* 2002 Results :-

PENGUIN TRIUMPH

Penguin are the new British Champions after dominating the finals at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

Back: Steve Baker (coach), Arum Eidipour, Bruce Elder, Andy Holt, Sinan Niapoglu, Chris Evans, Igor Zagoruiko, Ian Grimwood (manager).
Middle: Steve Couter, Graham Martin-Dye, Tom Perry, Danny Davis, Wayne Davis, Paul Whatley.
Front: Paul Skerm, Roger McPherson, Jerome Read, Nick Beard.

Finals : 2002 PLD W L F A PTS GD
Penguin 3 3 0 34 13 6 + 21
Portobello 3 2 1 30 33 4 - 3
Lancaster 3 1 2 22 29 2 - 7
Bristol 3 0 3 22 33 0 - 11

Individual final match results :-

Finals : 2002
Penguin 15 Portobello 4
Bristol 8 Lancaster 9
Penguin 9 Bristol 6
Lancaster 10 Portobello 11
Bristol 8 Portobello 15
Penguin 10 Lancaster 3

Preliminary round table :-

Group A PLD W L F A PTS
Penguin 3 3 0 59 21 6
Bristol 3 2 1 47 24 4
Polytechnic 3 1 2 30 30 2
Hamilton 3 0 3 15 76 0
Group B PLD W L F A PTS
Lancaster 3 3 0 33 24 6
Portobello 3 2 1 27 25 4
Rotherham 3 1 2 24 25 2
Cheltenham 3 0 3 25 35 0

Individual preliminary round match results :-

Group A
Bristol 11 Polytechnic 5
Penguin 30 Hamilton 5
Penguin 14 Polytechnic 6
Bristol 26 Hamilton 5
Polytechnic 20 Hamilton 5
Bristol 10 Penguin 15
Group B
Lancaster 11 Cheltenham 9
Rotherham 5 Portobello 7
Rotherham 5 Cheltenham 8
Lancaster 12 Portobello 8
Cheltenham 8 Portobello 12
Lancaster 10 Rotherham 7

Penguin and Lancaster topped their respective groups with 100 per cent records in the preliminaries. Highlights of the weekend were Penguin’s victory over Bristol Central, the reigning British and National Water Polo League champions, and Portobello’s hard fought win against Rotherham.