Water Polo with Clissold Swimming Club
Over many years Clissold Swimming Club has used water polo for exercise and for fun and to build a strong team spirit. Clissold Swimming Club introduced water polo formally into its training programme in February 2006 and this has proved to be very popular. The water polo players have now started to play in competitive games.
Working with London Poly Water Polo Club Clissold has established regular water-polo training and from this has grown competitive teams. Clissold Swimming Club is working to promote water polo in north east London.
Working with London Poly Clissold SC has the ambition to become north east London's premier mini-polo and youth water polo club. Call us to see if you can join us and get in the game.
The club has recently been awarded a grant from the GLA to host three water polo taster sessions as part of the GLA’s London Summer of Sport. The first of these sessions took place on Sunday 10th September and the next two will be held on Sunday 24th September and on Sunday 8th October from 10.00 – 12.00 am at Ironmonger Row Baths. These taster sessions will be free of charge to any young people aged 8 – 18 who are competent swimmers and would like to come along and try out water polo. We hope to see more participants at the next sessions. Here are the rules.
Clissold Swimming Club is Hackney’s competitive swimming club and offers a full training programme for swimmers of all abilities age 5 – 18. For further details, please ring 07891 880781 or visit our website at www.clissoldswimmingclub.org.uk.
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1900 - 2030 |
Highbury Grove School [map]
Highbury New Park
London
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Ironmonger Row Baths [map]
1-11 Ironmonger Row
London
EC1V 3QF
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British Water Polo has appointed Head Coach Jerome Read as they continue to build towards London 2012. Former national water polo player Read has a strong background in the sport and took bronze in the Commonwealth Tournament in Manchester in 2002. Last year he was head coach of the junior squad and led them to victory at the European Qualification Tournament.
Read takes charge of the men's team and will develop the squad in their pursuit of excellence.
'I believe that I have a fantastic opportunity to take the men's team to where it belongs,' he said. 'With my background in sports science and my knowledge of the sport I know I can take this team forward.
'The amount of support that we have for the sport in terms of funding and sports science has improved massively in the past couple of years and we know that we need to maximise this opportunity. I know that with the potential in the squad and the support we are receiving we can be highly competitive at the London 2012 Olympics.'"
(Via Latest News New Coach appointed to boost National Squad: .)
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on 12/10/07; 9:34:24 PM,
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During the course of this term , we have been running taster water polo sessions from 10.00 - 11.00 am on Sunday mornings at Ironmonger Row. These sessions are open to children and young people in Y5 - Y11 and are free of charge. They are not restricted to club members. The first 4 sessions have already taken place.
There will be 2 further sessions on Sundays 15 and 29 July. There will then be 4 further sessions next term on Sundays 9 and 23 September and on Sundays 7 and 21 October. If you haven't yet tried water polo, why not come along to one of these sessions? And why not invite some of your friends?
If any of our older female water polo players are interested, British Water Polo is hosting an Open Day, with the aim of recruiting more young women into the sport in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. The Open Day will be held in Walsall on Saturday 21 July. It is intended for female swimmers aged 16 - 22. If you are interested, please contact sam.littledyke@swimming.org for more details.
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on 7/14/07; 1:38:26 PM,
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For our partner club the London Poly Water Polo team the weekend in Nottingham at the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) championships was a big success. London University Mens team took the gold medal for the 3rd successive year. The girls finished 4th, just missing out on the bronze medal. Much praise to Gary for his hard work at developing the student mens team. They didn’t lose a single game all season!!
University of London Womens BUSA Team
University of London Mens BUSA Team
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on 3/21/07; 1:46:34 PM,
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The mixed U16 water polo team played in the first tournament of the 2006/2007 winter League on Sunday 05 November. They played four matches, each of 10 minutes, against some very tough opposition. The first match was against Beckenham (lost 9 -0 ), the second against Worthing (lost 16 -0 ), the third against Croydon Amphibians ( lost 16 – 0) and the fourth against Enfield SC (lost 2 -1). This was certainly a steep learning curve for the team, who were playing in their first tournament at this level.
Water polo training sessions are open to all club members in E1 and above who are aged 9+. Squad B trains at Iron-monger Row on alternate Sunday mornings from 10.00 - 11.00 am, while Squad A trains at Ironmonger Row on alternate Sunday mornings from 10.30 -12.00 am and at Highbury Grove on Tuesday evenings from 7.00 - 8.30 pm. Please ask Andy which session to come to initially. You will then be assessed and allocated to a squad.
Why not give it a try in the New Year? - contact us to find out more ... MORE
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on 12/8/06; 12:13:36 PM,
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HOT NEWS  Clissold SC were victors in a friendly tournament against Enfield SC's water polo team at a match held at Southgate Leisure Centre this evening Sunday 17 September. MATCH REPORT.
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on 9/18/06; 8:50:37 AM,
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 Water polo is coming back to Hackney, get involved with the start of water polo in Hackney again by coming to Kings Hall on the 19 October 2005.
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on 10/18/05; 5:28:39 PM,
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Clissold Swimming Club in conjunction with London Poly Water Polo Club is hosting a mini polo and water polo taster session on Wednesday 19th October 2005 at Kings Hall Leisure Centre, Hackney.
The mini polo session for boys and girls aged 8—11 is from 7.00—7.45 pm.
The water polo session for boys and girls aged 12—16 is from 7.45—9.00 pm. No water polo experience necessary, however those taking part must be good swimmers. No need to book, just turn up at least ten minutes early to register and change.
click link for the poster
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on 10/5/05; 1:33:15 PM,
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The latest National newsletter (April 05) for water polo is available to download here. Please make sure that it goes out to everyone you know in water polo.
Also please can Membership Secretaries ensure whenever someone starts water polo in the future, that the water polo tick box is ticked on the ASA Registration Form. It is the only way the ASA knows how many people are involved in water polo.
(Via NewsIsFree: Swimming.)
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on 4/17/05; 8:10:35 PM,
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"At the latest meeting of the National Water Polo Development and ITS Team Meeting,Piers Martin reiterated what everyone was advised in Issue 2 of the Water Polo 2005 National Update:
It said: 'This year all players who are training in a Regional Training Centre during the third term will have the opportunity to be invited to the National Academy (as long as they maintain attendance and performance during the final 10 weeks of training). To give you an idea of the work players will ned to do before the Summer, they will be expected to attend the National Academy Preview Day at Millfield School, Somerset'.
The date for this preview day is March 27th."
(Via Western Counties ASA.)
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"SCOTTISH water polo aces Portobello are through to play Rotherham in the semi-finals of the British Championships in Manchester on Saturday after another triumphant trip south."
(Via Scotsman.com Sport - Other Sports.)
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"NWPL initiative to combat rough and unacceptable play in water-polo"
During the opening weekend of the Division One season, the competing clubs were informed of a NWPL initiative to combat rough and other unacceptable play. This initiative is in response to the current worldwide belief that the sport is becoming increasingly rough, leading to a reduction in skill levels, increased injuries and lack of attraction for potential competitors (particularly young people).
(Via Western Counties ASA.)
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on 10/2/04; 7:09:55 PM,
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10 Sep 2004
Great Britain will take on the rising stars of waterpolo when they contest the Men's European Junior Championships in Malta this week.
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on 9/12/04; 7:54:47 PM,
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Cheltenham water polo's 12-8 win over Rotherham Metro earned them the National Championship title in Manchester. It was the first time they had won the sport's equivalent of the FA Cup since 1968. They had previously won it in 1955, 1958, 1959 and 1962, and were losing finalists eight times, the last in 1977.
Coach Louis Eperjesi said their triumph was a vindication of the years they had spent bringing on young players.
Apart from goalkeeper David Berry, 40, David Edwards, 44, and Tony Wass, 31, and all the players were under 30. They had been boosted by the arrivals of Todd Wolff from Canada and Max Gerasamov from Russia.
Gerasamov, a student at Birmingham University, learned his game with Moscow Dynamo. Wolff is an engineer working in Stonehouse. Edwards played for Leamington, Maindee and Sutton & Cheam before joining Cheltenham. [Western Counties ASA]
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on 7/13/04; 9:27:47 PM,
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18 Apr 2004
Water polo continues to carry the royal seal of approval with Prince Williams in action once again this time competing for Scotland in an international student event.
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[British Swimming News] from the editor: It might be just be us but the footage we saw showed a lot of boys who appeared to be making extensive of the floor of the pool, we hope it wasn't 'netball in a puddle'!
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on 4/18/04; 12:05:55 PM,
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British Water Polo is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrea Jones to the position of Senior Women’s Team Manager with immediate effect.
27 January [british swimming news]
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