In lieu of the U25 competition this season BWPI are introducing a New Senior Competition:

• Premier League (Elite / By Invitation) - Sat Nights
• Open (Competitive / Open Age) - Sat Afternoon; and
• Social (Men’s, Ladies, Mixed) - Mon & Tue Nights

What else to do we know:

• Participation in the Senior Competition would be open to 2004 (top age 16U) and above, exemption can be requested for 2005
• At this stage there are no there are no defined rules for entry in the Premier League competition

• Premier League (L1/M1) is expected to be 4-5 teams as preparation for the National League season as the last games of the day at the Valley Pool

• Open (L2/M2) competition will also be played on a Saturday at the Valley Pool

• Social competition (L3/M3) on a Monday and Tuesday evening open to mixed/men/women teams
• Senior Season will be 12 October — 3 December 2019, followed by a Second series in February – April 2020 for the Open and Social Teams. Premier League will be playing National League.

If you are interested in participating in any of these competitions we’d appreciate if you completed the EOI

www.jotform.com/barraswaterpolo/senior-comp-eoi

Selections for L2\M2 will be during U18 and Open Traning Sessions over the next fortnight.

It would be great to get some social teams together to play on the Monday / Tuesday night and are open to suggestions around how to best make up teams – the options look to be varied with a mixed format being considered as well.

BJ is considering dusting off his togs, and a number of our Dads have been talking about putting together a team – possible combining with their older sons.

The “retro togs” post on social media was popular – if interest maybe we can introduce this as social team uniform!

As far as training options go, please let us know your thoughts on the EOI – as we can schedule sessions regularly or maybe even a Boot Camp format for new players.

We have asked WPQ to confirm the minimum registration requirements for Social players and once we have some more details, and an indication of interest, we will be able to give an indication of costs.

Thanks

Barras Committee