2026/27 BWPL pre-season start for Women & Men’s T1/T2/Masters
Monday 17th August 2026 – 06.30-08.00 – London Aquatics Centre
About
Our roots go back to 1916! We are a leading club in London and the South East for water polo catering for beginners to elite players in addition to running competitive female and male Junior squads right through to Masters and a very social Masters swimming section. Active and proactive we have recently been awarded ‘Club of the Year’ and two of our membership ‘Volunteer’ and ‘Young Volunteer’ of the Year 2024/25 by Swim England London region.
Water Polo
With Senior training sessions held at both the fantastic deep water pool at Latymer Sports Centre in Hammersmith and the iconic London Aquatics Centre in Stratford, we now offer our men’s and women’s teams the most water time of any of the London water polo clubs. Our Women’s team produced a stand out 2025/26 season with a bronze medal in the Nordic League and also securing promotion back to the British Water Polo League Division 1. The 2024/25 season saw our Men’s team become National Champions for the third time since their last title over 20 years ago and they came a very close second in the British Water Polo League in the 2025/26 season. With a change in Head Coach for the 2026/27 season we are looking forward to continued development on our strong foundations in the Men’s section.
With teams playing in the British Water Polo League, London League and international tournaments, West London Penguin is a top option for competitive senior water polo in London, the UK and in abroad.
We have two strong junior girls and boys water polo squads based at the Hillingdon Leisure Centre and at Latymer Sports Centre. Our junior teams compete in London League at all age groups and we field the Hillingdon team for the London Youth Games. The Junior Girls have certainly had a tremendous 2025/26 taking gold at: u16 London League; u18 London League; u17 National Age Groups; plus top of the u18 Origins League. In addition the u19 female team won a silver medal at the NAGS. The Junior Boys competed in their first foray at the Nordic League and both the u17 and u19 Boys made it to the final 4 of the NAGS. We continue to have players selected for GB teams and many who that have transitioned to playing with our Senior teams in the BWPL.
Our growing worldwide base of Masters water polo players secured a Gold medal winning performance for our Women’s team at the Barcelona Masters and our Men’s team are now competing regularly both domestically and abroad.
Masters Swimming
Our thriving masters squad continues to welcome adult swimmers and triathletes who are training for competition, fitness or enjoyment.
We offer three sessions a week and have a great social side too.
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