City of Sheffield Water Polo Club

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Sheffield Water Polo
Full nameCity of Sheffield Water Polo Club
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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. ^ "About Us | City of Sheffield Waterpolo". Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. ^ sheffieldwaterpolo.moonfruit.com

External links

  • [sheffieldwaterpolo.moonfruit.com], history info
  • [1], Club info