By Ella Irwin Twas the night before Bridgemas, when all through the town Polo players were sleeping, ready for the drive down; To Cardiff then Bath for two crucial BUCs games, In hopes that the match report would mention their names; But the big weekend did not to go to plan, And it was at…
Men’s First Water Polo vs Bristol The car ride to Bristol was both scenic and life-threatening (shout-out to Nicola for an interesting interpretation of the highway code). We stopped for a light snack at a lovely little hole in the wall where we quickly carbed up for the war ahead of us. On arrival, after…
By Igor Yakunin The day started quite well, as most of the team turned up at the right place at the right time. Except for the keeper. He was nowhere to be seen. But we set off nonetheless, and after picking up our star player Youssef from Churchill we headed for Warwick. It was only…
By Chantelle Doran It might have been short notice, 48 hours in fact, but with high team spirits from our win against Oxford on Sunday, we rallied the troops and eagerly awaited our 3rd match of the season against the Surrey Stags. After our busy days and the challenge to even find our zip cars,…
The first time we face O*ford this season – game one of three, culminating in the most important match of the year. And what a wonderful match it was. The second match of the season brought in more new players and a better-established strategy regarding the attack. We did some good passing down the wings…
The Birmingham match, not a pretty affair, It was men vs gorillas (with extreme body hair); Though Phil scored our first wonder goal of the match, They’d ordered goals in a much larger batch; James took a firing, from their giant team, And lines like “GET BACK”, “NOT AGAIN”, did he scream; With a goal…