SAWSTON PIRANHAS

Welcome from Sawston Piranhas

We are a friendly group of players based at Sawston, just south of Cambridge. We play octopush regularly at three pools in or near Cambridge, and occasionally travel to other clubs or tournaments. We welcome players of all ages and abilities and encourage everybody to play to the level that they enjoy or find challenging. You can join us regularly, play a casual game or two, or just try the sport.

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First time or undecided?

Octopush (underwater hockey or UWH) is a team game that brings another way of enjoying your time in the pool. You can find a quick description of the game here About UWH/Octopush and a web search for "UWH videos" will find many videos of game play and trick shots.

Play a few games and you'll probably find that it increases your fitness and confidence in and under the water. The easiest way to see if it suits you is to try it - we offer a free taster session and free loan of kit if given a few days' warning.

Already playing?

Turn up to a session if you want but perhaps contact us to pre-register first, especially if you're travelling a long way or need to borrow kit. We get more playing time and better game play if we know who's coming.

There are contact details below, and more on our Contacts page.

Hope to see you soon,
Sawston Piranhas

Sessions

We usually play to this schedule but pools can have closures and changes of access routes at short notice; for example, Sawston has building work from 2025 extending into 2027 with some disruption and an approximate 12-month closure from autumn 2026. See Pool locations table below for more detail.

Day - detail	Time	Location
Tuesday (adults/students, fast and wide) Pre-register, weekly except Xmas. 2026: Sep 22 to Dec 8; pause. Resume in 2027.	Tuesday (weekly) 9:00 - 10:00 PM	Abbey, Cambridge
Friday (mostly juniors, term-time only) Autumn: Sep 25; Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 (Not 30); Nov 6, 13, 20, 27; Dec 4. Resume in Spring 2027.	Friday (selected, in term) 7:15 - 8:15 PM	Newmarket
Monday (anybody, a fast, deeper game) Pre-register by Fri, second Mon of month. 2026: ... Oct 12, Nov 9, Dec 14.	Monday (monthly) 9:00 - 10:00 PM	Impington

Pool locations:

Our pools at the Abbey in Cambridge and Impington Sports Centre are just off the A14 and near the M11. Our Newmarket pool is near the A14 and A11. (Sawston pool is closed temporarily but near the M11, A11 and A505.) It's easy to give us a try if you are in Cambridge, or anywhere in the area bounded by Bishop's Stortford, Royston, Biggleswade, Huntingdon, Ely, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Haverhill. It's worth the journey.

Pool	Web	Map
Abbey Leisure Complex Pool Way, off Whitehill Rd, Cambridge CB5 8NT	www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/cambridge/abbeyleisurecomplex	Abbey
Impington Sports Centre New Road, Impington CB24 9LX	active.tela.org.uk/impington/	Impington
Newmarket Leisure Centre Exning Road, Newmarket CB8 0EA	www.abbeycroft.org.uk/newmarket-leisure-centre/	Newmarket
Anglian Leisure Sawston (pool closed, back in 2027) New Road, Sawston CB22 3BP	anglianleisure.co.uk/anglian-leisure-sawston/	Sawston

Need to know more?

E-mail: davidw_3@yahoo.co.uk

Mobile: 07891 474235 (Voice at most times; SMS text or WhatsApp message at any time)

E-mail or text David to join us or ask questions about the club. Last update: 24 September 2026