Well done to Amelia Henderson who was part of the 2006 girls inter regions team, who came away in first place with a very well deserved gold medal at the Inter Regional tournament held at the Palatine Leisure Centre, Blackpool on 4...
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Thank you to our friends at Rotherham Metro for giving 4 of our girls the opportunity to play in their NAGS team. The girls had a very enjoyable day and learnt so much from the day.
Well done to our very young 2008 boys team who travelled to Sheffield for the National Age Groups tournament; despite a young team and lots of illness, the boys came away in a respectable 10th place, learning valuable lessons for their ...
Our U14 and younger members travelled to Maltby for some joint training and matches in December to allow our clubs to work together for the upcoming 2008 NAGS tournaments.
Well done to our Junior Men who have won the 2023 Wakefield & District League with a fantastic +71 goal difference after just 3 games
Well done to our U14 team who are the undefeated winners of the 2023 Wakefield & District League, scoring a fantastic 157 goals over their 6 matches!
Our 2005 born members - with the help of our friends at Rotherham - travelled to Dunfermline for the annual BMC Tournament in memory of the late Brian Campbell.
Well done to our Junior Men on their 24-2 win against Morley mens team'
Congratulations to Amelia who has been selected to play for Sheffield BWPL ladies team for the 2022/2023 season.
Congratulations to our Men's team who are the undefeated winners of BWPL Division 4 with a fantastic 145 goals. The men have now qualified for a place in the Division 3 playoffs being held in April 2023 where they may be able to gain ...
Our U14's team travelled to Grantham on 30th October for their league match, winning with a fantastic 8-23
Our BWPL team remain undefeated after their second league weekend which was held at Ponds Forge over the weekend of 8th & 9th October
Sedgefield Men had a very successful first weekend in Division 4, winning both their matches and finishing top of the leaderboard.
Thanks to our friends at Rotherham for hosting our U13 team for an evening of friendly matches on Sunday 18th September, and for giving many of our players their first experience of competitive match play. Well done to Joseph, Leo, ...
Our U14 team travelled to Huddersfield on Sunday 11th September. Despite a very physical team, they won the match with a fantastic 4-18 score. Well done to Harry and India making their debut in this age group.
Well done to Ben, Kyle, Dan, Ryan and Gregor who all attended the 5 day England Water Polo residential camp which was held at Millfiled School, Somerset from 17th-21st August.
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Congratulations to our mens team who defended their title from 2021, winning the ManUp tournament at Salford Quays, Manchester on Sat 6th August
Our junior men travelled to the Albert Dock, Liverpool for the ManUp tournament on a cold and wet Saturday afternoon. The team played exceptionally well in open water, winning three games and losing narrowly on two games - coming away ...
Our Junior Mens team travelled to Morley for their second league match of the season on 22nd July, winning with a very impressive 1-26 win. Thanks to Chris for coaching, and well done to Gregor who made his debut in ...
Our junior men travelled to Rotherham on Sunday 10th July for their first Wakefield & District league game, winning by 19-10.
Our 2009 & younger team travelled to Manchester on 9th July to take part in their development tournament.
Well done to Kyle Alderson who represented the North East U16 boys team at the Inter Regions Tournament - scoring 3 goals - and also for being awarded the teams 'Most Valuable Player' trophy.
Our U14 team travelled to Leeds on Sunday 26th June for a league match and won by an amazing 24 goals to 2 goals. Head Coach Adam Woods witnessed the fantastic team work and work ethic, where every single player - including ...
Our 2008 team travelled to Manchester on 25th June and came away with a very well deserved bronze medal after scoring 54 goals and conceding 33 goals.
Our U14 team travelled to Ponds Forge, Sheffield for our first away match of the season, and won their match with a very impressive 34-19 score
Our U14's won their first league match on Saturday 21st May. The team played an equally strong Grantham, narrowly winning by 19-15. Massive thanks to Grantham for making the long trip up here, the coaches, table officials and referees ...
Our mens team travelled to Maltby on Saturday 14th May and came away in second place in the Northern League, narrowly losing out to Rotherham and first place by one goal. Well done everyone!
Ben Alderson & Ryan Griffiths travelled to Brno, Czech Republic on 14th April to represent England U17 Junior Men in the EU Nations tournament for their second time in 6 months. Well done boys!
Our U19 boys travelled to Lancaster on 10th April for the U19 National Age Group competition and came third in their group.
Our very young team - coached by Jude Henderson - travelled to Maltby, South Yorkshire on Sat 2nd April for the Northern League Tournament.
Our 2005 born boys competed in the Inter Regions competition on 26th & 27th March in Blackpool and came away with a very well deserved silver medal, losing only 1 match all weekend. Well done to Ben, Dan, Rohan, Ryan and Simon - ...
Well done to Charlotte who represented the North East at the 2005 Inter Regions in Blackpool on 19th & 20th March, coming away with a very well deserved silver medal.
Massive congratulations to our mens team who have been promoted to Division 4 for the 2022/23 season and just missed out on the trophy by a single goal. Thanks to John Pratt for coaching.
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Congratulations to Simon and Amelia who have both been selected to represent the North East 2006 born teams in Walsall in Nov & Dec
Good luck to John Pratt representing England men's team at the EU NATIONS at Brno Czech 25th - 28th November.
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Congratulations to Ben Alderson and Ryan-Jay Griffiths (both 16) who have been selected to represent England in the U17 EU Nations tournament being held in Brno, Czech Republic
Well done to our 3 x 2005 born boys selected for the England U19 Junior Men's squad
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Fun tournament to raise money for NEPACS, Pink Ribbon and MIND charities held at Freemans Quay
Well done to Ben, Ryan, Rohan, Kes & Matthew who represented the North East U17 team at the Inter Regions Competition, earning a well deserved silver medal.
Well done to Ryan-Jay Griffiths who has been selected for the England U17 Junior Mens Squad
Poppy has been selected for the England Junior Women's team to compete at the forthcoming EU Nations Tournament being held in the Czech Republic
Well done to Poppy and Ella who represented the North East girls at the U18 inter regions in Manchester over the weekend of 25th and 26th January. The team came away with a well deserved bronze medal
Everyone at the Club would like to congratulate Amelia who represented the North East U14's team and came away with a gold medal.
Our third annual presentation evening was held at Moore Lane Sports Club on Saturday 16th November.
Sedgefield sent a very young team to the Warrington Development tournament on 19th October
Sedgefield mens team travelled to Manchester on Sat 3rd August and came away in a well deserved second place
Coached by Kate in her first solo tournament, our 2005 team won the Maltby Northern League
Ben & Poppy recently helped Rotherham and Sheffield win medals in the NAGS.
Well done to our U16's team who won their first Wakefield and District league game of the season, narrowly beating Rotherham in a tense match; final score 16-14.
Jake has received the Diana Award for undertaking the Great North Swim two years ago to raise funds for Brain Tumour Research in honour of a late family friend, Anna Swabey. The prestigious award is presented for social action or ...
Well done to Ella who recently represented Sheffield in the NAGS and came away with a gold medal.
Well done to Matthew Taylor for achieving his Sports Leadership & Volunteer award presented by Olympian Craig Heap. Matthew completed almost 90 hours of dedicated volunteering in sports and course work. A massive thank you goes to Head coach Adam Woods for ...
Our Under 13 team travelled to Warrington and came away in sixth place.
Well done to our very young Under 13 team who travelled to Maltby for the Northern League, coming away in third place with bronze medals.
Well done to our Under 15's (2004) who travelled to Manchester for the National Age Groups and came away in 13th position.
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Well done to our U13 (2005 born) team who travelled to Grantham on Sunday 30th Sept and were undefeated.
Minsk, Belarus has been a peculiar, yet wonderful host city to the LEN U19 Men’s Water Polo Championship from the 24th August until the 2nd of September 2018.
Well done to our U16 boys team who travelled to Maltby and came away in 2nd place from the recent Northern League Tournament. Our mixed team, consisting of ours girls team supported by...
The club would like to congratulate John Pratt for making the final 13 to represent Great Britain at next month’s European Championships U19’s Qualifying Tournament in Manchester. The squad is largely made up...
The club once again entered the Swim England National Age Group competition for U19 Boys. A strong team of players completed a couple of training matches against Northumbria University before setting out to...
The Club would like to say a massive well done to Poppy Stephenson who represented England Water Polo as a member of the Under 17’s girls EU Nations squad and travelled to the Czech...
Well done to Poppy Stephenson, Hollie Turnbull, Kate Harrison and Lauren Chatt who represented the North East Region in the girls Under 18’s Inter Regions tournament at Watford on 27th & 28th January....
Sedgefield’s John Pratt and Ben Stephenson have just returned from an Under 19’s Great Britain training camp in Croatia with VK Jug. Congratulations to John Pratt, who was presented with the Player of...
Well done to Ben Stephenson and Michael Hampshire who were part of the runners up team earning a well deserved Silver medal in the under 18’s Men Division 1 Inter Regions tournament at...
Well done to our under 13’s who won all 8 games in the Lancaster development tournament on Sunday 17th Dec, coming away with a very well deserved gold medal.
Our first Presentation night took place on Friday 17th December. It was fantastic to see players, coaches and parents together celebrating the club’s 20th anniversary, along with the successes of our members.
Five Sedgefield members are represented the North East in the Inter Regions in Walsall on December 9th & 10th.
Well done to Ella Boyer who recently represented the U14 North East girls in the inter regions in Walsall, coming away with a well deserved silver medal.
Well done to John Pratt and Ben Stephenson who represented England in the Men’s U21’s EU Nations tournament on 18th & 19th November 2017 in Manchester.
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The young team travelled to Warrington last weekend to compete in the Warrington Swimming and Water Club Mini Polo Festival.
A player report is available for all players’02 and younger from the Satellite pages.
The club had U15 players in the NAGs 14 Oct 2017 representing Rotherham Metro. Well done to Matthew, Ryan and Ben
Congratulations to Poppy, Jessica and Ella who came away with a silver medal from the U15 NAGs at Manchester, playing for City of Sheffield,last weekend.
Our Under 12 team travelled to Maltby for a tournament on Saturday 30th September with mixed expectations on what to expect. This was their first tournament under new Head Coach Adam Woods.
22 July 2017 Sedgefield were one of the few teams still involved with the Northern League this year. The team travelled again to Maltby for 4 matches throughout the afternoon and evening.
The ’05 team from the club travelled to Manchester full of confidence after recent tournaments.
Last Saturday saw Sedgefield travel to Rotherham for the first of two Northern League Mens series of matches. On arrival it was clear that apart from Castleford and York the other teams were...
Sedgefield ’04 & younger players travelled to Sheffield Ponds Forge for the Sheffield Development Competition
Sedgefield hosted a very successful development tournament
Two Sedgefield players, Michael Cousins and Ben Stephenson represented GB in the recent European qualifiers in Manchester.
The club would like to announce the retirement of it’s founder / Head Coach George Carpenter after almost 20 years with SWPC. The Northern Echo have spoken with George about his water polo...
Sedgefield won the U19 Boys National Water Polo title after a dramatic penalty shootout against defending champions Exeter.
Congratulations to Richard Murray, Michael Cousins, Ben Stephenson, Connor Keeble and Kris Egginton from our club, who played a massive part in winning the National Under 18’s Inter-regional competition at Watford on 11th...
Well done to Michael Cousins, Kris Egginton and Ben Stephenson who represented England in the U17 men’s team in Brno (Czech Republic) in April – coming away with a very well deserved silver...
Sedgefield Water Polo Club presented our ‘Player of the Year’ awards for 2016.
The club and committee would like to thank Tesco at St Helens for allowing us to hold our annual bag packing event on Sat 18th December. The money collected will contribute towards club...
Well done to our under 12 team who travelled to Warrington this weekend to represent the club. The team were undefeated and came away with gold!
Well done to Connor, Michael, Ben and Kris who were invited to compete in the Duke of Cambridge Cup on 26th June, a selection tournament for the English Schools Swimming Association International water...
Sedgefield Water Polo Club’s under 15 team travelled to Grantham for a 4 team tournament on Saturday 1st October.
Sedgefield Water Polo Club had six members representing the North East Teams competing in Lloret Spain in the BWMF IV Tournament during the Summer. Ben, Michael, Poppy, Kate, Lauren and Anna had a...
We competed in the under 15 Northern League tournament at Maltby on Sat 10th of September – and came away in first place with a gold medal. Well done to the team, made up...
Well done to Simon for passing his Level 2 Polo qualification at Millfield over 6 days. This means the club has Lee, Adam, Rudolf, Richard, Simon and George fully qualified to lead our sessions...
Our Under 12 team came away from the Maltby tournament – held on 1st October 2016 – in second place. Well done to everyone!
Sedgefield had 5 players in the North East Under 16’s Girls Inter Regions Squad. Hollie, Kate, Poppy, Jess and Crystal traveled to Liverpool Aquatic Centre to compete on 28th and 29th May.
Sedgefield had two players in the North East Under 16’s Inter Region squad – Ben and Michael. They travelled to Millfield School in Somerset on 9th & 10th July. After a very close...
Sedgefield fielded a ladies team for the first time in many years in the recent Northern League. With very little practice together, they pulled off some great results finishing 4th out of 8...
After an exciting semi-final on Saturday 23rd April, Sedgefield defeated Caledonia 12-10 to progress to the final on Sunday 24th April at Manchester Aquatics Centre. Sedgefield were facing North East rivals City of...
The England U17 girls, led by our Emily Pilkington, opened their EU nations cup with two wins and a defeat in their group.
Congratulations to Sedgefield members who have recently been selected to represent England this year!
We hosted a tournament at Aycliffe for Under 13’s and Under 15’s before a packed spectator area.
Well done to Emily and Rhiannon who became British Water Polo Division 1 champions in February 2016 as members of the City of Leeds women’s ‘A’ team
Well done to Emily, Terri, Panna and Claire who won the Division 2 National Inter Regional Championship in February at Northampton as part of the Under 18’s North East girls team.
Well done to John, Kris, Connor, Michael and Ben who won the ASA National Championships as part of the North East Under 18’s squad at Watford in February.
George is really proud to say Scott played his first game for Australia against Italy in Sydney.
Well done to all those who took part in the Lancaster City Development Water Polo Competition on Sunday 20th December at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.
Well done to our players Haydn, Jake, Daniel and Michael H who were part of the North East team who won the National Championships at Walsall on 13th December.
Sedgefield had six members who competed for the North East in the girls Under 14’s National Inter Regional tournament on 5th and 6th December 2015 in Walsall.
We had a number of our members competing as part of the North East Team in Lloret Spain in the BWMF III Cup tournament in September 2015.
Well done to Ben and Michael H who played for Bridgefield, winning in the ASA Under 15’s National Championships on 17th October 2015 at Manchester.
Sedgefield had several members who were crowned National Champions as part of the Under 16’s Boys North East squad who won the National Inter Regional tournament in July 2015 at Cardiff International pool.
Our 2003’s and younger competed in the City of Manchester Water Polo Festival on Saturday 27 June at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
Emily Pilkington and Terri Millington were representing our club by playing for Leeds girls in the ASA U17 plate competition recently. Leeds won the plate tournament. Well done girls!
On Saturday 24th January, we were pleased to welcome Cllr John Robinson to visit our club during training to be presented with a signed copy of a limited edition club shirt, printed in...
We would like to say a massive well done to our U17 team who recently won the National Championships in Manchester.
Well done to Sedgefield Green Team for winning the Lancaster U13 tournament on Sunday 21st December. Also well done to Sedgefield Orange team for trying hard and gaining valuable tournament experience.
Sedgefield had a number of members who competed in the BWMF II CUP IN Andora as part of the North East team in September 2014. Richard, Connor, Michael, Matty, Ben and John all...
The 2014 player of the year awards, presented by Scott Carpenter, are as follows: Overall player of the year – Shared between Connor Keeble 14, Kris Eggington 14, and Michael Cousins 14 U18...
Sedgefield had three members who competed for the North East in the Boys Under 14’s National Inter Regional tournament on 6th and 7th December 2014 in Walsall.
Well done Adam, this is a fantastic achievement. Everyone at the club is really proud of you!
Kate, Jess and Poppy represented the North East in the Girls Under 14’s Inter Regional tournament in Liverpool.
Sedgefield Water Polo club travelled to Manchester for the ASA National Boys Championships in October 2014.
Honest John kindly chose our club as his fundraising group for October, and raised a fantastic £500 for us! We would like to say a massive thank you to Honest John for his generosity....
Our Club won Junior Sports Club of the year in September at the Sedgefield Sports Awards and we now go forward to the County Finals on 10th October. All the members and parents are over...
We travelled to Maltby in South Yorkshire on Saturday 29th September for the Rotherham U13’s tournament.
A massive well done to Adam Woods for achieving an A* in your A Level Sport! Good luck in your Sports Coaching degree at Sunderland Uni, starting this September.
Well done to our 2000+ and 2002+ teams who participated in the National Water Polo Festival in Manchester. Our 2000+ did really well, and came away in third place. Fourteen teams competed. Our...
Our club U19 team travelled to Maltby, North Yorkshire for the Northern League Junior Final with a very young team.
We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2013 Player of the Year awards… Under 12’s – Jessica Under 14’s – Kris Under 16’s – John Under 18’s – James Well done to all the winners!...
Unfortunately, Scott picked up a shoulder injury in the gym at home, and despite lots of physio, it wouldn’t clear up. He played the first two games of the National League season in...
It is with sadness that George has announced that his coach at Durham City form 1970 to 1990, Billy Mitchell, has just died after a long illness.
Lancaster City Swimming and Water Polo Club travelled to Gloucester for the first round of the 2014 Youth Boys National Water Polo Championships. They played five games of two halves of 7 playing...
Well done to Terri and Emily from our club, both age 14, who were part of the North East girls U16 team who won the National Championships on Sunday 19th January 2014
22nd April We finished the regular season of home and away games this weekend, and we managed to win all 22 of our games. It’s the first time any team has done that...
Rhiannon Foulds 16 from Sedgefield Water Polo Club, has been selected for the junior Great Britain Waterpolo squad. Rhiannon has swum from an early age and started playing for Sedgefield Waterpolo Club trained...
Sedgefield water polo club played in an invitation under 13 tournament at Maltby pool near Rotherham. They faced Morley from Leeds in the first game and over-whelmed them by 10-1. They next faced...
Scott Carpenter update:11th March We got 2 easy wins at the weekend against Cronulla from Sydney. We won the first game 17 2 and the second 15 6. It was a...
Source: laswpc.com Sky Sports will be screening a one hour “Match of the Day”-style highlights programme on five occasions. Provisional dates: • 5 March Sky Sports 2 18.00 • 5 March...
Update from Scott. As soon as i arrived i agreed to play the final few games of the season for richmond tigers who had finished 4th in the victorian state league 1. this...
Due to the withdrawal of both Lancaster and Manchester from our tournament on Saturday, only three teams remained including Carlisle and two of our own. Nevertheless, it gave the coaches a chance to...
Hello, some of you may be aware that I am away at university in London. However, I am still able to access the website from a computer and from my phone. Therefore, I...
Sedgefield Water Polo Club travelled to the Manchester Aquatic Centre pool where the 2002 Commonwealth Games were held to take part in the Manchester Water Polo Festival. This is the biggest competition in...
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. Playing against a physical Canadian side at the Shenzhen...
Stats Game Stage Result East Manchester Group 11-2 WIN Cwm Draig Group 5-5 DRAW Birkenhead Group 10-5 WIN Chester Group 12-1 WIN Sheffield Group 6-2 WIN...
Sedgefield Water Polo Club held their Player of the Year Awards for the 2010 season at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre.
Game Stage Result Welsh Wanderers Group 15-0 WIN Royton Group 6-4 WIN Birkenhead Group 14-0 WIN Sheffield B Group 6-1 WIN East Manchester Group 7-5 WIN ...
Sedgefield Water Polo Club played an invitation under 14 tournament at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre against North West Giants City of Manchester, who have lots of smaller teams in the City feeding into...
Sedgefield Water Polo Club came agonisingly close to being National Champions for the 4th time at the recent National Boys under 15 Championships in the Aquatic Centre in Manchester. They were drawn in...
Sedgefield boys help the North East take bronze Boys ’96 National Inter –regional championships –Basildon Sports Village Essex 25th -26th June Joe Barker (13) and Nick Gowland (14) of Sedgefield represented the North...
