BCU National Canoe Polo League Championships

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Final League Results

Many thanks to the relatively small group of members who helped to refurbish the Goals, set out the Pitches and suspend the Goals at Dukes Dock on Friday evening (in really foul weather), set up and take the Control Tents and Scoreboards on Saturday and Sunday, and recover everything after the Tournament on Sunday afternoon. Without their help over many hours the Championships just couldn't have taken place and, as hosts, Friends of Allonby would have had egg all over our collective faces.

The Championships brought together the top seven Open Teams in the UK (there should have been eight teams but Derby Rammers dropped out at the last minute), and the top eight Ladies Teams including Banba, the Irish National Team, that plays in the British Ladies Division 1 League.

Each Team within their respective League played all of the other Teams during the course of the weekend, with some very closely fought matches to entertain the many visitors to the Albert Dock Complex.

Probably the key matches in both Leagues were the encounters between the Friends of Allonby Teams and Meridian from London. In the Ladies competition our girls snatched two early goals but Meridian worked tremendously hard in the second half to grind out a 2 - 2 draw. In the Open League, our men took an early 3 - 1 lead but the relentless Meridian attacks pegged them back to 3 - 3 with only a couple of minutes remaining to play. Our team retaliated with wave upon wave of attack until Meridian's defence was finally overcome with less than a minute left to play. We then held out to take the very evenly matched tussle 4 - 3.

Both of our Teams played exceptionally well throughout the weekend with our Ladies 'X' Team finishing their campaign as Division 1 Runners Up, and our Men's 'X' Team being crowned Div. 1 Champions.

The final placings in each League are attached for information.

Thanks again to everyone who helped to make the Championships such a success.

Gerry McCusker