Category: London League

It was a great first season for Penguin Latymer water polo teams.

In the London League Summer Championships, Latymer Emperors took the title in the U15s Division 2. They were unbeaten thanks to their extraordinary defense, conceding just one goal in all seven matches.

In the U15s Division 3, Latymer Kings were victorious. They lost only one of their 12 matches, by one goal!

Latymer Blue Penguins won the U12 Division 2. They were unbeaten and had the best defense of the tournament across their 15 matches.

Aside from London League, our developing U16 teams took gold and silver at the London Swimming Development Tournament and our U14 team took gold in their category.

On the national stage, Latymer Penguin player Toby Roberts played in the England team at the U17 EU League.

At regional level, Penguin Audrey Tala played in the South East Team which won the Interegional U16s Championships.

All in all, it’s been a hugely successful summer. Well done to all of our young players and thank you to Ian Grimwood (Team Manager), Claudio Palumbo (Head Coach) and Krisz Serfozo (Assistant Coach) for their hard work.

Now we’re ready for the London League Winter Championships!

We have three Under 15 teams playing in the London League Summer Championships this year:

• Penguin Laytmer U15B (The Royals) in Division 3
• Penguin Hillingdon in Division 2
• Penguin Laytmer U15A (The Emperors) also in Division 2.

Last weekend, Penguin Latymer Royals started their Division 3 campaign.

It was the first ever tournament for a relatively new team established in September last year, and they finished unbeaten in all four matches.

A great result with some skillful play.

 

 

The team plays next at Latymer Sport Centre on 17 June.

Results

Penguin Latymer Royals vs Barnet 8-0
Penguin Latymer Royals vs Bexley 5-1
Penguin Latymer Royals vs Otter 3-1
Penguin Latymer Royals vs Kingston 3-1

League table

Penguin Latymer Royals 12 pts
Otter 9 pts
Kingston 4 pts
Bexley 3 pts
Barnet 1 pt

Both of our U13 teams played in the first round of London League Division 2 on 22 April.

Hillingdon Penguin coach, Shaun Hill, is very proud of how the nine players in the side performed.

“They all worked extremely hard, and we were unlucky to lose our last game against Haringey. Our teamwork was incredible and I believe the players will learn a lot from the tournament.”

 

Coach Claudio Palumbo was equally proud of the Latymer Penguin squad.

“Many of the team played for the first time, and they showed great technique and passion in our sport.”

 

Claudio also recognised the two referees, Ian ‘Grimbo’ Grimwood and John ‘Shakey’ Lake for the perfect organisation, Simone Bardella for helping at the table with Audrey and Antonio, assistant coach Krisz Serfozo, and coach Andrea Cardia for the time he has spent training the Latymer players in recent months.

 

Tournament results

 

Current standings in the league table

 

Next round

We play next on Sunday 3 June. Find the match schedule and follow the results on FixturesLive.