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Polo York Division 4 - 11 Feb 2012

Sunday, 12 February 2012 17:38 | Written by Ian Morris

Results for FOA D against Wildcatz C, York University, Stingrays, Pennine D, Hull Otters :

Friends of Allonby D	2	0	Wildcatz C
Friends of Allonby D	0	0	York University
Friends of Allonby D	0	3	Stingrays
Friends of Allonby D	4	2	Pennine D
Friends of Allonby D	3	2	Hull Otters

Results are all well and good but they don't tell of the fun and adventure. The team was James (Mallon), Michael (Burrows), Jay, Ellis and surprise surprise me !

The trip over to York was trouble free, albeit with 4 lots 50mph speed limits due to roadworks - one 12 miles long. There's been snow on the top of the Pennines for some weeks now but despite the recent cold weather none on the hard shoulder like a couple of weeks ago. There was more snow beyond Leeds but none on the roads. Temperatures were 1 or 2 C. Apparently it had been minus 12 C at Tadcaster overnight. We arrived with enough time to eat a sandwich and contemplate throwing a snowball or two from that around the pool car park.

The first match against Wildcatz C was close to start with but James managed two goals. As an oldie, I'm almost as old as the ages of the rest of the team put together, my main role was just to be in the way of the opposing team. And what hard work that is, but not as hard as trying to get near the opposing goal and then rush back in case of a break.

The second match against York University was OK but I think we could have done better. Some of the York team were not so experienced. One committed a foul by reaching over my boat to try to get the ball. Even I knew that would be a foul. Her team mates asked her what she was doing. She replied she did not know in such a way everyone was amused.

Stingrays were by far the best team there. We got cained 3 goals to nothing in the first half. In the second half they were all over us. I for one could hardly stop them passing by me and getting close to our goal. Fortunately for us their shooting had gone completely haywire and their chances turned to no more goals for them. Still 3-0 against is not so bad. They put 8 past Wildcatz C.

Match 4 seemed to be going against us for a bit with Pennine D scoring first. Then James equalised. They scored again. James equalised again. I don't know why but it seemed to drift away from our opponents and Jay picked up a couple of match winners.

Our last game was against Hull Otters. A somewhat similar game to that against Pennine D but goals by Jay, James and Michael countered their two.

Thanks to my team mates, and the opposition, for making the whole experience fun. And thanks to Mike Moffitt for organising the entry and team. Next time Rosie, you're playing

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Universities Canoe Polo League Tournament 2 - Full Results

Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:01 | Written by Ian Morris

The results listed below are from the game record sheets to hand. They have suffered somewhat from the rain and some of the scorer numbers are my best interpretation of the marks, pencil and 'engraving', that remain on the sheets.

Open Division 1

Game	Team 1	Scorers	Total	Team 2	Scorers	Total
1	Bangor A	1	1	Wildcatz A	5, 7	2
2	Hallam	6, 1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 13	7	Nottingham	5	1
3	FOA A	8, 8	2	Bangor A	10	1
4	Wildcatz A	9	1	Hallam	6, 13	2
5	FOA A	8, 7, 10, 11, 5	5	Nottingham	-	0
6	Bangor A	-	0	Hallam	1, 1	2
7	Wildcatz A	16, 5, 9, 7	4	Nottingham	5	1
8	Hallam	1	1	FOA A	9, 9, 5	3
9	Bangor A	1, 1, 7	3	Nottingham	1	1
10	Wildcatz A	7	1	FOA A	8, 10, 10, 10, 8, 10, 6, 8	8

Open Division 2

Game	Team 1	Scorers	Total	Team 2	Scorers	Total
1	Manchester	-	0	Bangor B	4, 4, 12, 4	4
2	Loughborough	5	1	Liverpool	7, 1	2
3	FOA B	2	1	Bangor B	-	0
4	Manchester	-	0	Loughborough	5, 1, 1, 1	4
5	Liverpool	7, 7, 7	3	FOA B	2, 10, 10, 10	4
6	Bangor B	4	1	Loughborough	5, 3, 1, 4, 4, 5, 5	7
7	Liverpool	1	1	Manchester	-	0
8	Loughborough	3	1	FOA B	12, 2, 2	3
9	Bangor B	12, 2, 2	3	Liverpool	-	0
10	Manchester	3	1	FOA B	12, 5, 5, 5, 5, 12, 4, 9, 11	9
11	Bangor B	4	1	Loughborough	3, 1, 7, 3	4
12	Manchester	4	1	Liverpool	4, 5	2
13	Bangor B	1, 5, 3	3	FOA B	4, 4, 7, 4, 4, 5	6
14	Loughborough	7, 7	2	FOA B	5	1

Mixed Division

Game	Team 1	Scorers	Total	Team 2	Scorers	Total
1	Nottingham	2, 2	2	Hallam	7, 7, 5, 7	4
2	Bangor	-	0	FOA	21, 21, 21, 1, 1, 21, 21, 21	8
3	Nottingham	4, 2	2	Bangor	2, 2	2
4	Hallam	-	0	FOA	21, 1, 1, 5	4
5	FOA	21,21,1,1	4	Nottingham	2, 2	2
6	Bangor	2	1	Hallam	2, 5, 7, 7	4
7	Nottingham		F	Hallam
8	Bangor	-	0	FOA	1, 21, 21, 1, 21, 1, 1, 21	8
9	Nottingham	1, 1, 1, 2	4	Bangor	9, 2	2
10	Hallam	7	1	FOA	21, 21, 21	3
11	FOA	21, 21	2	Nottingham	1	1
12	Bangor		F	Hallam

F - indicates forfeiting team. Hallam takes 3 points for each of these matches. Lest anyone should wonder, the forfeit is really just that Nottingham and Bangor advised the could not play these games largely due to the unavailability of boats in which to paddle.

Congratulations to Tournament top scorer, Jack Gledhill, FOA with no less than 18 in the tournament proper and another two in the short Bangor (FOA) v. Hallam extra match.

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Universities Canoe Polo League Tournament 2 - Full Results

Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:01 | Written by Ian Morris

Game	Team 1	Scorers	Total	Team 2	Scorers	Total
1	Bangor A	1	1	Wildcatz A	5, 7	2
2	Hallam	6, 1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 13	7	Nottingham	5	1
3	FOA A	8, 8	2	Bangor A	10	1
4	Wildcatz A	9	1	Hallam	6, 13	2
5	FOA A	8, 7, 10, 11, 5	5	Nottingham	-	0
6	Bangor A	-	0	Hallam	1, 1	2
7	Wildcatz A	16, 5, 9, 7	4	Nottingham	5	1
8	Hallam	1	1	FOA A	9, 9, 5	3
9	Bangor A	1, 1, 7	3	Nottingham	1	1
10	Wildcatz A	7	1	FOA A	8, 10, 10, 10, 8, 10, 6, 8	8

Open Division 2

Game	Team 1	Scorers	Total	Team 2	Scorers	Total
1	Manchester	-	0	Bangor B	4, 4, 12, 4	4
2	Loughborough	5	1	Liverpool	7, 1	2
3	FOA B	2	1	Bangor B	-	0
4	Manchester	-	0	Loughborough	5, 1, 1, 1	4
5	Liverpool	7, 7, 7	3	FOA B	2, 10, 10, 10	4
6	Bangor B	4	1	Loughborough	5, 3, 1, 4, 4, 5, 5	7
7	Liverpool	1	1	Manchester	-	0
8	Loughborough	3	1	FOA B	12, 2, 2	3
9	Bangor B	12, 2, 2	3	Liverpool	-	0
10	Manchester	3	1	FOA B	12, 5, 5, 5, 5, 12, 4, 9, 11	9
11	Bangor B	4	1	Loughborough	3, 1, 7, 3	4
12	Manchester	4	1	Liverpool	4, 5	2
13	Bangor B	1, 5, 3	3	FOA B	4, 4, 7, 4, 4, 5	6
14	Loughborough	7, 7	2	FOA B	5	1

Mixed Division

Game	Team 1	Scorers	Total	Team 2	Scorers	Total
1	Nottingham	2, 2	2	Hallam	7, 7, 5, 7	4
2	Bangor	-	0	FOA	21, 21, 21, 1, 1, 21, 21, 21	8
3	Nottingham	4, 2	2	Bangor	2, 2	2
4	Hallam	-	0	FOA	21, 1, 1, 5	4
5	FOA	21,21,1,1	4	Nottingham	2, 2	2
6	Bangor	2	1	Hallam	2, 5, 7, 7	4
7	Nottingham		F	Hallam
8	Bangor	-	0	FOA	1, 21, 21, 1, 21, 1, 1, 21	8
9	Nottingham	1, 1, 1, 2	4	Bangor	9, 2	2
10	Hallam	7	1	FOA	21, 21, 21	3
11	FOA	21, 21	2	Nottingham	1	1
12	Bangor		F	Hallam

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Universities Canoe Polo League Tournament 2

Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:40 | Written by Ian Morris

Firstly many thanks to all who made todays (11^th Dec 2011) event run so well - in preparation and execution.

The results are:

Open Division 1 (Pitch 2, Centre Pitch)

	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	For	Against	Difference	Points
FOA A	4	4	0	0	18	3	15	12
Hallam	4	3	0	1	12	5	7	9
Wildcatz A	4	2	0	2	8	12	-4	6
Bangor A	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2	3
Nottingham	4	0	0	4	3	19	-16	0

Open Division 2 (Pitch 3, Pitch Nearest River)

	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	For	Against	Difference	Points
FOA B	6	5	0	1	24	10	14	15
Loughborough	6	4	0	2	19	8	11	12
Liverpool	5	3	0	2	8	9	-1	9
Bangor B	6	2	0	4	12	18	-6	6
Manchester	5	0	0	5	2	20	-18	0

Mixed Division (Pitch 1, Pitch Nearest Merseysports Centre)

	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	For	Against	Difference	Points
FOA	6	6	0	0	29	4	25	18
Hallam	6	4	0	2	9	10	-1	12
Nottingham	6	1	1	4	11	14	-3	4
Bangor	6	0	1	5	5	26	-21	1

Division 1 results are as currently to hand. Only the first 10 of 14 games on the result sheet to hand have scores.

Division 2 second Liverpool v. Manchester game was not listed on the game plan so Liverpool and Manchester each played 5 games instead of 6.

Mixed division Hallam credited with 3 points for each of the two games for which the oponents (Nottingham and Bangor) did not play. FOA played a non-tournament short match (sort of on behalf of Bangor) for the final match against Hallam and won 3-2. Scorers were 21, 10, 21 for Bangor (FOA) and 3, 5 for Hallam.

The full results are available on the Canoe Polo Blog page.

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Friends of Allonby Liverpool Canoe Club Ladies Team

Written by Mike Moffitt

European Clubs Ladies Canoe Polo Champions 2011/2012

European Clubs Canoe Polo Championships 17th/18th September Helmond, Holland.

As the British Ladies Canoe Polo Champions our senior Ladies team were invited to attend the European Club Championships held this year in Holland. Games were played against the Champions of most of the leading European countries. including France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland and Denmark.
Over the weekend the Ladies club side maintained a 100% record remaining unbeaten upto and including the final, winning the final against St.Omer (F) 4.0 This latest result represents their 4th European Club Championship win in the last 6 years.
Well done to them all on another excellent club result and a European Club's record number of wins...
Team:
Ellie Bates,Ginny Coyles,Kathryn Grieves, Charlotte Lister, and Kate Mather.
Thanks
Mike Moffitt

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REPORT: 20th Merseyside International Canoe Polo Tournament 2011

Written by Brenda Webster

The Merseyside Tournament in its twentieth year 2011 ( older than many competitors!) took part on June 18^th and 19^th. The event preparations started months ago. It was going to be part of the’ Liverpool Waterfront ‘event, a national event which would have meant we would be back were the tournament started in the Dukes Dock. We know many were looking forward to it being held in the Dukes and the committee did consider trying to fund the event ourselves. The overheads were too much and we were determined we weren’t going to increase the team fees.

We have to give thanks to our club members who set to organise and negotiate late bookings, those who organised the raffle, Ergo challenge, game plan and score collators and of course the pitch work teams and those who helped do ‘all sorts’ on the day.

The event was supported by John Hanaway and his team in ‘Merseysports’ who provided the catering with great success and took the event in their stride, opening at unearthly hours and carrying on until the last game played, particularly a late night Saturday and all with a smile.

We thank all the campers for respecting the school grounds they were in and ensuring it was left tidy and for the onsite team and again our club volunteers who ensured all were catered for including updated information. The keys thankfully were not required this year , Ruth and Brenda were particularly thankful!!!! The music of course was put on for your benefit from the Sefton Park Festival and as the booklet said weather was booked despite the Met office forecast of thunder.

Well the games never fail to excite whether it be class 3 with the supporters going crazy on the dock wall encouraging a goal, to the class 2 shouting for a tackle or ‘deck them’ and Class 3 going crazy contesting ‘the rules of the game’ would you believe’!!! Well done Referees

There were many winners if not in the classes in the event itself. We have had many e mails thanking us and stating what a good time was had, which at the end of Sunday looking back makes it all worthwhile. This event would not be possible if not for the coaches, families and club members who support the sport at home and at the canoe polo events around the country. See photos

Thank you to those who participated in the raffle, and for club members for the donations. Raffle prizes included Paddle bag, mobile phone bag, Hamper, Polo Ball, Dry bag ,Wine and chocolates. We hope you enjoyed the consumables and enjoy using the equipment particularly, Brian Newall (non polo player) who won the ball!!!

We thank all the players and national club members for e mails received thanking us for the support and good time they have had for this weekend and are looking forward to the Mersey Tournament 2012

21^st Merseyside International Canoe Polo Award Ceremony

The prize giving ceremony was conducted by Peter Mitchell who in collaboration with Mike Moffitt has many years of paddling and competition experience and who are both respected in the canoe polo community nationally and internationally.

Congratulations were given to each member of the teams with their coveted trophy. (See photos)

Class 3 winner Meridian Youth 2^nd Bristol University 3^rd^{Lancaster University}

Class 2 winner Nomad Mixed 2^nd Welsh Warriors 3^rd^{Wildcatz B}

Class 1 winner Viking 2^nd Tees A 3^rd^Dragon

^{Youth Trophy -}^{Tees C}

We did note at the time no trophies FOA ?……………….. but not to be outdone our members swept the board in the ‘200m Ergo Challenge’ . With over 70 attempts to beat the winner in each category the following were the winners .

Under 14 - Tony Nixon, FOA Under 16 - James Mallon , FOA Under 18 - Graham Webster , FOA

Ladies - Alex Mallon FOA , Open - John O Grady Amathus Dragon boat Liverpool

under 10 category (50m ) went to 7 yr old Tana McCuthceon FOA

Thanks to you all .

We hope you all had a safe journey home and look forward to seeing you at other events around the country and back in Liverpool soon. We are already planning our ‘Olympic Year Event’

Tournament Results Downloads:

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Class1finalresults.pdf	[ ]	6 Kb
Class2finalresults.pdf	[ ]	34 Kb
Class3finalresults.pdf	[ ]	6 Kb
ErgoChallengeWinners2011.pdf	[ ]	75 Kb

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British Canoe Polo Championships and Play Offs Aberfan

Monday, 16 May 2011 10:55 | Written by Mike Moffitt

14th/15th May 2011

Congratulations to our Ladies team on winning the British League Championship at Aberfan this weekend. This is the 6th consecutive year they have won this event showing a remarkable degree of consistency and achievement over the years.

The team comprised of:

Ellie Bridgestock, Ginny Coyles, Kathryn Grieves, Charlotte Lister and Kate Mather.many congratulations to you all.

Our Division 2 Y team also managed to stay up in the Division winning all of their games in the divisional play offs on the way. The Team present comprised of:

Gary Lunt, Kartik McCutcheon, Suryan McCutcheon, Lewis McVey, Stuart Moffitt,and George Roots.

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20th Merseyside Canoe Polo International, 18th & 19th June 2011

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 09:56 | Written by FOALCC

Dear friends please find attached an Invitation and Entry Form for our event in June here in Liverpool. We are more than pleased that we have been given the opportunity to re establish our event at the Albert Dock.

The Dock is a World Heritage Site and attracts visitors in it's own right perhaps even more so now that the new shopping malls of Liverpool One are alongside. Needless to say we shall along with the other events on at the weekend attract a significant number of spectators to our Tournament.

Downloads
Entry_Form 2011a.pdf	[Entry Form]	214 Kb

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Polo Competition News

Sunday, 13 March 2011 20:42 | Written by Mike Moffitt

Yorkshire Regional League 3

From what I have been informed our young team missed winning the League by one point at last night's Tournament at York. Whilst they will be disappointed congratulations and well done to them in gaining second place and an automatic promotion into Division 2 at the first time. Team: Suryan McCutcheon, Andrew Knowles, Alex Elsmore, Richard Fowles, Liam Moffat, Oliver Stone, and Michael Knowles. Again well done.

Division 1 Ladies Stockport

Our Senior Ladies team competed in the D1 Tournament at Stockport for the first time this season. On a night where there where a number of notable different team displays and so very close games our girls were the only team to win all of their games on the night. A really good all round team performance and one that in augers well for the future. Team Ginny, Kate, Kathryn, Ellie and Charlotte. A very enjoyable night.

British University Canoe Polo Leagues

Many thanks for all the help from both the parents and the children at to day's University Tournament. As we had a smaller than average entry each team played 5 or 6 'full' games with 10 minute halves. A really demanding day by any standards and our younger players done exceptionally well playing each game to the full. Well done to you all, really pleasing to see so many young players working as hard as it will surely come to fruition in terms of their play in the future. Again well done to the parental help and the participating players. Many Thanks

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