Ireland Water Polo WNLD1 2016-17 Scoreboard

Final League Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	10	10	0	0	176	69	30
Tribes	10	6	0	4	90	91	18
Donegall Diamonds	10	5	0	5	107	112	15
Cathal Brugha #	10	5	0	5	85	71	15
Trinity	10	2	0	8	79	143	6
Glenalbyn	10	2	0	8	74	125	6

Trinity finished 5th on head-to-head vs Glenalbyn (16-8, 5-9)

# Cathal Brugha (-4) had points deducted for forfeiting a match

Results

Date	Team 1		Team 2
	Week 5
01.10.16	St. Vincent’s	19	Glenalbyn	4
01.10.16	Tribes	15	Donegall Diamonds	8
	Week 6
09.10.16	Glenalbyn	7	Cathal Brugha	4
	Week 7
15.10.16	Tribes	9	Glenalbyn	8
16.10.16	Trinity	16	Donegall Diamonds	13
	Week 8
22.10.16	Donegall Diamonds	12	St. Vincent’s	18
22.10.16	Cathal Brugha	15	Trinity	14
	Week 9
29.10.16	St. Vincent’s	10	Tribes	7
	Week 11
12.11.16	Cathal Brugha	7	St. Vincent’s	12
	Week 13
27.11.16	Trinity	5	St. Vincent’s	31
27.11.16	Donegall Diamonds	18	Glenalbyn	7
	Week 14
03.12.16	Tribes	4	Cathal Brugha	0 #
04.12.16	Glenalbyn	8	Trinity	16
	Week 18
14.01.17	St. Vincent’s	21	Donegall Diamonds	8
	Week 21
04.02.17	St. Vincent’s	19	Trinity	4
05.02.17	Glenalbyn	8	Tribes	18
05.02.17	Trinity	4	Cathal Brugha	11
	Week 24
25.02.17	Cathal Brugha	12	Glenalbyn	7
	Week 25
04.03.17	Tribes	9	St. Vincent’s	22
	Week 26
11.03.17	Donegall Diamonds	16	Trinity	8
12.03.17	Trinity	3	Tribes	12
	Week 27
19.03.17	St. Vincent’s	8	Cathal Brugha	4
19.03.17	Trinity	5	Glenalbyn	9
	Week 28
25.03.17	Glenalbyn	9	St. Vincent’s	16
25.03.17	Tribes	9	Trinity	4
26.03.17	Glenalbyn	7	Donegall Diamonds	8
	Week 29
01.04.17	Donegall Diamonds	11	Tribes	5
02.04.17	Cathal Brugha	17	Tribes	2
04.04.17	Donegall Diamonds	8	Cathal Brugha	5

Water Polo Arena Stock Image

References

Websites

Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Ireland Water Polo (2017) National League Fixtures 2016/17 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-fixtures-results.html [Accessed 18 April 2017]

Ireland Water Polo (2017) National League Tables 2016/17 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 18 April 2017]

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Final League Table

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	14	14	0	0	220	94	42
Cathal Brugha	14	11	0	3	153	110	33
Half Moon	14	9	0	5	180	147	27
Clonard	14	6	0	8	133	133	18
North Dublin	14	6	0	8	146	140	18
Corrib	14	4	0	10	142	205	12
Sandycove	14	4	0	10	118	185	12
Setanta	14	2	0	12	89	167	6

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Points Sytem: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss Tie-Breaker: Clonard finish 4th on head-to-head results vs North Dublin (8-4, 13-14) / Corrib finish 6th on head-to-head results vs Sandycove (14-11, 9-10)

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Results

 

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
24.09.2016	Half Moon	8	Sandycove	18
	Week 2
01.10.2016	North Dublin	11	Sandycove	4
01.10.2016	Corrib	8	Cathal Brugha	24
02.10.2016	Half Moon	16	Setanta	5
	Week 3
15.10.2016	Corrib	8	St. Vincent’s	16
16.10.2016	North Dublin	4	Cathal Brugha	6
16.10.2016	Half Moon	6	St. Vincent’s	16
	Week 4
22.10.2016	Setanta	3	St. Vincent’s	14
22.10.2016	Cathal Brugha	13	Half Moon	5
	Week 5
29.10.2016	Sandycove	13	Setanta	10
	Week 6
05.11.2016	Half Moon	10	Clonard	8
05.11.2016	St. Vincent’s	18	Sandycove	5
05.11.2016	Corrib	16	North Dublin	14
	Week 7
12.11.2016	Setanta	10	North Dublin	9
12.11.2016	Clonard	17	Sandycove	5
	Week 8
27.11.2016	Half Moon	16	Corrib	10
27.11.2016	Clonard	4	Cathal Brugha	10
	Week 9
03.12.2016	Corrib	14	Setanta	11
04.12.2016	St. Vincent’s	14	Clonard	5
04.12.2016	Half Moon	16	North Dublin	11
	Week 10
10.12.2016	Clonard	14	Corrib	5
10.12.2016	Setanta	3	Half Moon	24
10.12.2016	Cathal Brugha	15	Corrib	10
10.12.2016	St. Vincent’s	17	North Dublin	5
	Week 11
17.12.2016	Clonard	8	Setanta	6
17.12.2016	Cathal Brugha	11	Sandycove	6
18.12.2016	Clonard	8	North Dublin	4
	Week 12
07.01.2017	St. Vincent’s	16	Setanta	10
07.01.2017	Sandycove	5	North Dublin	11
	Week 13
14.01.2017	Corrib	14	Sandycove	11
	Week 14
04.02.2017	Half Moon	18	Cathal Brugha	11
04.02.2017	St. Vincent’s	19	Corrib	10
05.02.2017	North Dublin	17	Setanta	5
	Week 15
18.02.2017	North Dublin	8	St. Vincent’s	12
19.02.2017	St. Vincent’s	–	Half Moon	–
	Week 16
25.02.2017	Setanta	10	Corrib	4
	Week 17
04.03.2017	Corrib	13	Half Moon	19
	Week 18
11.03.2017	North Dublin	20	Corrib	11
11.03.2017	Cathal Brugha	12	Clonard	10
11.03.2017	Setanta	7	Sandycove	13
12.03.2017	North Dublin	14	Clonard	13
	Week 19
18.03.2017	Clonard	5	St. Vincent’s	20
18.03.2017	Setanta	–	Cathal Brugha	–
19.03.2017	Cathal Brugha	10	North Dublin	8
19.03.2017	Sandycove	10	Corrib	9
	Week 20
25.03.2017	Sandycove	2	St. Vincent’s	17
25.03.2017	North Dublin	10	Half Moon	7
25.03.2017	Corrib	10	Clonard	6
26.03.2017	St. Vincent’s	12	Cathal Brugha	5
	Week 21
01.04.2017	Clonard	6	Half Moon	7
01.04.2017	Sandycove	12	Cathal Brugha	18
02.04.2017	Setanta	9	Clonard	11
	Week 22
14.04.2017	St. Vincent’s	16	Half Moon	12
N/A	Cathal Brugha	4	Setanta	0 #
N/A	Setanta	0 #	Cathal Brugha	4

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Websites

 

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2017) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

[2] Ireland Water Polo (2017) National League Tables 2016/17 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 18 April 2017]

[3] Ireland Water Polo (2017) National League Fixtures 2016/17 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-fixtures-results.html [Accessed 18 April 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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National League Water Polo Women’s Division 2 2015-16

 

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
St. Vincent’s B	10	10	0	0	78	30
Drogheda	11	5	4	2	-17	17
Tribes	11	5	5	1	-9	16
Donegall Diamonds	10	4	5	1	3	13
Clontarf	12	0	10	2	-55	2

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IWP National League Womens Division 2 2016-17

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	9	9	0	0	105	19	27
Drogheda	10	5	2	3	110	57	17
Donegall Diamonds	10	6	1	3	103	62	19
Tribes A	10	4	0	6	74	81	12
Clontarf	10	2	3	5	69	65	9
Tribes Masters	9	0	0	9	31	208	0

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IWP National League Womens Division 2 2017-18

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Clontarf	6	6	0	0	78	31	18
Cathal Brugha	6	3	0	3	60	61	9
Tribes A	6	2	0	4	41	63	6
North Dublin	6	1	0	5	44	68	3
Tribes Masters	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8

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References

_________________________________________________________

 

Websites

 

 

[1] Swim Ireland (2016) Water Polo – Fixtures 2015-2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/03/Fixtures-April-2.pdf [Accessed 28 October 2016]

[2] Ireland Water Polo (2017) National League Tables 2016/17 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 18 April 2017]

 

Internet Archive

 

[3] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2018) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

 

Images

 

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Availabble from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney.

 

About this document

 

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Last Updated: 13 February 2019

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IWP National League Womens Division 1 2016-17

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	10	10	0	0	176	69	30
Tribes	10	6	0	4	90	91	18
Donegall Diamonds	10	5	0	5	107	112	15
Cathal Brugha #	10	5	0	5	85	71	15
Trinity	10	2	0	8	79	143	6
Glenalbyn	10	2	0	8	74	125	6

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IWP National League Womens Division 1 2017-18

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s B	14	14	0	0	235	61	42
Trinity	14	8	1	5	102	108	25
Diamonds A	14	7	3	4	155	120	24
Tribes	14	7	1	6	129	109	22
Clontarf	14	7	1	6	96	94	22
St. Vincent’s A	14	4	0	10	114	153	12
Cathal Brugha #	13	4	2	7	93	93	10
Diamonds B #	13	0	0	13	33	219	-4

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Season Information

Points System: 3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / -4 Pts Forfeit #

Tie-Breaker: head-to-head aggregate score over two matches.

Report

Water Polo was invented in Scotland in the late 19th Century and has been played in Ireland since the early 20th Century. Its’ heydey was in the 1960s when Ireland Qualified for the European Championships.

St. Vincent’s of Glasnevin, Dublin, have been the dominant team in Irish Women’s Water Polo for the last three years, winning all their league matches every year.

References

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Websites

[3] Ireland Water Polo (2017) National League Tables 2016/17 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 18 April 2017]

Internet Archive

[4] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2015) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

Images

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Availabble from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney.

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 February 2019

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IWP National League Mens Division 3 2016-17

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Trinity	12	8	2	2	127	86	26
Clonard	12	7	1	4	99	87	22
Sandycove	12	7	0	5	110	88	21
North Dublin	12	6	2	4	93	76	20
St. Vincent’s	12	6	0	6	100	94	18
Clontarf	12	5	1	6	98	89	16
Blackrock	12	0	0	12	50	157	0

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IWP National League Mens Division 3 2017-18

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
North Dublin	11	10	0	1	121	77	30
St. Vincent’s	12	9	0	3	142	76	27
Clonard	12	8	0	4	145	87	24
Cu Chulainn	11	6	1	4	112	102	19
Sandycove	12	3	1	8	100	101	10
Clontarf	12	3	0	9	93	119	9
Athlone	10	0	0	10	28	180	0
Blackrock	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2

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References

_______________________________________________________

 

Websites

 

[1] Swim Ireland (2017) League Table Results 2016-17 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/other-water-sports/water-polo/league-tablesresults/ [Accessed 16 February 2017]

 

Internet Archive

 

[2] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2018) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

 

Images

 

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 February 2019

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IWP National League Mens Division 2 2016-17

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	12	11	0	1	134	57	33
Drogheda	12	8	0	4	100	73	24
Galway Bay	12	8	0	4	138	107	24
Grads	12	4	2	6	83	94	14
Clontarf #	12	5	1	6	100	84	12
Cathal Brugha	12	2	1	9	48	142	7
UCC #	12	1	2	9	70	116	-3

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Drogheda finish 2nd on head-to-head results vs Galway Bay (7-8, 13-9) # Clontarf (-4) & UCC (-8) had points deducted for forfeiting matches

 

IWP National League Mens Division 2 2017-18

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	10	8	0	2	103	52	24
Galway Bay	10	6	0	4	79	68	18
Clontarf	10	5	1	4	86	82	16
Cathal Brugha	10	5	0	5	86	106	15
Drogheda	10	4	1	5	81	85	13
Trinity	10	1	0	9	50	92	3

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References

_______________________________________________________

 

Websites

 

[1] Swim Ireland (2017) League Table Results 2016-17 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/other-water-sports/water-polo/league-tablesresults/ [Accessed 16 February 2017]

 

Internet Archive

 

[2] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2018) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

 

Images

 

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 February 2019

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IWP MNL Division 1 2016-17

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	14	14	0	0	220	94	42
Cathal Brugha	14	11	0	3	153	110	33
Half Moon	14	9	0	5	180	147	27
Clonard	14	6	0	8	133	133	18
North Dublin	14	6	0	8	146	140	18
Corrib	14	4	0	10	142	205	12
Sandycove	14	4	0	10	118	185	12
Setanta	14	2	0	12	89	167	6

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Clonard finish 4th on head-to-head results vs North Dublin (8-4, 13-14) Corrib finish 6th on head-to-head results vs Sandycove (14-11, 9-10)

[3]

 

IWP MNL Division 1 2017-18

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	14	10	2	2	154	112	32
Corrib	14	8	4	2	168	131	28
Cathal Brugha	14	9	0	5	190	113	27
North Dublin	14	9	0	5	146	118	27
Sandycove	14	6	2	6	99	128	20
Half Moon	14	5	1	8	126	155	16
Cu Chulainn	14	3	1	10	100	151	10
Clonard	14	1	0	13	94	167	3

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References

_______________________________________________________

 

Websites

 

[3] Swim Ireland (2017) League Table Results 2016-17 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/other-water-sports/water-polo/league-tablesresults/ [Accessed 16 February 2017]

 

Internet Archive

 

[4] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2015) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

 

Images

 

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 28 January 2019

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Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Division 3 2014-15

 

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Cathal Brugha	10	9	1	0	66	27
Grads	10	7	3	0	19	21
North Dublin	10	6	3	1	22	19
Trinity	10	3	5	2	-28	11
Sandycove	10	2	8	0	-7	6
Blackrock	10	1	8	1	-72	4

 

Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Division 3 2015-16

 

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Grads	10	10	0	0	94	30
Sandycove B	10	7	2	1	19	22
North Dublin B	10	4	6	0	2	12
Trinity	10	4	6	0	-13	12
Clontarf B	10	3	7	0	-40	9
Blackrock	10	1	8	1	-62	4

References

_______________________________________________________

Websites

[2] Swim Ireland (2016) Fixtures 2015-16 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/03/Fixtures-April-2.pdf [Accessed 28 October 2016]

Internet Archive

[1] Swim Ireland – Wayback Machine (2015) Mens Premier League [Internet] Availabble from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150922095302/http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=640 [Accessed 27 March 2017]

Images

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Division 2 2014-15

 

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Setanta	14	12	1	1	77	37
Clontarf	14	10	3	1	27	31
Clonard	14	7	6	1	30	22
UCC	14	6	5	3	0	21
Corrib	14	6	5	3	-13	21
Galway Bay	14	6	7	1	-8	19
St. Vincent’s	14	2	10	2	-39	8
Drogheda	14	0	12	2	-74	2

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Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Division 2 2015-16

 

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
Corrib	14	13	1	0	109	39
Drogheda	14	10	4	0	39	30
Clontarf	14	9	5	0	30	27
Cathal Brugha B	14	7	7	0	-5	21
Clonard B	14	6	8	0	-55	18
Galway Bay	14	5	9	0	-6	15
UCC	14	4	10	0	-17	12
St. Vincent’s C	14	2	12	0	-95	6

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References

_______________________________________________________

 

Websites

 

[2] Swim Ireland (2016) Fixtures 2015-16 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/03/Fixtures-April-2.pdf [Accessed 28 October 2016]

 

Internet Archive

 

[1] Swim Ireland – Wayback Machine (2015) Mens Premier League [Internet] Availabble from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150922095302/http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=640 [Accessed 27 March 2017]

 

 

Images

 

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

 

About this document

 

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 January 2019

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Ireland Water Polo WNL Premier Standings 2014-15 to 2015-16

IWP Women’s National League Premier 2014-15

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
2nd Round Group A
St. Vincent’s	3	3	0	0	31	9
Glenalbyn	3	1	1	1	-1	4
Cathal Brugha	3	1	2	0	-15	3
Donegall Diamonds	3	0	2	1	-15	1
2nd Round Group B
Guinness	3	3	0	0	10	9
Tribes	3	2	1	0	5	6
Trinity	3	1	2	0	-5	3
Drogheda	3	0	3	0	-10	0

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	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
1st Round
St. Vincent’s	7	7	0	0	135	21
Cathal Brugha	7	6	1	0	31	18
Donegall Diamonds	7	5	2	0	23	15
Glenalbyn	7	4	3	0	8	12
Guinness	7	3	4	0	-28	9
Tribes	7	2	5	0	-51	6
Drogheda	7	1	6	0	-49	3
Trinity	7	0	7	0	-69	0
UCC # (Withdrew)	6	0	6	0	-95	0

Season Format: Following One Round-Robin of 7 matches teams were split in Groups A & B depending on position, with Group A playing for the title and Group B playing for relegation. Points not carried forward.

IWP Women’s National League Division 1 2015-16

	P	W	L	D	GD	Pts
St. Vincent’s	10	10	0	0	170	30
Cathal Brugha	11	8	3	0	17	24
Donegall Diamonds	10	6	4	0	14	18
Tribes	10	5	5	0	-7	15
Glenalbyn	11	4	7	0	-19	12
Guinness #	6	1	5	0	-35	3
Trinity	10	0	10	0	-140	0

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Note: # Guinness withdrew after one round of fixtures, their record stood but no matches from their second round were counted.

Report

Seasons 2014-15 to 2015-16

St. Vincent’s of Glasnevin, Dublin, were the dominant team in Irish Women’s Water Polo from 2014 to 2016, winning all their league matches every year.

About Water Polo in Ireland

Water Polo was invented in Scotland in the late 19th Century and has been played in Ireland since the early 20th Century. The sport’s heydey in Ireland was in the 1960s when Ireland Qualified for the European Championships.

Water Polo Arena Stock Image

References

Websites

[1] Swim Ireland (2015) Water Polo – League Table Results 2014-2015 [Internet] Available from: http://www.swimireland.ie/other-water-sports/water-polo/league-tablesresults/ [Accessed 16 February 2017]

[2] Swim Ireland (2016) Water Polo – Fixtures 2015-2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.swimireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2016/03/Fixtures-April-2.pdf [Accessed 28 October 2016]

Images

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Availabble from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

First Published: 01 January 2018. Last Updated: 03 March 2024

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