In the recent National District under 14 Championships for boys and girls Sedgefield Water Polo club had 4 boys in the North East team of 13. North East consists of Durham, Cleveland, Northumberland and Yorkshire. The boys were Michael Hampshire, Haydn Craggs, Jake Mendelson and Daniel Millington.
After a tough two days North East came out on top to win this championship for the first time beating favourites North West in the final. Michael Hampshire was the top scorer in the whole tournament and named Most Valuable player in the NEC team.
The Team managers were Lee Craggs and Allison Mendelson from Sedgefield.
In the Girls championships the NEC team came third which is a big improvement on previous performances. Representing Sedgefield were Lauren Chatt, Kate Harrison, Crystal Elliot, Jessica Webb, Hollie Turnbull and Poppy Stephenson who was MVP for the North East team.
The Coaches of the girls team were Adam Woods and David Elliot from Sedgefield.
The Sedgefield club had more players in the teams than all their big City rivals.