Water Polo
Water polo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of swimming, football, basketball, and wrestling. A team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The goal of the game resembles that of football: to score as many goals as possible, each goal being worth one point. The basic skills needed to be a water polo player are swimming, ball handling, treading water, reflexes and awareness.
There are currently two water polo clubs that fall within the
There are links below to individual pages for clubs within Cheshire with training information, location and photographs of the training facilities. Where information is not currently known there is a list of clubs with any known website. There is also a map which highlights the location of clubs within the area.
In October 2006, there is a pilot Level 1 Water Polo course running at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. If this course is accredited by the United Kingdom Coaching Certificate (UKCC) organisation there should hopefully be some courses available from April 2008 onwards in the county. I will update this information as soon as further news in known.
If you would like any help with information on water polo in the area please use the contact information below.
Swim
Belle
If you have any queries on CPD courses in support of Swim 21 applications please contact Paul Kendall at Sport Cheshire whose contact details are listed below:
Paul Kendall
Tel: 01606 871812 Ext 225
e-mail:
paulk@sportcheshire.org
Aquatics Pages
Click on the links below to access the pages for the other aquatic disciplines:
The information of clubs within each of the boroughs of the partnership. Where the club doesn’t have an individual page on this website there is a link to any known website for the clubs. Any content on club websites below is not controlled by the
City of
Website:
www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/cocsc
Local authority: Chester City Council
Main training facility details:
Swim 21 status: The club is an accredited swimming club. The water polo section of the club completed the Swim 21 audit in March 2007.
Local Authority: Warrington Borough Council
Main Training facility details:
Great Sankey Leisure Centre, Swim 21 status: The club is an accredited swimming club. The water polo section of the club completed the Swim 21 audit in February 2007.
Clubs outside of the Cheshire and Warrington Partnership area but registered with the Cheshire Water Polo and Swimming Association.
Bebington Water Polo Club
Website Unknown
http://birkenheadwaterpolo.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/index.jhtml
Wallasey Water Polo Club
Website Unknown
Halton/Widnes Water Polo Club
Other Useful Links
Other useful links to find information about swimming within the country, region and county are highlighted below:
National Governing Body - Amateur Swimming Association:
Regional Governing Body - Swim Northwest:
County Governing Body -
Pink
Tel: 0161 953 2671
e-mail:
swimnorthwest@swimming.org
Location of water polo clubs within the Cheshire and Warrington Area
