-ordinator Mike Jukes.

Pippa and former GB skipper Jerry Birmingham received special awards, recognising their tremendous contributions to the sport over many years.

David Taylor received the players' Player of the Year award (he's pictured, left, receiving the trophy from ex-Cheltenham player Tony Wass). The Spartans award went to Andy McAllister.

FIXTURES FOR NEW SEASON

18/5/2015

British League women's champions Liverpool Lizards launch the 2015/16 campaign with matches against Caledonia, City of Coventry and Otter at Watford on 19/20 September.

Men's Championship 1 winners Team Northumbria's first taste of Division One action will be at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, on 26/27 September, when they face City of Sheffield and Bristol Central. Champions Cheltenham begin against Caledonia and Invicta.

Click on the fixtures pages for a full phase one schedule in all divisions.

CHELTENHAM, LIVERPOOL TRIUMPH AGAIN

7/5/2015

Cheltenham and City of Liverpool repeated their British League championship successes when they won the men's and women's titles at the British Championships in Lancaster.

The men's final was a tight and exciting affair from start to finish, David Taylor scoring 31 seconds from the end to give Cheltenham an 11-10 victory over City of Manchester.

The women's final was another tense affair, but Liverpool always had the edge and eventually ran out winners against City of Coventry, 6-2.

Men's semi-finals - Manchester 9 Lancaster 8; Cheltenham 9 Bristol 5. Bronze medal game: Lancaster 11 Bristol 7. Women's semi-finals - Liverpool 10 Otter 7; Manchester 6 Coventry 9. Bronze Medal: Otter 8 Manchester 9.