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Dee Polo’s inaugural Chirk Tournament was held on Saturday, 11 May 2013, proudly sponsored by Nomad Canoes. Attendees (& results): Dee A (unfairly handicapped out of the prizes), Dee B (winners, with a little help from Trentham), Dee Youth, Mold … Continue reading
While I am confirming the date for a Shrewsbury tournament (prob. Sat 7 Sept) here’s a list of this summer’s local & international polo events for your diaries:
Dee Polo Invitation, Chirk – 11 May – Facebook invitation here & club site
- www.facebook.com/groups/deepolo/
Galway International – 1/2 June- Free entry for international teams: flyer
- www.canoepolo.ie/?q=node/427
Liverpool International – 8/9 June – www.friendsofallonby.org.uk/latest-news/118-23rd-liverpool-international-canoe-polo-tournament (actually it’s the 24th :- )
Hull International – 6/7 July – www.kkc.org.uk/?page_id=276
National Club Champs, Taff Bargoed – 20/21 July
- www.canoepolo.org.uk/index.php/7-news/118-national-champs-2013-entries
London International, Bexleyheath – 27/28 July
- www.meridiancanoeclub.com/index.php/london-international
Welsh Open, Llanelli – 3/4 August – www.bridgendcanoeclub.co.uk/welshopen
Veurne, Belgium – 10/11 August *tbc* - www.wkv.be/tmp2/
Dikkebus, Belgium – 17/18 August – www.de-paddel.be/
Gent, Belgium – 24/25 August – www.gekko-tournament.com/
Irish International, Kilcock nr Dublin – 31 Aug/1 Sept – has a very good offer
- www.canoepolo.ie/?q=node/277 & Facebook
Shrewsbury Inaugural – 7 Sept with referee theory & assessment to be confirmed
Trentham Pre-Season – 5/6 October *probably*
- www.trenthamcanoeclub.co.uk/index.php/on-the-water/canoe-polo/
Llangollen “Freezer” – 16/17 November – *Details to be advised*
There are regular Monday 8pm sessions in the Priory pool at the Quarry until Easter 2013.
*** Now with extra Mondays in April ***
8 Apr – Good attendance
15 Apr – Full training session
22 Apr
29 Apr
And on these Mondays there’s also some visitors booked in:
4 Feb – Bayston Hill Explorer Scouts polo session
25 Feb – Dee Valley (numbers tbc)
11 Mar – Dee Valley (numbers tbc)
25 Mar – Meole Brace Explorer Scouts polo session
UPDATE: Have a look at this overview of canoe polo & let me know what you think.
If you missed the first Grade 3/4 referees’ training course, or just missed the cut, we are organising another event for the spring. If I don’t have your name – let me know.
This is for your Grade 3/4 referee’s qualification. This will be a 1 day Theory-only event, unless people want to help organise a mini-tournament on the canal? Otherwise, people who pass will join the ~10 referees from the first course who still need Practical assessment at a suitable tournament – eg NW Regional for G4, or National Div 4 for G3.
Before then I will be running some short referee coaching sessions, so let me know if you’d like to attend these as well. Likely dates are all Saturday mornings at Queens Head:
If you can only make Monday nights in Shrewsbury then I could setup a 7pm session before the evening’s polo.
A belated welcome to 2013! Here’s the canoe polo info for the new year – with weekly sessions; youth & ladies ; current leagues; grant applications; and a new club forming.
Any questions or for more information just mailto:polo[at]shrewsburycanoeclub.org
* Shrewsbury’s pool sessions continue in the Priory pool of the Quarry Leisure Centre, SY1 1RU, Mondays 8-9pm through to Easter 2013.
* The recently formed Dee Valley Canoe Polo are starting sessions at Chirk Leisure Centre, LL14 5NF, also on Monday nights at 8pm but running to 10pm – so there’s more competition in Shropshire, talking of which…
* Shropshire Paddlesport‘s Saturday morning youth sessions continue at Queen’s Head, SY11 4EB, for as long as the canal isn’t frozen…
* A combined Shrewsbury/Shropshire (Salop?) Ladies team has been invited to play some friendlies at the Div 2 Ladies’ up-coming tournaments in Stratford-upon-Avon & Derby.
* The A-team’s National Div3 SWC & B-team’s Regional NW Div4 leagues are now halfway though, with two tournaments remaining for each.
* The referee training event got its first practical assessments – well done Chris & Phil.
More assessements & another training event are being organised – watch this space.
* Following SPS’s successful application for new boats, SCC is applying to Sport England’s Small Grants to get 4 youth & 4 high volume polo kayaks, and floating goals. This will extend the range of people who can compete, allows all year outside training.
That’s all for now folks!
Salop, the combined Shrewsbury+Shropshire B team, have a regional Div4 league entry:
www.nwcpololeague.co.uk.
This is for intermediate polo players who have played regularly and who want to spend several Saturday nights in Stoke!
17/11/2012 @ Fenton Manor – W:2 D:1 L:1 = Not bad for a first outing 
01/12/2012 @ Fenton Manor – W:1 D:0 L:2 = Full strength opposition but won 2 friendlies
02/02/2013 @ Fenton Manor – W:1 D:0 L:1 = Also won 1 & lost 1 friendly
16/03/2013 @ Fenton Manor – tba
Contact Al Black for further details.
06/10/2012 @ Cheltenham – W:1 D:2 L:1 = 3rd in league, though not for long!
12/01/2013 @ Cheltenham – W:0 D:1 L:3 = not quite our finest hour…
02/02/2013 @ Stratford – W:2 D:0 L:1 = only three games due to 9 teams in league
09/03/2013 @ Cheltenham – W:1 D:2 L:2 = 6th in league, maintaining last year’s position
Links to latest results:
http://www.canoepolo.org.uk/index.php/open/div3sw-natlge
UPDATE – Eighteen people attended & fourteen passed at Grade 3, with one Grade 4. Well done & special thanks to Sam Barry & Will Borrett for organising & presenting it. You can confirm your ref status here & good luck with your practical assessments.
Look here if you’d like to attend the next theory course or need help with assessment.
Shrewsbury Canoe Club & Shropshire Paddlesport hosted a Grade 3/4 referee theory course on Sunday 6th January 2013.
Cost is £20 which includes a copy of the current rule book. You can also buy a whistle set, including plastic cards and a paddle gauge, for £5.
The course runs from 09:30 ~ 17:00 at Shropshire Paddlesport’s club house, Queens Head, SY11 4EB. This is on the Montgomery Canal opposite the pub, off the A5 between Shrewsbury & Oswestry, Shropshire). Please try to use the public car park, over the road from the Queens Head pub. Tea/coffee/biscuits will be available & the pub does soup & a roll for around a fiver.
If you are not already registered & are interested in getting your Grade 4 or Grade 3 refereeing theory, please contact polo[at]shrewsburycanoeclub.org
…and you’d better start reading the rules!
Shrewsbury’s canoe polo wing are meeting again on Mondays 8-9pm in the Priory pool of the Quarry Swimming centre.
All paddlers welcome to come along and try it out. We have a Div3 national league team, along with a regional Div4 entry for new/intermediate players, and a nascent ladies team.
The sessions will continue every Monday from 3 September through to 17 December including half-term. They will resume in the New Year (prob. 7 Jan 2013).
We are also invited to Trentham’s Sunday evening pool session near Stoke – check back for details.
On Saturday Matt Tupiric lead a mixed group of Scouts & Explorers from Llangollen to a canoe polo try-out session at Shropshire Paddle Sports base on the Montgomery Canal.
Helped by James Cragg, 8 Scouts enjoyed a two hour session where they learnt about how to play polo safely, the basic paddle & balls skills needed, and then had six full length matches.
There was lot of interest in coming back to do it again as a group, as well as the kids (& some parents) who wanted to come along to SPS’s regular Saturday morning sessions.
Well done Matt.