Event dates for 2025 Swim England water polo national events confirmed
The dates for Swim England’s water polo national events in 2025 have been revealed.
The Finals of the GoCardless Swim England Water Polo National Age Group Championships for the U17 and U19 age groups have been scheduled for Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May.
As they were in 2023, the Championships will be held at the GL1 Leisure Centre in Gloucester, where Cheltenham, Worthing, City of Manchester and West London Penguin each took home a national title.
The preliminary and qualification rounds for the event will be held across four weekends throughout February and March, with the top four teams in each age group from 2024 going straight through to the qualification round.
The first matches will take place on Saturday 22 and 23 February, with the U19 Open teams due to compete at East Manchester Leisure Centre and U17 Female sides heading to Haberdashers.
Liverpool Aquatics Centre will then host further preliminary rounds for the U19 Female age group on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 March, with Haberdashers hosting the U17 Open age group on the same weekend.
The competition will then progress to the qualifications stage, where the U19 Open teams will get an early taste of the finals venue as the GL1 hosts their qualification round. That will take place on the weekend of 15-16 March, the same two days where the U19 Female teams will travel to the Liverpool Aquatics Centre for their qualification event.
Ponds Forge will then host the final qualification round for both the U17 Open and U17 Female events across two pitches from Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 March.
The top four teams in each age group will then be invited to the U17 and U19 Championships Finals weekend on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May in Gloucester.
Meanwhile, the GoCardless Swim England Water Polo U15s National Age Group Championships will once again be held across two weekends.
Last month, West London Penguin secured a double of U15 National Age Group Championships titles.
The U15 Female Championship will take place on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November, with the U15 Open Championship being staged on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 November. The venues are still to be confirmed and will be announced as soon as possible.
The Swim England Water Polo Talent Games will also return twice across the 2024 as teams from each of the five talent centres go head-to-head.
Entry information and further key event resources for the 2025 championships will be confirmed in due course on the event webpages.
