TWO brothers from Kendal have gained international recognition playing water polo for Great Britain and one of them is rated a bright prospect for the 2012 London Olympics.

Glen and Marc Robinson, of Mintsfeet Road, will represent their country at different age levels this year.

Elder brother Glen, who is 18, is a key member of five-times national senior champions Lancaster City and has played for the GB Youth and Junior squads in in Malta and Canada.

This year he had already taken part in tournaments in Portugal and Poland before competing at the European Junior Championship Qualifers in Slovenia, in which Great Britain just missed out on a place in the championships proper.

But it is the next Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, and ultimately the Olympics that Glen is focussing upon.

Both brothers are leaving home in September to further their sporting careers and Glen, who becomes a senior in the autumn, will join a 16-strong GB squad in Manchester as a fully-funded athlete with a British Olympic Passport.

"There's all to go for with the Olympics coming up and I know I've got to work hard to try to push some of the older seniors out of the squad," said shooter Glen.

Meanwhile, Marc, who is 16 next month, plays as a goalkeeper for both the Kendal and Lancaster clubs, is seeking sponsorship to help him follow his brother's example.

He is set to fly out on August 1 with the GB Youth squad to play in a tournament in Bulgaria - his first international call-up.

He, too, will leave Kendal in September to attend Grantham College, where there is a water polo academy offering 18 hours of the sport a week in addition to undertaking a construction course.

This Sunday he is taking part in a sponsored swim to raise money to fund expenses for his trips abroad and any other financial help would be welcome.

Both lads are former pupils of Queen Katherine School and took up swimming at an early age with Kendal Amateur Swimming Club.

Glen rose to become county champion before "becoming bored" and turning to water polo with the Kendal Water Polo Club club under the guidance of coach Mel Gosling.

His potential was spotted and he was advised to join national champions Lancaster . and from there it seems the Olympics may not be aiming to high.