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Thursday 29th July 2010

Scott off to Spain

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Spanish giants Terrassa knew exactly where to look when seeking to bolster their squad for next season – they turned to GB!

Yes, the stock of our players has risen to such an extent in recent months that Lancaster’s Scott Carpenter and Rob Parker, of Cheltenham, will be heading for Catalonia in August.

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Saturday 24th July 2010

Scheduled changes and closures

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With the British Water Polo league coming up in September we are trying to keep club closure to a minimal. There is two sessions not running during the holidays and one bank holiday. Please check below to see combined sessions. Please check with your coach if you are unsure if a session is running or not.  

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Monday 19th July 2010

GBswimstar here tomorrow

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Tomorrow night (Tuesday 20th July) Simon Wright, a photographer specialising in aquatic sports and runs the GBswimstars website will be coming down to Lancaster to take some  photographs of Water Polo at Lancaster.

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Monday 19th July 2010

No Tuesday morning

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Please note, there is no Tuesday morning training tomorrow due to pool repair. Training on Tuesday night will be as normal!

Sunday 18th July 2010

Honours even

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Without the aray of players normally available Elliot, Jake, Lawrence, Noel, Robert, Sam L, Steff and mainstay goalkeeper Zak.  Lancaster took along young players Ben Walker, James Alker, Kamil Plucinski and Scott Sharpe.  Also coming out of retirement and making it a family affair, Mark Smith

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Friday 16th July 2010

Manchester festival was a great success

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Great team performances, slick organisation, inspiration from top players and coaches, and enthusiastic volunteer support proved a recipe for success at the inaugural Summer Festival of Water Polo hosted by City of Manchester.

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Thursday 15th July 2010

Lancaster girls ready for the European Finals

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Two Lancaster water polo players have been selected for the GB Girls 93/4 European Finals in the Ukraine at the end of the month. The two are Katie Hesketh (pictured below) and Kathryn Routledge. Both girls have been selected after a rigorous process

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Tuesday 6th July 2010

Level two players time change!

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Thanks to all the players who have so far attended the level 2 water polo coaching course to help out the players and to get some additional training!

Oops, the times for the players for the level two water polo course  have changed again! Here’s the latest:

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Tuesday 6th July 2010

Kendal pull out!

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As you all ready know from yesterday, Kendal coach Marc Robinson has pulled out of the game on Thursday away at Kendal due to “lack of players”. The game will be rearranged in due course. Thefore training will be on Thursday night at Salt Ayre 9.00pm till 10.30pm.

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Monday 28th June 2010

A blast from the past

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Some old photos that was just laying around

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Monday 28th June 2010

President Cup – Winners!

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The Senior Men’s Water Polo Team, powered by British Gas, are competing in the President’s Cup in Poland. Below is Team Manager Tony Strong’s final blog from the event.

The final game of the series has arrived and it has finally brought out the sun in Poland and with it the crowds!

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Monday 28th June 2010

President Cup – Day Two, game two

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The Senior Men’s Water Polo Team, powered by British Gas, are competing in the President Cup in Poland – keep up-to-date with all the action with a humorous blog from Team Manager Tony Strong. Game two, day two: Poland

Game two, day two of the President Cup saw GB play hosts Poland for the first time since the European B tournament in Lugano last year. Expectations were high on both sides.

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Saturday 26th June 2010

North West are the Best

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This weekend saw not only the North West Academy boys A team win the Inter Regional Championships 2010 but also the North West B team came third.

Six Lancaster players, James Alker, Ben Walker, Scott Sharpe, Luke Saul, Noel Howson and Sam Routledge were part of the winning team including head coach Zak Sly and two Lancaster players, Josh Barrett and Dean Akister along with assistant coach Lawrance Daykin and team manager Lesley Barrett were part of the B team.

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Saturday 26th June 2010

President Cup – Day Two

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The Senior Men’s Water Polo Team, powered by British Gas, are competing in the President Cup in Poland – keep up-to-date with all the action with a humorous blog from Team Manager Tony Strong.

Day two started very cold, with both teams showing a reluctance to enter the water. The British team however warmed up proceedings with a rousing rendition of the national anthem, they also gained the first psychological advantage by revealing the moustaches had been shaved off!

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Saturday 26th June 2010

Lancaster dominate Preston

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On Thursday the North Lancashire senior team took on Preston at home. Lancaster had a weakened team with Robert Simpson, Jake Starkie, Lawrance Daykin, Sam Liver and Noel Howson all missing fro the game. Lancaster brought in 15 year olds James Alker, Scott Sharpe, Ben Walker and Luke Saul to fill the missing regular players spot.

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Friday 25th June 2010

President Cup – Day One

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The Senior Men’s Water Polo Team, powered by British Gas, are competing in the President Cup in Poland – keep up-to-date with all the action with a humorous blog from Team Manager Tony Strong.

The GB team started the game in high spirits sporting a variety of moustaches for their ‘Tash of the Tournament’ contest in aid of Movember. This worked well to throw the young Belarus team off their game initially!

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Monday 21st June 2010

Lancaster help Sedgefield out

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Four Lancaster players, James Wannap, Ciaran James, Glen Robinson and Marc Robinson helped Sedgefield dominate the 2010 Open Water Championships this weekend. Scott Carpenter who can’t enter the water at the moment coached the successful team.

In the Lancaster University team Decland Ellwood, Mike Brown and Gary Ellwood took part.

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Monday 14th June 2010

Hungary for success- Day 4

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The 16-strong British women’s water polo team are battling for a place in the Super Final of the FINA Women’s Water Polo World League in Budapest, Hungary between 9th to 13th June. Blogging from the event is Water Polo World Class Programmes Manager Joanna Wray. On the final day they face Russia.

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Monday 14th June 2010

Hungary for success- Day 3

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The 16-strong British women’s water polo team are battling for a place in the Super Final of the FINA Women’s Water Polo World League in Budapest, Hungary between 9th to 13th June. Blogging from the event is Water Polo World Class Programmes Manager Joanna Wray. On the third day they face Russia.

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Sunday 13th June 2010

No Water Polo tonight

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Just a reminder that due to the Academy Boys North West Inter Regions training taking place at Salt Ayre today between 4.30pm – 7.30pm, there will be no water polo training tonight  for any age group. Swimming will still take place so still come along!  Training will be back to normal next week.

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