SDWP - South Derbyshire Waterpolo Club

Just a reminder…The South Derbyshire Water Polo Club Annual Presentation / Awards evening will be on Saturday 15th of July, 7pm start. . The venue is the Aston on Trent Recreation centre. Please hold the date in your diary.

The evening will celebrate both junior and senior players achievements over the last 12 month. Members / Parents and supporters all welcome. Further details to follow……

The South Derbyshire Water Polo Club Annual Presentation / Awards evening will be on Saturday 15th of July, 7pm start. . The venue is the Aston on Trent Recreation centre. Please hold the date in your diary.

The evening will celebrate both junior and senior players achievements over the last 12 month. Members / Parents and supporters all welcome. Further details to follow……

The Recreation Centre — Aston on Trent The Recreation Centre Welcome The Recreation Centre is run by and on behalf of the residents of Aston on Trent and surrounding community. It offers a space to share in an active and healthy lifestyle for both physical and mental wellbeing. Take a peek at the gallery to view the building and the faci...

Well done to South Derbyshire Waterpolo’s Corran Bradley who has been selected for the men’s U17 Great Britain Water Polo team and will be contest qualifiers in Maribor, Slovenia later in June.

Team named for men’s U17 European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers The men’s U17 Great Britain Water Polo team will contest qualifiers in Maribor, Slovenia later in June.

We are delighted to announce from Monday 17th of May SDWP will be back in the water !

Senior training sessions at Repton Swimming Pool on Mondays will be 8.30pm - 9.30pm. Wednesdays sessions start time TBC.

Players will be required to complete both a COVID declaration and the attendance register, prior to attending training. (Details to follow)

All players will need to be Swim England registered before attending training. If your Swim England membership has lapsed please contact our membership secretary to renew your SE and SDWP membership. ([email protected])

All players should ensure their membership fees standing order is reinstated before attending training.

We are hoping that after May 17th SDWP can start to get back in the water... fingers tightly crossed!

Delight and despair as pools to reopen but adults face club training wait Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson was left with ‘mixed feelings’ after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the reopening of swimming pools.

Swim England have now updated their guidance following the recent introductions of the local COVID alert levels.

The guidance states that all aquatic clubs operating in a Medium (tier 1) Local COVID Alert Area remain unaffected by the latest Government announcements and should continue to operate as previously, following the Swim England Returning to the Pools Guidance for Clubs closely and ensuring social distancing is maintained as outlined in the guidance.

Repton Swimming Pool is in the South Derbyshire District so currently falls into Medium (Tier 1) of the government local COVID alert levels and therefore we will continue to run our sessions following these rules until further notice.

Please note, if you currently live in an area that falls into a High (tier 2) or Very High (tier 3) local COVID alert levels, then you should follow the Government guidance, which is currently advising people not to travel to and from the higher tier areas unless it is an essential journey.

The current situation is rapidly changing and it should be noted that if South Derbyshire moves into High (Tier 2) this will impact our ability to continue with water polo training in the current format. The SDWP committee are currently reviewing the implications of a possible change to the current Tier level for South Derbyshire.

Swim England Guidance confirms that in Very High (tier 3) Local Alert Areas, there is the scope for areas to close leisure facilities including pools. In a High (tier 2) or Very High (tier 3) Local COVID Alert Area (where pools remain open), the guidance released by Government does not change the activity that can be undertaken by swimming and diving clubs as individual sports. These clubs should follow the Swim England Returning to the Pools Guidance for Clubs.

For water polo and clubs in a High (tier 2) or Very High (tier 3) Local COVID Alert Area, competitive activity can continue for under 18-year-olds as per the Swim England Water Polo Return to Team Sport guidance. Similarly, artistic swimming activity can continue for under 18-year-olds.

Over 18-year-olds in High (tier 2) and Very High (tier 3) areas can only take part in Water Polo or artistic swimming with other people from the same household or support bubble. Over-18s playing sport for educational purposes, including curriculum and playing for a college or university team are exempt.

Swim England/Institute of Swimming Coronavirus (COVID-19) FAQs View answers to frequently asked questions of Swim England and the Institute of Swimming during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Latest situation

Junior training at Etwall - the pool is currently closing at 4pm on weekends and can’t offer us any sessions at this time we are looking for alternatives and will update if we have any success.

Senior training @ Repton Mon & Wed

From Monday, with the exception of athletes on the England Talent Program U18’s have to train in their own group.

Over 18’s will have to train in bubbles of 6

This will require careful planning to get the most out of our sessions. Please try to ensure that you attendance intentions are as up to date as possible

Thanks

BREAKING NEWS: Water polo gets the green light from the government to return to full training and competition 🤽‍♂️ 🤽‍♀️

The recognised national governing body submitted evidence to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport at the beginning of the month.

Westminster has confirmed that water polo is on the approved list of sports allowed to restart competitive action following the easing of the coronavirus lockdown.

Full story > www.waterpoloengland.org/2020/09/15/swim-england-announces-water-polo-can-return-to-training-and-competition/

Updated Swim England guidance here > www.swimming.org/library/documents/4943/download

https://www.swimming.org/waterpolo/detailed-plans-return-action/

Swim England committed to getting water polo players back in action Detailed plans are currently being drawn up by Swim England to ensure water polo players can return to action as soon as possible.

We can smell the Chlorine!...... We have just had formal communication from Repton Swimming Pool giving us the green light to start Water Polo training sessions.

We are hoping to get back in the pool next week, starting on Monday 3rd of August. The session times will be slightly different to our normal training sessions, Mondays training session will be 7.45pm -8.45pm and Wednesday 8.45pm-9.45pm.

As previously these will be senior sessions only. We are still liaising with Etwall Swimming Pool to establish when the Junior sessions can start again, watch this space.

As you would expect the things will be different, both the rules around pool usage and also how our training sessions are structured. In particular we need to manage the numbers of participants in each session, with the maximum number of 20 at each session. We will require everyone attending the sessions to confirm that the understand the rules put in place to keep us all safe and also confirm their current health status via a questionnaire. We will also need members to indicate what sessions they are available/wish to attend in August. We will try our best to accommodate everyone, however due to our maximum participant number of 20 there may be some limitations to sessions.

Further details will follow over the next few days, both on face book and via email for club members, if you want to participate in training sessions you will need to follow the requirements set out in these communations.

If you cancelled your standing order for our club fees whilst we were unable to train, please ensure that you have reinstated the standing order before attending your first training session.

Please note, the training sessions and pool opening is still subject to change and may change after August.

Looking forward to seeing who can still catch a ball !!