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Welcome to the Warley Wasps website. Warley was established in 1888 and runs both male and female water polo teams. The club is situated about 3 miles west from the centre of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England.
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 To see Division One league table & results go to: midlandwpl.co.uk
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Warley - Solihull (Mon 26th July)
No information - Warley WIN
Coventry 7 - 18 Warley (Mon 21st July)
Warley were missing some players and this may have initially encouraged bottom placed Coventry. Fortunately for Warley, the quality of the replacements made up for the shortfall. One notable inclusion was a young lad called Alex Parsonage whose nine goals suggest he could be a player for the future. Other Warley scorers were Bart Dalton (1), Dave Lane (1), Nick Burrows (2), John Pridden (1), and Nick Covington (3).
Warley - Parogon (Mon 12th July)
No information - Warley WIN
Warley 10 - 11 Hucknall (Mon 5th July)
Warley never took the lead in this game, although several times they did draw level with Hucknall. Half way through the final quarter the scores stood 10 -10, but unfortunately it was Hucknall who found the winning goal. Warley scorers were Roger Kennedy (1), Graham Harrington (1), Gareth Cheadle (2), Adam Whitehall (3) and Nick Covington (3)
Nottingham 3 - 10 Warley (Mon 21st June)
Scorers for Warley were Roger Kennedy (2), Graham Harrington (1), Dave Lane(1) Gareth Cheadle (3), Nick Burrows (1) and Nick Covington (2).
Next game:
Derby v Warley, Wed 8th Sept, 8.00pm warm-up.
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Warley B 11 v 9 Warwick A (Wed 14th July)
Warley dominated most of this game. Four all at half-time, then a big push in the 3rd quarter gave Warley an 8 - 5 lead going into the final quarter. Another spurt of scoring took their lead to 11 - 6. However, just to make things interesting they allowed Warwick to score three late goals.
Scorers for Warley: Chris Carty (1), Philip Croft (2), Norman Stephens (1), Joey Murphy (1), Graham Harrington (3), Paul Martin (2) and Roger Kennedy (1).
Warley v Oxford (Wed 28th July)
No information
Next game:
Stafford v Warley B , Mon 13th Sept, 9.00pm warm-up
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 To see Division Two league table & results go to:
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Warley 27 v 7 Oxford (17th Mar 2010)
Warley won their final game of the season against Oxford and leapfrogged ahead of current leaders South Derbyshire to go top of the Midland League as CHAMPIONS for the third year running.
Eight goals to one at the end of the first quarter probably removed the threat of a major upset. This is the first year that Oxford have entered the League and with just one win have not got off the bottom place in the League. From the start to the finish Warley showed the difference between the league positions, with a sterling display by Danielle Iles in goal,only conceeding 2 goals in 3 quarters and scorers Debby Hurst (2), Kirsty Peniket (3), Hayley Bird (5), Maddison York (5), Chloe Taylor (1), Cally Parsonage (3), Casey Lee (7), and Nicola Peniket (1) ensuring an excellent finish to the season.
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Solihull 6 v 13 Warley (23rd March 2010)
Playing in Solihull's new pool for the first time took a little bit to get used to the extended shallow end. The fisrt quarter ended an evens at one all. Warley then took charge of each remaining quarter to win by a clear 7 goals.
Scorers for Warley were Graham Harrington (5), George Wibberley (1), Jack Roper (2), Roger Kennedy (2), Sam Carruthers (2) and Ollie Jackson (1).
Warley v Boldmere was a delayed start, game awarded to Boldmere.
Warley's season ended with Warley winning half of their games, with a positive goal difference. Well done, to both the attack and defence:
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West Midlands ASA District Championship 2010
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Warley successfully completed the West Midland District Championship, by winning all their games. The results were:
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Two Warley players in the GB Youth Team
Warley players Roger Kennedy and Graham Harrington (see opposite) are presently out in Poland to play in the Slowianka Cup 2010.
GB have won their first two games. Two goals from Graham helped to beat Georgia in their first game 4 - 2. In the second game GB beat Switzerland 8 - 7 and qualify for the semi-finals.
To follow their progress use the link below:
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Wrekin League Team - CHAMPIONS AGAIN !!
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Wednesbury 1 v 19 Warley (1st Mar 2010)
Warley completed their Wrekin League season as unbeaten CHAMPIONS, for the second year running.
Winning the first quarter six goals to nil, the result was never in doubt. With all players, including goalkeepers Robbie Williams and John Halstead getting on the score sheet, it was a memorable result and a good end to the winter season. The players can now look forward to the challenge of the Midland League, starting next month, with confidence.
Warley's scorers were Will Merryweather (5), Ollie Jackson (5), Philip Croft (3), Glynn Sheppard (1), Robbie (2), Mike Jukes (2) and John Halstead (1)
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Warley 19 - 14 Ealing (Div 3/Div 4 Play Off, Sunday 13th Dec 2009)
The initial write up on the National League website suggested that Warley had cruised through the Div 3/Div 4 play-off. However, those present at the game sat through a nail biting end to end match with a high percentage of attacks from both sides resulting in goals. Warley were first to take the lead, but were pegged back each time and ended the first period one goal up, with the scoreline at 6 - 5.
The second quarter continued in much the same way until, halfway through the period, Ealing took the lead for the first time. Warley came back and at half-time the scores were level 10 - 10.
The third quarter, again, was even, but finally the frantic goal scoring had slowed down and the quarter ended with the scores 12 - 12. At this stage the Warley fans were sitting on the edge of their seats, having seen their team score 6 in the first, 4 in the second and then 2 in the third, they were wondering what fate awaited in the last period. While Ealing had also faltered, 5, 5, and 2, their big hole forward and pit defender, Liudzius, had scored six goals and Warley were struggling to contain him.
Within thirty seconds Warley were behind (12 - 13) for the second time in the match and while the spectators were nervous the Warley team continued to remain calm and ground out further goal scoring opportunities to reclaim the lead. Eventually, with the score 18 - 14 the spectators were able to sit back and enjoy the remaining two minutes of the match knowing that Ealing needed to score five goals to get a result.
Congratulations must go to all of the players from John Halstead's splendid display in goal to youngsters Graham Harrington & Roger Kennedy, rapidly becoming established members of the squad in their first national league season. Goals came from Nick Covington (7), Adam Whitehall (6), Gaz Cheadle (2), Dave Lane, Eddie Smart, John Pridden and Graham. Ian Wilkins and Nick Burrows provided some solid defending and excellent service to the forwards. Credit must also go to Coach Chris Dickinson who guided the team to the result that allowed them to retain their Division Three status.
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Men's A team "DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONS"
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To see Warley's results go to: A team results
To see other Div 1 results go to: midlandwpl.co.uk
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Warley 25 - 7 Nottingham (17th Sept 09)
Warley completed their season, already acclaimed as CHAMPIONS, with an elegant display of attacking polo against a physically strong Nottingham side. Having struggled to beat Nottingham in the away fixture (14 - 11 down in the last quarter, eventually winning 14 -15), Warley made few mistakes this time. Alex Parsonage, on his return from Lugano (European B Championships), turned goal provider in the first quarter, with four assists leading to two goals each for Warley's Youth internationals Graham Harrington and Roger Kennedy. Five - one up Warley continued to score at will in each of the remaining quarters, winning them 4 - 2, 9 - 3, and finally 7 - 1.
Scorers for Warley were: Roger K (4), Graham H (5), Max Gerasimov (1), Dave Lane (1) Norman Stephens (2), Alex P (7), Paul Martin (2) and John Pridden (3).
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Men's B team "DIVISION THREE CHAMPIONS"
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 The picture above shows the Warley B team with the three trophies they have won this season. L to R the Memorial Trophy, Midland League Division 3 Championship Cup and the Wrekin League Championship Shield.
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Warley 21 v 4 Aston (30th Sept 09)
Warley completed their season as unbeaten Champions!!
In addition, having the best record of all three divisions, they won the Memorial Trophy.
Aston took the lead after just one minute, but it was the only time they were in front. While Aston could only manage one goal per quarter, Warley scored 4 in the first, then 5, 8 and finally 4 in the last quarter, to win with ease. Next year, however, will prove to be a tougher test , but this present side has the talent to finish in the top half of Division Two.
Scorers for Warley were Graham Harrington (5), Philip Croft (4), Edward Smart (3), Norman Stephens (1), Roger Kennedy (5), Robby Williams (2) and an own goal by Aston.
See Results
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Warley's GB players
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Warley players Alex Parsonge, Vicki Hawkins, Graham Harrington and Roger Kennedy have all been busy recently playing for their respective GB teams. See below for reports and links.
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European Championships (Mens)
Alex Parsonage helped the GB team finish 4th in this years Men's European B Championships (completed Sunday 13th Sept). Winners were Turkey, followed closely by France, Netherlands and Great Britain. Comments made about the GB team and Alex are on the ASA website (see below).
EUROPEAN SEMI-FINAL SPOT SECURED FOR BRITISH GAS WATER POLO TEAM 09 Sep 2009
The British Gas Men’s Water Polo team have successfully made it through to the semi-final stage of the LEN European B Water Polo Championships.
Assistant Team Manager Joanna Wray was delighted with their performance: “All of the team played well today especially Alex [Parsonage] and Scott [Carpenter] who were our top scorers.
To see the full results of all the teams click on the link below.
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European Championships (Womens)
Vicki Hawkins after winning the recent LEN Women's European Nations Trophy. Well done girls!!
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And here we have Max winning the prize of "Medallion-Man", proudly wearing Vicki's solar powered medal.
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Under 14's B'ham Sharks 8 v 5 Warley (6 June 09)
Warley's Friday evening youth squad had their first ever game at Tiverton Road Baths against a more experienced Birmingham Sharks team. It took Warley a couple of quarters to get to grips with passing, attacking and defending, but there was a visible improvement in each quarter's play. In all 13 players took part in a very enjoyable match in which Coaches Richard & Dave plus Graham Harrington were very pleased with the way the youngsters played. Players (in order of cap number) were Connor Jukes (goalkeeper for two quarters and scorer of 3 goals), Thomas Gardiner, Rory Kavangh, Chris Roberts, William Tomlinson, Millie Clarke, Georgia Mawdsley, Sam Dallow, William Bruce, James Clarke, Nola James, Amy Marshall and Kurtis Jones (scorer of 2 goals)
A MIni Polo session for boys and girls aged 8 - 13. Have fun & learn the skills of water polo. If you can swim and you want to try, just come along on Friday evening, 7.45 - 8.30pm at Smethwick Baths, Thimblemill Road, Bearwood. *First session is FREE*
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Success in Australia
Those of you who remember Tony Hall should follow the link to the South Australian Water Polo website where you will see that Tony is the coach of the South Australia U14 team and that his son Dan is achieving success as a player.
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