Water Polo Planet

With great sadness must mention the news that Bertalan Fodor, former swimmer, a water polo legend of Tirgu Mures, and member of the New York Athletic Club, has passed away in his home town at the age of 94. A quick blog written just now about his career and his passing is below - some of us had the ...

thanks - and a good point, it does seem quite "economical" compared to later pictures, some references made by Nasca (who still lives in Sovata, near Tirgu Mures) along the lines of "8 out of 13 in national team were [in the 1950s] from Tg. Mures" kind-of suggested the roster was...

Hi,

in the process of re-homing the history page, something that hopefully looks much better than the old one - and also some new info:

http://leventeth.wix.com/tgmwaterpolohistory

Still many profiles missing and still trying to collect data, but it's slowly progressing;

We are greatly saddened by the news that Gabor "Pocó" Nagy, one of the legendary personalities of local and international water polo, has passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 82 - our most sincere condolences to the family and friends. Born in Tirgu Mures, Transylvania (Romania), he wa...

Unfortunately, the polo history of that town is still a bit marked by local and personal interests being put higher than even the mere representation of the city at national level... http://aquasporttargumures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/politics-and-childrens-water-polo.html Apart from a fragmentation, ...

Well, disillusionment comes sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, but basically the club's affairs have taken a typical turn... It's a pity for the kids, hopefully something will be done to redress this via the club's leadership, but some Eastern European ways, not to generalise, got the better of th...

Hi not sure in general in Europe, but in the case of the town in question, there is for example a sports high-school, and although water polo is not done "inside" their system, they have swimming section and water polo players go via a club, however all their activities are taken into acco...

Indeed! and thanks, by the way, very small world... John Bordy, one of the contributors to the polo history page and one of the players who began in Tirgu Mures, was member in the Olympic Club, recently inducted in its Hall of Fame. Small world indeed :)

Hi, something that first began on a youth water polo club's blog and now attempted as a standalone homepage... a history of the water polo in Tirgu Mures or Marosvasarhely, Transylvania, Romania. The town has produced for decades long series of talents, who were in the national team and also at Olym...

Gosh, many things happened during and after the summer... Just a quick update, the lads represented Tirgu Mures, their home town at the national championship- for the first time in almost 30 years, the once citadel of water polo was represented again at national level, true, at junior level for now....

Hello, a quick update after busy times for the lads. The blog at http://aquasporttargumures.blogspot.com has more details, but in a coconut shell :), the lads made some local history. For the first time since 1983, in a city that once was a citadel of water polo, the Junior II age group boys (born i...

Many thanks, it is indeed thrilling and the lads are certainly part of something beautiful unfolding, even if they so-to-speak barely started their journey - and yes, I'd second above opinion... weight gain will happen, local food is... well... nutritious :) I hope you have a wonderful stay in Trans...

Just another short summary of very eventful weeks (and plenty of victories) the young lads from Aquasport Targu-Mures ( http://aquasporttargumures.blogspot.com ) had, in a city where, after almost 25 years of absence, water polo is staging a spectacular return. As living legends of the sport, who st...

Splendid start of the new year for Aquasport's water polo lads: Aquasport's young water polo players had a truly smashing start of the year, with a few events that undoubtedly will be forever remembered by the lads and all those who followed their evolution. While the club continued the early mornin...

Just a tiny note that last weekend was again eventful for the lads, yet again at Budapest, at the Diapolo championship. After the usual trip to Budapest on Friday, Aquasport's players had one match scheduled for Saturday with the team UVSE-B (Újpest junior team). The final score ended up a whopping ...