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The Irish Open Canoe Polo tournament washeld on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd of September at Kilcock near Dublin. Amman Valley Paddlers, a local canoe club from Ammanford entered their first European Tournament. This tournament is very popular with teams entering from as far as the USA and Iran. The Team, Ryan Williams, Ben Davies, James Marshall, Tom Bartlett, Shaun Sutton and Nathan Burton battled their way through to the division three play offs, finishing a very credible third. Congratulations to them all. Congratulations must also go to six other AVP members, three girls, Carys Thomas, Briony Turtle and Katie Davies who played for the Welsh Ladies U21 team in the ladies division and came second. Also three boys, Adam Davies, Steffan Davies and Rob Jon Sheen, who played for the Welsh U21 team winning the division three trophy. Amman Valley Paddlers are a small canoe club who run pool sessions from Ammanford Pool on Monday nights from 9-10 pm. We also do white water river running, slalom, surf and flat water paddling. The Welsh were also represented with teams from Aberfan and Cardiff who also had good results in the tournament making it avery good weekend for the Welsh in Ireland. Check out the pics in the Gallery A big thank you to all who made this possible for AVP to go to Ireland. Jeremy Williams    |
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On the 25th of March we attended the Wales Junior Polo league first half, in Newport swimming pool.We entered two junior teams into the league, both teams did REALLY well, but our 1st team rocked!
They won every game so far in the league, check it out in the gallery !
   
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In the first ever Welsh Canoe Polo League, Amman Valley Paddlers, entered their senior polo team in division 2. The first competition was played at Newport swimming pool in March. The team played five games with five wins. The second competition was in April, same venue with the team winning two but then losing to Aberfan 7-1.
The final tournament was outdoors over the weekend of 28-29th April at Pembroke next to Pembroke Castle. On the Saturday morning, going into the tournament in second place behind Aberfan they had a bad start drawing 2-2 with Bridgend A. The day did get better with four more wins beating Narbeth 4-1, Croesyceiliog 6-2, Cardiff University B 3-1 and finally Cardiff University Girls team 7-1.
Sunday morning saw them playing three games and needing to win them all to take the tournament. The first game against Rhondda gave them a comfortable win 7-1. In the second game they beat Bridgend X 3-1. One game left and one win needed. Slight problem, it was Aberfan! The only team to have beaten them!
Congratulations to all the players and thanks to the support team for cheering them along and a special thanks to Nigel Midgley for all his hard work over the season. Hopefully his voice will return soon.
    
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This year the Club will be participating in three leagues and several open competitions.
We have a team in the Senior Welsh League and two youth teams in the Junior Welsh League. The first competition will be on Saturday 13th January when the senior league starts.
The youth teams will also play once in January, February and March at indoor venues and in April and May at outdoor venues.
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AMMAN Valley Paddlers canoe club sailed to victory in a canoe polo tournament as part of the Cardiff Bay Canoeing Festival recently. They won their first three matches and lost one before getting to the Final against Aberfan Canoe Club. At the close of the first half of the final, AVP were 5-3 down but after a tactical team talk with their coach Nigel Midgely, they made a comeback and dominated the second half and won the final 7-5. For a small local club to beat a team like Aberfan is a huge achievement and all the players rose to the occasion. Pics taken by Craig. Full Gallery
Taken from the South Wales Guardian.
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