
The 2018 British Championships were played out in glorious sunshine in the beautiful setting of the Sandford Parks Lido over the weekend of 2nd/3rd June. Saturday semi-finals saw Solihull and
Cheltenham through to the finals for the men and Manchester and Otter through for the women.
In the women’s event Otter went down 8-7 to Manchester in the final. Having trailed for much of the match Manchester had a fantastic last quarter to turn the result around.

First off, wasn’t it great to see British water polo featured on Sky Sports for two hours on a Sunday evening? The channel showed the highlights from this year’s Super Fives including interviews with the team captains who came across as professional and poised. Internationally in May, our GBR U19 men qualified Europe for the first time in a decade, and both our England Men and U19 Women won the 2018 EU Nations Men’s and Women’s Tournaments.

First up, many congratulations to the victorious London Otter and Newton Abbot sides which claimed the girls’ U17 and U19 titles respectively on the final day of the Swim England Water National Age Group Championships 2018 in Manchester.
The Otter U19 team were crowned champions after defeating the home side and defending champions, City of Manchester, in the final. City of Liverpool won the bronze medal in the third and fourth play-off match as they eased past Rotherham 17-12.