PORTOBELLO; BRITISH CHAMPIONS!!

February 20, 2012
Full report to follow:

Live coverage replay here.

British Swimming report here.

Posted by Porty WP. Posted In : British Championships (Deep Waters) 

 

Guaranteed place in British Champ Finals

February 4, 2012
After 2 excellent victories against Cheltenham and Lancaster this weekend, Porty have booked their place in the semi-final of the British Championships. 

Porty played excellently against Cheltenham to be 5 goals up after 3 periods. Cheltenham came back in the fourth but Porty edged it 12 - 11.

The momentum continued into their second game of the day and Lancaster were unable to threaten Porty at any point in the match. Porty played some excellent defence to snub most of Lancaster's attacks, and...
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Porty are Scottish Cup Champs 2011

February 1, 2012
Portobello secured another victory in the Scottish Cup which now makes it 8 in a row for the team that train at the baths doon by the sea. Over the past 20 years Porty have won this title 17 times. 

Semi-Final:
Portobello 22 - 12 Edinburgh Uni

Final:

Portobello 14 - 11 Dunfermline



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Posted by PortyWP. Posted In : Scottish Championships 

 

Porty with a strong finish to BWPL 2011

January 26, 2012
Portobello had a fantastic final two games to wrap up their BWPL 2011 campaign. They were up against Penguin and Cheltenham, winning both games convincingly.

Porty vs. Penguin 14-6  (2-0, 2-1, 4-2, 6-2)

Man-up scored 3/7 43%;Pen 1/1

Man-down saved 3/5 60%

Porty started with great control and focus, winning a man-up in the first attack and creating a good number of real goal scoring opportunities early on, whilst a strong defence gave Penguin little opportunity to establish their attack. Throughou...


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BWPL to be aired on Sky Sports 5/6th March

January 26, 2012
Set your Sky+ boxes to record the highlights of the final weekend of the 'Super 5s' which saw Lancaster narrowly taking the title. 

More details at  http://www.bwpl.org/News/index.html 

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Posted by PortyWP. Posted In : BWPL 

 

Convincing Win in Scottish Champs

January 18, 2012
Porty came up against Warrender on Sun 15th Jan in the Scottish Championship preliminary matchup.

It was a convincing win with porty scoring some 28 goals to Warrender's 8. There were impressive performances with John MacDonald scoring 4 and Rory Gallagher with a hat trick!

 

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BWPL matches to be televised on SKY Sports!

January 9, 2012

BWPL will achieve an exciting and historic landmark when Sky TV screens action from men’s and women’s Super 5s matches at Manchester Aquatics Centre!

 

The fixtures on 21 and 22 January are to be filmed for Sky and broadcast in an edited “Match of the Day” type programme on a number of occasions shortly afterwards. It will be the first time for many years that club games in the UK have been televised – a fantastic coup for the league and the result of many months’ negotiations by BW...


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Frustrating results for Porty

December 11, 2011
Porty have now played in their first 3 BWPL weekends in the 'Super 5s', having travelled to Lancaster, Crystal Palace and Loughborough in Nov/Dec. 

Despite having bagged some 53 goals over 6 games and having produced some of their best performances for years against the toughest teams in Britain, Porty have unfortunately been unable to grab a win and are currently positioned at the bottom of the Super 5s. 

The team can be proud that they are producing well crafted goals to remain in contention ...
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Porty in 'Super 5's'

October 16, 2011
Porty travelled to Loughborough this weekend to play their final two matches in Phase 1 of the BWPL. Cheltenham continued their unbeaten run winning 18 - 9, and they are certainly a force to be reckoned with this season. Porty won comfortably against Invicta beating them 14 - 9. Porty therefore finish in 3rd place at the end of Phase 1, Division 1, a great result!

We are at the point of the season where the points are reset and the leagues split into 'the Super 5's', Championships 1,2,3 & 4 (c...
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Porty lose to Lancaster

September 18, 2011
Portobello were unable to win against Lancaster this afternoon meaning that there is now a three way tie for 2nd place with Manchester in the top spot.

Cheltenham, Invicta, Bristol & Penguin all have 2 games in hand having not played this weekend.

See the BWPL page for the latest league standings.

 

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Posted by Porty WP. Posted In : BWPL 

 
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