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please go to the Team BC Page

Pacific Storm Presents:

2nd Annual U14 Girls 2010 Summer Training Camp

• Saturday, August 28
• Crescent Beach Pool in South Surrey
• 09:00-12:30pm
• Cost: $35.00

Participants in this session must be registered with a BCSSA Club

please note the registration deadline of August 16th

For more informationand the registration form please see the <program flyer>

Calling Water Polo Players who want more water polo this summer!

Plans have now been finalized for the Surrey Orcas Summer Camp in Kelowna Aug 29-Sept. 3.  We need your commitment by Thursday August 3. 

Who:    Target age of campers U14, U16, U18 ages
When:  Sunday, Aug. 29 appx. 4 pm through Friday, Sept. 3 at appx. 3 pm
Where:  Kelowna, BC.  Camping at Bear Creek Park (9 km off Hwy 97 west of  Kelowna) Campsites already reserved for families and groups; water polo training in Lake Okanagan and at the indoor pool in Kelowna  (H2O Fitness Adventures)
What:     A water polo camp to develop skills and team strategies; includes 1 dry land and two water practices per day—a fun and family friendly camping experience
Host:     Surrey Orcas Water Polo with assistance from Kelowna Ogopogos Swim Club

See links below for additional details to reserve your spot.

<Program Flyer> <camp fees>

Pacific Storm Seeks U14 Development Girls’ Coaches

In this role you will report to the Girls’ Head Coach, Kalee Harris, to provide on-deck coaching for the U14 girls’ age groups at weekly practices as well as attend tournaments, including local and out of town competitions. Ideal candidates will possess a sincere interest in developing young athletes with a focus on skill development and basic game fundamentals.

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Fraser Valley Seeks Coaches

Fraser Valley Water Polo (FVWP) Club offers developmental and high performance training to 105 boys and girls ages 7 to 17 years. Our non profit amateur sports club seeks qualified applications for Coaching Staff for our Boys’ & Girls’ Programs for the upcoming 2010-11 season. FVWP Club takes great pride in our training programs which are all “Athlete Focused & Driven”. Our quality programs are maintained by a Dynamic Coaching Staff & devoted FVWP Family Volunteers.

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Water Polo Canada Announces Jr W NT Roster for Summer 2010

2010 team selection Junior Women <click here>

Pacific Sport - Fraser Valley 2010 Coach of the Year

CONGRATULATIONS to Justin Mitchell, Head Coach Fraser Valley Water Polo Club! Justin's coaching achievements have been recognized  by PacificSport Fraser Valley, as was recently acknowledged at the June 4th, 2010 PSFV Awards Night as the 2010 Coach of the Year!

Pacific Storm Senior Women Team: National Bronze Medalists

Storm Senior Women took the Bronze Medal at the Senior Women's Nationals in Montreal in a 6 to 1 victory over Calgary.  The Senior Team was entirely made up of Storm Alumni including Water Polo Canada's #1 Goalie - Rachel Riddel and recently graduated 18U athlete Meghan Lappan.  Special recognition to Monica Eggens who was named as the #1 All Star. The Team was coached by brother & sister team, James & Sue Gardiner.  Congratulations to all!

Head Coach of Girls Programs

The Pacific Storm Water Polo Club is seeking a highly motivated leader to take on the role of Girls’ Head Coach for all age groups including competitive and development programming. In this role the individual will be responsible for setting the goals, providing the guidance and mentorship to lead all coaching efforts for the Girls’ program including on-deck facilitation for all practices and coaching at all tournaments; local and out of town competitions.

Application Details may be found <here>

The 2010 High Performance Water Polo Camp for Girls

Presented by Pacific Storm

Note: Enrolment in the camp is limited to a total of 60 participants including 4 reserved goalie spots. Deadline is July 15th, 2010 <brochure>

Youth Women's National Program Announcement

WPC has released this information about this year's natioanl program <summer plan>

Fraser Valley Water Polo U16 Team: National Bronze Medalists

Congratulations to the Fraser Valley Squad for taking the bronze at the U16 National Club Championship

Gurpreet Sohi & Alexa Tielmann of FVWP were named to the 2010 16U Girls NCC All Star Team at the tournament

Pacific Storm Water Polo U18 Team: National Bronze Medalists

Congratulations to the Pacific Storm squad for toaking the bronze at the womens U-18 National Club Championship.

The WPC press release detailing the tournament, including all stars and MVPs can be found here

Fraser Valley Water Polo U18 Team: National Champions

Congratulations to the FVWP squad for winning the title. The WPC press release detailing the tournament, including all star and MVP performances by several of the squad members can be found here.

2010 Provincial High School Water Polo Championships

Once again a fantastic event! Congratulations to all the athletes - especially all the new participants in the BC Water Polo Association sanctioned event - who provided a great 4 days of competition.

A special thank you to all the volunteers, coaches, teacher and parent sponsors that made the event possible.

Score Sheet - Updated May 3, 2010 - now link includes the tournament results, MVPs, tournament All Star teams and Sportsmanship Award. Tournament Directors will be distributing and mailing the awards to these students. Photos of the two gold medal teams (Tiers 1 and 2) will be posted here in the near future..

Team BC - 2010

Boys Program:

Training Schedule  

July (excel | pdf )

Girls Program

Training Schedule

Here are the updates and specifics for the schedule for the remainder of June <pdf doc>

Starting in July we will add Tuesday Mornings at Burnaby 9:30 until 11am.

Additional Information

please go to the Team BC Page

BC OPEN WATER POLO TOURNAMENT

U18-Youth Men & Women  /  U16-Cadet Men & Women
January 28, 29, 30 & 31 2010
Surrey, BC

The BC Open was a great success! Thanks to all the teams for joining us in this event and a very special thanks to all the hard working volunteers that made it possible.

Final Results and event score sheets can be found --> here

Event Photographs can be obtained from Vancouver Sports Pictures via this link

2009 BC Water Polo Annual Awards

The BC Water Polo Association presented its annual awards - for the 2009 season - at the conclusion of the BC Open. Congratulations to:

Athlete of the Year:

Rachel Riddell

Filip Juristovski

Outstanding Players of the Year:

Lucas Greaven - U14

Jocely McQuade - U14

Crystal Weltzin - U16

Kirstn Mase - U16

Volunteer, Coach and Officals Awards:

Ian Goodman - Official of the Year

James Gardiner - Coach of the Year

Courtney Kohnen - Club Administrator of the Year

Heather Dawson - Volunteer of the Year

Rick Valouche - Long Term Service Award

Amateur Athlete of the Week

A reminder note to your clubs to continue to send WPC profiles for the Amateur Athlete of the Week program. They currently do not have any more profiles on file, and would like to continue this feature on the front page of the WPC web site. They will have all athletes no matter the age or competitive level featured. Please send to office@waterpolo.ca.