Weymouth & Portland WPC

Southampton City

2010-03-10T08:35:00.001Z

We had our home game against Southampton City last Sunday.

After going several goals down, we pulled back and took the lead, only to be denied in the
last quarter by two goals from City's two stalwarts.

Christmas Break

2009-12-18T13:28:00.001Z

The only Sunday training session that isn't going ahead over the holiday period is the 27th December.

We are training as normal on Sunday 3rd January 2010.

Knockout Victory

2009-12-18T13:25:00.002Z

We travelled to Portsmouth last night to play in the Knockout Cup.

This is a handicapped competition and we started 14 goals down.

Things didn't look too promising as we only had 8 players, were playing in a double deep pool (at least it was only 25m and not the 30m it could have been) and the goals were very small, junior types.

However, we finished the night as 21-14 winners - they didn't score!

Veterans Team Photo

2009-05-03T15:08:00.002+01:00

Mary White took this picture of the Vets at Bournemouth the other week.

Another Win

2009-03-10T08:20:00.002Z

Sunday's home game against Southampton City resulted in a comfortable win over our old rivals.

The visitors were missing their star player Mark Williams and had a young goalkeeper but caused us some problems, especially with the presence of former Basingstoke player Paul Adams. Fortunately for us he was wrapped for dissent in the second quarter, although we lost Ed Stevens when he was majored out soon afterwards.

Next Hampshire League game is against current leage leaders Southampton Uni at home next Sunday.

The Ladies team are also playing Bridport that night with the 2nds travelling to Southampton Uni on Wednesday.

Win at Basingstoke

2009-03-05T12:12:00.002Z

We took a young team to Basingstoke and came away with an excellent 8-7 win.

Next Hampshire League fixture is against Southampton City this Sunday at home.

Recent Games

2009-03-03T11:44:00.002Z

Last Saturday saw the KS3, ladies and juniors travel to Christchurch. We lost the KS3 game and trounced the opposition in the ladies game. I don't yet know the result of the junior game nor the 2nd team game against Sounthampton Uni on Sunday.

Tonight, the 1st team travel to Basingstoke for a Hampshire League fixture.

Next Sunday we have a home game against Southampton City.

Veterans vs 2nd Team

2009-02-16T13:17:00.002Z

The latest meeting between our Veterans team and the 2nds resulted in a victory for the old boys last night.

Google Group now available

2009-02-16T13:13:00.003Z

We've now got a google group available for sharing information etc.

To post to all the group's members, send an email to weyportpolo@googlegroups.com.

Only members can post - if you want to join send an email to weyportpolo+subscribe@googlegroups.com.

Defeats to Christchurch

2009-02-02T12:25:00.002Z

Home games against visitors Christchurch ended in two defeats.

The first game (KS3) was one-sided for most of the time with the Chrischurch team dominating all aspects. The final score of 13-2 (our two goals coming from Natasha Cain in the final quarter) says it all really.

The next game was a Junior level match and we had high hopes of victory. We started strong and kept the lead throughout the first half. Fading badly in the third, the writing was on the wall and we finished the game as 8-7 losers. Niall Laming scored the majority of our goals.

Ultimately, we performed poorly in both games and Christchurch's teams have showed a marked improvement with some of their junior side now playing for Southampton City or Bournemouth (or both!)

6-6 Draw

2009-01-19T09:17:00.001Z

The second team held Southampton City 2nds to a 6-6 draw at Osprey last night.

They have another game on Tuesday; away to Bournemouth.

The 1st team are playing Southampton University away on Wednesday night.

4th in League

2008-12-27T12:36:00.003Z

Our final Division IV weekend at Walsall saw two more wins and it clinched us 4th position in the League, two positions above last year.

Both League winners Swindon and Bristol Uni have been promoted to Div III. Ealing and Otter have both dropped back down to Div IV.

We've now resigned from the League and it's likely that most of the team will be playing under the Exteter name next year.

Basingstoke Disappointment

2008-11-17T13:41:00.002Z

The latest Div IV weekend resulted in losses in all three games.

By all acounts, we threw away the Saturday game against Cambridge City, the final score being 15-12 in their favour.

Sunday saw more woe. A close game against Bristol Uni saw defeat by two goals at 11-13 and then league leaders Swindon brushed us aside in the final game with a 20-10 victory.

Jaggers also picked up a year's ban on Saturday for majors incurred.

We've dropped to fifth place in the table, though we are unlikely to go lower. Manchester now lead us by one point and they have a game in hand.

The final weekend is the 29th/30th November back up at good old Walsall Gala Baths.

We've got two must win games against Manchester and the RAF to stand any chance of reclaiming fourth place in the final standings. There is a very slight chance that if both Manchester and Cambridge screw up big time we could grab third position but that's fairly unlikely.

Still in 4th Place

2008-11-07T09:51:00.002Z

The 4th Division IV weekend saw us come away with our league position intact.

We had wins against Grantham and Newcastle and drew 10-10 in a thrilling encounter with Bedford.

The 5th weekend is on the 15th/16th at Basingstoke.

We have a five point advantage over 5th placed Manchester Hawks though they have a game in hand, as do Bristol Uni who are one point ahead in 3rd. Cambridge (in 2nd) are also one point ahead but have played the same number of games as us. We play both Bristol Uni and Cambridge at Basingstoke so it's going to be a tough weekend.

League leaders Swindon Dolphins have probably got the title in the bag with a six point gap over 2nd.

Another Successful Weekend

2008-10-13T09:43:00.002+01:00

The third weekend of this year's Div IV campaign saw us take on the two teams we had yet to play so far.

Saturday saw a thrilling 22-20 last gasp win over newcomers Manchaester Hawks with goals from Dan and Ed in the last minute sealing the victory.

Sunday's game was against bottom of the table Royal Air Force and that resulted in a 15-11 win for us.

We've now got 4th place in the table with stats of played 8, won 5, lost 3. The three teams above us in the table (Swindon, Cambridge and Bristol Uni) are the three we've lost to and we play those again on the 5th weekend at Basingstoke in November.

The next (4th) weekend is at Marlborough on the 25th/26th October where we take on Grantham, Newcastle and Bedford.

Three Wins at Pond's Forge

2008-09-29T09:39:00.002+01:00

The second weekend of this season's Division 4 campaign saw us take three wins out of three to move us up to a mid table position.

Saturday saw a 21-13 win over Newcastle and then we easily beat Bedford on Sunday morning 20-9. The final game of the weekend was against Grantham and they were finally beaten 15-13.

The next weekend is being held at Walsall on the 11th/12 October and we have just two games, the opponents being Manchester Hawks and the RAF. Manchester will probably be the tougher side to beat.

National League - update

2008-09-07T13:51:00.002+01:00

Yesterday's game against Cambridge didn't go according to plan and we lost 17-9.

The first game for today was against newcomers Swindon - that was a closer affair but we threw the game away to lose 16-15.

Bristol Uni are this afternoon's opponents. Hopefully we'll get a result against them to at least leave Sheffield with some points on the table.

Training & National League

2008-09-02T12:17:00.002+01:00

Training resumes this Sunday - see the times already published below.

The National League team starts this year's campaign up at Ponds Forge, Sheffield this weekend.

We are playing Cambridge on Saturday afternoon and then Swindon and the University of Bristol on Sunday. The Swindon team are new to Division 4 and include a several players from the now defunct Nerton Abbott and Reading teams so they'll be a force to be reckoned with.

Summer Break

2008-07-08T13:07:00.002+01:00

The last session before the holiday break is Sunday 20th July.

We return on Sunday 7th September with new training times.

Minis - 7pm -> 7:30pm
Ladies/Intermediate - 7pm -> 8pm
Seniors - 8pm -> 9:30pm

There will also be match fees introduced to help cope with the rising pool hire costs - these are £5 for 1st Team games, £3 for Ladies/Juniors and £2 for Mini.

Tournament Last Weekend

2008-07-03T18:09:00.003+01:00

The first team travelled up to the Army pool at Aldershot last Sunday to play in a tournament there.

In a full size, double deep pool we had games against both the Army and Invicta Marlins and although we lost both, aquitted ourselves well against strong opposition.

The tournament overran and we didn't get to play another game.

Game Tomorrow

2008-05-03T18:13:00.001+01:00

There's a Veterans vs. Juniors game tomorrow night at 8pm.

Dan's suggested we all go for a drink afterwards.

Win at Andover

2008-04-29T08:38:00.002+01:00

The annual trek up to Andover resulted in an easy 8-2 win for us over the home team. We took probably the strongest team we've had for a while and it payed off.

The game didn't start well, with Andover scoring with a bounce shot from over half-way within the first 30 seconds but after a low scoring first quarter, we pulled away and held them comfortably. Their second goal came in the last quarter from a deflection. Kester pulled off several excellent saves for us including a couple of one-on-ones. The other main highlight was one of their players retiring hurt in the second quarter after receiving a kick to the knackers from Ed.

Full team was Kester Sheppard, Kieron Reeson, Dan Kinsey, Diddy Jones, Matt & Dan White, George Fridd, Craig Bishop, Ian Pigeon, Ed Stevens, Nick Ireland and John Restorick.

Basingstoke Result

2008-04-21T13:43:00.002+01:00

We traveled up to Basingstoke last night with a team of just nine for a Hampshire League fixture. Basingstoke of course had a full strength team.

Always tough opponents, Basingstoke started strongly by pressing us all over the pool and before we knew it, we were about four goals down with only half of the first quarter gone.

Dan called a timeout to give us some respite (and a bollocking) and after that we improved no end.

We were always behind for the remainder of the game but performed well in what turned out to be a very enjoyable encounter. The final score was 20-16 but if we'd taken all our chances it might have been closer than that.

Team was Nick Flack in goal with Dan Kinsey, Matt White, Kieron Reeson, Ian Pigeon, James Baker, Nick Ireland, Diddy Jones and Craig Bishop.

1st Team Away At Basingstoke Next Sunday

2008-04-16T12:15:00.001+01:00

We've a Hampshire League game at Basingstoke Aquadrome on Sunday.

Start is at 8:30pm so we'll probably be leaving around 6pm ish.

Training Resumes

2008-04-03T13:25:00.003+01:00

We start back after the Easter break this Sunday. Normal times apply.

The 1st team have an away fixture against Southampton City next Tuesday, 8th April. Start time is 9:30pm.

There should be a ladies home game against Bournemouth on Sunday starting at 7:15pm.