Well done to all Warrington players who competed at the u15 National Age Groups Water Polo Championships in Sunderland over the weekend.
Boys Competition Saturday.
In the Group stages Tom Roper and Jack Moss, playing for Bridgefield in Group D, started with a convincing 6-2 win against Caledonia on Saturday morning, then lost out 8-5 to city of Birmingham before a 12-6 loss to (tournament Winners) Sedgefield. Strong performances came in the play-offs with a 15-3 victory against City of Sheffield and further success against West London Penguins 7-3 placing them 9th in the competition.
Chris Jones playing for City of Manchester Squad A competing in Group B started the tournament with an 8-1 loss against (tournament runners up) Devenport, before facing local rivals City of Chester and securing a 9-2 win. In the play-offs a 5-0 win against Grantham, put them up against Croyden Amphibians for their final match which they won 10-4 to finish in 7th place.
Girls Competition Sunday
Warrington members, Tilly Connolly, Isabella Smithson and Lily Ireland have had a fantastic competition playing for City of Liverpool. They ended the group stages unbeaten and with a 62 point goal difference with wins against Iceni (22-2), City of Manchester (10-6), City of Birmingham (17-2) and Sedgefield (26-3).
Liverpool faced Sheffield in the Semi's and secured a postion in the final with a 9-7 win.
A nail-biting final against London Otter followed with Liverpool 5-6 down in the last minute, converting a penalty to finish 6-6. The match had to be decided by a penalty shoot-out which Liverpool very narrowly lost to finish as Silver medal winners.
Well done to all Warrington players for competing.
Pictured is Lily and Issy with hard earned Silver medals
