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Penguin's 28-year unbroken run in Division One of the Men’s National League is under threat after we lost to Portobello and Invicta at Lancaster this weekend and finished the main competitive season in ninth place.

This means we face a play-off at Loughborough University next Saturday (12 December at 4pm in Loughborough) against our great London rivals, Polytechnic who are runners-up in Division Two.

Penguin started the Lancaster weekend above the relegation zone but an 11-15 defeat by Portabello and a crushing 17-3 loss to Invicta pushed us down the table.

The Over 40s were missing a few players in the first round of the Masters Cup competition on Monday. Although it was a good game the slightly weakened Penguin team lost 8-12 to Eastern Otter.

Well done to Caroline, Lisa, Edwina and Janusz who took part in the 3k Great Big Open Water Swim at Dorney Lake on Saturday 12 September 2009.

Caroline was the 3rd fastest female and finished 2nd in her age group (25-29 years). Her time of 46m 40s put her 16th overall.

Edwina won the 30-34 age group in a time of 48m 49s. She was 4th fastest female and 24th overall. Close behind, Lisa took 2nd place in the same age group and was 5th female in a time of 50m 33s. This placed her 29th overall. 

Swimming without a wetsuit, Janusz completed the distance in 49m 52s, finishing 4th in the 40-44 years category and 25th overall.

Team Penguin came away with a haul of medals from the Barnet Copthall Masters Sprint Meet on Sunday 6 September 2009.

Read more on the Masters Swimming (Results) page.

In Frankie's latest blog the GB water polo women meet a rugby legend and have a tatoo-tastic time.

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Some of the Ladies water polo successfully completed the Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim 2009, a 1.4 mile sea swim. Congrats to all who competed and thanks again for all those who sponsored the team.

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Congratulations to Lisa Williams for taking the silver medal in her category in the annual Hellespont Swim on Monday 30th August.

This traditional swim race crosses the Hellespont starting in Europe and finishing in Asia. It has been held for the last 25 years, drawing swimmers from around Turkey and overseas.

This year’s race attracted 253 swimmers who tackled the crossing in poor weather conditions. Lisa finished second in the 31-35 years women’s category in a time of 55.54 minutes. Lisa received her silver medal from the local mayor in a podium ceremony.