Welcome to the Old (Mid) Whitgiftian Swimming Club

Recent News - Aug 2010

I hear rumours of a recent game where the ref was asked to referee 1 hour before the start and when he turned up found 2 teams, 1 set of hats (away hats) and no ball. At least our organisation is not that bad.

There is a social night being planned for Wed 8th September in London. Matt F is organising it, so get in touch with him if you want details.

I've not been getting enough copies of the match forms to maintain the list of players and goals. But you should be able to get the info via FixturesLive. Some people comment that FixturesLive is difficult to navigate, so try here

Recent games have been going our way with a number of good wins. Results are here or on fixtures live

Tristan and Caz had a baby daughter, Lucy, on 2nd Aug

OWSC do well at the Surrey Masters swimming championships with 2 golds and 1 bronze medal. Full details here.

We won the Thameside Cup in March. And there's a photo to prove it

I've finally got round to uploading some photos

Stats for the London and Surrey leagues in 2009 are now available here . They include final league positions. The Thameside stats for 2009/10 are here

To help raise money, Simon has set us up with our own on-line shop. Please us it for all your internet purchases and help raise cash for the club

Water polo gets a mention on the BBC

Read news of one of our favourite referees here

About Us

The Old (Mid) Whitgiftian water polo team combines players from the Old Whitgiftian ("OW") and Old Mid Whitgiftian ("OMW") Swimming Clubs. The two clubs merged their water polo sides in 1994 to boost playing strength and depth. More information on this merger and the history of both clubs is available on the "History" section. We enter one team in the London league (playing as OMW in Division 2) and two teams in the Surrey league (playing as Old Whitgiftians in Divisions 1 and 2) during the main season of March - October, as well as entering a team in the Thameside league during the winter.

Training sessions take place at Trinity School on Mondays (20:30 to 21:45) and, from the start of April, at Whitgift School on Wednesdays (21:00 to 22:00). Maps to these schools and a full fixture list is available on our fixtures list.

The team is predominately, but not exclusively, made up of former pupils of Whitgift and Trinity Schools in Croydon and spans a wide range of ages (current players range from 18 to 50+ years old) and abilities. First and foremost, this is a club to enjoy playing waterpolo. We are competitive and we play to win. We have strong team spirit, built from a shared enthusiasm for the game and a strong sense of loyalty to each other and to the club. This is reinforced by numerous social events and a relaxed approach to training on Monday and Wednesday evenings.

If after reading through the site you are interested in joining the team (our membership costs are extremely reasonable when compared with many of the clubs we compete against in the London and Surrey leagues), please email us.