Eric Harrison was elected President of Manchester & District S&WPA. Eric was also re-elected
as Hon Water Polo Secretary of M&D.
Mavis Bent was re-elected as a Vice President of Manchester & District S&WPA.
September 07
Senior Swim Team won the Central Lancs Senior League for the 12th time in 13 years.
Intermediate Swim Team won the Central Lancs Intermediate League Division 2 are will be promoted to Division 1 for 2008.
Junior Jubilee Swim Team were runners up in the Junior Jubilee 'A' Final.
Diane Stafford was elected President of ASA North West
Region.
Mavis Bent was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in
the ASA North West Region Aquaforce Volunteer Awards.
Daniel Hudspith, Adam Gillespie, Ed Morley, Grace Morley
and Adam Toone were selected to attend the Manchester Regional Training Centre for water polo.
Chris Gilbertson represented Great Britain in the LEN European Nations Trophy Water Polo
Championships. GB finished in sixth place and secured qualification for the European Championships qualification tournament
in January. Chris scored two goals during the championships.
Robyn Nicholls represented Great Britain in a Junior Women's Water Polo Tournament in Thionville,
France and attended the GB Junior Women's Olympic Hopes water polo training camp in Praque.
Eric Harrison was invited by the ASA to attend the semi finals and finals of the LEN European
Nations Trophy Water Polo Championships at Manchester Aquatics Centre on 14th and 15th July in recognition of his “commitment
and achievements in water polo”.Click here for further details.
Charlotte Asker, Aaron Atherton, Josephine Costello, Adam
Gillespie, Nick Grime, Robert Leyland, Ed Morley, Grace Morley, Megan Price and Bethany Sloan represented Wigan Borough in
the Greater Manchester Youth Games water polo tournament.Eric Harrison was the
team manager and Gwyneth Harrison the assistant team manager.The team took the
silver medal after being beaten by a golden goal in extra time in a closely fought opening game against the tournament winners
Oldham.The team won their remaining games convincingly.Aaron Atherton was the tournament’s top goalscorer.
June 07
Aaron Atherton, Josephine Costello and Natasha Grundywere selected to attend the National Water Polo Academy
at Millfield in August.
May 07
Robyn Nicholls attended a Great Britain Junior Women's water polo training camp in Millfield and represented the team
in the Six Nations Cup in Felgueiras, Portugal.
The GB team took the bronze medal.
Michael Cowburn was selected to represent Great Britain Seniors in an international water polo tournament in Saudi Arabia.
Adam Gillespie, Sam Oultram, Leah Statham, Adam Toone and Jaeger Turner represented Central Lancashire SWPA in the
North West Region Inter-association Gala in Blackpool in May.
March 07
An article on Tyldesley Swimming and Water Polo Club was printed in Swimming Times. Click here to view article
January 07
Eric Harrison was elected Vice Chairmen (equivalent to President Elect) of Manchester & District S&WPA.
Eric was also re-elected as Hon Water Polo Secretary of M&D.
Mavis Bent was elected as a Vice President of Manchester & District S&WPA.
November 06
Michael Cowburn was the highest goalscorer in the National Water Polo League Division 2 with 85 goals in
14 games. The team finished 4th and were the highest goalscorers with 183 goals.
Aaron Atherton, Josephine Costello and Natasha Grundy were selected to attend the Manchester Regional Training
Centre for water polo.
Rachel Aspinall and Matthew Kearns were elected as the Club Captains.
Natalie Cummings broke the Open Age 50 m freestyle record at the Club Championships.
October 06
Senior Swim Team won the Central Lancs Senior League for the 11th time in 12 years.
Diane Stafford was elected President Elect of ASA North West Region.
Steve Aspinall qualified as an ASA Lane Coach.
Matthew Kearns passed his ASA Level 1 Teachers Certificate (Swimming).
Steve Grundy qualified as an ASA water polo referee (probationary)
Steve Aspinall and Paul Costello qualified as ASA timekeepers.
September 06
Chris Gilbertson represented Great Gritain in the Junior Men's European
Water Polo Championships in Oradea, Roumania. In the group stage GB played Serbia, Slovenia, Roumania and Georgia.
The team then beat Poland to take 15th place overall. (click here for further details then go to page 2)
Chris also represented Great Britain Senior Men in the Heliopolis
International Tournament against Cegled (Hungary), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Heliopolis and South Africa at Heliopolis,
Cairo, Egypt. (click here for further details)
Eleanor Bailey achieved a new club record of 17.57s in the Mini
Gala 8 Year Girls 25 m freestyle beating the previous record of 17.9s set by Michelle Giles in 1976.
Robyn Nicholls represented Great Britain Junior Women in an International
Water Polo Tournament against Croatia Junior Women, Slovakia Senior Women and Slovakia Junior Women in Vrutky, Slovakia.
(click here for further details)
Amy Woodwas selected for
the North West Region Triathlon Team competing in Scotland.
Juy 06
Chris Gilbertson represented Great Britain Junior Men in
an International Water Polo Tournament against the Netherlands, France and Poland at Valenciennes, France. (click here for further details)
Aaron Atherton, Emma Burns, Josephine Costello, Nick Grimes, Natasha
Grundy, Henry Hooper, William Hooper, Edward Morley, Bethany Sloan and Grace Wood represented Wigan Borough Water Polo
Team at the Greater Manchester Youth Games. Eric Harrison was Team Manager and Gwyneth
Harrison was Assistant Team Manager.The team finished 4th in the event and won
the Fair Play Award.
May 06
Chris Gilbertsonrepresented Great Britain Junior Men in the Junior Men's European Qualifer Water Polo Tournament against Israel, Belarus, Portugal, Poland and Ireland in Limerick Eire.
The team won all their matches and made history by qualifying to the European Junior Men Championships for the first
time. (Click here for further details)
Natalie Cummings, Daniel Laithewaite and Kimberley Rumbelow represented Central
Lancashire Swimming & Water Polo Association at the ASA North West Region Youth Championships.
April 06
Chris Gilbertson represented Great Britain Junior Men in an International Water Polo Tournament against Poland and
Turkey at Lodz, Poland. (click here for further details)
Lucy Aspinall was selected to attend the Lancashire County Water Polo & Swiming Asociation
swim camp this month.This selection was made from her performance at the Lancashire
County Age Groups.
February 06
Girl's club captain Robyn Nichols represented Great Britain in an International Junior Women Water Polo Tournament
in Slovakia against Czech Republic, Croatia and Slovakia.
Mavis Bent received
"The Big Thank You" Volunteer Award from the Tyldesley, Astley Township Forum in recognition of her voluntary
services in the area.
Diane Stafford received a letter of commendation from the Torch Trophy Trust which "recognises outstanding volunteers
in the world of sport who have given their time voluntarily to work at grass root level and enable people within their community
to participate in sport". The letter was sent on behalf of the Priness Royal (Princess Anne) and signed by Sir Bobby
Charlton.
Rechard Jhugroo qualified as an ASA Referee.
December 05
After 7 years in the National League Division 1 Tyldesley's Senior Water Polo Team were relegated to Division 2. (Click here for further details)
Tyldesley were winners of the 2005 Bolton & District Mini Polo League.
September 05
Diane Stafford was elected to the Board of the ASA North West Region for
a term of 2 years.
Tyldesley were winners of the Central Lancashire Intermediate League Division 2 and gained promotion to Division 1.
Anne Marie Morley and Philip Stout passed their ASA Level 1 Teachers - Swimming
Certificate.
July 05
Robyn Nicholls attended a England Youth training camp in Holland.
During the camp the team played against Holland and Canada. Also for a third year in a row Robyn attended the National
Water Polo Academy at Millfield.
June 05
MelissaBanner, Sam Oultram, Katherine Hooper, William Hooper, Rebecca Rumbelow and Bethany
Sloan represented Wigan Borough Swim Team at the Greater Manchester Youth Games.Diane Stafford was Team Manager and the team won the swimming event.
Aaron Atherton, Emma Burns, Robyn Burns, Nicholas Fish,
Natasha Grundy, James Hilton, Joshua Houghton and Thomas Southern represented Wigan Borough Water Polo Team at the Greater
Manchester Youth Games. Eric Harrison was Team Manager and James Harrison was Assistant Team Manager.The team finished 5th in the water polo event.
May 05
Barbara Keeley the newly elected MP for Worsley mentioned Mavis Bent, Gwyn
Pierce and Tyldesley SWPC in her maiden speech in the House of Commons. (Click here for further details)
April 05
Chris Gilbertson represented Great Britain Junior Men in an International Tournament (Presidents
Cup) against Sweden, Poland, Ireland, Belarus and Lithuania in Lodz Poland.
Tyldesley SWPC finished 6th out of 20 clubs at the Central Lancs Championships.
Tom Corcoran was selected to attend the Lancashire County Swim Camp at the Manchester Aquatics
Centre in June.
March 05
Tyldesley were the winners of the Manchester & District Masters Water
Polo Tournament.
Rachel Aspinall, Ben Cooper, Thomas Corcoran, Nikki Higson, Declan Peers,
Kimberley Rumbelow and Rebecca Rumbelow were selected to represent Central Lancashire at the Northern Inter-association Age Groups.
February 05
Tyldesley 12/Us were runners up in the 2004 Bolton & District Mini Polo Tournament (played February
05). (Click here for further details)
Eric Harrison (junior water polo coach) was a nominee for Coach of The Year at the 2004 Wigan Borough Sports
Council Awards.
David Gendall, James Harrison and Mark Hurst (water polo)
were nominees for Young Volunteer of The Year at the 2004 Wigan Borough Sports Council Awards. (Click here for further details)
January 05
Mavis Bent was elected President of Manchester & District Swimming and
Water Polo Association.
December 04
The Senior Water Polo Team had their most successful season in the National
League to date clinching the sixth place in the British Championships by heading the lower section of the Division One
table.
Michael Cowburn was the National League Division 1 top goal scorer winning the Peter Olsen trophy
for the second year in succession. Michael scored 74 goals, 23 goals more than his nearest rival. (Click here for further details)
The Mayor and Mayoress of Wigan presented the trophies and medals at the
Club Championships and attended a buffet reception provided by the club at the Morts Heritage Centre, Astley immediately
following the gala.
October 04
Senior Swimming Team created history by winning the Central Lancs Senior
League for the tenth year in succession.
Natalie Cummings represented Division 7 in the English Schools Swimming
Association finals at Coventry and finished 6th in the Junior Girls 100 m backstroke.
September 04
Mini Gala Top Boys & Girls:
8yr girls: Grace Morley
8yr boys: Adam Toone
10yr girls: Rebecca Rumbelow
10yr boys Alex Meadows
August 04
Khalid Jhugroo won the Boys 17-24 years 2000m at National Age Groups Open
Water Championships at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. (Click here for further details)
Natalie Cummings who only achieved her National Qualifying Time in June
and was competing in her first ever ASA National Age Groups finished 9th in the heats of the Girls 12 years 100 m backstroke
and went on to take 6th in the final.
Khalid Jhugroo competing in the 17/18 years age group of the ASA National
Youth Championships (i.e. his final year) was unable to repeat his gold medal performance in last year's 1500 m freestyle.
Khalid was 6th fastest in the heats of the 400 m freestyle but was 2 seconds slower in the final and finished in 10th place.
Khalid also achieved 12th in the 400 m IM, 13th in the 200 m IM, 14th in the 1500 freestyle and 20th in the 200 m freestyle.
David Gendall, James Harrison and Mark Hurst passed their ASA Assistant
Teachers Water Pool Certificates.
July 04
Frances Peers was selected as the team captain for the English Catholic Schools Team at the World Catholic
Schools competition in Malta. Frances achieved two golds, one silver, a 4th, a 5th and a 6th position in the competition.
Robyn Nicholls attended the National Water Polo Academy at Millfield for the 2nd year running. Robyn is the
only Tyldesley player to attend the Academy twice.
June 04
Heather Fredriksen won
the 10K and finished 5th in the 5K Womens British Open Water Championships. Khalid Jhugroo finished 4th in the Mens
5K British Open Water Championships. (Click here for further details)
Natalie Cummings achieved National Age Group Qualifying Times in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke. These are Natalie's
first NQTs.
Wigan Borough represented by
Tyldesley SWPC finished 3rd in the Greater Manchester Youth Games Water Polo Tournament. Luke Cheadle was joint
second highest goalscorer for the competition with 11 including the winning goal in the final second of the
3rd place play-off against Bury.
May 04
Robyn Nicholls was selected for the Northern Counties team for the ASA Inter-district Water Polo Tournament.
Kimberley Banner was selected as the Girls Captain for the Central Lancs Swim Team at the Northern Counties Inter-association
Gala.
Aaron Atherton, Natalie Bennett, Robyn Burns, Luke Cheadle (captain), Liz Deswsnip, Natasha Grundy, Sam Grundy, Charlotte
Ranson, Lewis Reece and Charlie Stokes were selected for the Wigan Metro Water Polo Team at the Greater Manchester Youth Games.
Eric Harrison and Mark Hurst were selected as team coaches.
April 04
Jenny Coughlin was runner up in the Young Disabled Sports Achiever of the Year category at the Greater Manchester Sports
Awards.
March 04
Frances Peers was selected to represent the English Catholic Schools Swim Squad for the World Catholic School Championships
in Malta in July.
Rachel Aspinall, Kimberley Banner, Natalie Cummings, Jake Haslam, Nikki Higson, Daniel Laithwaite, Declan Peers and Rohannah
Whittle were selected to the Central Lancashire S&WPA Swim Team for the Inter-association Competition.
Kimberley Rumbelow and Nikki Higson were selected to attend the Greater Manchester Sports Partnership Swim Camp.
February 04
Diane Stafford was selected (for the 2nd year running) as the Northern Counties representative on the ASA Technical
Swimming Committee.
Mavis Bent was elected as the Manchester & District Swimming & Water Polo Association Vice Chairman. Eric Harrison
elected as the Manchester & District Swimming & Water Polo Association Hon. Water Polo Secretary.
Tydlesley SWPC featured in the Wigan Sports Council Awards: Disability Category: Jenny Coughlin winner Club of the
Year: Tyldesley SWPC 2nd Lifetime Achievement Award: Gwyn Pierce 2nd Young Performer: Frances
Peers 2nd Coach of the Year: Diane Stafford 3rd. (Click here to view photo)
Steve Aspinall and Leanne Stafford passed their ASA Level 2 Teaching Certificate for Swimming.
January 04
16/Us water polo team won the Manchester & District 16/Us Water Polo League. David Gendall was the leagues highest
goalscorer (66 goals in 10 games). (Click here for further details)
Club officials were invited to a Mayor's reception in recognition of the club achieving Swim 21 accreditation. (Click here for further details)
