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Match Report U/17 Girls: Caledonia – NAGS –7th & 8th February 2026 – Gloucester

Caley U/17’s headed down to Gloucester last weekend aiming to emulate our U/19 team by qualifying for the next Qualification Round. After a long journey in poor weather, we faced two games on Saturday and one on Sunday. Each game would be 4 x 7mins playing time. We were placed in a four team Group A, with West Edinburgh (Stingrays) in the four team Group B. We travelled down with 13 players with five 2010’s in the last year at this age group and eight younger 2011’s and 2012’s gaining valuable experience for next year. Despite a disappointing first game, the girls rallied brilliantly to win their 2nd and 3rd games convincingly to achieve our objective. Very well done to the team.

In terms of our performances: we started the first game v Beckenham quite strongly and had parity at the end of per 1 and only trailed by three at half-time. A combination of many missed chances and an inability to curb the tournaments top goalscorer Issy Hayes however meant that the game got away from us in the 2nd half to lose 7-16.

It is to the team’s credit that they rallied strongly and put in a really determined, controlled and hardworking effort against Otter (who beat us at U19 level) with excellent defence, consistent counter attacks and most importantly accurate shooting at the right time. To win 19-7 was beyond our expectation and meant that a win against City of Coventry the next day would see us qualify. Although losing to Otter, the Coventry girls put up a good fight against Beckenham with two of their players scoring 8 goals between them and so we were expecting a tough contest. Unfortunately, neither of these players were available for the game and this weakened Coventry significantly. Our team took full advantage however pressurising the less experienced opposition and then countering strongly. All our players enjoyed significant water time and it was really positive that our 27 goals were spread across nine of our players.

Tournament details:

A1

Caledonia

2nd

B1

Cheltenham

1st

A2

Beckenham

1st

B2

West Edinburgh

4th

A3

Otter

3rd

B3

Rotherham Metro

3rd

A4

City of Coventry

4th

B4

City of Bristol

2nd

 

Team:

 

Team

v Beckenham

Game 1 – 11:15

v Otter

Game 5 – 15:35

v City of Cov’try

Game 9 – 12:25

Totals
   

Score

7-16

Score

19-7

Score

27-5

 

 

Cap No

  

Goals

Exc/Pens

Goals

Exc/Pens

Goals

Exc/Pens

Goals

Exc/Pens

1

Eve Fielding

                

2

Ruby Oswald

  

1 ex

2

2 ex

1

2 exc

3

5 exc

3

Ava Thornton

2

  

8

  

9

1 exc

19

1 exc

4

Hali Farah

1

1 ex

4

1 ex

2

1 exc

7

3 exc

5

Lily O’Neil

      

1 ex

  

1 exc

  

2 exc

6

Rosie Hookham

                

7

Poppy Reid

  

1ex - 1 P

    

2

1 exc

2

2 ex-1P

8

Isla Edwards

1

  

1

  

5

  

7

  

9

Libby Duncan

      

1 ex

1

  

1

1 exc

10

Ailsa Duncan

  

1 P

  

1ex – 1P

1

1 exc

1

2 ex-2P

11

Ellie Thornton

      

1 ex

1

  

1

1 exc

12

Molly Oswald

      

1 ex

      

1 exc

13

                  

14

Ksenia Mann

3

2 ex

4

1 ex

5

  

12

3 exc
 

Per 1

3-3

  

5-1

  

7-1

  

15-5

  
 

Per 2

2-5

5-8

5-2

10-3

7-2

14-3

12-9

  
 

Per 3

2-3

7-11

4-3

14-6

5-1

19-4

11-7

  
 

Per 4

0-5

7-16

5-1

19-7

8-1

27-5

13-7

 
     

 

  

 

  

 

54-28

21 exc

+ 3 P’s
 

6 v 5

1/5

20%

5-7

71%

8/11

73%

14/23

61%
 

5 v 6

1/5

80%

2/9

78%

0/7

100

3/21

86%
 

Pens For

1/1

100%

1/1

100%

3/4

75%

5/6

83%
 

Pens Against

2/2

0%

1/1

0%

0

0%

3/3

0%

Tournament Positives:

Areas to work on:

·         We had a positive 6v5 and 5v6 tournament profile with improved organisation and accuracy.

·         All of our players gained experience playing against new teams with some excellent opposition players.

·         After a disappointing start to the tournament, we used a strong and active defensive press and counterattack strategy to great effect to win game 2 & 3 convincingly.

·         In game 2 & 3 we were more secure in possession.

·         We found the free player in space more consistently creating many goal scoring opportunities.

·         As the tournament progressed our less experienced players enjoyed increased water time.

·         Our players showed great effort and determination in all games throughout the weekend.

·         In the next qualification round we will meet two of the four semi-finalists from last year’s tournament. The standard therefore will be higher so it is important that we maximise our training opportunities in the next three weeks so that we can compete at our best.

·         Against a heavy defensive press, kick up high on 1st contact/ball reception to speed up the movement of the ball or draw a foul.

·         Avoid long cross pool passes over defenders as they can be easily intercepted. Move the ball around the perimeter. Always be available/ready to help your team mate on the ball.

·         If the defender gets ball side when marking, move to clear the space early. Drive hard into any spaces vacated and towards the ball. Do not stop if your opponent blocks your first attempt.

·         Communicate more readily against driving attackers to call switches in marking.

·         When swimming forward to the goal with the ball, pick up early to avoid GK steal. Go vertical and move forward/ to the side with brst kick to engage/move the GK. Look for cross cage passes if you have unmarked teammates in support. Pass to hand. Receiver be vertical to be ready to catch and shoot 1st time.

·         When facing a drop/zone defence, walk forward into shooting range on or off the ball. Be ready to shoot or catch and shoot.

 

  • 15 players have so far declared availability for the next Qualification Round – Sat 28/02 to Sun 1/03/26. We will travel Fri 27/02. A team selection will be made soon.
  • We have been drawn against:
    • Cheltenham – Saturday
    • Worthing – Saturday
    • City of Liverpool - Sunday
  • There will be a training opportunity in Dunfermline – Tues 17th Feb – 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm for the U17’s and 8:00pm to 9:30pm for the U19’s
  • Sat 21st February – Carnegie – Meet 12:40 for both U17 & 19’s
  • Please complete the availability polls.

Many thanks to all the players for their efforts, to Jillian, Julie and Leanne for all their excellent team support and organisations, to parents Danny, Gary, Paul and Claire, Clare and Eddie, Stephen and David for providing transport and support. Hopefully see you in Sandwell.

Match Report: Stirling v DWPC/M’Hill Senior Ladies– SNL

Sunday 15th December 2026 – NSA Stirling.

After a 5-10 defeat to rivals Warrender in our last game in December, DWPC/M’Hill lined up with just 10 players (Ava, Lucy Mc, Ksenia and Millie were unavailable for their next game v Stirling at the NSA. Stirling had their full complement of 14 players listed so we were expecting a very challenging game. In a very hard working and controlled attacking and defensive performance, where all players shared water time, the team did excellently to always lead and win the contest 19-11 with 7 of our 9 outfield players scoring. Very well done girls.

Per 1: Zara started in goal and the early exchanges were closely fought as Kayleigh opened the scoring with an excellent perimeter shot as Stirling dropped back on CF Julia, but Zoe Cherrie equalised quickly from a drive. Our defensive press was working however limiting Stirling’s offensive threat as we then drove forward and gained and scored two 6v5’s through Molly and Julia. Disappointingly a defensive miscommunication right on the period 1 buzzer allowed Stirling to pull one goal back through Georgia Ross. We lead though, 3-2 at the period end.

Per 2: This was an excellent match winning period for the team as we applied a really strong defensive press, attacked intelligently to score 6 goals in a row through Kayleigh, Julia 3, Molly 2 and Erin. Stirling pulled one back through GR’s second, but Lucy H scored at the period end for a 7-1 period score and a 10-3 lead at halftime.

Per 3: Eve replaced Zara in goal at the start of the period as Stirling came fighting back as our defensive and attacking structures became a bit ragged. They changed to an aggressive defensive press with increased driving and managed to score 5 with just one in reply (Julia) in the first part of the period. After time-out however the team re-established their defensive concentration and fought back to win the last part of the period 4-1 with goals from Susan, Erin, Kayleigh and Julia to lead 15-9 at the three quarter stage.  

Per 4: 4 goals were shared at the start of the final period with our goals by Molly and Kayleigh but after our 2nd time out our defence was strong to stop Stirling scoring further and despite gaining and missing two 6v5’s we added two more goals to the total through Zara and Kayleigh to win the period 4-2 for a final win of 19-11.

Reflections:

This was an excellent performance where all our players made positive contributions. For the most part we defended strongly and made good attacking decisions on shot selection. Our 6v5 was very good at 67% and to concede two exclusions was testament tour defensive organisation. Going forward, hopefully we can see better attendance at training to work on our attacking flexibility and technical and physical capacities.

  • Match summary:
  1. Team: Goals(): Eve Fielding GK , Erin Livie (1), Libby Wallace, Julia MacKay (6), Lucy Hughes (1), Molly Meldrum (4), Catlin O’Malley, Susan Johnston (1), Kayleigh Roy (5) Zara Christie (1)
  2. Exclusions/Penalties (): Susan (2 exc),
  3. Man-up: 4 scored from 6 attempts (67%) – Penalties: 0/1
  4. Man-down: 1/2 saved (67%) – Penalties conceded: 0

Match Report - SNL U19 Girls – Sun 15th Feb

NSA - Stirling:

Dunfermline WPC’s U19 girls have played their 4th game of the 205/26 season and their second against Warrender in a fortnight. Both teams were only able to field 9 players due to Ava, Ksenia and Charlotte (Warrender) being at GB training and Lucy M playing football. Warrender were though able to field 2008 born left hander Rosa Green (RG) and Emily Lake (EL) who pivotally scored eleven goals between them, for Warrender to prevail 13-7. Well done to them.  

Per 1: We started the game very strongly with excellent defence and determined counter-attacks going two goals up through Hali and Isla. We were on top at that stage creating many chances which we unfortunately missed as shots were off target. We continued to defend strongly before EL pulled one back for Warrender. A 2-1 lead at the end of the first period.

Per 2: We continued to work hard and gained and scored a 6v5 through Hali to lead by 2 but Warrender fought back to score 3 in a row through RG, EL and Jasmine Cornish one of which was when we were 5v6. A nice goal from Ruby O from the perimeter pulled us level but we then missed a penalty before EL scored again to give Warrender a narrow 5-4 lead at halftime.

Per 3: Although conceding an exclusion early in the period this was defended well before Hali drew us level at 5-5 before Isla scored to put us ahead. We were playing well but again were unable to work collectively to stop EL who scored another two goals for Warrender to lead 7-6 at the three-quarter stage.

Per 4: After playing so well in the first three periods, the team ran out of steam in the last period. An early goal from EL extended Warrender’s lead to two but credit to the team as we fought back to gain and score a 6v5 through Hali. Disappointingly it was clear that we were tiring as we were less sharp in attack and slow to close down offensive threat. This allowed Warrender to score the last 5 goals of the game through RG (3) and EL and Caitlin Rebello with one each to win the match 13-7.

Game Reflections:

This was a really exciting game of water polo for three quarters of the contest between two good teams with possession ebbing and flowing and opportunities to score created and thwarted at both ends. Although we visibly tired in the last period to allow Warrender to finish strongly it should be remembered that all of our players bar one still have at least two years at this age group and some have actually 4 years.

Going forward we should continue our excellent work rate whilst focusing on:

  • Increasing our speed endurance to be able to defend dominant opposition players collectively and then have the energy to attack strongly at the other end under defensive pressure for the full 4 periods.
  • Improving the accuracy and timing of our shooting.
  • Improve our 6v5 effectiveness.

Match Statistics:

  1. Team & Goal scorers ( ): Eve Fielding, Ruby Oswald (1), Hali (4) Ruby Reid, Niamh Wilson, Poppy Reid, Isla Edwards (2) Molly Oswald, Ellie Thornton.
  2. Exclusions/Pens conceded: Hali (1 exc) Ruby R (2 exc)
  3. Man-up –3 gained. 1 scored (33%) - Man-down: 4 conceded – 2 saved. (50%)
  4. Penalties: 1 gained - 0 scored – (0%) – 0 conceded.

 

U17 Boys Team Statistics

Well done to all the U17 Boys this weekend continuing their unbeaten run this season. In both games this weekend we were a class apart from the opposition and all credit to the boys for keeping their focus and intensity. Big game coming up next weekend which will be a massive step up. Here are the updated stats for the boys from the games so far.....

Dunfermline 26-8 Stirling
Warrender Steel 12-16 Dunfermline
Stirling 4-32 Dunfermline
Warrender Iron 5-39 Dunfermline
Portobello 8-29 Dunfermline

U17M Porty v DWPC 15 Feb

5 games played, 142 goals scored, 37 goals conceded.

Goalscorers:
27 - John Wilson
25 - Logan Currie
19 - James Lees
18 - Euan Ferrier
15 - Caleb Wilson
10 - Dom Lazar
9 - Zety Nagy, Dev Birdi
6 - Toby Hoblyn
2 - Maks Jankowski
1 - Alex Step, Natan Jankowski

Major Kings
3 - Euan Ferrier
2 - Logan Currie, Caleb Wilson
1 - Dom Lazar, John Wilson, Zety Nagy, Dev Birdi

  1. Match Report - Scottish National League U19 Girls – Sun 2 Feb
  2. U17F DWPC v MHW Match summary
  3. NAGS– U/19 Girls – 24 and 25 Jan - Ponds Forge
  4. 2026 SCO U18 Boys NDS Selections