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ABOUT
US There are water polo training
session and/or matches Fridays from 9 – 10pm at The Prince Regent Pool, Brighton.
This year we have just one senior team
Although we
do not have a junior (under 19 years on 31st December) team
this
year we do have a lot of boys and girls
aged
10 years up who get a lot of enjoyment playing supervised ‘fun polo’ in
the
Prince Regent learner pool from 7.30pm. on most Fridays.
There are
several ladies teams in Sussex
but we do not have one in Brighton
SC at the present
time.
Anyone
interested in playing water polo will be very welcome and if they come
to
Prince Regent pool any Friday evening and ask for any senior member of
the polo
squad more details will be given. For senior swimmers it is best to
have had some
previous experience of handling and throwing a wet ball with one hand
as this
is not a task learned easily and quickly.
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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