Edinburgh’s Warrender water polo club excelled when Scottish Cup finals were held in Dundee.
Pride of place went to the under-17 boys who struck gold by beating Stirling 13-4 in the final.
Silver medallists from Warrender were the under-17 girls, nder-19 girls a nd senior women.
They were beaten by, respectively, Dunfermline, Menzieshill and Kirkintilloch/Kilsyth.
Julia Kerr coached Warrender in all four matches as what was hailed as their best all rounder performance for many years.
Neal Rayer, head coach at Warrender Water Polo Club said: “ It’s great to see the development of Warrender Water Polo bearing fruit. We’ve made a big effort to develop the club from the ground up and get lots of players involved and we’ve now won three of the six Junior Scottish Championships in 2025 and been runners-up in two others. We’re competitive at every league now and it’s the great juniors breaking into the seniors squads which is great to see. Our terrific alliance with West Edinburgh Stingrays is going well and the only issues we’re concerned with is finding enough training time for everyone!”
Zac Carter, under-17 boys captain, said: “It’s fantastic that we’ve won. the team played so well in every round, especially the semi- final. It’s a great reward for all the hard work this year and I’d like to thank our great coaches too.”
Portobello also did well with their under 19 boys winning gold by beating Stirling while their men overcame Dunfermline in the final.
Ben Scott, captain of Portobello’s senior men as well as coach of the under-19’s said:
“The boys were brilliant. We started slowly and had to adjust our defensive set up to nullify Stirling’s threats. In doing so we were able to create more space in our transition to attack which really came into play after the second period.
“At the start of the season we set our goals and the Scottish Cup was at the very top of the list.”
