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93s Scottish National League
Dunfermline 93s play their first match in this years league competition on Sunday 5th September. They take on Warrender at Stirling. The match starts at 12.45pm.

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31 Aug 2010 - 20:10 by webmaster

British Gas Tri-Nations Water Polo 2010 - Results
Message from Event Director:
The British Gas Tri Nations Water Polo Tournament was hosted by Scottish Water Polo, on 28-29th August at the National Swimming Academy, Stirling University.

All the teams were a credit to their Nation and Region. The performance of play was excellent and the closeness of so many of the games provided a excellent spectacle for all those in attendance.

The Tournament results:

Comp: 1st 2nd 3rd
Men: Wales - Ireland - Scotland
Women: Scotland - Sweden - Ireland
Boys: Scotland - Ireland - Wales
Girls: North East ASA - Ireland - Scotland

Congratulations to the winning teams. A full report from the tournament will follow in due course.
31 Aug 2010 - 19:29 by Club Secretary

Tri Nations Photos
Message from Chair, Scottish Water Polo Committee:
Hi All,

Thank you all for attending the Tri Nations Water Polo Tournament.

All the teams were a credit to their Nation and Region.

The performance of play was excellent and the closeness of so many of the games provided a excellent spectacle for all those in attendance.

I will send you a full report in the near future but this is to let you know about the first set of professional photos available.

These were taken by Steve Lindridge who was taking photos for Scottish Swimming and was there on Sunday afternoon.
Steve has been the official photographer for the Scottish team at the last 3 Commonwealth Games and has been appointed for the next Games in Delhi.

Steve has let me know that he loved the event and the great atmosphere. He was also very impressed with the game and speed of the game.

Another professional photographer was there for most of the weekend and I look forward to seeing his work.

Meanwhile a set of images are on the following website for people to view and purchase.

Regards
Ken Fussell
Event Director
Chair, Scottish Water Polo Committee

To view photographs from the:

British Gas Tri-Nations Water Polo 2010
Go To: www.idealimages.co.uk

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31 Aug 2010 - 19:11 by Club Secretary

Saving the Best for last.
The second and concluding day of the Tri-Nations Tournament at Stirling finished in a blaze of glory for Scotland when the Junior Men and Senior Women both lifted winners trophies.
Earlier Sweden beat Ireland 12-8 in the Women's competition leaving the Scots requiring a 5 goal advantage over Ireland in their final game, They did it with somehing to spare winning the final game 12-3. Cantal Guillot was a worthy winner of the MVP award.
Scotland's Girls team went down fighting, losing 7-15=4 to Irealnd. North East took the trophy with Ireland second.
Scotland Men also took 3rd place, They were 10-8 up at one stage against Wales.but lost 5 goals on the trot and Wales held out to win 14-12 and take the trophy.
The Junior Men showed consistency and followed up yesterday's win with a comfortable 12-6 victory over Wales. This gave them the trophy. Christopher Campbell received the MVP award although Jake Hinley must have been a serious contender with his immaculate passing from goal setting up numerous goals.

Interim report on Junior matches on Scot Junior website (http://scotwp-junior.moonfruit.com/#/competitions/4543171349)
29 Aug 2010 - 18:03 by newsmaster

Cracking start to Tri-Nations
The Tri-Nations got underway today at Stirling with three close matches.

In the Women's game vs Sweden the Scots had to come from behind after losing 3 quick goals. Chantal Gulliot, in goals, played a major part in the revival with a string of good saves. Outfield the team worked hard and were rewarded with a last-minute equaliser.
Ireland and NE England fought out a dour battle in the second match with the final score 7-5 for North East.
Scotland men, like the women, had a poor start against Ireland but eventually got a deserved 11-11 draw. The Portobello trio, Keith Anderson and the Rutherford brothers were prominent but Andrew Woodall played his part with a very good game throughout.
The Campbell twins stamped their mark on the juniors' opening match against Ireland. Jake Hinley performed very well in goal while Logan Shepherd and Zach Thomson, in particular, provided good support. The game was under control by Scotland at half-time and they ran out comfortable 11-6 winners.
Scotland girls showed a lack of match practice and gulile against the North East but battled all the way. Goalkeeper Jordan Kelly-Linden and Nicola Tate put in a power of work but North East won 13-2 in the end.
Ireland and Wales men completed the day's programme with the Wlsh taking the match 12-11.
28 Aug 2010 - 18:47 by newsmaster

Tri Nations Ceilidh/Dinner Dance - Sat 28 Aug

A Tri Nations Ceilidh/Dinner dance will be held at the Golden Lion Hotel in King Street, Stirling from 7-30pm to midnight including a finger buffet.

There will be tickets on sale at the NSA pool on Saturday for £17.50 and all are welcome (Limited tickets).
27 Aug 2010 - 13:18 by Club Secretary

URGENT - TRI NATIONS VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
Message from the Tri-Nations Organiser :
Hi All,
Well the Tri Nations is upon us.
Everything is sorted but to help out over the weekend to sell Tournament T-Shirts, programmes and Ceilidh tickets
These sales are critical for us to keep within budget and help to subsidise player costs.

Anyone able to help can contact me directly on 07730413136.

Looking forward to a successful weekend.


Ken Fussell
27 Aug 2010 - 09:52 by newsmaster

Club Sessions Restart
Welcome back.

The club has now restarted after the summer break and is looking forward to the challenges the next few months will bring. Many players have been training hard over the summer for the Tri-Nations tournament and in readiness for the British Waterpolo League as part of the Caledonia Squads.

The first junior session is on 22 Aug with 93+ Scottish National League quickly upon us with the first game at Stirling on 5 Sep against Warrender. (All match details in our club diary and SWPC calendar).

We have also entered the Scottish Cup competitions plus a tournament for the 95s being run by Portobello WPC.

The next few months promises to be a busy time so please make every effort to attend training sessions and contribute to further club success.
21 Aug 2010 - 22:50 by Club Secretary

New Website
Message from Brian Campbell :-
A 'personal' website has been created to allow all members of the Scotland Junior Squad to be kept up with information and news :-
http://scotwp-junior.moonfruit.com/

As details of future sessions will be included in this website I would suggest that you add it to your ‘favorites’ folder and regularly access it.
Please advise of any corrections / mistakes.

The times of the forthcoming Junior (1993+) Internationals at Stirling University are as follows and I would hope that as many of you will be able to come along and watch some or all of the matches :-
Saturday 28 August 2010 : 2.05pm Scotland vs Ireland
Sunday 29 August 2010 : 10.35am Wales vs Ireland & 2.30pm Scotland vs Wales

The full schedule of matches can be found via DWPC News item - the order of play on the Scottish Swimming website is currently incorrect.

Note: I've added a link at the foot of the INFO menu on this site so you can step off to the new site while visiting the DWPC site. G.S
21 Aug 2010 - 08:21 by newsmaster

DWPC Players Selected for Tri Nations Tournament
Congratulations to the following members of DWPC who have been selected to take part in the forthcoming Tri Nations Tournament:

Senior Men
Simon Metcalfe
Andrew Woodall
Robert Tate

Junior Men 93+
Darren Campbell
Jake Hinley
Andrew Melville
Zach Thomson
Chris Campbell
Alexander Johnstone
Calum Ironside
Daniel Woodall

Senior Women
Chantal Guillot
Nicola Tate
Julia Mackay
Victoria Witko
Gael Logan

Junior Women 93+
Nicola Tate
Kerry Falconer
Alison Tate

Full Team Lists

DWPC are also providing three table officials, Mike Tate, Sylvia Mackay and Jeanette Metcalfe and one referee, Paul Metcalfe. Richie Metcalfe and Brenda Tate are both team managers and Brian Campbell is coach of Junior Men.

Good Luck to all!
19 Aug 2010 - 23:12 by webmaster

Sport for All Week 2010
Sport for All Week 2010 starts week commencing 23rd August. The nine day festival of sport provides the people of Dunfermline and West Fife with the opportunity to experience some top sporting moments. Programme of Events

19 Aug 2010 - 22:54 by webmaster

Great Scottish Swim postponed
Nova International, organisers of the Great Scottish Swim, has been advised today by the Event Safety Group that the event, which was due to be staged on Saturday August 21st at Strathclyde Loch has been postponed because of the prevalence of blue- green algae. This decision has been taken in the interests of safety of swimmers after further stringent water quality checks were completed by The Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Full story
18 Aug 2010 - 23:23 by newsmaster

Anne Arnold
Message from the East District Secretary :-

It is my sad duty to inform you of the death of Anne Arnold.

Anne has been a stalwart of Glenrothes ASC for many years.
She was a well known timekeeper at both Fife and East distrcit Events

Her funeral is at Kirkcaldy Crematorium on Thursday 19th August at 10.15am
16 Aug 2010 - 23:40 by newsmaster

Revised Match Schedule
There is a revised match schedule for the Tri-Nations Tournament. This is available via News page link and on the Club Diary.
p.s. It looks like the Tri-Nations logo I did a couple of weeks ago to advertise the tournament on our News page is to be the "official" one used on various items for the event.
16 Aug 2010 - 13:46 by newsmaster

Italy win Europan Junior title
Itlay beat Greece on penalties in the final of the Men´s European Junior Water Polo Championships 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany at the weekend. more details
16 Aug 2010 - 09:56 by newsmaster

Club Diary Problem update
A required update of the Club Diary program is causing a problem and diary may not be accessible. Investigating - GS

Update : Diary restored. Lesson : don't try updates on Friday 13th! G.S.
13 Aug 2010 - 19:05 by newsmaster

FixturesLive
The SASA Domestic Co-ordinator, Rob Loveless, intends to maintain Scottish water polo fixtures and results on FixturesLive. I have added a menu item to our drop-down menus, INFO > SASA Fixtures Live to link to it. The SWP Google calendar will continue to show fixtures. G.S.
11 Aug 2010 - 18:36 by newsmaster

RNLI - Great Scottish Swim
Message from RNLI Events manager, Scotland:
I would be most grateful if the attached and detailed below re the forth coming Great Scottish Swim could be forwarded to your members or featured on a members website/notice board this week.

Please ask your members to contact me direct, should they wish to take a place in the Great Scottish Swim on the 21st August. - Elizabeth Flatman


Swim a mile for the RNLI! Volunteers wanted for the British Gas Great Scottish Swim
EVENT: British Gas Great Scottish Swim
DATE: 21 August 2010
VENUE: Watersports Centre Strathclyde Loch in Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell

The RNLI has a limited number of free places in the British Gas Great Scottish Swim and is looking for swimmers of all abilities to swim a mile and raise vital funds for its volunteer lifeboat crews.

We will offer you a free place in Scotland's biggest outdoor swim and all we ask is that you raise as much as you can to help train and equip our volunteer lifeboat crews. This event is open to swimmers of all abilities and takes place in Strathclyde Loch, Glasgow - the venue for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Anyone interested in taking an RNLI guaranteed place, should contact the events team to secure his or her place before 12.00pm on 16 August. We will then register your details with the event organisers and send you a fundraising pack, so you can start fundraising straight away.

If you have already secured your place in this event and would like to fundraise for the RNLI, we'd love to hear from you.

Please contact the events team on 01738 642999 or email us at events_scot@rnli.org.uk to confirm you have your own place and we will send you RNLI media contacts
10 Aug 2010 - 19:29 by newsmaster

Scotland Snr Women's Training up to Tri-nations - Reminder
Training weekend 2 at Stirling Uni:
Saturday August 7th 4:00-6:00.
Sunday August 8th 10:30 -11:30 strategy talk. 11:30-2:00 training.

August 14/15: we're waiting to find out what team Theo has arranged for us to play and where. Details to follow.

August 22: 6:00-8:00PM. The junior girls will be training at the same time in the other pitch. For those in both squads we'll likely have you do a half with each squad.
If you are trying to make the squad and you won't be able to attend any of these trainings/trials, please let Theo and Neal know.
4 Aug 2010 - 16:54 by Club Secretary

July edition of SplashNews
The July edition of SplashNews is now available on the Scottish Swimming Website or be e-mail from the sec.

In the July issue there are articles on Commonwealth Games Team selection for Scotland, pictures from the Scottish National Championships held in June, Scottish Open Water Championship plus lots of other interesting features. You can register to receive SplashNews direct to your mail box by registering at www.scottishswimming.com
4 Aug 2010 - 14:24 by Club Secretary


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