After the success of the City of Sheffield Water Polo Club achieving Bronze in the Girl’s U17 at the Swim England National Age Group Championships 2023. Sedgefield Water Polo Club had also secured a Bronze medal on the Sunday at the Sunderland Aquatic Centre (30th April).

Sedgefield defeated Caledonia in the bronze-medal match thanks to a second-half surge.

In the first quarter, the Scottish team was in the lead early on.

However, Sedgefield fought back to take a slim 7-6 lead into the break.

Then Sedgefield upped the ante by outscoring their opponents by a margin of 13 goals to 6 in the second half of the game.

As a result, they triumphed 20-12 to earn the bronze medal.

Henry Jackson scored eight goals for Sedgefield, including four in the final period by himself. With a total of 11 goals, his strikes made him the competition’s leading scorer.

Ben Alderson made five grabs, and Rohan Henderson scored three times. Dom Epton (2), Cayden Down and Hamza Tran completed their goal tally.