On Sunday 21st October a squad of 14 Water Polo players went down to Lancaster to take part in a training session with our friends from the Lancaster Club. The session took the form of match play which involved playing under match conditions and rules with the occasional stop to reposition players when the coaches deemed it necessary.
The players from the two clubs were split into four groups decided by the coaches. One match consisted of Carlisle v Lancaster while the other match consisted of mixed teams from both players.
As these were training matches the scores were not important but all our players gave a good account of themselves and the session was very important to our players as we do not play much in match conditions. The result of living in “the back of beyond” and whilst having some good players we do not have enough in similar age groups to create a full team.
A combined Lancaster / Carlisle team has been entered into a competition for 98/99 players in Sedgefield on 27th October so this was a good way of the players to get to know each other.
Thanks to the parents and coaches for providing transport down to Lancaster.
Our players consisted of:
Team 1
Sarah Lightowler, Lucy Wright, Rebecca Harby, Nathan Smith, Megan Abba, Claire Foster, Francis Nutley, Adam Bellingham
Team 2
Becky Lightowler, Sarah Campbell, Alex Armstrong, Natasha Hall, Bryony Whitehead, Sam Abba
