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Tom fires the goals away - 28/01/12

Not only have Lancaster City  won the British Water Polo League title, but Lancaster player Tom Curwen got the highest goal scorer with 35 goals in the Super 5′s. This seems much lower then previous years, but with the new layout of the league all goals reset after phase one. More…

London 2012 Olympics: six months to go - 27/01/12

It’s exactly six months to go till the London Olympics. That means in six months time five of Lancaster Water Polo players; Ciaran James, glen Robinson, Alex Parsongae, Alex Rutledge and Beckie Kershaw could be at the opening ceremony representing Great Britain in the men’s and women water polo team.

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British Championships - 25/01/12

After winning the National Title this week Lancaster now set forward for the future and to battle it out in the British Championships which start in two weeks time (4th & 5th February). More…

2011 BWPL champions - 22/01/12

Lancaster City’s senior mens water polo team claimed their 12th British League Title in the last 15 years after a thrilling weekend of action in front of the SKY cameras at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. More…

National Age Groups 2012 - 21/01/12

Lancaster City are ready to battle it out this year in the  youth and junior National Water Polo Championships. Lancaster will be looking to retain both of their titles More…

North West ready to battle it out. - 21/01/12

Could Lancaster win their title on Sky? - 09/01/12

Lancaster City Senior Water Polo Team could be crowned BWPL champions in a couple of weeks on Sky Sports!

BWPL will achieve an exciting and historic landmark when Sky TV screens action from men’s and women’s Super 5s matches at Manchester Aquatics Centre! More…

Team Ron, Win - 03/01/12

After the three day Triangle tournament Team Ron came first, even with two losses on the last day of games! Team Zak game second one point behind and Team Gary came third two points behind Team Ron after winning their last two games.

Team Zak catching up! - 16/12/11

Last night saw the second night on the clubs Triangle tournament which left Team Ron still ahead but by just one point.

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Scott from Down Under - 13/12/11

Hi Zak. Good luck for the weekend, hopefully we can keep up the good start to the Super 5s. It has been 30 degrees every day here this week so my skin has taken a beating. More…

Lancaster suffer first defeat - 12/12/11

Although Lancaster suffered a last minute defeat against Cheltenham on Saturday, Lancaster remain top of the men’s Super 5s, with a two points lead. More…

Triangle Tournament - 06/12/11

The long awaited Triangle Tournament is back for three days!

Tuesday 13th , Thursday 15th and Friday 16th Decmeber. All starting at 9.30pm.

The teams:

Check out the poster for full details.

BWPL: Four points clear - 28/11/11

Lancaster City seniors this weekend travelled down to Crystal Palace, London, for the second weekend of the Super 5′s. They had two hard games to win and winning them both would mean putting them at the top of the league with a two point margin. More…

Katie, rising star 2011 - 28/11/11

On Friday the 25th November Lancaster water polo player and swimmer Katie Hesketh attended the Lancashire Sports Awards 2011 at the Blackpool Hilton Hotel. Katie, who was nominated for the Lancashire award because she had won the Lancaster City Council rising star award, was one of 12 nominees from local authority areas all over Lancashire. More…

Good Luck Ripley - 23/11/11

A group of Lancaster City Swimming and Water Polo players; Zak Lamb, Molly Dixon, Dean Akister, Fen Bleasdale, Eve Simpson, Jordon Titley, Alex Bradley, Nathan Cheetenham and Harry Palin along with Lancaster coach Zak Sly, will be all heading to Manchester today to take part in the first round of the English Schools Water Polo Tournament. More…

Heketh sisters make it to the next round! - 23/11/11

Laura and Katie Hesekth, who played for City of Liverpool in the Preliminary Round matches of the Women´s European Champions Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, have made it to the quarter finals! More…

Another win for sisters - 18/11/11

After yesterdays unexpected win for Laura and Katie Hesketh who are playing for Liverpool in the Preliminary Round matches of the Women´s European Champions Cup in Belgrade, Serbia,the sisters win another game. More…

Hesketh sisters unexpected win - 17/11/11

Hesketh sisters, Laura and Katie, who are away with Liverpool  at the Preliminary Round matches of the Women´s European Champions Cup in Belgrade, Serbia. More…

New morning times - 14/11/11

Just a reminder that Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings now start 15 minutes earlier at 6.45am till 7.45am. More…

Vital four points for Lancaster - 13/11/11

Lancaster City are looking to make this year their twelfth national title as they win their first two games of the new Super 5′s league,  at local pool Salt Ayre. More…

2012 Club Party - 10/11/11

A new year and what a better way to start it with a Lancaster City Swimming and Water Polo Club PARTY! More…

GBR take on World Champions Italy - 09/11/11

Manchester Aquatic Center will host the Great Britain Menes FINA World League preliminary in December. More…

Water Polo Worlds Toughest Sport - 08/11/11

I’m sure most of you have seen this floating around on Facebook the last couple of days, but according to bleacherreport.com Water Polo ranks the toughest sport in the world, tougher then boxing, Ice hockey and even Rugby. More…

Club officials heading to the Olympics - 07/11/11

Team Manager and Committee member Duncan Holmes and vice president Mike Hesketh have both been selected as technical officials for the London 2012 Olympics. More…

Katie Hesketh Rising Sports Star - 07/11/11

Lancaster member Katie Hesketh has recently been selected asthe districts “Rising Sports Star” selected by Lancaster City Council. More…

Lancaster members heading to Olympics - 05/11/11

Lancaster make Super 5′s - 05/11/11

Lancaster City seniors make Super 5′s in the British Water Polo League after Bristol Central were defeated by City of Manchester at Loughborough. More…

Lancaster still sit third - 03/10/11

After the weekend catch up in the BWPL, division one, Lancaster still sit 3rd whilst City of Manchester move down to second and Cheltenham jump up to first place.  More…

Glen at the Euro Cup - 26/09/11

We have been away to Bogliasco, Italy for the first round of the  first-round matches of the Euro Cup, formerly known as Men´s LEN Trophy. There are four groups  and we was in group C. The top four teams in each group go forward to the next round in two weeks time.  More…

14 years and GBR are back - 24/09/11

The GBR women’s water polo team have qualified for the European A’s after beating Ukraine 21 – 8 today at Manchester Aquatic Centre. More…

Full points at home pool - 19/09/11

Lancaster City Water Polo seniors took full points in their second weekend of the British Water Polo League when they took on Rotherham and Portobello at home pool Salt Ayre . This moved them up from fourth to third in the table.  More…

Hello from Ciaran - 18/09/11

Lancaster beat Rotherham - 17/09/11

Lancaster beat Rotherham today in the BWPL which was held at the home pool Salt Ayre. Lancaster stop Rotherham getting away from their minus two points after beating them 13 – 11.  More…

GB: 1 win 1 loss - 17/09/11

World Championship runners-up China came out on top of a physical battle with the British Gas GBR Women’s Water Polo team in the opening round of the Four Nation Invitational in Manchester.

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Lancaster 22 Preston 2 - 16/09/11

Lancaster City thrashed Preston in the North Lancashire League 22 – 2 last night at Salt Ayre. Lancaster fielded a young team which included 14 year old Dean Akister when they beat Preston. More…

Lancaster move to 4th place. - 13/09/11

The battle for places in the inaugural men’s Super Fives event has taken a dramatic turn, with Rotherham, winners of two of their three matches during the opening Division One week at Bath University, suffering a deduction of six points for including an unregistered player in their first three matches. This moves Lancaster from 5th place to 4th place.  More…

Slow start for BWPL - 05/09/11

Lancaster are fighting to make this their twelfth tile this year and they made it hard by losing two games in the opening weekend at Bath. More…

Get reults from BWPL this weekend - 03/09/11

Keep up with the Lancaster City Water Polo scores this weekend from Bath as Lancaster take on City of Manchester, Invicta and Cheltenham in the British Water Polo League.

Become our Facebook friend or add us on Twitter @LASWPC for the latest results.

GBR finish 9th - 28/08/11

Great Britain have finished in ninth place after beating France 14 – 3 in the U17 European Junior Championships. More…

GBR still going for 9th place - 27/08/11

After today’s win against Slovakia, the women’s Junior team are still fighting for ninth place in the European Junior Championships in Madrid, Spain. More…

Where Im going - 27/08/11

Hi all,

I have signed a contract for SV Wurzburg 05 in Germany for their Natioal Water Polo Leageu Session. I move out there on the 31st of august and will be training with them for 3 weeks before going to Italy to play in the Len trophy, which we are in group C (You can find the results on the LEN website). More…

GBR going for 9th place - 25/08/11

With GBR yesterday losing 20 – 4 to Greece but today winning 14 – 7 to Sweden, puts them in a good position to come out with 9th place. More…

Blackpool’s seaside storm - 24/08/11

Lancaster City water polo team traveled a short distance to sunny Blackpool for their second North Lancashire League game. Lancaster set a storm on Blackpool as they beat them 21 – 3. More…

GBR 24 Turkey 3 - 23/08/11

GBR third game was against Turkey which GBR smashed some goals away, beating them 24 – 3. More…

Katie adds 3 goals - 22/08/11

GBR second game in the 2011 European Junior Championships in Madrid was against Czech Republic. GBR lost 10 – 12, with captain and Lancaster player Katie Hesketh scoring three goals, one being a penalty. Kathryn Routledge scored one. More…

Italy beat GBR - 22/08/11

The first game of the women’s under 17 European Championships which Lancaster player Katie Hesketh is Captaining were taken down by Italy 19 – 4. More…

Tad off to Italy - 18/08/11

Lancaster referee Tad Detko is heading out to City of Treste (Italy) on the 9th September to be a FINA neutral referee at the 9th FINA World Women’s Junior Water Polo Championships. More…

GB Juniors Final Update - 17/08/11

GB juniors last game today was against South Africa which they won 23 – 4. This was a great finish to the Eger camp. More…

GB Juniors Update III - 15/08/11

Lancaster players Elliot Trafford, Decland Ellwood and Noel Howson along with the other GBR players played against Eger in an outdoor pool with a a couple of 100 people watching. More…

North West has Olympic tickets! - 15/08/11

Katie heading to Madrid - 15/08/11

Lancaster player, Katie Hesketh will be joining ten other North West girls and two more from the UK to for the Great Britain team, who have been selected to represent Great Britain in the European Youth Women’s Championships next week in Madrid. More…

Brits take credit from China clash - 15/08/11

The British Gas GBR Women’s Water Polo team emerged with their heads held high after a dramatic defeat to World Championship silver medalists China at the World University Games. More…

Brits kick off with a draw in China - 15/08/11

The British Gas GBR Women’s Water Polo team kicked off their World University Games campaign with an 8-8 draw against a strong Canadian team. More…

Success in Scotland - 14/08/11

The Lancaster seniors took a young team to Scotland for a pre BWPL season warm up games. They played against a select Scotland team, division three BWPL team Caledonia and division one BWPL team Portobello. More…

GB Juniors Update II - 14/08/11

Lancaster parent and England Talent team manager Jill Trafford keeps us u to date with how the juniors are doing out in Eger. More…

Lancaster head to Scotland - 12/08/11

With the British Water Polo League only three weeks away, the Lancaster seniors are heading to Stirling, Scotland this weekend to play some pre season warm up games. More…

GB Juniors Update - 11/08/11

The GB junior players who are out in Eger are enjoying sun before there game today against Egar . They have been training hard for the start of the preparation for the European Qualifiers 2012. More…

Lancaster RTC Trials - 11/08/11

The Lancaster Regional Training Centre (RTC)is opening up trials for anyone in the North West Region. The trials will be held at Salt Ayre on Friday 16th September from 20.00 – 22.00 for any boys and girls born 1997, 1998 and 1999. To register your interest please email our RTC administration Lesley Barrett at  Lesley@forever-living.uk.com More…

Penultimate qualification match - 10/08/11

The GB girls look to book their spot at next year’s European Championships as they take on Ukraine in their penultimate qualification match tight here in England at Manchester Aquatic Centre. More…

Four-Nation International tournament - 10/08/11

The Great Britain Girls will be hosting a four-Nation International Tournament at Manchester Aquatic Centre on Friday 16th – Sunday 18th September. Th Gb girls will take on China, Canada and Germany. More…

GB out in Egar - 09/08/11

The GB born 93 players along with Lancaster players Elliot Trafford, Decland Ellwood and Noel Howson  are in Egar, Hungary at their first preparation camp for the 2012 European Qualifiers. More…

Zak Sly, North West Young Coach of the Year - 01/08/11

Lancaster City Swimming and Water Polo coach Zak Sly has won for the second consecutive year, North West Young Coach of the year. More…

Katie Hesketh wins best player award - 30/07/11

Lancaster water polo player Katie Hesketh assist Great Britain in winning Future Olympians Tournament held from 21-24 July 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. More…

National Water Polo Academy - 23/07/11

A handful of Lancaster born 1996 & 1997 Water Polo players are attending the National Water Polo Academy at Millfield School, Somerset from Sunday 24th to Friday 29th July. More…

Summer Changes - 19/07/11

Please note the below changed due to Water Polo Coaches being away at a National Camp.

Sun 26th July      No Water Polo training

Mon 25^th July     Morning session as normal

Tue 26^th July       No morning session

                                     No Water Polo (9.30 – 10.30pm) More…

No Tuesday morning training - 18/07/11

Salt Ayre have advised us that they are carrying out urgent repairs to the tank,therefore there will be no morning Water polo training.

Website warning: sedgefieldwaterpolo.com - 16/07/11

We advice all our website user to avoid our sister club website (sedgefieldwaterpolo.com) until further notice. More…

World Water Polo Championships Shanghai 2011 - 16/07/11

The top water polo teams in the world take on one another in the World Water Polo Championships in  Shanghai. They will be showing who are the medal favorites for next year’s London Olympics. The competition runs from the 17th July to the 20th July and can be watched live on the web!

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Respectful 3rd place for youngsters - 09/07/11

Zak and Gary took a mixed age group to the born 1997 festival in Manchester where the players, some who have never played in a game before, game a respectful third place after beating Manchester in the 3rd & 4th play off, after penalties. More…

RTC on this Sunday, not Friday - 04/07/11

Due to the Club Championship swimming gala on Friday 8th July from 7.00pm till 9.15/9.30pm. This means there is no swimming or water polo and RTC will be moved to Sunday 10th July from 5.30 – 7.30. More…

GB beat Georgia - 02/07/11

The GB men’s water polo team beat Georgia in their last game in the LEN European Water Polo Championships Qualification Tournament.
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Great Britain v Georgia tomorrow - 01/07/11

Brutal, fierce, heart-pumping, punishing – water polo matches can be an exhilarating spectacle at the best of times…. More…

A roaring victory by North West - 27/06/11

Swim North West took two teams down to Basildon, Essex this weekend to compete in the 2011 ASA Academy Boys Inter Regional Championships. More…

GB v Georgia tickets for sale - 20/06/11

Great Britain Men take on Georgia for their final game in the LEN European Water Polo Championships Qualification tournament, right here i the UK at Manchester Aquatic Center on Saturday 2nd July, 2011. More…

GB Greece Report - 20/06/11

The British Gas GBR Men’s Water Polo team, were in action in their European Championships qualification match in Athens last night fresh from successful games in Holland and more recently Dublin. More…

Girls claim silver - 20/06/11

The British Gas GBR Junior Women’s Water Polo team continued their build-up to this summer’s European Championships with silver at the 4 Nations competition in Angers. More…

GB 4 Greece 14 - 19/06/11

Great Britain took on Greece on their road to the 2012 European championships qualification tournament. Greece beat the Brits 14 4. More…

GB v Greece - 16/06/11

Molly Eve & Beth; North West Selection - 13/06/11

Three Lancaster players, Molly Dixon, Eve Simpson and Beth Bell have all been selected to represent North West in the Academy Girls Inter Regional which will take place next weekend (18th & 19th June) at Walsall Gala Baths. More…

Lancaster players make tigers and ravens - 04/06/11

Five of the Lancaster City National Water Polo winning youth team players plus six additional Lancaster players have made the selection for North West teams. More…

Water Polo live webcast tonight - 04/06/11

The European Len – Final Four medal games can be watched tonight (4/6/11) via live web cast.

http://www.lenfinal4.com/Rome_2011/?pag=MULTIMEDIA

The bronze medal (Mladost Zagreb vs Budva Mtel) game starts at 7.30pm (6.30pm UK) and the final (Pro- Recco vs WPC Partizan) is on at 9.00pm (8.00pm UK).

RTC tonight - 03/06/11

Please remember that it is RTC tonight. There is no half term break due to not running the first session because of the royal wedding!

New club kit - 25/05/11

New club t-shirts and ‘zoodies’ are now availble toorder. First order closer is Friday June 3rd.  Don’t be disappointed order yours now! More…

Club swimming gala - 25/05/11

This years summer galas will  be held on Friday 8th July at 7pm (Club Championships) and Sunday 17th July at 4pm (Junior Gala) at the Salt Ayre Pool, Lancaster. More…

Water Polo on TV - 24/05/11

Highlights of the Euro League Final 4 will be shown on British Eurosport 2 over the weekend 4^th & 5^th June, probably early in the morning. More…

GB v Hugary in Ireland - 24/05/11

The Irish Water Polo Association are pleased to announce that the Hungarian Men’s squad have agreed to come to Ireland to hold a Training Camp as part of their preparation for this year’s World Championships in China. Hungary will arrive into Dublin on Sunday 5th June until Wednesday 8th June. More…

RTC on this Friday - 19/05/11

You may of heard last week that RTC at Lancaster is not on this Friday (20th May).  This is incorrect and RTC is on this Friday and will be on Friday evenings between 6^th of May and the 1st of July, followed by one Sunday evening on the 10^th of July.  There will be no half term break.

GB beat Greece for the first time - 15/05/11

The British Women’s Water Polo team, powered by British Gas, took a historic victory tonight in their first game of the FINA World League 2011 in Barcelona, beating 2004 Olympic silver medallists Greece 10 -9. More…

Girls support Liverpool in finals - 13/05/11

Lancaster Girls ASA Youth Champions

Five Lancaster girls, Molly Dixon, Eve Simpson, Kathryn Routledge (Capt.), Beth Bell and Beth Richards made up the  Liverpool team at the weekend. They went into the ASA Final at Manchester Aquatics Centre on 16^th April determined to retain the cup. More…

New pool looks good - 12/05/11

Water Polo coaches Zak and Gary went for a tour of the new university sports building today which will be finished in around two to three weeks. Then it will be passed over to the university who will move in, do checks and test everything. The official opining date looking to be around six to eight weeks. More…

Regional Champions - 09/05/11

Scott updates and congratulates - 06/05/11

Scott Carpenter has e-mailed his usual update on how things are going in Spain with CN Terrassa. More…

North West Trials - 05/05/11

Could you represent your region….. NORTH WEST ?

We are looking for two teams to represent North West in the Academy Inter Regional Championships on the 25th& 26thJune in Essex. The only way to find out if that person is you, is to come to trials. You are expected to attend both trials!! More…

No training on Sunday - 04/05/11

There is no swimming or water polo training on Sunday 8th May due to a swimming gala taking place at Salt Ayre.

GB 9 Spain 14 - 01/05/11

The British Women’s Water Polo Team, powered by British Gas, were unable to maintain their unbeaten European run as they went down 14-9 to 2008 silver medallists Spain. More…

Water Polo the video game - 19/04/11

The first ever water polo video game for the iPhone / iPod iOS platform has been released last week. H2O Polo is approved by Apple and can be downloaded in the iTunes App Store. Two Croats, Vibor Cilic and Srdjan Mihaljevic both living in New York, have developed their idea and saw a dream become reality last week. More…

Lancaster win the double - 18/04/11

Lancaster’s fantastic run of success at the summit of the National Championships continued yet on Saturday as both the youth and junior boys regained and retained the 2011 National Water Polo Championship titles. More…

GB v Spain - 17/04/11

GB v Spain LEN European Qualification Match. It’s being held on 30^th April at Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Please can you send onto your contacts within your clubs and anyone you know who might be interested in watching this exciting match. More…

Finals: Retain and Regain - 15/04/11

Lancaster City youth and juniors are looking for two gold medals tomorrow at the finals of the 2011 National Water Polo Championships. More…

Easter Closure (effects RTC) - 13/04/11

There will be no training on Good Friday (22nd April), Easter Sunday  (24th April) or Easter Monday (25th April).
The pool will also be closed on Friday 29th April (Royal Wedding Day). More…