The line-up is confirmed today for BWPL’s big end-of-season celebration event, the Champions Cup, which takes place at the Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry, on 12 and 13 April.
A terrific weekend of competition is guaranteed in women’s and men’s competitions, which have the added impetus of being the official qualifiers for teams targeting entry into Europe next year.
Only notable absentee will be Cheltenham, who chose not to take part in either the women’s or men’s tournaments despite top four finishes in the Super 5s. Cheltenham women, in particular, enjoyed a superb debut season at that level, finishing as runners-up behind perennial champions City of Manchester.
Their place goes to Otter, runaway winners of Championship 1 and Champions Cup gold medallists as recently as 2023. The London club willingly stepped up once Hucknall, fifth-place team in the Super 5s, said they preferred not to enter.
In the men’s competition, Welsh Wanderers, fifth in the Super 5s and only edged out by Cheltenham on goal difference, complete a formidable line-up.
BWPL Chairman David Andrews said: “What a great weekend is in prospect! At this point, I would like to express the League’s thanks to those clubs who we know have pulled out all the stops to ensure their presence at Coventry, ensuring the Champions Cup remains a premier event on the water polo calendar.”
Women’s teams: City of Manchester, Liverpool Lizards, Sheffield Sharks, Otter.
Men’s: City of Manchester, Penguin, Polytechnic, Welsh Wanderers.
A terrific weekend of competition is guaranteed in women’s and men’s competitions, which have the added impetus of being the official qualifiers for teams targeting entry into Europe next year.
Only notable absentee will be Cheltenham, who chose not to take part in either the women’s or men’s tournaments despite top four finishes in the Super 5s. Cheltenham women, in particular, enjoyed a superb debut season at that level, finishing as runners-up behind perennial champions City of Manchester.
Their place goes to Otter, runaway winners of Championship 1 and Champions Cup gold medallists as recently as 2023. The London club willingly stepped up once Hucknall, fifth-place team in the Super 5s, said they preferred not to enter.
In the men’s competition, Welsh Wanderers, fifth in the Super 5s and only edged out by Cheltenham on goal difference, complete a formidable line-up.
BWPL Chairman David Andrews said: “What a great weekend is in prospect! At this point, I would like to express the League’s thanks to those clubs who we know have pulled out all the stops to ensure their presence at Coventry, ensuring the Champions Cup remains a premier event on the water polo calendar.”
Women’s teams: City of Manchester, Liverpool Lizards, Sheffield Sharks, Otter.
Men’s: City of Manchester, Penguin, Polytechnic, Welsh Wanderers.
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