Category: Water Polo Men’s National League

Irish Water Polo Association Men’s National League Division 1 2004-05

Ireland Water Polo Logo
Ireland Water Polo Logo [References: 1]

Table

IWPA MNL D1 2004-05PWDLFAPts
Half Moon540112
North Dublin540112
Guinness53029
Corrib62137
Cathal Brugha52036
Sandycove51134
Setanta51043
[References: Compiled from Results in 2-6]

Results & Fixtures

DateHome TeamAway Team
Week 1
02.10.2004Guinness7Setanta6
02.10.2004North Dublin13Corrib5
02.10.2004Sandycove2Cathal Brugha11
Week 3
16.10.2004Cathal Brugha7Corrib5
16.10.2004Setanta1Half Moon17
16.10.2004Guinness10Sandycove9
Week 5
30.10.2004North Dublin12Setanta10
30.10.2004Half Moon6Sandycove10
31.10.2004Cathal Brugha8Setanta9
31.10.2004Half MoonpNorth Dublinp
Week 6
06.11.2004Corrib11Guinness10
Week 7
20.11.2004Sandycove7Corrib7
21.11.2004Half Moon16Corrib5
21.11.2004Sandycove6North Dublin8
21.11.2004Guinness8Cathal Brugha7
Week 9
27.11.2004Half Moon13Cathal Brugha8
28.11.2004North Dublin9Guinness8
Week 10
04.12.2004Corrib14Setanta4
Week 11
08.12.2004Half Moon10North Dublin9
Week 13
08.01.2005CorribCathal Brugha
08.01.2005Half MoonpSetantap
08.01.2005SandycovepGuinnessp
Week 16
29.01.2005GuinnesspHalf Moonp
30.01.2005Cathal BrughaNorth Dublin
30.01.2005SetantaSandycove
Week 17
05.02.2005GuinnesspCorribp
05.02.2005SandycovepHalf Moonp
06.02.2005SetantaNorth Dublin
Week 18
12.02.2005CorribNorth Dublin
13.02.2005SetantaGuinness
13.02.2005Cathal Brugha Sandycove
Week 19
19.02.2005CorribHalf Moon
[References: 2-6]

Report

By Christmas 2004 in a very competitive Irish Water Polo Association Men’s National League Division 1 2004-05 season, Half Moon and North Dublin were out in front with four wins and one loss from five games each, just ahead of Guinness with three wins from five games. Corrib (two wins and one draw from six), Cathal Brugha (two wins from five), Sandycove (one win and one draw from five) and Setanta (one win from five) made up a closely-knit bottom half of the table.

Within the leading group, Half Moon had defeated North Dublin 10-9, North Dublin won 9-8 versus Guinness, who had also lost 11-10 to Corrib of Galway. Half Moon’s loss had come against another South Dublin team, Sandycove (6-10).

References / Further Reading

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[2] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : October 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20041210230520/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/oct04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[3] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : November 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134945/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/nov04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[4] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : December 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134238/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/dec04.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[5] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : January 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206075936/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/jan05.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

[6] Ireland Water Polo | Wayback Machine (2005) Irish Water Polo Association National Fixtures & Results : February 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050206134525/http://irelandwaterpolo.com/feb05.htm [Accessed 27 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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