A gathering of “Mature” (i.e. older) Otters, and guests took place on February 1st for their annual post-Christmas dinner. For this sesquicentennial year it was upgraded to a black tie event at the Lansdowne Club, Mayfair.
Read MoreOtter 150th Anniversary Report
All members should receive a printed copy of the Otter History 150th Anniversary Report in the post this week. Written by James Stewart and edited by Cat Hasnain, this is an excellent update to the Club History written by John Goodbody to celebrate the club’s 125th Anniversary in 1994.
Read MoreOtter Men win promotion to the BritISh Water Polo League Division 3
This weekend at Marlborough College the Otter Men's team beat Bridgefield and Rotherham to secure promotion to Divsion 3 of of the British Water Polo League..
Read MoreOtter under 14's win the London Water Polo League winter 2017/18 Divsion 2 competition
On Sunday 25th February the Otter under 14 water polo squad played the final tournament in this winter's LWPL Division 2 competition at the Hillingdon Leisure Centre. Wins against Bexley and Haringey, a very creditable draw with Penguin B and a loss by a last minute goal to Kingston ensured that Otter finished in top position.
Read MoreBWPL GAMES...IN london!
Next weekend there is a near-by opportunity to watch the Otter Men’s 1st team and the Otter Ladies 2nd team (Otter Lutra) play some of their British Water Polo League games.
Read MoreOtter Men to play in BWPL Championship 3
Otter Mens team have finished phase 1 BWPL in 6th place, narrowly missing a place in the Championship 2. Otter will now take on Championship 3 in the second half of the season, which kicks off in Liverpool on Saturday 28th of November.
You can check out all the results from Phase 1 here. And the fixtures for Phase 2 here.
Otter on the attack against Bedford. Photo: Trevor Hyde.
Buller appointed GB U19 coach for 2016 season
Nick Buller and Tim Dunsbee have been appointed as head coaches of the England women’s and men’s U19 water polo squads respectively for the 2016 season.
Both teams will be aiming to qualify for the European U19 Water Polo Championships with the women’s event taking place in Gouda (women’s) and Alphen (men’s) in the Netherlands next summer.
Buller guided the Great Britain 1998 women’s squad through qualification for the inaugural European Games and to an 11th place finish at the Games in Baku.
“I’m pleased to have been given the opportunity to show what this squad can achieve,” said Buller. “This is an exciting time to be involved with the national team as the level of players is improving all the time. The Baku European Games was a good starting point and future teams will only learn and build from that experience. I’ll be looking closely at not only those who went to Baku and those going to Greece for the Under 20 World Championships in August, but also the many emerging talents coming through and the players who maybe only just missed out on selection previously. Our goal is to build a strong outfit and perform well at next year’s Championships, and with the talent available I’m confident we can achieve that.”
Buller will appoint the remainder of his coaching team in the next few weeks in conjunction with Water Polo Management Group performance lead Phil Winstanley and England Water Polo manager Ian Elliot.
