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Welcome to the Warley Wasps website. Warley was established in 1888 and runs teams for both male and female players. The club is situated about 3 miles west from the centre of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England.
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Warley A 16 v 11 Hgsob A (9th May 2012)
This was a game that Warley always had under control, but never really put the result out of Handsworth's reach.
Consequently, there was always tension resulting in mistakes and the game never really flowed.
In the first half Warley's defence, notably Martin Cornes and Ian Wilkins, reduced HGSOB's goal tally to a miserley three goals. However, in the second half it was evens.
There was the welcome return of Adam Whitehall, making his first home game for over 14 months and scoring four good goals. Graham Harrington also returned from University, scoring his first 3 goals of the season. However Dave Lane, newly promoted to Captain after the departure of Nick Covington to Sandhurst, had the most eventful night, scoring 5 goals and getting himself dressing roomed after 3 majors.
Other Warley scorers were: Aaron Moorfield (3), and Nick Burrows (1)
Next game:
Away against Notts Mon 14th May, 9.00pm start.
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Warley B 19 v 10 Worcester (16th May 12)
The Bees are in that honeymoon period where they can call on a large number players, some of whom will be A team players later in the season. So they are making hay while the sun shines and Worcester were on the receiving end. The Bees won all four quarters in what turned out to be a physical, competitive game. By the end, Worcester had three players dressing roomed and when two Worcester players collided and one had to get out because of a blood injury they could only field six players for a while.
Scorers for Warley were Chris Carty (2), Norman Stephens (3), Paul Martin (5), Rhys York (2), Graham Harrington (2) and Roger Kennedy (5).
Next game: Coventry v Warley , Wed 30th May, 8.45pm
www.midlandwaterpololeague.co.uk (Div 2 results)
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Warley 7 v 33 Solihull Wed 2nd May
Warley were unfortunate to meet the leaders of the Youth League in such clinical form. It took Warley until the third quarter to slow down Solihull's score rate, losing that quarter 1 - 4. Warley were without their normal goalkeeper through injury, so this job was shared by four different outfield players. Despite the scoreline there were some pleasing displays from many of the players. Both girls, Amy & Fleur scored, lots of good tackling took place and Chris Roberts scored the best goal of the match. Inaccurate passing was possibly Warley's biggest weakness. In fact Warley scored more goals in the last quarter which shows that they never gave up. Well done everyone!!
Scorers: Sam Dallow 1, Amy Marshall 1, Nathan Wilkes 2, Fleur Kennedy 1, and Chris Roberts 2.
Next game:
Away against Boldmere, Tues 22nd May, 8.30pm
(New photo to be taken)
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Police Invitation Tournament: Sat 14th Jan 2012
Warley hosted this event and found themselves outplayed in both games. In the first game Warley took on the Police and were ahead until the later part of the second quarter. From then on Warley missed chances at one end but were punished at the other. The Police eventually ran out winners by 17 - 12.
After a short break Warley played the Fire Service whose team included Tom Curwen and Colin Burgess, amongst others. Again, in the early stages, Warley matched the Firemen goal for goal, but tiredness and class gradually came out the winner with the Firemen beating us 23 - 14.
In the final game, much to the surprise of those present, it was the Police that dominated, taking a 5 goal lead in the early stages of the game. Again, the class of the Firemen gradually closed the gap and overtook the Police team. However, in the 4th quarter the Police drew level and, on the play, looked the likely winners. Unfortunately for them a few chances were missed and the Fireman won the Tournament, beating the Police by just one goal.
Many thanks must go to Norman Stephens for his help. Thanks must also go to Mike Jukes, Liz Wilkins and Steve Parsonage and the teams that played.
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Junior under 17's
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Warley 6 v 20 Solihull (Wed 1 Feb 2012)
The juniors completed their winter programme against this year's Midland League Champions, Solihull. In the first quarter they often found themselves chasing shadows,but kept the score down to 0 - 3. The next two quarters saw Azeem Chughtai score Warley's first goal in the 2nd and Kurtis Jones scored a hat-trick in the 3rd, but unfortunately the visitors outscored the home side by over 3 to 1, despite some excellent saves by keeper John Roper.
Finally in the last quarter Warley defended better and matched Solihull goal for goal (2 - 2) with an early goal from Nathan Wilkes and the final goal of the season from Kurtis Jones.
Warley 12 v 12 HGSOB (Wed 25 Jan 2012)
Scorers for Warley were: Jan Lilley (1), Nathan Wilkes (1), Kurtis Jones (5), Azeem Chugtai (2), Ronan Lane (2) and Chris Roberts (1).
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West Midlands ASA District Championship (20th Feb 2011)
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Just before starting out for these Championships we received a call to say Boldmere had withdrawn and our remaining matches were delayed. Two hours later than scheduled Warley beat both Solihull and Walsall in successive matches. Warley now go on to compete against the East Midland representatives, Nottingham. The results were:
Goalscorers for Warley were:
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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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