by Isaac Hinchcliff Kicking off their Lent term fixture list with a trip to their oldest and fiercest rivals, the Cambridge men’s first team looked to repeat the outcome of their first fixture with the boys in dark blue in the BUCS league, a solid 13-9 victory at Cambridge’s designated home pool in Northampton. Coming…
“”‘Tour is go!’ – Ben Walker” – Péter Juhasz” – Rhys Goodall On the 8th of January, miraculously, every UK-based member of the men’s and women’s water polo team met at Stansted Airport for the two hour flight to Budapest. Full from the weeks of break and holiday-ing, the teams were ready to dive into…
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…
After just two weeks of training, the women’s water polo team travelled down to the Leys for their first match. I use the word ‘travelled’ as a force of habit; this is one of the only games that won’t include at least an hour-long journey to reach a pool that complies with water polo regulations….
Bishops Stortford Tournament and KCL Cambridge 1st Team 1-1 Army After a fantastic land warm up by the team which included a walk to the wrong school in Bishops Stortford, the team were in great spirits before the tournament. Whilst we were somewhat intimidated by the army team’s large rigs and receding hairlines, one look…