NORTH WEST WATER POLO

ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017

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LATE NEWS

We are delighted to report that Rosie Morris, City of Liverpool goalkeeper, received the BWPL Female

Player of the Year Award at the AGM.

1.0 PLAYER AND CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS

1.1 Great Britain Water Polo & England Talent Squads

National Senior Men* EU Nations / World University Games 5

National Senior Women* EU Nations / World University Games 6

National Junior Men (1999 and younger)* EU Nations / European Championships 5

National Squad Women (1999 and younger)* EU Nations / European Championships 9

National Squad Men (2001)* Training only 6

National Squad Women (2001)* Training only 5

National Academy Men (2002 and younger)* Training only 10

National Academy Women (2002 and younger)* Training only 10

Total 56

*Note: overall squad numbers vary from year to year therefore numbers are not directly comparable to previous years

1.2 European Club 2016-17

LEN Trophy Men City of Manchester - did not enter due to prohibitive costs

LEN Trophy Men Lancaster City - did not enter due to prohibitive costs

EuroLeague Women City of Liverpool - did not enter due to prohibitive costs

EuroLeague Women City of Manchester - did not enter due to prohibitive costs

1.3 European Club Qualification for 2017

LEN Trophy Men City of Manchester

LEN Trophy Men Lancaster City

EuroLeague Women City of Liverpool

EuroLeague Women City of Manchester

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Fig 2 England u17 Boys, EU Nations; including 5 players, Head Coach Theo Nousios and Team

Manager Mike Yates

Fig.3 Annie Clapperton (EU Nations MVP Award) and Robyn Greenslade (EU Nations Top Goalscorer)

Fig.1 English Schools Representatives at Exiles Tournament, Malta

Including 16 players representing 7 NW Clubs as well 3 Coaches and

2 Team Managers from the NW Water Polo Academy

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1.4 ASA National Age Group Championships 2016-17

U19 Men's Championship City of Manchester - Bronze

U19 Women's Championship City of Liverpool - 4th

U19 Women's Championship City of Manchester - GOLD

U17 Men's Championship City of Manchester - Silver

U17 Men's Championship Bridgefield - Plate Winners

U17 Women's Championship City of Manchester - 8th

U17 Women's Championship City of Liverpool - Silver

U15 Boys Championship Bridgefield - 9th

U15 Boys Championship City of Manchester - GOLD

U15 Girls Championship City of Liverpool - 4th

U15 Girls Championship Tyldesley - Bronze

U15 Girls Championship City of Manchester - 8th

Fig.6 ASA U17 Girls Runners Up - City of Liverpool

Fig.7 ASA U19 Girls Winners - City of Manchester

Fig.4 ASA U15 Boys Winners - City of Manchester

Fig.5 ASA U15 Girls Bronze Medal - Tyldesley

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1.5 British Championships 2016

Men's Championship City of Manchester GOLD

Men's Championship Lancaster City - 4th

Women's Championship City of Liverpool GOLD

Women's Championship City of Manchester - 3rd

1.6 British Water Polo League 2016-17

BWPL Men's Super 5s Lancaster - Runners-Up

BWPL Men's Super 5s City of Manchester - 4th

BWPL Men's Super 5s Top Scorer Tom Curwen (Lancaster City)

BWPL Men's Super 5s 2nd Top Scorer Glen Robinson (Lancaster City)

BWPL Men's Championship 2 Bridgefield - 2nd - promoted to Div 2

BWPL Men's Championship 2 Manchester Hawks - 4th

BWPL Men's Championship 2 2nd Top Scorer James Salt (Manchester Hawks)

BWPL Men's Championship 4 Tyldesley - 1st - promoted to Div 3

BWPL Men's Championship 4 Top Scorer Addison Brown (Tyldesley)

BWPL Women's Super 5s City of Liverpool Lizards - Winners

BWPL Women's Super 5s City of Manchester - Runners Up

BWPL Women's Super 5 Top goal scorer Annie Clapperton (City of Manchester)

BWPL Women's Super 5 2nd Top goal scorer Kathryn Fowler (City of Liverpool Lizards)

BWPL Women's Championship 1 City of Manchester Comets - 6th

BWPL Women's Championship 1 City of Liverpool Liverbirds - 7th

BWPL Women's Championship 2 City of Liverpool Water Beatles - Winners

BWPL Women's Championship 2 Tyldesley - 3rd - promoted to Div 2

BWPL Women's Championship 2 Top Scorer Molly Boniface-Ashton Liverpool Water Beatles

BWPL Women's Championship 2 2nd Top Scorer Grace Morley (Tyldesley)

Fig.8 BWPL Super 5s Winners - City of Liverpool

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1.7 ESSA Championships 2016

Senior Boys u18 Bolton School GOLD

Senior Girls u18 Crompton House GOLD

St. Mary’s – 3rd

Intermediate Boys u15 Bolton School GOLD

Intermediate Girls u15 Crompton House SILVER

St. Mary’s – 4th

Cadet Boys u13 Bolton School GOLD

Manchester Grammar School - 4th

Cadet Boys u13 Manchester High School for Girls GOLD

Crompton House – 5th

Fig.9 BWPL Super 5s Top Goal scorer – Annie Clapperton (City of Manchester)

Fig.10 BWPL Super 5s Top Goalscorer – Tom Curwen (Lancaster City)

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1.8 Inter -Regional Championships 2016-17

u18 Girls North West Lightning - 2nd

u18 Girls North West Thunder - 4th

u18 Boys North West Tigers - 3rd

u16 Girls North West Thunder - 6th

u16 Girls North West Lightning – 8th

u16 Boys North West Tigers GOLD

u16 Boys North West Ravens – 10th

u14 Boys North West Tigers GOLD

u14 Boys North West Ravens - 8th

u14 Girls North West Thunder - 6th

Fig.11 U18 Girls Inter-Regional

Championships – NW Runners-up

Fig.12 U14 Boys Inter-Regional

Championships – NW Winners

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2.0 NORTH WEST WATER POLO EVENTS 2016-17

2.1 Nor th West Championships 2016-17

Mixed u14 Results

1 City of Manchester A GOLD

2 City of Manchester B SILVER

3 Bridgefield A BRONZE

4 Tyldesley

5 Radcliffe

6 Liverpool WPC

7 Lancaster City

8 Warrington

9 Chester City

10 Bridgefield

2.2 Competitions hosted in Nor th West Region 2016/17

ASA Academy Finals Boys Championships Manchester Aquatic Centre, October 2016

ASA Academy Finals Girls Championships Manchester Aquatic Centre, October 2016

British Water Polo League Men's Div1 Lancaster Salt Ayre, November 2016

British Water Polo League Men's Div1 Lancaster Salt Ayre, November 2016

British Water Polo League Women's Div1 Liverpool Aquatic Centre, November 2016

British Water Polo League Men's Champ 4 Lancaster University, December 2016

British Water Polo League Men's Super 5 Lancaster Salt Ayre, January 2017

British Water Polo League Women's Super 5 Lancaster Salt Ayre, January 2017

British Water Polo League Men's Super 5 Lancaster Salt Ayre, February 2017

British Water Polo League Women's Super 5 Lancaster Salt Ayre, February 2017

British Water Polo League Women's Champ 1 Liverpool Aquatic Centre, March 2017

ASA Junior Girls Qualification Round Championships Lancaster Salt Ayre, March 2017

ASA Youth Girls Qualification Round Championships Lancaster Salt Ayre, March 2017

ASA Youth & Junior Boys Finals Championships Manchester Aquatics Centre, April 2016

ASA Youth & Junior Girls Finals Championships Liverpool Aquatics Centre, April 2016

Inter-Region Girls U18 Division Championship Palatine Leisure Centre, Blackpool, February

2017 Liverpool International Masters Tournament Liverpool Aquatic Centre February 2017

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2.3 Courses hosted in Nor th West Region 2016/17

Team Manager Module 1 Liverpool, May 2016

Beswick, June 2016

Team Manager Module 1 Beswick, July 2016

Liverpool, August 2016

Event Managers Training Lancaster, September 2016

Liverpool, October 2016

Athlete Clinic – Strength and conditioning Beswick, November 2016

Liverpool, December 2016

Athlete Clinic – Nutrition and Lifestyle Lancaster Salt Ayre, January 2017

Club Table Officials Course Blackpool, February 2017

University Pilot - Project Polo Edge Hill, March 2017

Fig.13 SNW u14 Champ Winners City of Manchester

Fig.14 Liverpool Water Polo International Masters Festival, February 2017

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2.4 Satellite Programme (formerly Regional Training Centres)

Manchester/Beswick (RTC) Staff (of which qualified) 6(6)

Men's 2001-2002 Players 26

Women's 2001-2002 Players 3

Men's 2003-2004 Players 23

Women's 2003-2004 Players 8

Lancaster/Salt Ayre (RTC) Staff (of which qualified) 5(5)

Men's 2001-2002 Players 4

Women's 2001-2002 Players 2

Men's 2003-2004 Players 10

Women's 2003-2004 Players 2

Liverpool/Austin Rawlinson (RTC) Staff (of which qualified) 5(5)

Men's 2001-2002 Players 8

Women's 2001-2002 Players 11

Men's 2003-2004 Players 9

Women's 2003-2004 Players 4

2.5 Festivals Programme

Lancaster Mixed Festival (2003), December 2016 7

Manchester Mixed Festival (2003 & 2005), June 2017

14/20

Warrington Mixed Festival (2003), December 2016 6

Merseyside Mixed Festival (2004), December 2016 5

Greater Manchester Youth Games 2017 12

Manchester & District Mini Polo Festival (2004), May 2017 4

2.6 Swim 21

Accreditation (number of Clubs in Region)

City of Chester, Salford City, Lancaster City, Tyldesley, Warrington, Manchester Sharks, City of Liverpool

7

Working towards City of Manchester (reaccreditation) 1

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3.0 NORTH WEST WATER POLO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Coach Tutor (Level 1 & 2; Level 3 awaited) 1

Level 1 63

Level 2 24

Coaching Clinics - Claudio Palumbo, Jerome Read & Rosie Morris/Jade Smith 6

Team Manager Tutor 1

Team Manager Module 1 27

Team Manager Module 2 course – Mike Yates 8

Team Manager Module 2 17

Team Manager Module 2 course – Mike Yates 6

Table Officials Tutor 5

Table Officials (active) 27

Club Table Officials course – Mike Hesketh 9

Referees Tutor 1

Grade A Referees (active) 1

Grade B Referees (active) 1

Grade C Referees (active) 4

Grade D Referees (active) 17

Referees Courses held 0

Fig.15 Mike Hesketh (Lancaster City)

running the NW Club Table officials

course at Palatine Leisure Centre,

February 2017 during the U18 Girls

Inter-Regional Championships

Fig.22 Liverpool Water Polo

International Masters Festival,

February 2017

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4.0 NORTH WEST WATER POLO DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2017-18

4.1 Summary of targets

• Continue to support Club Taster sessions to assist in their development

• Continue to support University Pilot

• Promote NW Water Polo ‘starter kit’ to schools and Clubs

• Continue to support Club networks to strengthen the Player Pathway

• Expand Satellite programme to establish

• Continue to expand NW Water Polo Academy programme to meet the National Talent

requirements

• Run additional Athlete Clinics for specific positions or skills

• Expand the mini-polo! Festivals programme

• Expand NW Championships

• Strengthen support for players and clubs to link with the England Talent programmes

• Medal at all 3 Inter-Regional Championship age groups

• Run additional Coach Clinics for Club and School coaches

• Expand the volunteer workforce including team managers, table officials and referees

• Support adaptation and enhancement of existing Regional competitions, including local leagues to

support recruitment and retention of players

• Continue to support Masters event and add annual female event into calendar

The full document can be found here http://www.swimming.org/NorthWest/disciplines/water-

polo/

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5.0 NORTH WEST WATER POLO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Water Polo Discipline Group would like to thank the following personnel in particular for their contributions to the Region's success over the past year:

• Our Board Liaison, Julie Allsopp, for all her help and support in delivering the Plan and

quarterly budget reports.

• Zak Sly, Mike Yates, Paul Mason and Colin Walsh for their coordination of the Regional

Men's teams. Christine Whittaker, Rose Larder, Carol Barnes, Guy Royle, Su Bowater and

Gordon Dacre for their coordination of the Regional Women's teams

• Ruth van Mierlo, Alice Byrne, Anthony McGuinness, Addison Brown, Tom Curwen, Hayley

Price, Megan Price and Lewis Daly for coaching the Regional teams so successfully

• Geoff Holme, Matthew Rushton, Eric Harrison, Craig Brandwood and Dr. Alan Boyle for

organising the local league programmes in the Region

• Mike Hesketh, Alison Hesketh and Colin Walsh for their continued support in organising the

Events Programme

• Mike Hesketh and and Julie Allsopp for delivering courses within the Region and developing

our volunteer Workforce

• Liz Norman (Satellite Administrator Lancashire), Rachel Crompton (Satellite Administrator

Greater Manchester) and Anthony McGuinness (Satellite Administrator Merseyside for their

assistance in compiling the information for this Report

• Diane Stafford and Gemma Reeves in the Regional Office.

6.0 QUESTIONS?

If any Clubs, athletes, parents or volunteers have any comments or suggestions regarding the Development

Plan or how they might get involved in events or accessing courses please contact us North West Water Polo

snw.waterpolo@gmail.com or via the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SNW.WP/