Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush Gazette from Hammersmith, London, England • 29

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Square deal CHISWICK firm Square Deal Sports is sponsoring the individual knock-out squash tournament at the Herga Squash Club, Harrow, next month. The shop is putting up frg the winner as well as prizes for the runner-up and losing semi-finalists and quarter finalists. The Penguins return Steve is full of hope AFTER years of decline, the Penguins of Hammersmith are enjoying a revival and that is bad news for all the other water-polo clubs in England. The Hammersmith Penguins Water-Polo team is back in the national league first division after running away with the second division title last year. It has overcome problems of relegation from the first division for the first time in the club's history, losing its pool due to closure and low membership to take its place back alongside the sport's elite.

And now the club, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, is convinced it is back on the road to success. Great Britain international and Penguin skipper Steve Baker believes the present Penguin side, which is sponsored by softdrinks firm Slush Puppie, is clearly the strongest team the club has had for six years. It took the second division title last year by dropping only three points in the first division this year. from 18 games, triumphed in "Alter we were relegated three invitation tournaments, from division one in 1975, produced 60 per cent of the the first time in our history, Middlesex county side that we went back up in 1979 but won the southern counties only stayed there for a year championship for the third because I think our team successive year and enjoyed was probably just a bit too tremendous success at junior young. level.

"Now, however, I believe Baker, the team's goal- we have by far the strongest keeper, said: "We have had team for six years and the quite a few problems over best thing about us is we are the past few years, especially a well-balanced side. We losing our home pool at have three players in their Lime Grove, but now we 30s, two aged 28 and the seem to have put all that be- rest are all 23 or younger. hind us and are raring to go "That gives us just the right blend of youth and ex. perience and I feel we have the talent to do well this season." The Penguins are now busy organising a European club tournament for April 17 in a bid to raise funds for Jimmy Savile's Stoke Mandeville Appeal. Teams from Scotland.

Wales, Holland. Germany and Belgium will play in a day-long tournament against Penguins in an attempt to raise more than for the appeal. Baker expects a tough time against the continental opposition and he said: "The international team in this country has fallen a long way behind and whereas Britain used to dominate the sport now other countries, with their professional approach, are on top." One Penguin Player who enjoyed the high days of British water-polo is Ron Turner, of Wendell Road, Shepherds Bush. Turner, 55, played for Great Britain in the European championships of 1950 and 1954 and the Olympics of 1952 and 1956. He is one of the few Englishmen to have ever been picked for the Rest of the World side that plays every Olympics and he was in the Penguin cup-winning sides of 1947, 1951, 1952 and 1966.

He too believes the present team has a lot of promise. And he said: It has great potential and a good blend. But they have got to work to realise their potential." 4111111 KEEP FARES FAIR 1111Pv I or al If id' 4 1r tr i il ii: 1 lIP 1) 401 EA 4.. i -00 111 1 4 ,4 '4 Hammerandth Penguins on parade Public Meeting 7.30 pm Tuesday 2 March 1982 Hounslow Civic Centre Campton Road, Hounslow SPEAKERS WILL BE DAVE WETZEL, WHO CHAIRS THE GLC TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, AND PETER PITT, GLC MEMBER FOR HOUNSLOW, FELTHAM AND HESTON, TOGETHER WITH A TRANSPORT UNION SPEAKER. OTHER LOCAL GLC MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND.

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