Weymouth & Portland WPC

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.

NWPL 2008 Fixtures

2008-03-22T16:15:00.002Z

The dates and venues for 2008 have been published.

The Division IV venues and games are ...

6th & 7th September @ Ponds Forge - Cambridge, Swindon. Bristol Uni
27th & 28th September @ Ponds Forge - Newcastle, Bedford, Grantham
11th & 12th October @ Walsall - Manchester Hawks, RAF
25th & 26th October @ Marlborough - Grantham, Bedford, Newcastle
16th & 17th November @ Basingstoke - Cambridge, Bristol Uni, Swindon
29th & 30th November @ Walsall - Manchester Hawks, RAF

Dorset Shield Victory

2008-03-03T11:35:00.002Z

We played The Army in the Dorset Shiled semi-final on Saturday at Osprey Leisure Centre.

In probably the best team performance we've come up with this year, the game was dominated by us from the start and the final score of 22 - 6 reflected that.

Next Sunday sees us travelling to Basingstoke for the annual Lady Richmond Brown tournament. We won the event last year for the first time and will be hoping to retain the title. Based on current Hampshire League standings, Bournemouth will probably start as favourites and both home team Basingstoke and the experienced Southampton City side will be tough opponents. Rumour also has it that Andover are stronger this year than in recent times - Bournemouth only managed a draw against them a few weeks back.

The Weekend's Games

2008-02-04T12:25:00.000Z

The Veterans played against the Army at Osprey on Saturday and were comfortable winners against a weaker side than the opposition had mustered a week ago.

On Sunday, we had KS3 and Junior games against Christchurch, again at Osprey. We lost the KS3 game in an exciting match and easily won the Junior game, though the opposition pulled back three goals without reply in the final quarter.

Next Sunday sees a home game for the 2nd team against Bournemouth in the Dorset Cup.

Hampshire League Game

2008-01-28T11:28:00.000Z

The game last night between our 1st and 2nd teams in a Hampshire League fixture resulted in an overwhelming victory for the 1st team.

7 - 0 up by the end of the first quarter, the result of the game was never in doubt. The 2nd team did manage to get on the score sheet, with good goals from Tom Way in the 2nd and Tom cain in the 4th ensuring a complete whitewash was averted.

Victory Over Army

2008-01-26T18:50:00.000Z

Playing without an established goalkeeper, we managed to get a 6-7 win against a stronger than normal Army team at Osprey Leisure Centre today.

We went into the final quarter ahead by two goals at 4-6 but they got two goals back quickly and the remainder of the match was a tight affair. We scored what proved to be the winning goal and held on (just!) as they applied pressure in an attempt to equalise.

There were two games at Bridport later this afternoon for KS3 and Juniors - haven't heard the scores yet.

Tomorrow sees our two top teams play each other in the Hampshire League - Bournemouth are providing the referrees.

Close Win Over Frome

2008-01-14T09:23:00.000Z

On Saturday we played a 'friendly' home game against Frome.

Our team consisted of a mix of 1st and 2nd team players and the match was much less violent than past encounters against them, though one of their players did end up in A&Efor stitches.

We started well and were comfortably ahead for half the game. At the last minute bell, the scores were level at 8-8 but we managed to clinch the game with a last gasp goal with 15 seconds to go.

Team was Ade Gant in goal, Dan Kinsey, Ed Stevens, Ian Pigeon, Niall & Grant Laming, Tom Way, Jack Dow, Nick Ireland, Kieron Reeson and George Fridd

"Friendly" against Frome

2008-01-07T09:54:00.001Z

There's a game against Frome at Osprey Leisure Centre at 1pm next Saturday, 12th January for the 1st team.

Christmas Break

2007-12-17T12:16:00.001Z

Training resumes on Sunday 6th January.

Last Night'sTeam

2007-12-05T09:11:00.000Z

Ed Stevens, Martin Rutland, Steve Restorick, Niall & Aaron Laming, Craig Bishop, Tom Wey, Nick Ireland, Matt White, Diddy & Jonah Jones and Ian Pidgeon. Top scorer was Ed.

Hampshire League Defeat

2007-12-05T09:03:00.000Z

Our defence of the Hampshire League title came unstuck against a strong Bournemouth side last night.

Stokewood Road swimming pool is never a pleasant place to play and we had heard that Bournemouth had a better side this year than in recent times, having already defeated both Southampton University and Basingstoke in their campaign. They had shown signs of a resurgence last year and have managed to keep hold of those players whilst recruiting a few more.

We went behind fairly early on in the first quarter and stayed that way for the entire game. Defending the hole player in the shallow pool cost us numerable majors with Diddy grabbing two in the same number of minutes in the 3rd.

We managed to get within three goals in the 3rd but then faded to a 12-6 defeat.

Our next Hampshire League match is the return fixture at Boscawen on 17th February 2008. If they show up with the same team, then we'll have a difficult game.

Sunday's Results

2007-12-05T08:56:00.000Z

We had two home games last Sunday against Bridport teams.

The first game was against Bridport Ladies and both sides has full strength teams. The score remained close for the duration with the opposition generally holding a one or two goal lead and it ended that way.

Next game was 2nd team game against Bridport 1sts. Again the opposition had fielded a strong side and at times it looked like that might prevail but we ended up winning an exciting match by one goal.

Hampshire League Victory

2007-11-19T11:44:00.000Z

Our first game as defending champions took us to Southampton University last night.

Always a difficult team to play against, we took the early initiative and were 3 - 0 up early in the first quarter. They pulled one back and then the next two quarters were untidy affairs where we lost our direction.

Going into the final quarter with a 7 - 3 lead, we put some extra effort in and came away with a 13 - 4 win.

Team was Martin Rutland, Steve Restorick, George Fridd, Craig Bishop, Ed Stevens, Niall Laming, James Baker, Diddy Jones, Dan Kinsey, Matt White and Nick Ireland.