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League matches for the 2010 season booked so far.:
 
Hastings v Brighton 'B' Thurs 25th March
Crawley v Brighton 'B' Weds 31st March
Brighton v Sevenoaks Fri 16th Apr (Southern Counties)
Cranleigh v Brighton Tues 20th Apr (Southern Counties)
Sevenoaks v Brighton Weds 28th Apr (Southern Counties)
BRIGHTON TOURNAMENT - Sat 5th June
Basingstoke v Brighton - Tues 15th June (Southern Counties)
Brighton v Basingsoke - Fri 25th June (Southern Counties)
Crawley v Brighton 'A' - Weds 7th July
Brighton 'B' v Hastings -  Fri 16th July
Brighton 'A' v Hastings -  Fri 10th Sept
Brighton 'A' v Hastings -  Fri 10th Sept
Hastings - Brighton 'A' - Thur 7th Oct
 

Brighton SC Water polo team win Sussex knockout 2009 11-8

On Sunday 8th February Brighton travelled to the neutral pool of Crowborough to face Crawley in the Sussex Knock Out Cup. Having defeated last year's winners, Worthing, in the semi final Brighton approached the match in confident mood.
Both teams played well in a fiercely competitive but good spirited game. From the start it was extremely close with Brighton scoring first but Crawley responding quickly. The teams exchanged goals for the first two quarters before Brighton began to edge ahead in the second half.
The last quarter was tense with both teams tiring but Crawley pushing hard for the win. The decisive moment came when Michael Benny completed an outstanding match in the Brighton goal by saving a strong penalty, throwing himself to his right and smothering the ball into the water. His team took spirit from this and pushed on for several unanswered goals to win the game 11-8.
Man of the match was new boy Pedro Henrique who scored four goals and seem
ed to be everywhere in the pool winning the ball and battling hard to defend Crawley's strong centre forward.
Team - Michael Benny, Thom Hamm, Russell Dean, George Dean, Pedro Henrique, Abel Bove, Shaun Stanley, Paul Layden, Alan Walder, Keith Stoner, Steve Viney, David Charbit

Scorers - Hamm (2), Henrique (4), Stanley (1), Viney (3), Stoner (1)
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The winning team

 

 

ABOUT US

The Sussex water polo season began again in April and Brighton opened by playing host to Crawley. The match was extremely hard fought and ended with a loss by just one goal.
Due to various problems with refs and teams calling off games we have only played one other league game. This was against Worthing, arguably the best team in the league, and again ended with a narrow defeat despite some outstanding Brighton play. Particular mention should go to new boy Elan Stark who worked extremely hard, Michael Benny who performed superbly in goal and Dave Charbit who scored with a sublime piece of skill.
Two close defeats have not dampened the squad's spirit as it is clear that the team is improving with every match and become a far fitter and more skilful team. I am confident that we are the up and coming team in our league and some big victories are on their way.
In addition to the league games we have played an exhibition (there's no such thing as a friendly in water polo) game against Hastings. This gave some of younger and less experienced players the chance to shine with Chris and Tando both showing their skills and speed and making it clear that the future for the team is bright.
Anyone wishing to try polo is welcome to attend training at 9 on a Friday night at the Prince Regent.

ORIGINS OF WATER POLO
The game was developed in Britain from 1869 to 1870 and was called "polo" because the first players rode barrels that resembled horses and hit the ball with mallets. Later, it was named "water polo." In 1877 William Wilson, manager of a Glasgow swimming pool, was asked to devise an aquatic game for the Bon-Accord Swimming Club, in Aberdeen. These eventually became the basis of international rules.
In 1890, the first International, between England & Scotland, was played in London, a match which the Scots won by 4 goals to 0.
Water polo spread to Hungary in 1889, Belgium in 1890, Austria and Germany in 1894 and France in 1895. The game was included in the Olympic Games of 1900 as an exhibition at the Paris Games.
It has long been a major sport in Britain and European countries—especially Hungary, Italy, Germany, the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the Netherlands. It is also popular in Australasia. Hungary has been the dominant force since the early 1930s, winning the Olympic Games six times and the European championships on numerous occasions. World championships were first held in 1973. The first women's international competition was in 1978

Brighton SC Water Polo Team 1926

 
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