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- 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.
Match Report: DWPC/MHW Ladies v KKASC (KK) Scottish League
Tuesday 10th December 2024 – Carnegie Centre Dunfermline.
In an exciting and high scoring match, DWPC/M’Hill Ladies have lost their first League game of the season to a very strong and current BWPL Division 2 winners Kirkintilloch and Kilsyth ASC (KKASC) 15-21. Due to unavailability and illness, the home team were only able to field 9 players, (8 of whom were U/19) against the full complement of 13 players in the (KKASC) team. Although it was disappointing to lose, our players are to be commended for their level of effort and determination shown throughout the game.
Per 1: The team made a very slow start going 3-0 down before we gained and converted two 6 v 5 situations through goals by Zara and Lucy. We then defended well a 5 v 6 after exclusion but lost another 2 goals as KKASC drove strongly and found their CF position well. We did though score again through Kayleigh to end the period down 3-5.
Per 2: Having fought back well towards the end of the 1st period it was disappointing to lose another 3 quick goals at the start of the second period to trail 3-8 and then miss a man-up situation. Kayleigh did well to score from CF to reduce arrears to 4-8 before KK scored again. We then did well to gain 2 exclusions but disappointingly missed both despite moving the ball well and creating good goal scoring opportunity. Positively though after saving a 2nd 5 v 6 situation we scored a double through Lucy to trail 6-9 at the halfway stage.
Per 3: This period started more evenly with 4 goals shared through a double by Molly. KK then scored twice including a 6 v 5 to extend their lead to 8-13 before a penalty from Lucy and another shot from the perimeter by Molly brought the score back to 10-13. KK attacked again adding another 2 goals before Zara brought the score back to 11-15 at the three-quarter stage.
Per 4: Despite saving a 5 v 6 situation with good defence a tiring team conceded another 2 quick goals at the period start. Another goal from Kayleigh at CF brought us back to 12-18 before another KK double extended their lead again to 12-20. Our team refused to give up and despite tiredness scored 3 through Lucy and 2 from Molly and saved a 5 v 6 to reduce the lead to 15-20. With only 11 seconds on the clock an unfortunate miscommunication in our defence saw KK finish the scoring with just 2 seconds on the clock for a final score of 15-21.
Well done to KKASC on a close but deserved win.
Reflections:
With just nine available players and fielding a very young and still inexperienced team at Senior level, this was a good and competitive performance against a team who have been unbeaten in BWPL Div 2 this season and who can field two former Italian Division 1 players (who scored 13 goals between them) and also current Scottish Senior and GB Junior Internationalists in their line-up. We defended determinedly with energy and team resilience in press and drop/help defence and we maintained a tight and compact structure in 5 v 6 to save 75% of the opposition’s man-up efforts. In the main we attacked with purpose and tactical awareness and we did excellently to gain 9 exclusions and a penalty. Indeed in 6 v 5 situations we did find the player in space with controlled perimeter passing but unfortunately we lacked composure and accuracy with our final shot to miss 7 of those man-up situations. This provided the opposition with several counter-attack opportunities that they took full advantage of.
Areas to work on in future training sessions:
- 6 v 5 Attack effectiveness
- Defending a strong and goal scoring Centre Forward.
- Pass selection to our Centre forward when attacking
- Swimming speed and endurance to increase effectiveness of counter attack and counter defence.
Match summary:
- Team: Goals(): Bea Meldrum GK , Kayleigh Roy (3), Ava Thornton, Gracie Thomson Grieve, Molly Meldrum (4), Lottie Affleck, Lucy MacNair (5) Catlin O’Malley (1), Zara Christie (2)
- Exclusions/Penalties: Kayleigh (1 exc), Molly (1 exc), Caitlin (1 exc), Zara (1 exc & 2 pens)
- Man-up: 2 scored from 9 attempts (22%) – Penalties: 1 from 1 scored
- Man-down: 1/4 saved (75%) – Penalties: 2 from 2 scored
Dunfermline Water Polo Club Christmas Raffle
A reminder the famous annual Dunfermline Water Polo Club Christmas Raffle featuring a Hamper of M&S items, Bottle of Whisky and a Christmas Cake is back.
This is our key fundraising effort of 2024 and monies will be used to support club activities in 2025.
A list of items needed to make up the hamper is on the online form on our website and all items for the hamper should be from Marks and Spencer range. To donate M&S items for the hamper follow the link on the club home page (top LH corner):
Donation link: https://www.dunfermline-wpc.co.uk/Forms/hamper_form_2024.php
Other prizes for the raffle are also very welcome and we've already received a special prize of a Family Celebration Hamper courtesy of Melissa Lees.
We are very grateful to TechnipFMC Dunfermline Campus for their kind donation.
CLOSING DATE TUESDAY 17th DECEMBER 2024
(Hand-over of Perishables to be made closer to 19th December Draw date)
The raffle will be drawn on 19 Dec which will be our last club night before the Christmas break (Raffle Tickets available on club nights to sell or contact Club sec if you wish to purchase tickets but unable to get to the pool).
Match Report: DWPC/M’Hill Ladies v Stirling/Western SNL
Very well done to DWPC/M’Hill Senior Ladies who in a very exciting and fluctuating game have won their first fixture of the new 2024/25 Scottish season against Western/Stirling (WS) 16-15. With 5 of our Scottish Cup winning team unavailable, we fielded a very young team with only Caitlin O’Malley over 19.
With a very young team and many of our players inexperienced at Senior level this was a very good victory. At times we played very well, maintaining possession patiently and making good passes into our CF who either scored or gained exclusion. To gain 11 exclusions and 2 penalties and concede only 1 exclusion in return is a great effort. We did though only score 3 of our 6v5 situations so this is definitely an area for improvement. We worked hard to create many chances too, which is positive.
Click on this link for the full match report: Match Report: DWPC/M’Hill Ladies v Stirling/Western Scottish League 2024/25
Next up is a game v Kirkintilloch on Tuesday 10 Dec. This will be a big challenge but one to look forward to.
U14s Dev Tournament at BMC for 07 Boys
Well done to DWPC minis who were narrowly defeated in the final of The BMC Water Polo Cup this afternoon 4-2 to Portobello.
Some brilliant team play saw them finish overall 1st in the round robin tournament, win the semi-final 5-0 against Kirkintilloch & Kilsyth.
Congratulations to Hali, Toby, Poppy, Isla, Rosie, Dev, Billy and Molly!
