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Manchester A win boys' U15 National Water Polo Champs 2016
October 15, 2016City of Manchester A team boys have been crowned ASA Under 15 Water Polo champions following a thrilling penalty shoot-out.
After beating Ealing 13-4 in the semi-final, City of Manchester met last year’s runners-up Caledonia in the final.
The two sides were well matched but City of Manchester had the home advantage and with the support of the crowd, were able to win the penalty shoot-out and take the gold medal with an 11-10 win.
“I’m so happy,” said Manchester A captain Christian Thompson. “My legs were killing me at the end but I was so pleased to see that last penalty go in.
“We knew we had a good chance of winning but we didn’t want to be over-confident for the final.
“But it was an all-round complete performance from the team today.”
In an equally exciting match which also went to penalties, Ealing edged their City of Sheffield opponents to win the bronze medal 8-7.
Statistics
- Gold: City of Manchester (third title)
- Silver: Caledonia
- Bronze: Ealing
- Top Goalscorer: Michael Hampshire, Sedgefield – 25 goals
- Major King: Charles Hill, Beckenham – seven fouls
U15 Boys’ Championships 2016 Results
Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| U15 Boys Group A | |||
| Bridgefield | 1 – 12 | Ealing | FT |
| Grantham | 2 – 8 | Sedgefield | FT |
| Bridgefield | 9 – 4 | Grantham | FT |
| Ealing | 11 – 10 | Sedgefield | FT |
| Bridgefield | 7 – 9 | Sedgefield | FT |
| Ealing | 12 – 6 | Grantham | FT |
| U15 Boys Group B | |||
| Beckenham | 4 – 11 | City of Manchester A | FT |
| Beckenham | 15 – 6 | Cheltenham | FT |
| City of Manchester A | 15 – 5 | Cheltenham | FT |
| U15 Boys Group C | |||
| City of Sheffield | 10 – 5 | Northampton | FT |
| City of Sheffield | 8 – 5 | Chelmsford | FT |
| Northampton | 8 – 8 | Chelmsford | FT |
| U15 Boys Group D | |||
| Nottingham Leander | 2 – 13 | Watford | FT |
| Caledonia | 13 – 1 | City of Manchester B | FT |
| Nottingham Leander | 2 – 19 | Caledonia | FT |
| Watford | 11 – 1 | City of Manchester B | FT |
| Nottingham Leander | 8 – 5 | City of Manchester B | FT |
| Watford | 4 – 9 | Caledonia | FT |
| U15 Boys 13th-14th Place Playoff | |||
| Grantham | 13 – 2 | City of Manchester B | FT |
| U15 Boys 9th-12th Place Playoff | |||
| Bridgefield | 10 – 7 | Cheltenham | FT |
| Northampton | 13 – 6 | Nottingham Leander | FT |
| U15 Boys 5th-8th Place Playoff | |||
| Sedgefield | 7 – 11 | Beckenham | FT |
| Chelmsford | 3 – 8 | Watford | FT |
| U15 Boys Semi Finals | |||
| Ealing | 4 – 13 | City of Manchester A | FT |
| City of Sheffield | 9 – 11 | Caledonia | FT |
| U15 Boys 11th-12th Place Playoff | |||
| Cheltenham | 10 – 5 | Nottingham Leander | FT |
| U15 Boys 9th-10th Place Playoff | |||
| Bridgefield | 8 – 9 | Northampton | FT |
| U15 Boys 7th-8th Place Playoff | |||
| Sedgefield | 15 – 9 | Chelmsford | FT |
| U15 Boys 5th-6th Place Playoff | |||
| Beckenham | 8 – 10 | Watford | FT |
| U15 Boys Bronze Medal Match | |||
| Ealing | 8 – 7 | City of Sheffield | FT |
| U15 Boys Final | |||
| City of Manchester A | 11 – 10 | Caledonia | FT |
U15 Boys Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| Ealing | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Sedgefield | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Bridgefield | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 2 |
| Grantham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -17 | 0 |
U15 Boys Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| City of Manchester A | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| Beckenham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -19 | 0 |
U15 Boys Group C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| City of Sheffield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Chelmsford | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| Northampton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
U15 Boys Group D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| Caledonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
| Watford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| Nottingham Leander | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -25 | 2 |
| City of Manchester B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -25 | 0 |