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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.
BMC Cup Autumn Festival Winners
Winners of the Inaugural BMC Cup Autumn Festival 🥇-
Dunfermline Water Polo Club
Dunfermline had a stellar performance over the weekend, winning all 5 of their games played. It seemed Dunfermline were unstoppable with each win being as high as 9 goals and their lowest win being by 4. It was a very well deserved win and we are very proud of all the players.
Second place went to - Stirling Water Polo
Third place went to - West Edinburgh Stingrays Water Polo
The remaining teams finished as follows -
4th - Sedgefield Water Polo
5th - Portobello ASC
6th - Warrender WaterPolo
7th - Western Baths Water Polo Club
8th - Menzieshill Whitehall
9th - @kkasc_waterpolo
2024 Scottish Water Polo Competition Results
Scottish Water Polo Championship and League Results for 2024 are now available on the Scottish Swimming website: https://www.scottishswimming.com/our-sports/water-polo/results
Aquamark Presentation
On Thursday 27 Jun, Dunfermline WPC was presented with our Scottish Swimming Aquamark Accreditation by Andy Maguire (RSDM). The official certificate is on display in the Carnegie notice board.
Match Reports – Senior Ladies Scottish Cup Finals
Game 3 – Senior Ladies v Warrender – 2:30pm
For the 3rd and final female game of the day we fielded a depleted line-up with 11 players on poolside and regular starters, Nicola and Alison Tate missing. This meant that seven of our players were U/19 with four of them; Zara, Kayleigh, Amelia and Robyn lining up for their 2nd game of the day and U/17 players, Ava, Millie and Lucy lining up for their 3rd game of the day. Fortunately we had great experience to add to the group through club and national team captain Caitlin McRobbie, GB Internationalist Niamh Moloney and first seven starters, Molly Meldrum and Aimee David.
After an excellent semi-final win over BWPL team Kirkintilloch, Warrender were ready and motivated to provide a big challenge and to try and win the cup for their first time.
Per 1: The early game exchanges were closely contested with defences on top and unusually the game was still goalless with just over a minute remaining in the period. 2 late goals however through Caitlin and Lucy (man-up) saw us establish a 2-0 lead. A lead in fact that we never relinquished.
Per 2: A strong defensive press combined with a patient and accurate offence allowed us to move into a 6-0 lead by mid period with goals from Molly, Niamh, Lucy and Caitlin. Warrender fought back with 2 goals from centre forward Grace Dowley but a further goal from Caitlin ended the period at 5-2 and a 7-2 half time lead:
Per 3: An early penalty goal by Lucy extended our lead to 8-2 and then 4 exclusions were shared as both teams tried to apply attacking pressure. Only one goal was scored as Warrender reduced the deficit to 8-3. At this point, we really raised our game scoring a further 3 goals without reply for a 4-1 period scoreline and an 11-3 lead.
Per 4: With Warrender having lost their main centre back, Scottish internationalist Cameryn Davidson at the end of period 3 through exclusion, we managed to exploit this fully with players showing great effort and determination to constantly drive and rotate in and out of the centre forward position to win the period 6-1 for a final scoreline of 17-4:
Game reflections:
With a depleted team and a game played in difficult pool conditions this was an excellent performance and victory. Our defence and goal keeping was strong limiting Warrender’s goal efforts, man up opportunities and shot effectiveness allowing us to attack with patience and purpose. Whilst the experience of Caitlin and Niamh and shooting power of Lucy was crucial in terms of goal scoring they were ably supported by their team-mates (many of whom had already given their all for the club in earlier finals) in terms of effort and for the most part, sensible attacking and defensive decision making. Let’s hope we can maintain this positive momentum going forward through good training attendance and application.
Match statistics:
1. Goal scorers: Zara, Caitlin (8), Ava, Molly (1), Amelia, Kayleigh, Niamh (4), Lucy (4), Robyn, Millie, Aimee.
2. Exclusions/Pens: Zara (1 exc), Caitlin, Ava, Molly, Amelia (1 exc), Kayleigh, Niamh (1 exc), Lucy, Robyn, Millie (1 exc), Aimee.
3. Man-up – 8 gained, 3 scored (38%). Man-down: 3 conceded – 2 saved. (67%)
4. Penalties: 1 conceded, 1 scored – (0%) – 4 gained, 3 scored (75%)
5. Shots taken: 28 – 17 scored (61%) Shots Conceded: - 22 – 4 scored (18%)