WSL2 / WSL3 / MSL4 (Editor) This week both our senior women's teams and our top tier senior men's team had a scheduled bye. The SL2 girls will face Monash next week, whilst the SL3 will come up against Old Ivanhoe. Our SL4 men will come up against Footscray. OSL5 Report by Andrew Cover The water polo clash between Essendon and Richmond started evenly with Tom scoring both of Essendon’s goals in the first quarter to level the scores at 2–2. Unfortunately Richmond took con

WSL2 Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon were on a high after the last couple of weeks of results, but hit a determined NYP team on Tuesday night, while playing without Emmy and Katie B. The game was an arm-wrestle for the first few minutes. Essendon had plenty of ball but good goalkeeping from the NYP GK Isla (sometime Essendon player) and some structured defence made it difficult for Essendon to score. NYP opened the scoring but Essendon eventually bested the quarter 2

WSL2 Report by Darren Steere The team turned up to face a seasoned Monash Uni, still bubbling from our win in the John Mason Cup. I’d given them Monday night training off, and some were still a little sore from the two day weekend workload. But it was Monash that was about to find out how well we played over the weekend and what Emily and Josie missed out on. From the word go, it was defence that led to offence and it all flowed. Gen was having a ball with 3 goals, Alex wi

SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE - ROUND 10 WSL2 (Editor) The girls enjoyed an evening on the couch with a scheduled bye this week, but will be up against Monash after the school holiday break. WSL3 Report by Lisa Murray-Segal Our last encounter against Monash, saw us being clobbered by 10 goals, not our finest moment. With just 7 girls confirmed for the game thi week, it was looking grim until LisaAs declared she could make the early start dashing off early from work. Reliev

SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE - ROUND 7 WSL2 Report by Darren Steere The girls fronted up on Tuesday night, to take on our old foes NYPD. We always have good, tough, close encounters. We were switched on from the first swim up (must have been the coaches pregame talk). Gen dominated in at centre forward with 3 goals, with Claudia adding one and Emily swooping in from the right hand side for another. Q1 5-0 The total team pressure had NYPD coughing the ball up, and our girls

SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE - ROUND 8 WSL2 Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon started with 11 players, with Emmy and Josie returning to the line up, vs Monash who lined up with 9 players. Essendon were out to a 2-0 lead pretty quickly with passes into Gen at centre forward proving lethal as she was able to turn her defender. It wasn't one-way traffic though as Monash were breaking fast when they had the ball and out-swimming our girls. Our defence proved not aggressive e

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SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE - ROUND 7 WSL2 (Editor) A scheduled bye for our WSL2 squad this week, but they'll be back in action next week up against Monash Uni. WSL3 Report by Lisa Murray-Segal This week we faced the undefeated ladder leaders - StCath's. Always a tough physical side, and we were without Sheridan and Sally. We welcomed Josie back into the side with the 2s having a bye this week, to bolster the squad. We made a pretty good start, stopping their attacks wi

SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE - ROUND 6 WSL2 Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon were without Emmy and Josie, which meant a call-up for Amber. We were able to play with 3 reserves which was pretty similar to NYP. Essendon were in control from the start and steadily pushed for goals. NYP were struggling to put their sets together and it wasn't long before Alex popped a shot home. Olivia was next and Alex received a penalty which she had no trouble converting... and at this p

WSL2 Report by Torben Fink Jensen Essendon had 8 v 8 tonight and made a much more solid start against Monash than the previous time we had played them 3 weeks ago. We had a goal in the first minute when Mietta hit the corner from 7m. The next few minutes were back and forward with no goals on either side until Mietta got the ball again in front of goal and slotted home. Monash got one back before Josie popped up on the left post and sent a clean shot in. Essendon were looki

SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE - ROUND 4 WSL2 (Editor) A night off for our SL2 girls with a scheduled bye this week. They will come up against the ladder leaders Monash next week. WSL3 Report by Lisa Murray-Segal This week we faced Old Ivanhoe, who have made every grand final game in our league for the last 18mths. So we knew they'd be a formidable opposition but were buoyed by the presence of Josie dropping down from the 2s to lend us a hand. We surprised ourselves with a so

SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE ROUND 3 WSL2 Report by Torben Fink-Jensen A bye in the SL3 comp tonight allowed Essendon to bring Amber up a grade to get some SL2 experience. Essendon also welcomed Gen back from holiday which was a nice boost. It seems to be a habit to give the opposition a couple of goals head start and today was no exception as we held back on tackles and let them drop a few long bombs over Kate's head in goals. But this jolted Essendon into life and they spe

SENIOR SUMMER STATE LEAGUE ROUND 2 WSL2 Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon were having their first game of the new season after a bye the previous week. The team had a new player in Josie who recently made the Victorian U15 team, so we knew she would be ready. It was also Alex's 500th game so everyone was primed to work around that milestone. We were missing a few stalwarts but things were looking good for us with 2 on the bench and Monash with the bare 7. Unfortunately b

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WSL2 (Editor) Since I started playing water polo (and that's a long time!) the WSL2 grade has never had less than 6 teams entered for this major State League competition. So it was surprising to learn there were just 4 entries this year. Of further concern was the fact that one of those teams pulled out of the competititon on the afternoon of the first game - leaving our girls without an opponent for Round 1. So it was an enforced "forfeit" win for Essendon, unless the fix

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Women's A Grade - GOLD MEDAL GAME 🥇 Report by Darren Steere After the surprise of making the “Grand Final” of the Summer Splash A grade, we then had to organise a team to compete. While we were missing a few, Gen with work, Emmy had other commitments (we were never meant to play this week) Alex with a broken toe, illness to Phoebe and Lara and Emily is concentrating on her National Swimming Championships. The good news is that we were able to welcome Gen from WSL3 and Jo

ROUND 5 MATCHES (RESCHEDULED DUE TO POOL ISSUES 10-3-26) Women's A Grade The Essendon girls had a night off with a scheduled bye this week, but have finished the competititon in second place, so will play off in the Gold Medal game next week. Women's B Grade : EssRed - Report by Lisa Murray-Segal Unfortunately we had only 5 of our 11 players available this week, and we were unable to secure help from the A grade ladies, so had to call in a forfeit. A blessing for some, w

Women's A Grade - Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Richmond started with 6 players vs our 9, making us hopeful we could get a headstart on them. Unfortunately their 7th player arrived pretty quickly, but we hoped our 2 subs would prove their worth in the 2nd half. Richmond's first two goals were from perimeter shots where their players weren't put under enough pressure. Then a 3rd came from their CF getting around her marker. Essendon were finally able to claw one back through

Women's A Grade Our womens A were scheduled to have the night off this week, with a bye so were not affected by the pool closure. Women's B Grade : EssRed Women's B Grade : EssBlack With our Black team due to play at 7.40pm Tuesday night and our Reds at 8.20pm, there was a rush to communicate the pool closure amongst players with VicPolo phoning through with the news at 5.15pm. The main indoor pool where our games were to be played had murky water so MSAC made the call to