City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
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The club trains and meets at the South East Wales Regional Pool / Active Living Centre, Bettws Lane and take part in regular matches as part of an exciting new league, specifically designed for Junior Water Polo for teams throughout South Wales. Read the blog to find latest articles.
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Welcome to all of our new players and families! If you do need any information or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us via the email address below or speak to us at training.
We have had some changes to the pool times which means that training can go ahead as usual 4-5.30pm and 5.30-7pm on Saturday 15th and Saturday 20th September. September is already a busy month of training and matches if you haven’t done so already please link the calendar below to your phone so that you are always up to date with these changes. Thank you.
Please check the waterpolo club calendar for tra ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Congratulations to Louie Stephens, Jack Knight, Ben Turner and Toby Chilcot on your selection for the Welsh Team for the 2003 Inter Regional Competition taking place in Liverpool Aquatics Centre in 30th June – 1st July.
Please check the waterpolo club calendar for training times and match times and venues. The calendar has been updated with meet times and postcodes/names of away pools. http://www.newportswimmingclub.co.uk/calendar/
The Junior 2002 and Senior 1st teams travelled to Teignmouth to play Newton Abbot in the lido on Saturday. Our very young junior team played a fantastic game a ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Thursday evening Seniors 1st travelled to Aberdare pool to play Cwm Draig in the knock out cup. We won after finishing the game 17 17 Newport won 4 2 on penalties, a special mention for Ewan for fantastic goal keeping! Here is the match report from captain, James Farror:
‘We played our second game of the week last night, a handicap cup fixture away to local rivals Cwm Draig in Aberdare. This was a very different match. The handicap cup sees teams from across the divisions of the league face off on a knockout basis. A handicap is determined before the game based on previous result between the t ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
We had a very busy weekend of waterpolo, here is a roundup of the matches.
Thursday evening Seniors 1st travelled to Frome and had a convincing win 17 8!
Friday evening Senior 2nds travelled to Bath University and lost 11 5, a score which doesn’t reflect the quality of play from our Newport team.
Saturday afternoon our youngest team the 2002s travelled to Bristol. The team suffered defeat to Bristol 36 6. It should be noted that our team of just 7 players showed outstanding perseverance, resilience and commitment. A special mention to Abbie who was playing her first ever match and stayed ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Congratulations to the Senior 2nds team for a convincing win at home last Saturday!
Newport 18 South Gloucester 11
Unfortunately Cwm Draig cancelled the 2000 Junior match that was due to be played away at Porth on Saturday.
This week we have upcoming matches for our Senior 1st, Senior 2nd, Junior 2000 and Junior 2002 teams. Senior 1st travel to Frome Thursday night, Senior 2nds travel to Bath University Friday night, Junior 2002s travel to Hengrove pool in Bristol on Saturday, our Junior 2000s play Cwm Draig at home on Saturday, The weekend is rounded off by the Senior 1sts and Junior 2002s pl ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Congratulations to the six boys who competed in the National Age Group competitions in Manchester last weekend, it was a fantastic weekend of waterpolo.
Toby S captained the 2000 team which included Luke T and Ollie C. The team had a fantastic tournament winning each match and reaching the final which they won! https://twitter.com/Swim_England/status/985197583671930880
Ben T, Jack K and Toby C played in the 2002 team, all boys were playing above their age. The team had a great competition winning their first two matches and only losing their last game to a very strong team. Well done boys you ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Congratulations to six of our Newport Players who are playing in the National Ages Groups Tournament in Manchester this weekend - Toby S, Ollie C and Luke T are playing in the 2000s and Ben T, Jack K and Toby C in the 2002s - good luck boys!
14th Apr, Sat No Training Swimming Gala
14th Apr, Sat U19 (2000) Boys NAGs Finals (Manchester)
15th Apr, Sun U17 (2002) Boys NAGs Finals (Manchester)
18th Apr, Wed 20.00 ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Well done to Luke and Ollie who played for Wales in the recent EU Nations Tournament. The whole tournament was televised live through YOUTUBE and provided a lot of great entertainment. The Welsh Team came 10th in the Tournament overall and 2nd of the British Home Nations, finishing behind England, but beating Ireland and Scotland.
The Juniors have training on Saturday this week.
Seniors train on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday this week.
There is no RTC this Friday.
If you recall that we asked how to reclaim the cost for the Clinic which was cancelled earlier this year. Swim Wales have confirme ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Good luck to Ollie Chilcott and Luke Turner who travel to Prague this week to represent Wales in the U18 EU Nations Cup. Work hard boys, do us proud.
We have training on Saturday this week.
There is RTC in Newport only this Friday.
If you recall that we asked how to reclaim the cost for the Clinic which was cancelled earlier this year. Swim Wales have confirmed that we should stop our standing order for next month (April) then re-start it for the month after (May). Please remember to restart your standing order for May.
The Water Polo Section meeting has been rescheduled for Saturday 31st Marc ..read more
City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club
4y ago
Good luck to Ben Turner and Jack Knight for the U17 National Age Group tournament this weekend, work hard boys and represent Wales with pride.
We have training on both Saturday and Sunday this week, please make every effort to attend both sessions.
There is RTC at both Newport and Carmarthen this Friday.
If you recall that we asked how to reclaim the cost for the Clinic which was cancelled earlier this year. Swim Wales have confirmed that we should stop our standing order for next month (April) then re-start it for the month after (May). Please remember to restart your standing order for May ..read more