Qualifying Table

Please visit Ireland Water Polo website at [References: 2] for Official Results.

Results

Please visit Ireland Water Polo website at [References: 2] for Official Results.

Recap

North Dublin Bones topped the 2022 Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2 (Men’s National League Division 2) North-South Qualifying Table winning all four games. Cathal Brugha B finished second with three wins, and also Qualifying for the 2023 Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2A (Division 2A) were Cú Chulainn WPC B with two wins. Clonard WPC B finished fourth with one win and Bangor Barracudas WPC finished fifth with no wins. The latter two were to play in Division 2B in early 2023.

About Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2 East-West 2022

The 2022 Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2 (Men’s National League Division 2) East-West was one of two Qualifying Mini-Leagues (the other being MNLD2 North-South) run from September to December 2022. The Top three in each of the two Qualifying Leagues were qualified for Swim Ireland Water Polo Men’s National Leagues Division 2A – the second level of Men’s Water Polo in Ireland.

Five teams entered the 2022 MNLD2 North-South: Clonard WPC B, Cathal Brugha WPC B and Cú Chulainn WPC B from the Greater Belfast Area; Bangor Barraucudas from North Down & Ards, all Ulster Province; and North Dublin Bones from Clontarf, Dublin 3, Dublin City, Co. Dublin, Leinster Province.

Map of Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2 East-West Teams 2022

[M-WP-WNLD1-2022-23] Vector Contributor Rainer Lesniewski (2022) administrative map of Ireland and Northern Ireland [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/administrative-map-ireland-northern-1665171421 [Last Accessed 11 August 2022][Overlaid with Map of Dublin isolated from: Vector — Map of Ireland administrative divisions on counties level Copyright: lesniewski [Internet] Available from: https://www.123rf.com/photo_51580818_map-of-ireland-administrative-divisions-on-counties-level.html?vti=lnoo9k86jx77fg2u6b-1-1 [Accessed 10 January 2022][Ireland Water Polo Team Logos added by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball – see References WP-3 to WP-11]

University College Dublin 50m Pool

[WP-I-1] Shutterstock / Photo Contributor:haireena (2021) Dublin, Ireland – Feb 2021: Selective focus view of the UV treated 50-metre Olympic indoor swimming pool at the student centre of University College Dublin (UCD). [Internet] Accessed from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/dublin-ireland-feb-2021-selective-focus-1919896562 [Accessed 17 January 2023]

References

Scoreboard References

[2] Swim Ireland Water Polo (2021) Results [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.ie/results/ [Last Accessed 20 December 2022]

Logo References

[WP-3] Swim Ireland Water Polo (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/logo.png [Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-4] Cathal Brugha Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, April 5, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/cathal.brugha.5/photos/a.364267086986543/3902679563145260/ [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/169071110_3902679569811926_3710894837944972458_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=Hn5I6aI7DZcAX_PXf6Z&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=04055c985c06d84dbebb07cc91ab7ecc&oe=61B27C93 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-6] Cú Chulainn Water Polo Facebook (2021) Profile  Picture, August 10, 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CuChulainnWPC/photos/a.399369360164110/1107713099329729/ [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/20708312_1107713099329729_2683211292442685699_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=9RAt3ROE7MEAX9iIM0I&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=be6034238ff475d95642529d7b6f8b7b&oe=61B501E0  ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-8] North Dublin Water Polo Facebook (2021) Profile  Picture, February 13, 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthDublinWaterPolo/photos/a.434355086838/10154832842141839/  [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/16684338_10154832842141839_4991177064398049390_n.png?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=cO4z42hyFYQAX-A5U_1&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=fb2e3722adccdd591d66c16d422a101d&oe=61B3A339 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-12] Clonard Water Polo (2022) cropped-Clonard-Waterpolo-Club-Belfast-3-300×128 [Internet] Available from: https://clonardwaterpolo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-Clonard-Waterpolo-Club-Belfast-3-300×128.jpg [Accessed 23 October 2022][Adjusted – cropped]

[WP-14] Bangor Barracudas Facebook (2022) Profile Picture, July 5, 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=496246002301182&set=a.496245978967851 [Accessed 16 February 2023][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/291977907_496245998967849_5595622295941760942_n.png?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=M8RvElkMVssAX9rrmfz&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AfCzCTltmhPXVIlSy7j31QWaxZWpyw_nHZTv5_UGN9PpyQ&oe=63F39169 ][Accessed 16 February 2023]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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Last Updated: 17 February 2023

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