Girls water polo make it through to BUCS Final
Imperial see off Exeter, Warwick and the Welsh to make to the BUCS Final
On Sunday the Imperial girls’ water polo team deservedly qualified for the BUCS trophy final after playing incredibly well throughout the season. They played a gruelling three consecutive matches and impressed in all of them. Initially the girls were down a couple of goals in their first match, and their second, but their determination and team-work brought them back to win their matches 9-5 against UWIC, 8-3 against Warwick and 13-4 against Exeter. By the end of the day it was clear that IC girls were a formidable force!
By winning their matches on Sunday the girls’ team have won the southern second division trophy league and so in the final will go up against the winners of the northern division.
They played a gruelling three consecutive matches and impressed in all of them
On Sunday the top goal scorer was captain; Sarah Bennett. However, the season’s top goal scorer has been tightly contested between Sarah, Vera Gielen and Hannah Collins, leaving the final as a decider as to who claims the title. Special mention has to go to our goalie on Sunday, Anna Joy Drury, who played despite being very ill. She made some amazing saves and appeared to be completely on the ball despite her illness. The only thing she failed to realise was they had actually won the first two matches, rather than lost them, like she thought!
The team consists of girls from all disciplines, from Chemists to Medics, and they all came together as an incredible team to achieve their well-deserved success.
Since the girls won their group, South East England, they now will move up to the 1st division to compete against teams like Oxford and Cambridge in the championship. In the first round the girls had an incredible goal difference of over 60 points. Throughout the season they have not lost a single match and are beginning to appear invincible. Let’s hope that this continues right through to the final and on to next year.
The girls could have not performed as well as they did if it hadn’t been for their fantastic coach, Adam Walzer. Who encouraged and supported the girls even through the hardest and most stressful matches.
At the end of this year unfortunately both Vera Gielen and Sarah Benett will be leaving, after 5 and 3 years respectively, of being part of the water polo team. They will be greatly missed and next year the team hopes to continue the great successes that they have brought to the club. Congratulations also go to the IC mixed water polo team who won the ULU league after a nail-biting final game against UCL.
