The Greenwich Phantom: Water Polo

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Water Polo

Alick rightly points out that sport is not among The Phantom's favourite activities:

I know it's a bit niche and probably not your thing (having read and enjoyed your blog for a while and searched for "sport" on it ;) ), but do you or your readers know of any water polo teams based near to Greenwich? I'm aware of teams that train in Waterloo, Croydon, and Sevenoaks, but was hoping to find one closer to home than that.

So. I've done a spot of research and Deptford's Wavelengths pool claims to do water polo, though I can't find anything at all about it. I know that there are quite a few of you that do sporty-type stuff - can anyone help out Alick?

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Benedict said...: I am afraid I dont know anyone into water polo, but you could try pedalo polo. Take yourself and your chums along to Greenwich Park nice and early rent out all the Pedalos at the recently refilled boating pond split yourselves into two teams, jumpers for goal posts, and voila! Instant water sport action!; 20 March 2008 09:11
The Greenwich Phantom said...: What a great idea! We could start leagues and everything. You could have a toad as your mascot. It could be the new keep fit craze. Quick, Bendict - write a celebrity fitness book. I think there needs to be a special Choc-ice and Fanta diet programme to go with it.; 20 March 2008 09:17
Benedict said...: To play pedalo polo properly each player must at all times be consuming either choc ice treats or a can of pop. Any unfinished comestables at the end will result in a reduction of points for the offending team. Similarly bonus points will be given for players eating/drinking above their quota.
Finally a game for all weight abilities!; 20 March 2008 11:05

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Greenwich is one of the coolest "uncool" places there is in London. It's not profoundly unfashionable - rather somewhere where it doesn't occur to people that there is anything more than a few museums, a nice park and the Cutty Sark. The really adventurous might know about the Trafalgar Tavern or venture out to Greenwich market on a Sunday afternoon, but essentially, Greenwich is still relatively undiscovered for one of the great regions of London. I adore Greenwich - but I'm not blind to its faults either. In this journal I take an affectionate but honest - at times brutally so - look, giving my own personal low-down on the things to do - and one or two of the things NOT to do in Greenwich. I am being unashamedly parochial here. I will talk about the tourist sites, of course - how could I not when we have a World Heritage Site on our doorstep - but also about the things which make our town great - the little things. Interesting vistas, cool shops, bizarre novelties and quirky one-offs which make this place buzz. Greetings, by the way, to all of you who have travelled with me from Livejournal - and thank you for making the journey.

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Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Water Polo

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