It has been a busy month. We are now underway for the 2012-13 summer competition and our first social event of the year has been held. Thank you to the coaches and managers who have been able to get each of our teams in the pool with a minimum of fuss.
U16 Nationals
Congratulations to our 16A Girls Blue team who came away with the Bronze medal from the Brisbane U16 National Championships held in Brisbane during the October school holidays. Well done to Lena Mihailovic who was the leading goal scorer for the tournament with 42 goals in 10 games.
Other results were our 16A boys who finshed 9th, our 16B girls who finshed 20th and our 16B boys who finished 23rd.
Following the tournament Australian Water Polo announced a Boys born '96 target squad in the lead up to the 2014 World Youth Championships. We were fortunate to have 3 players named, Tom Freeman, Rhys Holden and Angus Lambie. Congratulations boys, plenty of work still to be done.
Australian Born '94 Team
Congratulations to Maddie Schmid, Blake Buckley and Sam Cocokios on their selection in the Australian Born '94 teams for the upcoming FINA World Youth Championships to be held in Perth in December. It is a fantastic honour to represent your country so well done to all three.
Blue Tie Ball
Cronulla Water Polo held their first social event of the year last Saturday night with a crowd of over 130 in attendance. During the evening we heard from our Olympic Bronze Medal winning ladies, Holly Lincoln-Smith and Alicia McCormack along with their coach Greg McFadden.
Following the formalities there was some superb dance moves as the crowd enjoyed the music of local band Chunk.
Thank you to the small but very enthusiastic group of Academy parents who attended. Hopefully word will spread on what a great evening it was.
A huge thanks to Lisa Schweighoffer and her band of merry helpers, Anne Ryan, Sonia Liska, Anne Turner & Dick Davies who made the night such an enjoyable occasion.
Our next club function will be the Trivia night to be held in the early part of 2013. Our aim is to get a table from each Academy team to attend, a good challenge for our managers.
See you around the pool
