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2020vision Merchants Connected ArchivesWater Polo Club!
Attention girls!
Merchant Taylors' are starting a Water Polo Club for Years 7 and 8.
You will be coached by MFL Teacher Miss Griffiths who, up until 2010, was the Great British Women's Team Captain!
The club will take place on Thursdays, 16.45-17.45 at MTBS swimming pool. You should meet in the Atrium at 4.15pm and get picked up from MTBS Pool at 6pm.
All confident swimmers are welcome and should speak to Miss Griffiths for more information.
If there is enough interest the sport may be rolled out to the Stanfield and the Boys' School.
Miss Griffiths playing Water Polo...
...and meeting Prince William!!
What is water polo?
Don't worry if you don't know what Water Polo is. Everything will be made clear and the game and its rules will be explained in depth. Why not do some research online?
Water Polo developed during the 19th century as an aquatic version of rugby, played informally in rivers and lakes. The version of the game that survives today is closer to Handball: a fast, tough and demanding sport, it's featured on every Olympic programme since the Paris 1900 Games.
Played by teams of seven in a pool with a goal at each end (the goals are 3m wide and 90cm high), Water Polo is a thrilling spectacle. Matches are divided into four periods of eight minutes, and each team has only 30 seconds to attempt to score before the ball is returned to the opposition. Players aren't allowed to touch the sides or the bottom of the pool during play, and may swim as much as three miles during a match.
http://www.london2012.com/water-polo