City of Sheffield Water Polo Club

Sheffield Water Polo
Full name City of Sheffield Water Polo Club
Ground Ponds Forge

City of Sheffield Water Polo Club is a water polo club located in Sheffield, England. It has been granted “Beacon” club status by the Amateur Swimming Association. This makes Sheffield one of only 3 water polo clubs in the country to be awarded this accolade. Incidentally Sheffield’s Swimming and Diving clubs have also been awarded this status.[1]

History

The city of Sheffield is one of the leading water polo clubs in Great Britain – the women’s A team were British champions for 3 years running and league one winners for 5 years running. The men’s team were promoted to the second division of the national league 2007/08, winning the division in 2010/11 and the women's B team were promoted to the second division in the 2009/10 season. Sheffield youth girls '91's ASA National Water Polo Championships 2008 runners up.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://sheffieldwaterpolo.co.uk/about-us/
  2. ↑ sheffieldwaterpolo.moonfruit.com

External links

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