Talk:West London Penguin Swimming and Water Polo Club

Founded when?
It says founded 1921 .... but then Ladies Club founded in 1916?? Is this a mistake? If not then surely the club dates back to 1916 even if the blokes bit was later? Victuallers (talk) 14:38, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * The overwhelming majority of press coverage says 1921, and this is the date the club is citing consistently now. In fact, according to their blog, they just hosted their Centenary event in April 2022 (marking 101 years, delayed due to Covid).
 * Unclear why they've gone with the men's founding date rather than the ladies'. Circumstances in the early years may have been complicated. Per Olympedia, there appears to have been an earlier "Hammersmith Swimming Club" for men only, which a few of the Penguin men were affiliated with before deciding to become founding members of Penguin SC. (Plus to be fair, there was that war.) Cielquiparle (talk) 22:58, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Feels like historic gender bias to me as you hint at. I will tweak the story to reflect the above. Suspect @wikiwomeninred will be tweeting this factoid. Victuallers (talk) 08:52, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Tweet Success

 * That inspired some editors. Thanks all. See here Victuallers (talk) 17:18, 11 June 2022 (UTC)