Dušan has been named Captain for the GB team with Ed named as Vice Captain, which is great news for the club.

Also Bailey Sapsed has been named as a non travelling reserve.

Extract below from Swim England Water polo website.

The Great Britain U18 Men’s Water Polo team has been announced ahead of the upcoming European Aquatics U18 Water Polo Championships 2025.

This tournament will mark the debut of the new ‘Division I’ format, following the changes to European Aquatics age group competitions which was revealed in May 2024.

Great Britain will travel to Rio Maior, Portugal, to compete in Group C of Division I and are set to face off against Israel, Belgium and Austria.

The championships will run from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August, with the ‘Division Elite’ competition being held concurrently in Romania.

See the 14-strong squad below.

GB U18 Men’s Water Polo team

William Bamborough
Erik Buhaescu
Edward Carpenter (Vice-Capt - Club Watford)
Dušan Crompton (Capt - Club Watford)
Jason Dickson
Riaz Garnie
Sidney Gruber
Jack Hinton-Davies
Miles Kinloch
Joe Mathieson
Oliver Phillips
Iolo Roberts
Oli Salimbeni
Reuben Wall

Team staff:
Tom Wall – Head Coach
Shaun Hill – Assistant Coach
Anne-Marie Houghton – Team Manager
Steve Kinloch – Team Manager