England is desiring to host a 10-day water polo event in 2022 that includes groups from throughout the Commonwealth.
Approaches have been made to potential companions to place collectively a viable event – to be held between 25 November and 4 December 2022 – and ensure logistics and the occasion format, together with a water polo legacy programme.
The date recognized is the perfect match to the worldwide calendar.
Ian Elliot, occasion chair, mentioned: “Internet hosting an occasion of this nature, significantly with the uncertainties of a worldwide pandemic, is at all times going to be a problem.
“Feasibility research and preliminary planning is promising however not concluded.
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“Additional updates will comply with early subsequent yr.”
Jane Nickerson, Swim England chief govt, mentioned: “Water polo is one among our core sports activities and we’re aiming to ship the event subsequent yr.
“It needs to be an exciting competitors and we hope to welcome worldwide groups to England in 2022.”
Toby King, chair of the Swim England Water Polo Management Group, mentioned: “This can be a actually thrilling time for water polo to learn from the curiosity created from the Commonwealth Video games coming to Birmingham in 2022.
“As a part of our wider water polo technique, we proceed to work on growing the visibility of water polo and on constructing the numbers of contributors in any respect ranges on this great sport”
