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Ethos of Dunfermline Waterpolo Club
- To provide support in which all club members have the opportunity to work hard to achieve their personal best.
- To encourage individual and team development within a strong supportive sporting framework
- To create and sustain an environment where everyone is equally valued.
Caledonia Boys U15s 3rd in National Group Championships.
Superb weekend for Caledonia Boys U15s in Coventry at the National Group Championships on 16/17 Nov.
Group game 1: Caledonia 12-5 Watford
A tentative start to the game with the boys not capitalising on their chances but nonetheless took the half time spoils 5-3. A strong defensive display and excellent counter attacks, saw the Caley boys pull away to take the game. Outstanding play from Charlie on the break allowed him to grab a double hat-trick. Goalscorers: Charlie Grey (6), Frank Bacik (3), Dominic Moodie (2)
Group game 2: Caledonia 7-5 Cheltenham
A tough task lay ahead with another strong opponent in their Group. Caley got off to a flier with a swift move from the swim off and a Ben Maclean opener on 10 secs. A missed Caley penalty and some long range goals from the Cheltenham CB saw the boys trailing 3-5 at the break. With the pressure on the boys stood up and dominated Cheltenham 4 goals to zero, with John Wilson and Bram Stenhouse marshaling a dominant defence and outstanding forward play by James Lees and Frank Bacik.
Goalscorers: James Lees (2), Frank Bacik (2), Ben Maclean, Charlie Grey, Dominic Moodie
Group game 3: Caledonia 15-1 Kingston
An opportunity to rotate the squad in the final group saw no let up in quality of play or hunger from the boys. Doubles from Frank, Charlie, Ben and John, as well as 4 other scorers contributed to a dominant win.
Goalscorers: Frank Bacik (2), Charlie Grey, Ben Maclean (2), John Wilson (2), Caleb Wilson, Bram Stenhouse, Dominic Moodie, Murray Simpson.
Boys U15 NAGs Semi Final - Caledonia 9-12 London Penguin
One step too far for the Caley boys tonight in a tense and physical encounter with London Penguin.
Both teams came out fighting hard, goals from Bram Stenhouse, Charlie Grey and James Lees leaving the teams level 3-3.
The 2nd period continued in the same vein, with a Dom Moodie double and a John Wilson keeping Caley in the game (6-7).
The 3rd quarter turned the game Penguin's way, being a very tight cagey period, the London side managed to convert two chances to leave Caley down 6-9. Not to be deterred Caley showed their fighting spirit, a thunderbolt Frank Bacik finish and a penalty lead the fightback. A James Lees finish kept the boys fighting until the end, but alas the Bronze medal match vs Sandwell.
Congratulations to Caledonia who have won bronze medal with a 22-11 win over Sandwell in the National Age Group Water Polo U15 Male/Open event in Coventry. Congratulations to Penguin who went on to claim the Gold medal.
DWPC Dev team at ED Dev tournament - 2 Nov
Well done everyone who attended to East District Development Tournament on Sat 2 Nov, great effort by everyone and credit also to the boys who have also been away at the SCO boys trials all morning who contributed again this afternoon.
Fantastic effort and lots of improvement throughout the games. Well done team!
Thanks to DWPC players for their contributions to the formidable Nomads team! All players getting lots of additional time in the pool playing alongside players from various teams.
U15 Girls at SE National Age groups - 2-3 Nov
What a fantastic weekend for the U15s Caledonia girls at the Swim England 2024 National Age Group Championships.
On Saturday they started the tournament with their hardest match against West London Penguins who went on to be crowned champions. The girls put up a very good fight and were the only team that stopped them from getting into double figures!
The girls didn't let the first defeat put them down and went on even stronger and more determined to win in their next 3 matches, which they did! At the end of the first day these were the results:
Caledonia 2 v 9 West London Penguins
Cheltenham 6 v 9 Caledonia
Caledonia 18 v 12 Tyldesley
Caledonia 22 v 5 Worthing
This meant that the girls started their Sunday matches playing City of Liverpool to see who would later be playing for gold and bronze !
This was again a really tough match. The girls worked hard but ended up losing 10 -5!
Final match was against Exeter! It was a really close contest in the early stages of the match but Caledonia managed to just stay ahead slightly and defended brilliantly reducing the chances of Exeter closing the gap! Final result 7-2 !!
Congratulations to the girls for their well deserved bronze medal!! 👏 👏 👏
Click here for a detailed tournament report
Thank you to the coaches , Alan Donaldson and Jillian Livie for leading the girls to this fantastic result.
Thank you also to TMs Cátia, Claire and Julie
U15s Caledonia Girls Team
1 – Eve Fielding
2 – Ruby Oswald
3 – Ava Thornton
4 – Hali Farah
5 – Bethany Payne
6 – Eleanor Campbell
7 – Lily-Anne O'Neill
8 – Isla Edwards
9 – Libby Duncan
10 – Ailsa Duncan
11 – Kayla Reeve
13 – Ksenia Mann
HC Alan Donaldson
AC Jillian Livie
TM Cátia Reeve
Final Rankings
1st West London Penguin
2nd City of Liverpool
3rd Caledonia
4th Exeter
5th Cheltenham
6th Rotherham Metro
7th Beckenham
8th Tyldesley
9th Croydon Amphibians
10th Worthing
Congratulations to the winners West London Penguin after an epic final which went to 2 rounds of penalties....
Thank you to Swim England, to all the referees, table officials and WH Johnston for all the amazing photos of the girls in action.
Match Report – U/17 Girls Scottish League – DWPC v Menzieshill - 27 Oct
In a very closely contested and exciting match, DWPC lost 9-12 to Menzieshill (MH) in their first game of the 24-25 Scottish U/17 girls WP League season.
After a slow start going 0-2 down, a penalty goal by Ava brought us back to 1-2 at the end of period 1. We worked very hard in period 2, keeping possession well and winning and scoring a penalty and two man-ups (Ava) and a further goal by Hali saw us lead 5-4 at halftime.
We increased our lead to 6-4 early in period 3 through Ava but then MH played very strongly putting our defence under pressure, getting the ball to their centre forward and scored 5 goals with just 1 in reply from Hali to lead 9-7 at the three-quarter stage. Early in period 4, MH scored a further 2 goals to lead 11-7 but DWPC continued to work hard, make chances on the counter-attack and won another penalty. Unfortunately not all chances were taken allowing MH to attack and score at the other end. The last 4 goals were shared between the teams for a final score of 12-9 to Menzieshill. Well done to them.
Game positives:
• A very determined and hardworking performance in which all 9 of our listed players made positive contributions.
• We gained 7 opposition exclusions and 3 penalties compared to only conceding 2 exclusions and 1 penalty.
• We led at half time and gave ourselves the opportunity to win the game with the number of chances we created.
Areas to work on:
• Roll onto back early during counter-attack to be available for a pass. Drive strongly forward with or without the ball to shoot or support the ball carrier.
• Move forward into a vertical body position with shooting arm towards the ball when available for a cross pass during counter-attack. Always pass to hand firmly.
• Finding the free player quicker in man-up.
• Getting back quickly to steal the ball from a strong Centre forward when defending.
• See you all at training on Tuesday!
Match statistics:
Per 1: 1-2
Per 2: 4-2 – (5-4)
Per 3: 2-5 – (7-9)
Per 4: 2-3 – (9-12)
3 penalties gained - 2 scored, 7 exclusions gained – 3 scored (48%)
1 penalty conceded – 1 scored, 2 exclusions conceded and 1 goal lost (50%)
Team: Goals in brackets.
1. Eve (GK), 2. Ruby O, 3. Ava T (7) (1 exc), 4. Hali F(2), 5. Ruby R (1 pen conceded), 6. Bethany P, 7. Poppy R, 8. Isla E
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