12&U Mixed   - Report by Sheridan Mom A late change of venue and time saw us head to Melbourne Girls Grammar after Vic Polo had pool booking issues. With the festive season in full swing, numbers were a little light—just one player on the bench this week. Despite that, the kids showed fantastic improvement and put up a great contest against Melbourne Collegians. The team should be proud of their effort. We’re getting better every week, both defensively and in attack. It wa

12&U Mixed   - Report by Sheridan Mom Despite torrential rain at the start of the game, our players, coaches, and umpires pushed through while spectators scrambled for cover. This week, our U12s took on Richmond—a team we knew would be a tough challenge. The first half was a close contest, with our kids working hard to stay on their forwards. Playing in the shallow end made things tricky, and a few missed calls on players pushing off the bottom didn’t help. We went into halft

WSL2   - Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon started the last game before finals with 12 players vs Richmond's 10. We were in 2nd place guaranteed a finals place, and the Tigers needed a win and someone else to lose to get in the running. The first half of the first quarter had us on auto pilot as we managed 3 quite quick goals, with Gen holding them up at CF for a penalty, then Bene and Emmy shooting strongly from the field. They got back with one goal but then they score

WSL2   - Report by Darren Steere It had been awhile since the girls have had a game of polo.  We had the weekend away in Albury/Wodonga a little while ago, then we had to forfeit a game with sickness, followed by a forfeit being given to us and then a bye, plus the Melbourne Cup break.  We faced the Richmond Yellow team that are 4th on the ladder.  It was a bit chaotic at the start, with no one for the table except me. So the girls ran the bench, while I addressed them at the

WSL2   (Editor) An extended break for the team this week, with a scheduled BYE. With only two games left, against Richmond Yellow and Richmond Tigers, the girls would need to win at least one game to guarantee their place in the major semi final (1 Vs 2). WSL3   - Report by Lisa Murray-Segal We had good numbers this week, with 11 girls available, but were missing our swim up champ in Gen. So our quarters didn't start off as well as they could have. Up against former premie

WSL2   (Editor) This week's game didn't eventuate, with Footscray unable to field and team, and a forfeit called. Essendon defeated Footscray : 8 - 0    WSL3   - Report by Lisa Murray-Segal With the WSL2 team being notified of a forfeit, they generously offered us players to top up our group if we needed them. From our list of 14, we had 10 confirmed, so opted to include one SL2 player to give ourselves a good bench - welcome Phoebe! Up against NYP, we hoped to improve on o

WSL2   - Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon started again with 13 this week vs Richmond's 8. Despite only having one sub, Richmond was a sterner test this week than NYP could muster last week. The game see-sawed for a 2-2 score before Richmond managed to put some pressure one-one one with our Centre backs leading to a 2 goal lead by the end of the first quarter. In the second term, Richmond put on the afterburners, and apart from one good break for Essendon where their go

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WSL2   - Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon turned up with 13 players this week out of a squad of 14 with just goalie Kate unavailable, leaving Lara to be "volun-told" into goalkeeper. NYP were able to bring 9 to the contest. With the addition of Annie LeFoe and Katie Bruce, Essendon have created depth and breadth across the field, and this was obvious tonight when we celebrated Olivia's birthday by steamrolling a slightly weaker than normal NYP 22-6, a bit of a runaway w

WSL2   (Editor) The girls spent their weekend up in Albury-Wodonga taking part in the inaugural John Mason Memorial Cup. They made the...

WSL2   - Report by Darren Steere Nine girls fronted up to play the Richmond Tigers this week.  In that nine, we welcomed new players...

WSL2   - no report received Essendo n defeated Rich mond Yellow : 12 - 8   Goals : TBC WSL3   - no report received Essendon w ere...

WSL2   - Editor This week our girls had a night off with a scheduled BYE, but will face Richmond Yellow next game. WSL3   - Report by...

WSL2   - Report by the SL2 team Essendon came out firing in our clash against Footscray, delivering a dominant 21–1 victory and showing...

WSL2   - Report by Torben Fink-Jensen A top of the table clash this week as we played table co-leaders Richmond Black. Both teams had the...

WSL2   - Report by Torben Fink-Jensen Essendon were playing NYP this week with a squad of nine players vs their ten. NYP has had a slow...

WSL2   - Report by Darren Steere Again we ventured to Camberwell to take on Monash Uni. The 9 o’clock start probably had  a lot to do...

WSL2   - Report by Alex Steere Our girls delivered an impressive performance in our latest water polo match, showing great discipline,...

WSL2   - Report by Torben Fink-Jensen The start of a new season and Essendon fronted up with 11 players, missing Lara, Bene and Claudia. ...

Well done to all our members on a fabulous year in and out of the pool! 2023-24 Summer State League : Best & Fairest Awards WSL2 : Winner...