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Fri 12/02/10 7pm Loose Cannon, EC4R 3UL Club Dinner - download flyer

News
  • National League 2009-10
    Women's 1st team results
    Men's 1st team results
    Women's 2nd team results
    Men's 2nd team results
  • Rule Changes
    See FINA website
  • GB at Women's Under 20's in Naples
    See LEN website
  • GB Men win qualifying group in Lugano
    See LEN website
    See tournament site
  • Women's national league website launched
    See nwwpl.co.uk
  • World Championships 2009
    See FINA site
    Rome 2009 - click on ROMA 09 LIVE for detailed results
    Coverage on Rai Sport
    Streaming on Internet - go to Fina World Championships link
  • Great Britain win European B Championship
    Great Britain's women won the European Nations Trophy in Manchester on Sunday 12/7
  • Water Polo at 2012 Olympics
    More funding for British Swimming.
    See friends of water polo site.
  • Otter B winners of Women's National League Division IV

    Back Row (left to right): Laura Gallop, Niki McDonald, Michelle Krejci, Fabiana Eggers, Becky Mulcahy, Katie Falkner-Corbett, Sarah Holcome (captain)
    Front Row: Alice Rogers, Paula Croxson, Cat Cassidy
  • Condolences
    Sad to relate Nigel Foley, Otter coach in the mid-1980s, has died of a heart attack whilst on holiday in South Africa.
  • Otter Women A and B teams win their divisions (17-18/1/2009)
    On the final weekend of the regular season, Otter B concluded with 19-3 and 17-5 wins over Penguin C and Polytechnic respectively, while Otter A finished with straight wins, 9-2 versus Penguin B and 14-3 versus Haywards Heath. Both teams are automatically promoted. See the Photos page for more pictures, with coach Nick Buller.
  • Otter A win Women's National League Division II with a weekend to spare

    Left to Right: Tracy Wheeler (captain), Lindsey Williams, Bronwen Bew, Jo Alden, Nicole Freeman, Zuzana Ratveiska, Marie Mulligan, Peggy Etiebet, Vera Gielen, Emily Viskovic, Sarah Tollefson
    See action photos.
  • Some good news on Olympic funding
    See "Inside the Games" .
  • Water polo funding in limbo for Olympics
    Herald Tribune
    BBC Report
    UK Sport
    asa
    Guardian
  • National League
    Men's 1st team results starting 14/09/08
    Men's 2nd team results starting 21/09/08
    Women's results starting 4/10/08
  • London 2012 Temporary Venues: Water Polo
    Olympic Delivery Authority Industry Day.
  • Holland
    Congratulations to the Otter men players who travelled to Amsterdam to win their division at the Het Y international tournament on 7/9/08.
  • GB Junior Men results from European Championships in Istanbul
    Click here for LEN site.
  • Referees Course
    Seven referees qualified after the practical at ULU on 31/08/08.
  • GB Junior Men results from High Tatras Cup in Novaky, Slovakia
    vs Australia 3-10; vs Holland 9-5; vs Slovakia 13-7; vs Slovenia 9-9; vs France 15-8
  • The Olympics 2008
    Click here for a story behind the results.
    Click here for results.
    Click here for Spanish reports.
    Click here to see videos for sale.
    Click here to comment to the BBC on the lack of coverage.
  • European Youth Championship Women in Gyor, Hungary
    Click here for fixtures and results and here for more details.
  • GB Qualify
    In the Junior Men's European Qualification Tournament in Macedonia, drawing with Spain and playing excellently against the host nation. The finals are in Istanbul.
  • A couple of films related to polo
    "Freedom's Fury" available as a DVD
    "Children of Glory"
  • Up and Coming Water Polo Events
    Euroleague Final Four in Barcelona 9-10 May
    European Championships in Malaga
    Olympics in Beijing
  • Water polo job in West London
    Advert on London Swimming site.
  • Water polo in Dubai
    Greg Moore founder member of Dubai Camels Waterpolo Club - www.dubaiwaterpolo.com.
  • National Programme Update
    Download Christmas 2007 review
  • End of season (2007-8)
    Otter women and Otter II finish solid mid-table in their promotion seasons. Otter I return to rebuild in Division II after a technical points deduction.
    Otter in NWWPL Division 2
    Otter in NWPL Division 1
    Otter 1869 in NWPL Division 3
  • Otter Men's 2nd team win London League Division One (4/10/07)
    With a 12-8 victory at Kingston last night, captain Yannick Gaudio and his team secured the London League Division One championship. The 1st team currently lead the Premier Division.
  • Get your club kit
    The deadline for ordering passed on 1/10, but we will try and coordinate another order:
    Download designs
    Fill out order form
    Download help
  • BBQ by the pool 11/8
    Otter teams played Oxford University, Penguin Ladies and Polytechnic on a fine evening at Parliament Hill Lido.
  • LEN European Nations Trophy from 8/7
    In Manchester.
  • European Youth Qualification Tournament from Thursday 10/5
    In Kranj, Slovenia.
  • European Nations Trophy in Manchester July 8-15
    Great Britain drawn with with France, Isreal, Ireland, Poland and Ukraine. See also.
  • World Championships in Melbourne (19/3-1/4)
    See the LEN website, FINA site, stats and coverage on RAISport.
  • Southern Cross Cup in New Zealand (8-14/3)
    New Zealand and Great Britain teams have been playing eachother and some of the best teams in the world in the Southern Cross Cup.
  • Otter players selected for the World Championships (26/2)
    Congratulations to Jacques Venter and ex-Otter Rob Tindall who have been selected for the New Zealand squad for the World Championships in Melbourne.
  • Annual Meeting 2007
    At the 2007 general meeting, Ben Tausig and Nicole Freeman were elected to join the men's and women's captains and general secretary on the development team. Click here to download dates of meetings.
  • Otter women go up (21/1)
    By beating Cardiff and Penguin B, and subsequently drawing with Liverpool C, Otter secured promotion to National Women's Water Polo League Division Two in the play-offs to conclude an excellent campaign.
  • 14/1/2007: A Unique Day for Otter
    On the same day as our women's team were presented with their National League trophy, Otter men's first and 1869 teams were presented with the National League's Division Two and Division Four trophies at the NWPL AGM.
  • Otter women triumph in National League (14/1)
    With 9-8 and 12-7 wins over Caledonia and Hucknall, Otter have convincingly won Division III of the National Women's Water Polo League. Lyndsey MacFarlane received the player of the season award and was the division's top scorer. They now go into play-offs for promotion next weekend at Walsall. See the NWWPL web page.
  • Otter representation on the London League (10/1)
    Scott Woodley has been elected President of the London League and Xavier Williams to the committee. The Men's Premier League goes down to six teams this year. See the website which Scott looks after.
  • Otter women close to title (8/1)
    Otter women need one point from their last two games to be assured of the Division III title. See NWWPL web page.
  • Pan-Pacific Junior Tournament
    Results.
  • Campeones - Otter 1869 Promoted (27/11/06)
    Otter men's second team win Division Four of the NWPL.
  • Otter Promoted to the Top Division of the National League (12/11/06)
    Otter men's first team win Division Two of the NWPL. Click here from some photos of the celebrations.
  • Men's London League 2006 Final Placings
    Otter come third in the Premier Division and Otter II finished second in Division One.
  • Freedom's Fury (9/10)
    UK premiere of this film.
  • National League (16/9)
    Men's 1st team national league starts this weekend.
    Women's national league starts next weekend.
    Otter 1869, based on men's 2nd team, national league starts in two weeks.
  • European Championships (1-10/9)
    For details, see the tournament website, LEN site and waterpolo-world. Italy's games are televised on RAI (www.rai.it) and can usually be seen at Bar Italia Uno, 91 Charlotte Street. Games can also be seen on Serbian TV, RTS through the internet.
  • Mini-polo!
    Various sessions over the Summer 2006. Download flyer.
  • Otter Women and Otter 1869 at Meer tournament, Culembourg, Holland (19-20/8)
    Photos.
  • Polo in the Park (12/8)
    Download flyer.
  • World League Super Finals (2-6/8)
    Matches can be downloaded from the FINA site.
  • Mini-polo Summer 2006
    Otter are receiving funding through the ASA London region to run mini-polo sessions this summer in central to north London. Sessions are being set up in Camden and Westminster.
  • NWPL Division Four Reorganisation
    Otter 1869 are affected by a reorganisation of the fourth division.
  • Tour
    Click here for some early photos.
  • Italian Championship Finals (finali scudetto) And Euroleague Final Four
    Times of games are on the waterpolonline site. They are televised on Raisport and can be seen at Bar Italia Uno, 91 Charlotte Street.
  • Freedom's Fury
    Click here and then on WATCH TRAILER.
  • Olympic Funding Figures per sport
    See the UK Sport web site.
  • European Juniors Qualification in Ireland
    See the web site.
  • Water Polo Likely to Benefit after Budget Announcement (22/03/06)
    See ASA news.
  • Annual Meeting (28/01/06)
    At the 2006 general meeting, Grant Monk and Tracy Pitcher were elected to join the men's and women's captains and general secretary, as well as the marketing secretary and junior development officer on the development team. Nicola Freeman has since replaced Tracy.
  • Commonwealth Championships in Perth, Western Australia (25/01/06)
    Ex-Otter Robbie Tindall is included in New Zealand men's line-up.
  • Otter 1869 join NWPL (18/01/06)
    After a couple of years trying, Otter 1869 based on the men's II second team have been accepted into the National League in the new fourth division, starting this September. You might have to page down the National League News page a little for the story.
  • Otter women in play-offs for promotion (14/01/06)
    On February 5th Otter women face Leeds in a play-off for promotion to Division II of the women's national league. The team beat Penguin II, but lost narrowly to Liverpool C to finish in second place.
  • Commonweath Championships
    Congratulations to recent ex-Otter Robbie Tindall on selection for the New Zealand men's team for the Commonwealth Championships coming up at the end of January.
  • Otter 1869 at Walsall (10-11/12/05)
    Our men's 2nd team won three out of four matches at the national league potential club event, finishing in second place. This has further enhanced the club's reputation and chances of having another team in the national league. Results are on the nwpl web site news page.
  • Women's Team in Second Place
    With one more weekend to play, Otter women's team are placed second in Division III of the women's national league and have the opportunity to finish even higher.
  • NWPL Qualification Tournament for Otter 1869
    Otter men's 2nd team play for a National League place the weekend of 10-11 December. Opposition teams are Basildon, City of Birmingham, City of Cambridge, Croydon Amphibians and Ealing.
  • 2nd Team London League Triumph
    Otter Men's 2nd team are London League Division II champions. The London League web site may be a little behind with results. In December Pierre Cerri's men, dubbed Otter 1869, go for qualification to the National League. The team also finished third at the recent tournament at Bishop's Stortford - download results here. Alec Innes was tournament highest scorer.
  • Latest National Newsletter
    Download.
  • National League Starts This Weekend (9/9)
    See the NWPL website news. Check out the results page.
  • New Rules Adopted by National League
    See the NWPL website news. Chris Freebury, FINA and LEN referee, has done a brief, rough summary for players: download.
  • Otter finish second in Thameside League 2004/5
    Otter II gained our highest ever finish in the Thameside League First Division, 3 points behind Hellfins and 1 point ahead of Avondale I, a fine achievement given the standard of the division.
  • Olympics
    Water polo in the UK is likely to receive a lift as a result, hopefully particularly in London (click for David Sparkes' comments). The host country qualifies automatically if it is at a competitive level (click for qualification rules). Water polo, the first team sport in the Olympics, threatened with removal, remains as part of the games (click for news). See the London 2012 site.
  • Genoa
    This year our tour was to Genoa on the Italian Riviera from 13-15 May. We took two men's teams and a women's team. We played teams from Nervi, Camogli, Ronco Scrivia and US Locatelli:Timmy's pre-tour details.
  • Otter Walkabout Steinlager Sponsorship
    Otter SC water polo is now sponsored by "Steinlager" and "the Walkabout - Shaftesbury Avenue". The club will be receiving £1800 for the year from 1/4, from which some sponsored kit will be produced for the team. It also means we now have use of the "the Walkabout" facilities free of charge and will be holding a number of events there throughout the year.
  • National Update
    Download April Newsletter
  • New Referees
    At ULU on 5-6 March, 18 people from various clubs were taught by Chris Freebury, FINA and LEN referee, to be ASA referees. From Otter are Jenny Lenten, Valeria Mizuno, Ben Tausig and Catherine Wilson.
  • General Meeting

    • At the 2005 general meeting, Chris Eden, Grant Monk and Tracey Pitcher were elected to join the men's and women's captains and general secretary, as well as the marketing secretary on the development team.
  • Otter Men's National League triumph
    The men's first team completed their 2004 season with two wins and one loss, winning the National League Division 2 Championships by 3 clear points. Otter have not been in the first division for over 30 years. See the NWPL web site, and Buzz's scurrilous view from the bench which in no way reflects the views of the club. In addition, the women's first team completed their second weekend in the Women's National League Division 3 with two wins and one loss. Following similar results from their first weekend, this places them in third place in the league. (30/11/04)
  • 2004 Annual Dinner
    The Otter Dinner at the Imperial Hotel was a joyous occasion, with fine bodies of women and men turning out in the most fragrant outfits to sup fine wines and nibble on tasty dishes, while enjoying some intellectual tittle-tattle about the year's events. Ok, we got really bevied and disgraced ourselves (marvellously)
  • 2003: Otter men finished top five in National League Division 2. Otter women completed their first ever season of National League competition. In the London League, Men's 1st and 2nd teams finished third in their respective London League Divisions. The 1st team came equal third, with Sutton and Cheam and Watford on 22 points, behind Reading on 29 and Hammersmith Penguin on 27. Otter II finished on 15 points, behind Enfield on 21 and Southend on 19. Quantities of food and drink were consumed at the club's annual dinner in November. There may also have been a speech and some dancing.

ALICANTE: Last year (2003), our tour was to Alicante in Southern Spain on 8-11 May. We are took two men's teams and a women's team. We played teams from Madrid, Alicante, Valencia and Portugal.

2002: Otter are probably the fastest growing and improving water polo club in the UK, winners of 2002's Men's National League Division III, the Southern Counties Championship and London League Division I. We now have a women's team competing regularly and entered in the Women's National League. The Awards for All committee for Lottery Grants for Local Groups awarded a grant for £4,961 to Otter Swimming Club to extend our provision of water polo to women players and potential players (pool hire, coaching fees, equipment, coach education).

NATIONAL LEAGUE BOOK: Ex-Otter players are likely to be interested in the excellent booklet "The First 40 Years" about the National Water Polo League. Details of how to obtain it are at the NWPL's web site.
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Videos: We have a plenty of videos of international and Spanish and Italian league matches, as well as coaching videos. Please contact Tim Kendall if you are interested in viewing them.