SUSSEX ASA JUNIOR WATER POLO UNDER 19 (2001 & YOUNGER) INTER COUNTY TOURNAMENT BASINGSTOKE AQUADROME 22ND JUNE 2019

The Sussex under 19 boy’s squad travelled to the Basingstoke Aquadrome to defend the inter-county championship title that they won last year. Unfortunately, a number of the boys in the county were unavailable on this date, but we still had a strong squad of 9 players who we were sure would put up a good defence of the title.

The squad in full was as follows; - 1. Owen Peel 2. Oscar Silk 3. Josh Coulson 4. Akos Hausknecht 5. Elliot Hurst 6. Josh Luff 7. Jamie Bond 8. Harrison Peel 9. Zach Kingett

The individual match reports are as follows; -

Sussex 8, Surrey 4 (half time 5-2) This was a match that we really controlled throughout but we contrived to miss on many occasions when we really should have scored, and this kept Surrey in the game. Ultimately, we should have won by more but we were always in control and at times we played with some real quality. Scorers; - Harrison 4, Josh L 2, Jamie 1, Elliot 1. Exclusions; - Elliot 1, Josh L 1.

Sussex 11, Hampshire 1 (half time 6-0) A very comfortable win in a game when our combination of a high tempo pressing defence and a direct counter-attack was too much for the opposition. We managed the game well in the second half to try and rest players in advance of what looked to be a difficult final match. Scorers; - Jamie 4, Harrison 3, Elliot 2, Akos 1, Zach 1. Exclusions; - None.

Sussex 4, Kent 2 (half time 2-0) An excellent win in the final match against a quality Kent team secured a successful defence of the title. We actually should have won the game by a much greater margin but the Kent goal keeper put in an excellent display, and we were also guilty of missing a number of chances when we really should have scored. That said, defensively we were very strong and without doubt we were the better side and thoroughly deserved the win Scorers; - Akos 2, Josh L 1, Jamie 1. Exclusions; - Akos 1, Jamie 1.

Overall this was a very successful event for the Sussex team and we very much deserved to win the competition. The squad was well supported by a large number of family and supporters who were delighted with the way that the team played. The attached picture of the squad with the trophy is L-R; - Josh Luff, Oscar Silk, Jamie Bond, Josh Coulson, Akos Hausknecht, Harrison Peel, Elliot Hurst, Owen Peel & Zach Kingett.

Alastair Roberts (Coach) Steve Bond (Team Manager)