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Caledonia Ladies progress to Round 2 of the Spring Cup

Update from Neal Rayner:
Last weekend the ladies got 6th out of 7 with a weaker team than usual, but 6 advance so its all they needed. They also managed to tie Leeds 1-1 who is moving up to first division next season. The team lost to Carlisle 1-0, to Manchester D 7-3, to Otter A 10-0, to Otter B 6-4 and beat Penguin B 11-1.

Round 2 is this weekend (13/14 Mar) in a group against Manchester A, Leeds and Sutherland. Top two advance to third round, bottom two to plate round on 20 Mar.

The DWPC girls who played last week were Kerry, Vicky, Nicola, Chantal, Rhianna Stewart and Jen Bush. The other 3 players were Laura Mathewson, Michelle Risinger and Nikki Sutcliffe.
Good luck girls.

12 Mar 2010 - 13:59 by Club Secretary

DWPC March Committee Meeting

The next DWPC committee meeting will be held Tues 23 Mar at 7-30pm at Del Farquharson Community Centre, Dunfermline. If anyone has any items for inclusion, please forward to the Secretary by 19 Mar. Agenda is in the Club diary.

12 Mar 2010 - 10:23 by Club Secretary

Selection for Tayside and Fife Area Institute of Sport (TFIS)

Congratulations to Darren and Christopher Campbell for their selection into The Tayside and Fife Institute of Sport (TFIS). TFIS is an organisation which supports the development of Scottish athletes within the region towards world class performance levels in sport. Based in Dundee, they are part of the Scottish and Area Institute of Sport network.
Darren and Christopher join Andrew Woodall on this programme which supports 41 athletes across 14 sports.

12 Mar 2010 - 10:16 by Club Secretary

Celtic Nations Universities Water Polo Championships

Scottish Universities will compete in the Celtic Nations Water polo Championship against their counterparts from Wales and Ireland. This runs concurrently with the Celtic Nations Swimming Championships and this is being held in Cardiff on 27 Mar.

In a message from the St Andrews and Scotland Coach, Ian MacCallum, the Scottish Universities Men's Team selected to represent Scottish Universities at the Celtic Nations includes 3 DWPC players:

Simon Metcalfe - Napier/St Andrews and DWPC
Rob Tate - Edinburgh University and DWPC
Andrew Woodall - Dundee University and DWPC
(Full squad list can be found on the Scottish Swimming website)

In addition, St Andrews University Water Polo Men's Team recently qualified for the BUCS Water Polo Final to be held 13/14 Mar.

Congratulations to Simon, Robert and Andrew, good luck St Andrews and Scotland Universities teams.

12 Mar 2010 - 10:00 by Club Secretary

New SASA Membership Fees

SASA have set their membership fees for 2010 as follows:

Aquatic 1 (Under 8 years) £7.50
Aquatic 2 (8 years & under 11 years) £16.50
Aquatic 3 (11 years or over) £30.25
Aquatic 4 Club Volunteer £7.50
Aquatic 5 Technical Official (Club Volunteer) £7.50
Aquatic 6 Club Teacher & Coach £12.30
Aquatic 7 Non Classified Disability £7.50

If Dunfermline Waterpolo Club is your "first claim" club please forward the appropriate membership fee to the Club Membership Secretary (Sylvia Mackay) as soon as possible.

N.B If you do not pay the membership fee you will not be able to represent the club or take part in club activities.

7 Mar 2010 - 22:30 by webmaster

Saturday 13 Mar - Training cancelled

Due to the 94+ Boys and 3 coaches being away at the British Gas ASA Age groups in Watford, training at Kirkcaldy on 13 Mar has been cancelled. Good luck to the boys.

6 Mar 2010 - 20:50 by Club Secretary

Message from British Swimming for Technical Officials

British Swimming is pleased to announce the launch of the new Officials Training Programme which will be used to identify potential National Technical Officials for recommendation to FINA and the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), within synchronised swimming, diving and water polo that would be interested in working at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Although British Swimming do not make the final decision within the recruitment process for London 2012 officials; the new programme is designed to offer support, guidance and training to any officials, that have the skill set for the positions available, in order to support their application."

Further details and application forms can be found at

http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/news/general-news/british-swimming-launches-officials-training-programme/2366/and http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/get-involved/british-swimming-officials-training-programme/
Applications must be received by Monday 22nd March.

6 Mar 2010 - 12:34 by Club Secretary

Medical Declaration Form

As part of the Annual Membership Renewal, a Medical Declaration form MUST be completed by anyone that is representing Great Britain or their Home Country internationally or competing in a British Swimming, Scottish Swimming, ASA or WASA National event (all disciplines, excluding masters) and returned to the Scottish Swimming for processing.
This form will be e-mailed out to members shortly along with the Information sheet to asist with its completion. You are reminded that a new form must be submitted to Scottish everytime you start/stop or change any medication or vitamins etc as per the form.

5 Mar 2010 - 21:49 by Club Secretary

British Swimming / Scottish Swimming Data Protection Policy

A new Data Protection Policy will be rolled out this week as part of the new Club Membership System (CMS). The new membership forms will include a detailed data protection policy that all NEW members are to complete when filling in their new membership form. It is a straight forward ‘tick’ box option to give the member the opportunity to Opt Out of receiving information from Scottish Swimming on upcoming events, SplashNews, etc.
With regards to EXISTING Club Members, Scottish Swimming will send out a direct mailing to each individual asking them to complete the Data Protection Policy. The Data Protection Policy will be sent directly back to Scottish Swimming for processing. If you have any queries regarding the above, please do not hesitate to contact Scottish Swimming.

5 Mar 2010 - 21:43 by Club Secretary

Beach Lifeguards Required

Fife Council is currently recruiting Beach Lifeguard staff to work from June until the 31st August 2010. The rate of pay shall be �7.11 per hour per hour. Working at Aberdour, Burntisland, St Andrews, Elie and Leven beaches, duties include patrolling of foreshore, litter patrol, initiating rescue procedures for bathers in difficulty, administering first aid and maintenance of toilet blocks. A current RLSS National Pool Lifeguard qualification, experience of dealing with the public and the ability to swim 400metres in under 8 minutes is essential. You must be willing to gain the National Beach Lifeguard Qualification for which training will be provided. Hours are variable and up to 35 hrs per week and include weekend working. Before an appointment can be confirmed you will be subject to a Scottish Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure Check and a mandatory Health Assessment. For an application pack please contact: www.fifedirect.org.uk/jobs or telephone 08451 550088. Closing date: 12 March 2010

5 Mar 2010 - 16:50 by webmaster

94+ Youth Boys Travel Arrangements to the ASA Champs Preliminary Round

The team will be leaving for this competition on the evening of Friday 12th March at approximately 5.30pm from the car park next to Carnegie Leisure Centre. The team will travel by mini bus (driven by Scott Wilson / Iain Thomson) via Kings Road, Rosyth (pick up 5.45pm). They will travel as far as Cannock South on the M6 on the Friday and stay overnight in the Premier Inn.
On the Saturday morning they will leave Cannock early in order to reach Watford by 11.30am. The team have 4 games on the Saturday afternoon with the last game at 5pm - leaving the pool after 6pm. This will result in their arrival back in Dunfermline at approximately 1.30am or later dependant on traffic etc.
Full details have been sent out to all the players and the club diary contains travel info, squadlist and the tournament schedule. Any queries please contact Iain T

4 Mar 2010 - 18:09 by Club Secretary

Three Out of Four For DWPC

Dunfermline have lost their last game of the day. They were beaten 8 -4 by Lancaster.

Dunfermline have qualified in second place for the next round due to be held in April.

27 Feb 2010 - 19:17 by webmaster

Three Out of Three For DWPC

Dunfermline have beaten Barnstaple 11 - 2 in their third game of the day. Now play Lancaster at 6.30pm to decide who wins the group. Keep going boys, you're almost there!

27 Feb 2010 - 17:34 by webmaster

Second Win for DWPC

Dunfermline have won their second game of the day beating Cheltenham 7 - 2.

Next game against Barnstaple at 5.00pm.

Other teams results are being added to the calendar as we get them.

Keep up the good work boys!!

27 Feb 2010 - 16:10 by webmaster

Great Start for Dunfermline 92s

Dunfermline 92s have won their first game of the day. They have beaten Isle of Man 20 - 1. Everybody got good pool time. More details will follow.

Next game at 3.30pm against Cheltenham.

27 Feb 2010 - 14:43 by webmaster

Scottish Junior Waterpolo Player of the Year

Congratulations to Andrew Woodall on being awarded the Scottish Junior Waterpolo Player of the Year for 2010. This is the second time Andrew has won this award.

Congratulations also go to Fraser Rutherford (Portobello) who has been awarded Scottish Senior Waterpolo Player of the Year.

27 Feb 2010 - 10:16 by webmaster

GB Juniors News

Andrew Woodall is currently away with GB Junior Team (91s). They will be taking part in the Cluj Invitational Tournament 2010 as well as matches against teams from Romania and Hungary. There will also be a two day training camp and the trip ends with the Juniors taking part in a three day tournament. Good luck to the players!

27 Feb 2010 - 10:08 by webmaster

92+ Boys away for British Gas ASA Champs Preliminary Round

The 92+ boys have arrived safely at their overnight accommodation in preparation for tomorrows tournament. Their 1st of 4 games is at 2pm against the Isle of Man. Only the top 2 teams from this group progress to the Qualification Round on 17/18 Apr. Full schedule is below and in the club diary. Good luck to the squad.

26 Feb 2010 - 23:36 by Club Secretary

Water Polo on TV

Coverage of Euroleague match Pro Recco (ITA) vs Shturn 2002 Chekhov (RUS) scheduled to be shown on Eurosport 2 next Wednesday, 3rd March, 6p.m. start. If setting to record it is best to allow for Eurosport's "flexible" programming i.e. start time before 6p.m. and finish time after 7p.m.

25 Feb 2010 - 12:05 by newsmaster

92+ Junior Boys Travel Arrangements for ASA Champs

The team will be meeting at the lay-by next to the Fife Leisure Park, just off the M90 Roundabout heading towards the Odeon cinema. Please meet here for 5.45pm.
There will then be a pick up from the Deer Park in Livingston at 6.15pm (ish). We will travel back to Dunfermline on completion of the championship (Saturday 27th), stopping to grab a bite to eat en route. Arriving in Dunfermline at approximately 11pm.

Drivers will be Iain Thomson, Paul Metcalfe and Graham Johnstone.
Full details have been out to all the players and the club diary contains travel info, squadlist and the tournament schedule. Any queries please contact Iain or Paul.

Full ASA Age Group Championships Events Document

22 Feb 2010 - 19:53 by Club Secretary

Lancaster and Manchester retain British Titles

The British Championship finals were held in Manchester this weekend. In yesterday's Men's semifinals Lancaster beat Rotherham and Bristol overcame Manchester. The Women's semis saw Manchester triumpph over Sheffield while Penguin beat Liverpool after extra time. Today's finals saw Lancaster beat Bristol to retain their Men's crown and Manchester held on to the Women's title with a close victory over Penguin. Full reports on the GB site
The Club's Paul Metcalfe took part in the event as a Table Official.

21 Feb 2010 - 17:43 by newsmaster

Saturday 27 Feb - Training cancelled

Due to the 92 Boys and 3 coaches being away at the British Gas ASA Age groups in Liverpool, training at Kirkcaldy 27 Feb has been cancelled. Good luck to the boys.

21 Feb 2010 - 10:50 by Club Secretary

Club Polo Shirts

Club polo shirts have now been ordered and will be on sale from 26th of February, priced at £7 and £10 for children and adult sizes respectively. The club have placed an order of 40 so everyone should be able to get the size they require, if not a further order maybe placed.
Update Sample sizes are available - contact Iain Thomson. There is also an online order form

20 Feb 2010 - 10:48 by Team Manager

ASA Girls 93s Waterpolo Tournament Report

Neal Rayner has provided a report on the above tournament. Report

17 Feb 2010 - 19:52 by webmaster

Commonwealth Water Polo Championships

Message from SWPC Convenor:
After reviewing the replies from players and consultation with the team coaches it has been decided, with regret, that Scotland will not participate in the Commonwealth Water Polo Championships in Goa this year.

The main reasons were due to the availability of key players due to exam and work commitments and the cost of the trip. The short preparation timeframe and limited training opportunities were also a factor.

But the silver lining to this is the enthusiasm from players to be part of a Scottish squad.

We will start to create a 4 year Development Plan for Scottish squads that will include international events. This will hopefully encourage greater focus for players and squad management. Fund raising efforts can also be developed to support the programme.

17 Feb 2010 - 17:47 by Club Secretary

HMS CALEDONIA pool remains closed

HMS CALEDONIA pool will remain closed to clubs for the foreseeable future until damage to the roof can be fully assessed. We are awaiting a further update from CALEDONIA staff and will keep members informed as soon as we hear anything.

14 Feb 2010 - 21:09 by Club Secretary

Egyptian Water Polo Tour 2010 - Cancelled

We have just been informed that due to the Egyptians being unable to get their visas, the Tour and thus the tournament our 92's were attending has been cancelled.
The organisers apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate all the efforts put in.

11 Feb 2010 - 16:38 by Club Secretary

Training Cancelled

Training at HMS Caledonia is cancelled tonight. The pool has been closed due to plaster falling from the ceiling.

Apologies for the late notice.

8 Feb 2010 - 17:43 by webmaster

News system upgrade

We have moved to a new system for submission of news items to the News page. Rather than the webmaster having to edit in each item authorised people will be able to update the page automatically. This year's earlier news items were submitted to new system on 1st February so they all show that date and submitted by "newsmaster". To keep them in context there is a note "first posted on ...". Later submissions have the proper date and submitter. At the moment system is set to display last 30 items. All items are archived monthly so can be accessed. See link

5 Feb 2010 - 22:21 by newsmaster

Changes to HMS CALEDONIA access routine for U18's

A recent review of access routines has resulted in a change to the way U18's are allowed entry into HMS CALEDONIA. With effect from 1 Feb 10, the previous photo pass issued by the PT Staff has been discontinued and all U18's are now to be escorted by an adult pass holder. A nominal list of DWPC U18's is held at the main gate but independent unescorted access is NO longer allowed and the gate staff will refuse entry.

Therefore, if arriving on foot, to gain access for our Monday session you should arrive at 7.20pm and no later than 7.30pm. You will then be escorted to the pool by either Mike Ironside or Annette Mooney. On completion of the session, we are responsible for ensuring our members are escorted out promptly therefore anyone who is collecting an U18 should be there by 9pm.

U18's arriving by car with a pass holder will not be expected to get out and walk to the pool.

The adult pass system remains unchanged although the cost of a pass has increased to £5. The current application form can be found on our website.

This routine is now in operation and the gate staff will enforce the no escort - no entry policy. If anyone has any issues particularly whilst the system settles down, do not take it out on the base staff but accept their instructions then let the Secretary know so as he can follow up any queries with the permanent base staff.

We have also been advised by CALEDONIA Gym Staff of a few key points that need again reminding:
1. Parking. Staff parking spaces in front of the main office are for staff only and not to be used by club members. There are usually plenty of parking spaces nearby.
2. Signing in and out. Everybody entering the building is required to sign in and out the appropriate log, this includes parents and guardians. This is an emergency measure and must be adhered to.
3. Steam Room. Swimmers are NOT entitled to use the steam room at any time.
4. Building closing. The gym/pool closes at 2100 and all members are to have left the building by this time. There has recently been an increase in the time players have been spending in the showers and we could be at risk of being asked to leave the water earlier to accommodate the inconsiderate few. Do your gossiping outside the camp as pool time is too valuable to lose! I therefore ask coaches and adults present to hasten up those changing.

5 Feb 2010 - 20:42 by webmaster

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