Dear Water Polo Supporters,
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With Winter almost upon us please find below a summary of the end of season water polo news including City Beach's involvement in Water Polo WA Finals and Water Polo Australia National Championships.
WATER POLO WA GRAND FINAL WEEKEND
The City Beach Water Polo Club were well represented in the Senior and Junior Grades over the Water Polo WA Finals weekend. Congratulations to all City Beach teams who participated in the 2013/14 season
Senior Grades
Men
A Res City Beach Kinetic IT Emeralds 10 def Melville Saints 7
Div 2 City Beach Bears 4 def Melville Sharks 3
Div 4 City Beach Reds 9 def City Beach Bears 5
Junior Grades
U/14B Girls City Beach Blacks 6 def Melville Marlins 4
U/14A Girls Triton 12 def City Beach Bears 10 (on penalties)
U/16A Girls Melville Marlins 7 def City Beach Bears 5
U/16B Girls Dolphins B 8 def City Beach Blacks 3
U/14A Boys City Beach Bears 12 def Melville Sharks 5
U/18A Boys Melville Sharks 12 def City Beach Bears 10
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2014 AUSTRALIAN WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS
Under 14 (Born 200) Girls
The City Beach U/14 girls finished 13th out of 25 teams and in doing so defeated Triton to win the plate.
Click on this link for details of the U/14 girls tournament
Under 14 (Born 2000) Boys
The City Beach U/14 Boys won the Silver Medal losing to the Melbourne Collegians 6-5 in the final. Christian Kyriakou won the MVP for the tournament, while Max Garbutt-Wilkinson, Bryce Durrant and Christian Kyriakou were selected in the All Stars "7".
Click on this link for details of the U/14 boys tournament
Under 18 (Born 1996) Girls
City Beach was well represented in the UWA Torpedoes U/18 Girls team with seven players. The girls drew with eventual Silver Medallist Hunter Hurricanes, and lost to the Gold Medallist Sydney Northern Beaches in the plays offs to finish a well deserved seventh.
Click on this link for details of the U/18 girls Tournament
Under 18 (Born 1996) Boys
The UWA Torpedoes entered 2 boys teams into the U/18 Australian Champions with 11 City Beach boys in the Blue team who won the Silver Medal and 7 boys in the Green team that finished 14th. In an all WA Final the UWA Blue team lost to Melville 13-8.
Click on this link for details of the U/18 boys Tournament
The following City Beach boys were members of the West Australian Team that won the Gold Medal in the Invitational Tournament defeating NSW in the final 7-6:
Lach Pethick
A Bogunovich
Tom Powell
Tom Rigoll
Nathan Quinsee
Click on this link for details of the U/18 boys invitational Tournament
WINTER
U/14 Program
The CBWPC will again be running the U/14 (Born 2001, 2002, 2003) Winter Training Program during Terms 2 and 3 2014. The details of the training are as follows:
Commences week beginning: Monday 19th May 2014
Boys (Challenge)
Tue/Thu 4.30-6.00pm, & Sat 12.00-2.00pm
Girls (Challenge - Tue/Thu, UWA - Sat)
Tue/Thu 5.00-6.30pm, Sat 12.00-2.00pm
Click on the links below for the Registration form, training program details, philosophy and player pathway.
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U/16 Program
2014 Born 1998 Australian Championships 30 September - 5 October 2014 (Hobart - boys, Canberra - girls).
The program this winter involves three Water Polo training sessions / week, 1 Game, and 2/3 Swimming sessions / week. The club coaches have strongly recommend that players aiming for selection in teams going to the 2014 Australian Championships register for the 2014 Winter Swimming Squad if they are not already in a swimming squad.
The details of the U/16 winter program is as follows:
Boys at HBF Stadium (formally Challenge Stadium)
Boys "B" Squad
Monday and Wednesday 4.30 - 6.00pm
Friday 6.00 - 7.30pm
Saturday 2.00 - 4.30pm (Men's club competition)
Boys "A" Squad
Monday and Wednesday 6.00 - 7.30pm
Friday 7.30 - 9.00pm
Saturday 2.00 - 4.30pm (Men's club competition)
Girls at UWA (except for Saturday Women's club competition at HBF Stadium)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6.30 - 8.00pm
Saturday 12.00 - 2.00pm (Women's Club competition)
Click on the link for the UWA Torpedoes Winter Registration form
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Winter Flippaball, DSC and Flippaswim
The CBWPC will be running a Winter Flippaball and DSC Program on a Sunday afternoons at Challenge Stadium commencing the week beginning Sunday 18 May 2014. This program is design for children who wish to continue to develop their aquatic and water polo skills.
Click on this link for registration details
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UWA TORPEDOES
The UWA Torpedoes Men were defeated by the Victorian Seals in the 2014 NWPL Semi Finals 10-6, and then lost the Bronze Medal play off to Sydney University.
Click on this link or the NWPL Finals wrap
In what has been a development year for the UWA Girls, they finished the season in 11th place with a very young team.
For live updates of the NWPL results on Twitter please follow the UWA Torpedoes: @uwatorpedoes
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Regards
Damian