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BRITISH LEAGUE HEADS FOR SCOTLAND!
The British League has published venues for phase one of the 2012 season – and these include a first-ever tournament in Scotland, plus weekends at the new 50m Hengrove Park pool in Bristol.
The Scottish event, involving eight fixtures in men’s Division One, takes place at the renovated and refurbished Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh on 6/7 October. It will be the first major water polo occasion since the reopening of the pool, which, incidentally, is to host the GB swim team’s holding camp for the London 2012 Olympics.
Even more importantly to the BWPL, the venture will form part of the centenary celebrations of the famous Portobello club, recent winners of the British Championship and the dominant team in Scottish water polo for the past 50 years.
For details of first phase venues in 2012, click on the News page or Venues page. Please note that venues will be as originally published on 22 April, with no further changes in early September.
Bwpl an instant hit ON SKY SPORTS!!
Did you see the British League Super 5s action on Sky Sports? Fantastic, wasn't it! That's not just our view - we've received dozens of positive messages from far and wide saying just how much water polo fans enjoyed it. And you are asking for more!
The one-hour programme was shown five times on the Sky Sports 2, 3 and 4 Channels on 5 and 6 March.
It's believed to have been the first time that British competitive club matches have featured on UK television since the real old days of black and white TVs - a great achievement for BWPL. Some of the close-up shots of goals by the likes of Cheltenham's David Taylor and Nikola Kocic, of Manchester, were exceptional.
BWPL has produced a special souvenir DVD of the Sky Sports programme, price £3, or five for £12. Pick up your copy at the BWPL AGM on Sunday, 25 March. Alternatively, send a cheque to "BWPL", c/o 26 Tower Road, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5QY.
BRITISH WATER POLO league - welcome!
The British Water Polo League website was launched on 24 July 2010 following the successful merger in May that year of the men's National League and the National Women's Water Polo League.
Here you will find everything you need to know about fixtures, results, tables and news affecting the 65 teams in a competition that represents the very best of club polo throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
Our picture (by Darren Nash) shows Charlotte Bates (White 7) battling with Sheffield's Minnie Gale during the Championship 1 match at Cardiff International Pool on 12 February.
