Local Swimming Clubs
Sedgefield Water Polo Club
The New Sedgefield Water Polo Club formed in October 2005 when the Sedgefield water polo section split from the sedgefield 75 swimming club. Sedgefield Water Polo club then banded with the Spennymoor swimming section to form the Sedgefield Water Polo Club.
The main focus of the club is to teach and play Water Polo from mini up to the highest levels; they also cater for those who just want to do the sport for fitness and to have fun.
July 9th brought the boys under 17’s water polo team to the National Finals defeating Croydon, Manchester, Dunfermline, London Invicta and Birmingham to get their place; they then successfully beat Cheltenham 10 – 6 to win.
In the under 19 championships Sedgefield defeated Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Cheltenham to gain a place in the finals but narrowly lost to London Invicta in the finals 9-7.
This was a magnificent effort by Sedgefield in beating so many big city clubs once again. Sedgefield have now gained 3 national titles in the last six seasons.
Sedgefield has dominated the North East region, which includes Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham for the last 6 years.
Earlier this year in the commonwealth water polo championships held in Australia, no less than three girls from Sedgefield water polo club played in the England team, Carol Mohan, Angela Winstanly- Smith and Chloe Wilcox.
Angela Winstanly- Smith has been playing professional water polo in France for the last two years and has just signed to play for Nice; she is the first girl from GB to play pro water polo.
Scott Carpenter at only 17years old, was picked to play in the England’s men’s team he is the youngest player to be playing in a major championship he is being hailed as the finest player ever from GB and good enough to play in any pro league in the world.
Why not come along to one of the sessions below and speak to one of the coaches who will be happy to answer any questions you have on their club and what joining entails.
The club is small in comparison to the larger city clubs and has members from 6 years to 17 years of age; the club is led by Mr George Carpenter who is chief coach and development officer he is also an ex GB player in his time. His team of 5 coaches are highly qualified in all aspect of water polo and pride themselves on the achievement made by such a small club.
The sessions are held as follows:
| Day | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Home Pool Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre | 8.00pm – 10.00pm |
| Thursday | Spennymoor Leisure Centre | 8.00pm – 10.00pm |
| Saturday | Home Pool Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre | 5.45pm – 7.15pm |
| Sunday | Spennymoor Leisure Centre | 8.30am – 10.00am |
| For more information please contact: | |
|---|---|
| Mr George Carpenter | Tel:01388-810-185 |
| Mr M Thompson | Tel:01388-817-932 |
| Mr S Anderson | Tel:01388-817-827 |
| Mr K Norman | Tel:01388-817-900 |
| Or via e-mail:sedgefieldpolo@hotmail.com | |
