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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
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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 seemed
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) "
The winning team
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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
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