News

As the London Winter League draws to a an end Penguin Over-40s team stole a narrow away victory at Guildford yesterday evening.

In a close game we fought back from 3 goals down to take the win 13-12.

We made a good start in the first games of the London League Premier Division at Whitgift this weekend.

Our first match against Sutton and Cheam was neck and neck for the first two quarters (2-2 and 4-4). But in the third we started to push ahead (9-7) and were more attacking in the final quarter to win with a clear margin, 14-9.

Next up was Beckenham and this match also started as a balanced affair with Penguin having the slight advantage at the end of the first quarter (4-3). But we dominated for the rest of the match, increasing our lead through the rest of the game to a decisive win (8-4, 13-8, 17-9).

Pictured back row (left to right): Mark Bullerwell, Bruce Elder, John Reardon, Zoltan Abel, Tim Grace and Leon Smith; middle: Sacha Fellica (goalie); bottom row: Miguel Perez, Chris Powers, Nick Grieve, Andrei Secuesu and Tom Dean.

Entries are now open for the Barnet Copthall Masters Sprint Meet on Sunday 5 September.

There are 50m and 100m swims in all strokes plus relays. Closing date for entries is Friday 13 August. Download the Entry Pack and let Stu Bell know if you are planning to swim.

Order kit from Swimshop using this link and the Club earns 10% on your purchases.

Following the AGM, the new Club Committee comprises:

President - Dave Bryan
Secretary  - Tasja Botha
Assistant Secretary - Lily Woodroof
Treasurer - Nilo Falcini
Membership Secretary – Jenny Austin
Men’s Water Polo Manager - Ian Grimwood
Women’s Water Polo Manager - Tasja Botha
Masters Swimming Manager - Stuart Bell
Club Captain – Paul Bryan
Welfare Officer – Marta Tufet
Co-opted Member – Paul Whatley
Co-opted Member – Sarah Wren

 If you are interested in helping to take the Club forward please contact any of these people about being co-opted onto the Committee.

Penguin first team played their next game in the London League (men's Premier Division) away from home last night and beat Avondale 17-11.

We dominated the game from start to finish and magaged to give plenty of water time to all players with Tim Grace and Zoltan Abel scoring 6 and 5 goals respectively.

This gives us three wins out of three for London League this year.

Penguin Ladies are playing in Division 1 and Divsion 2 of this year's London League.

Division 2 fixtures started on 2nd May at Whitgift where we faced Southampton, Basingstoke and Beckenham.

We beat Southampton 3-1 with goals from Hana, Lily and Julia, and lost narrowly 2-4 to Basingstoke with goals from Rachel and Lily. Fighting tiredness in the final game we played well and beat Beckenham 6-2 with goals from Hana, Lily, Rachel and Jenny.

The team consisted predominantly of 3rd team players, with additional support of Lorelle from the 1sts playing in goal and Rachel from the 2nds in the field.

Next round is on 16th May.

John (Shakey) Lake has at last popped the question and, surprisingly enough, Joan said "Yes"!  They are to be married at the Lensbury Club, Teddington, on Friday 22nd July 2011, in the company of their families and a few close friends. 

Elsewhere, Penguin Masters swimmer Ruth had a 30th birthday to remember when boyfriend David proposed and she accepted. Wedding date is still to be decided, but probably May next year.

Congratulations to both couples.