Marist Auckland Water Polo

'hold mouse over above image' - see report below 07/07/2010

26.07.2010 Under 12s Olympic Hopefuls Muster

Next Under 12 muster is on Sunday 8th August at Sacred Heart from 1045 - 1215.

This will be the first of seven practice sessions to prepare for the Tournament of Olympic Hopefuls which is being held from 25th - 27th September, ( this is the first weekend of the September school holidays and includes the Monday ).

Cost is $110 and as per the earlier tournaments uniform is Marist togs ( $80 girls, $40 boys ) and Marist T Shirt ( $38 ).

Please inform any friends or school mates that may be interested, age requirement under 12 on December 31st 2009.

21.07.2010 Training time changes !!!!!!

Please note the training time changes below. Changes to Under 16 Boys Tuesday training now 7.00pm - 8.30pm. Now no training for Under 16 girls on Monday 8.00pm - 9.00pm.

Under 14 Girls will train Wednesdays 7.30pm - 9.00pm starting Wednesday 28th July. No longer training on Mondays


2010 NRL Age Grade Muster

The 2010 NRL Age grade Muster for all those players that DID NOT register for the Pan Pacific Festival, but wish to play in the 2010 NRL, will take place as per the times below. Training will be immediately after muster, so remember to bring your gear. Players that registered for Pan Pacific will not need to re-register but club fees will be due on Sunday 18th July.

Muster details are:

	Venue	Trainings	Muster
Under 14 Girls
Sunday	EGGS	1.00pm - 2.30pm	Sun 18th July 12.00pm - 1.00pm EGGS
Wednesday	EGGS	7.30pm - 9.00pm	starting 28th July
Under 14 Boys
Sunday	SHC	3.00pm - 4.30pm	Sun 18th July 2.00pm - 3.00pm SHC
Thursday	DIO	6.00pm - 7.30pm
Under 16 Girls
Sunday	EGGS	2.30pm - 4.00pm	Sun 18th July 1.30pm - 2.30pm EGGS
Thursday	EGGS	7.30pm - 9.00pm
Under 16 Boys
Sunday	SHC	4.30pm - 6.00pm	Sun 18th July 3.30pm - 4.30pm SHC
Tuesday	SHC	7.00pm - 8.30pm
Wednesday	SHC	8.00pm - 9.30pm
Thursday	SHC	6.00pm - 7.30pm
Under 18 Women
Monday	SHC	8.00pm - 9.30pm	Mon 19th July 7.00pm - 8.00pm SHC
Wednesday	DIO	8.00pm - 9.30pm
Under 18 Men
Thursday	SHC	7.30pm - 9.00pm	Thur 22nd July 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Sunday	SHC	6.00pm - 7.30pm

All players that have not yet completed the registration form should complete the attached form and either bring to the above musters or email to maristwaterpolo@gmail.com

Players unable to attend the above musters will be able to register by email or by attending the next training session.

2010 Club Registration fess are as follows.

One player family - $390.00
Two player family - $375.00 per player
Three player or more family - $360.00 per player.

Fees will be due on Muster day at trainings. All cheques should be made out to Marist water Polo Club.

Well done to all the players that have taken part in the tournament. Special thanks to the coaches and managers who have given up their time and money to ensure this event is the success it is. Huge thanks also to all the parents and supports. Your effort in getting players to trainings, games, your constant financial support, as well as the many hours you spend pool side supporting our players, help make this a club people want to be part of.

Finally BIG UPS !!!! to the Marist Boys Under 16 Red Team who brought home the bacon - GOLD !!!! Also well done to the Marist Under 14 Boys Red team, Marist Under 14 Girls Red team and the Marist Under 18 Womens Red team who all brought home BRONZE. We got close and now need to train harder and listen more closer to our coaches, in order to turn that Bronze into gold at Nationals. To the other teams, a bit more training and lots more listening, National Gold is there for the taking.

13.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day eleven - Final Day

Marist Under 18 Girls Red flew the flag for Marist on the last day of competition and took out a tight 7 - 5 win over Australian Gold to win BRONZE in this age grade. Congratulations to the girls on a good result. Earlier in the day the girls were squeezed out of the finals playoff after a 4 - 5 loss to Australian Green. Marist Under 18 Blue girls finished on a winning note with a 5 - 2 win over Waikato.
Marist Under 18 Men also ended the tournament with a win over  Waitakere Gold 7 - 6 to take out 5th place overall.

Congratulations to Ariana Tomaszyk Marist Under 14 Girls Red team goalie who picked up a most promising player award, and to Phillip Hargraves of the Marist Under 14 Boys Red team who also picked up a most promising player and also to Danielle Lewis of the Under 18 Girls Red team also voted most promising player.

12.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day ten

Under 14 Red Girls in 3rd / 4th playoff today !!! 5pm West Wave. Boys will also be playing for 3rd / 4th place, 4.50pm at West wave today. School holidays guys. Lets get out there and make some MARIST noise ! Parents, you can finish work early today.

Congratulations to the Marist Under 14 Girls Red team for taking out the BRONZE and also to the Marist Under 14 Boys Red team for also winning BRONZE. The girls beat Hutt 7 - 5 in their playoff while the boys beat QE II 8 - 6.
Marist Under 14 boys Blue finished with a win against Queensland to take out 9th place overall while Marist Under 14 girls Blue finished 12th after going down to QE II 2 - 6.
In the Under 18 section, Marist Men started the day with a loss to CDM Polo 4 - 8 but ended the day with a 13 - 9 win over North Harbour B. Men play Waitakere Gold tomorrow in the 5th / 6th place playoff. Marist Under 18 Women Blue started the day with a 3 - 6 loss to Hutt and then ended the day with a 1 - 11 loss to North Harbour A. They will meet Waikato tomorrow in the 9th / 10th playoff. Marist Under 18 Women Red, played their way into the semi's with a 7 - 2 win over QE II and will meet Australian Green in tomorrow's first semi at 8.45am West Wave. >>> more

11.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day nine

Under 14 Boys and Girls Red through to Semi's. Both teams meet North Harbour A, girls 8.45am West Wave, Boys 11.35am also at West Wave.

Marist Boys Red finish unbeaten and move through to the semi's as top of their pool after a 14 - 4 win over Maranui, and a 15 - 5 win over QE II. Marist Under 14 Blue went close in losing 6 - 7 to Mountford Park.
Marist Under 14 Girls Red had a surprise loss to Hutt 4 - 5 this morning but cameback strong to beat Rotorua 9 - 2 this afternoon. The loss to Hutt means they placed second in the pool.
Under 18 Women Blue lost to UNSW 5 - 6 while the Under 18 Men drew 10 - 10 against Tauranga. Under 18 red Women had the day off. >>> more

10.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day eight

Under 14 Red continue to play well, and produce great results. The under 14 Boys Red had two good wins today, 24 - 5 over Rotorua and 13 - 4 over Queensland. Marist Blue rounded off a good day for the Boys with an 11 - 1 win over Waitakere Teal.
Under 14 Red Girls like the boys continued their winning way with a 5 - 1 win over QE II while Under 14 Marist Blue, unfortunately lost to Mountford Park 3 - 11.
In the under 18s the Men came out with a good 9 - 9 draw against overseas visitor Vista, while the Under 18 Women went close in losing 6 - 9 to Australia Gold. Under 18s Marist Blue had the day off.

Not wanting to Jinks anyone, touch wood, but both Under 14 Red teams look to be headed to top of pool position. The Girls play Hutt today in there final pool game at 11.10 while the boys have two games today 12.00pm against Maranui and 8.20pm against QE II. Come on Marist get out there and support our teams !!! >>> more

09.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day seven

Under 14 boys Red continue to show good form with a 17 - 4 win over Hutt, while Under 14 Boys Blue lost 1 - 18 to Tauranga and 6 - 8 to Harbour City Hawks. Under 14 Girls Red had an impressive 17 - 4 win over North Harbour, while Under 14 Girls Blue lost 2 - 12 but followed this with a 12 - 2 win in the afternoon over Waitakere Teal.
Marist Under 18 Men beat CDM White 10 - 3, while the Marist Under 18 Women beat Waikato 13 - 1. Marist Under 18 Blue shocked Waitakere Gold with a  well constructed 6 - 5 win.  >>>more

08.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day six

Day six saw the start of the Under 14, Under 18 program. For the Under 14 Boys section Marist Red started the competition with a comprehensive 16 - 1 win over North Harbour B and followed this with a 17 - 2 win over Waitakere Gold. The Under 14 Blue team had a win first up 9 - 4 against Waikato but then lost 3 - 14 to North Harbour A.
For the Under 14 girls the Marist Red team also made a great start to the tournament with a 6 - 4 win over Queensland, followed by a 13 - 5 win over local rivals Waitakere Gold. Marist Blue lost to North Harbour A in their only game of the day 22 - 3.
The Under 18 Men started with a 13 - 6 win over Waitakere Gold, while the Under 18 Women Red team opened with a 5 - 5 draw against Harbour City and a 17 - 3 win over NSW Country. Under 18 Women Blue beat Canberra Academy 7 - 2 but then went down to Australia Green 2 - 9 in the afternoon.  >>> more
 
07.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day five

Marist Under 16 Boys "ROCK" big time.

Having overcome North Harbour 10-6 in the semi final Marist faced a staunch challenge from New South Wales.
The NSW state team took charge in the first quarter racing away 4-0 and with lots of fist pumping and yelling, seemed physically superior to Marist. However, unintimidated Marist lead by Matthew Lewis and Liam Scarborough opened Marist�s goal account to gain back control in the second period, narrowing the score to 3-4. With a strong crowd on their side Marist�s defence lead by goalie Harry Flood and Braedan Drennan stepped up and shut down NSW�s attacking force. Meanwhile Darcy Ferigo converted another 6 on 5 opportunity and provided the crucial assist for the equalizer. At 6-6 before the final quarter the game was now for Marist to win and the team just kept going to take an 8-6 lead. When Harry Flood blocked a crucial penalty NSW ran out of time and only managed to close the gap with another more successful attempt from 5m in the final minute. With this win the team repeated its 2008 success in the then U14 division.

Special congratulations to Darcy Ferigo who was named Under 16 Boys MVP for the tournament. ... article - O.Adam

Earlier in the evening the Under 16 girls end the tournament with a win to take out 7th place. >>> more

06.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day five

Tough day for the club as under 20s and under 16s get to the business end of the festival. Well done to the Marist Under 20 Women who finished 6th in the grade. The women ended the festival with a 2 - 4 loss to the NZ Youth today. The men also lost 7 - 8 to CDM Polo to take out 8th place for the festival.
The under 16 girls tried hard but came out with two losses 2 - 9 to Queensland Maroons and 7 - 9 to Tauranga and will play off for 7th / 8th while the Under 16 boys had a win 13 - 4 against the NZ U15s but then went down to the NSW Blues 5 - 9.
The under 16 Boys will meet North Harbour A in the second semi final 12.20 pm West Wave. Clubs first semi. Lots of SUPPORT NEEDED.   >>> more

05.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day four

Marist Under 16 girls fought out a 6 - 5 win against UNSW A, today to reach the top 8 in this division, while the under 16 boys had a deserved day off.
In the under 20 grade, the Men had a 11 - 8 win over Mira Costa and will play off for the 7th / 8th place, while the Women lost to North Harbour 3 - 9. The women now play the NZ Youth tomorrow for 5th / 6th position.  >>> more

04.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day three

Marist Under 16 Boys continuing to fly the club flag with a 10 - 4 win over NSW Waratahs to top their pool, while Under 16 girls ended up on the wrong side of the score line, 4 - 8 to NSW Waratahs.
The Under 20 Women put themselves back into contention after toppling pool leaders Harbour City 6 - 5 while the Under 20 Men ended the day 8 - 10 behind CDM Polo and 6 - 10 behind Hutt. >>> more

Opening Ceremony
Well done to those Marist players, coaches, managers and families that managed to make it to the opening ceremony. Was great to see the club colours in amongst the many participants at this years tournament.
Marist's Chair Chris Hayward was acknowledged for his efforts in starting and growing the Pan Pacific Festival which in it's 20th anniversary year, attracted 135 entries, of which 15 teams could not be accommodated, from USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Marist Magic Senior Womens player Anna Sieprath did a fine job as MC for the night, ensuring that all ran smoothly and to schedule.

03.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival Day two

Mix day of results today for the club with the Under 16 Boys continuing to dominate their pool with a 17 - 3 win over QE II Crushers and a 11 - 5 win over CDN Polo Blue.
The under 16 Girls played their first game of the tournament and came out 10 - 3 victors.
Under 20 Women found the going tough against NZ Youth going down 5 - 10 before fighting back in the afternoon with a 12 - 2 win over Northern District.
Under 20 Men had a tough day at the office going down to Harbour City 2 - 6 and 6 - 13 to Murieta.  >>>more

02.07.2010 Pan Pacific Festival under Way

Marist made a successful start in the Pan Pacific Festival, on opening day of games, with the under 16 Boys crushing Ukiah USA 27 � 0. The Under 20 Men opened their campaign with a 14 � 8 win over Vista who are also visiting from San Diego USA, while the Under 20 Women had to settle for a 9 all draw, after looking comfortable in their opening game of the tournament against Australian Green.  >>> more

27.06.2010 Challenge Cup

Had enough of sleepless nights and Draws !
Keen to see goals galore
Keen to see two old foes go to battle
keen to see a battle of strength, speed and will.

Forget the Tri-Nations

Bring on the

Challenge Cup Series 2010 New Zealand vs Queensland

Representing Marist in the NZ Teams are:

Under 15 Boys
Peter Burrell
Braeden Drennan
Cameron Flavell
Coach: Josh Campbell

NZ Youth Development Girls
Katherine Graaf
Renuka Mahadevan
Elloise Kidd
Francesca Dorman
Gabryel Oloapu
Hannah Miln
Elisabeth Andree Wiltens
Manager: Janet Oloapu

NZ U15 Girls
Jordan Milich Miskini
Ricci Ferigo
Tomo Greer
Coach: Phil Howat

Wednesday 30th June 2010
6.30pm – NZ U15 Girls vs QNSLD White
7.35pm – NZ U15 Boys vs QNSLD U16
9.05pm – NZ Youth Development vs QNSLD

Thursday 1st July 2010
6.20pm – NZ Youth Development Girls vs QNSLD
7.45pm – NZ U15 Girls vs QNSLD White
8.55pm- NZ U15 Boys vs QNSLD U16

All games at Millennium Institute of Sport Health

15.06.2010 6 Marist Magic Women In NZ Womens Squad

Congratulations to Anna Sieprath, Danielle Lewis, Lauren Sieprath, Emily Cox, Samantha Schubert and Gabrielle Crothall who have been selected in the NZ Women's Squad which is working towards the Women's World Cup to be held in Christchurch in August.

08.06.2010.Marist Magic Goalie takes out MVP.

Congratulations to Marist Magic goal keeper Gabrielle Crothall voted MVP at the 2010 National League Finals.

06.06.2010.Marist Magic Women bring it Home.

The Marist Magic Women confirmed their dominance of the 2010 National Womens League, with a 7 – 4 win over North Harbour in today’s final. Marist has now won this title 6 times over the last 7 years and now adds the National League title to the National League Shield they will defend in 2011.  >> more

Marist Magic Men take Bronze.

After the disappointment of yesterdays loss in their semi final, the Marist Magic Men bounced back to win the Bronze medal play off, defeating Maranui 11 – 7.  >>> more

05.06.2010. Marist Magic Women in Finals.

The Marist Magic Women took a step closer to regaining their National League title with a convincing 10 – 4 win over Wellington’s Harbour City Hawks in the first semi final today. Marist’s game was built on some strong defense, which effectively shut the Hawks out of the game, all the while keeping their side of the score board ticking over.  >>> more

28.05.2010

All club members are advised that the Marist Auckland Water Polo Clubs 2010 AGM will be held

MONDAY 21st JUNE 2010 - 7:30pm
DIOCESAN AQUATIC CENTRE

The meeting will be held in the downstairs room to the right hand side of the Aquatic Centre. Ample parking is available on the Diocesan grounds
We look forward to welcoming you.

           Agenda

28.05.2010 After securing top place for the NL finals play off and believing they have locked away the National League shield for the season, Marist Magic women took the opportunity to rest 5 starting players and give the bench some game time in their match against NZ Youth. The move resulted in a one point lose to NZ Youth but Marist still finish the year, 7 points clear of its nearest rival in the preliminary rounds. In an effort to try and wrestle one of the two National League shields the club holds, away from Marist, NZ Youth are now claiming rights to the shield. The club is now working through the issues with NZWP and hopefully common sense will prevail … National league Finals 5th June MISH.

19.05.2010 Both the Marist Mens and Womens teams came away with good wins against local rivals North Harbour last Friday night at MISH.

The Marist Magic WOMEN, who finish the National League preliminary rounds unbeaten, came out victors, in a tight game that looked to be headed for a 7-7 draw until Lisa Van Raalte drew a penalty that Danielle Lewis scored from with 32 secs left in the game. The final score 8-7 to our Marist Magic Women.

The Marist Magic MEN avenged an early season loss, with an 8-7 win over North Harbour. The 1st quarter ended 2 – 2 after Marist scored first and looked the stronger in the offense, but North Harbour stormed back to be 6-2 up at half time after a number of errors by Marist and a nice 6 on 5 play by North Harbour put them ahead. Marist dug deep and lead by Shaun (who scored the next 2 goals from set), went on a 6-0 run in the 3rd to lead 8-6 going into the last quarter. North Habour with 1.30 left on the clock, scored to take the game to 8-7 but Marist managed to hold on for the hard fought 8-7 victory.

The Marist win in the MENS game means that Marist captured the MENS National League Shield which North Harbour has held all season. Marist are now the proud holders of both the MENS and WOMENS National League Shields for 2010. The Marist Magic WOMEN, who started the season as holders of the shield, hold the WOMENS Shield by going unbeaten at home throughout the season.

Both teams have now qualified for the National League semi finals which will be held on Saturday June 5th at the Millennium Pool. Club members are asked to make an effort to attend and support our teams.
Further details of these games to follow ... Cheers Kurt

07.05.2010 Under 14 boys please NOTE time change Thursday training.
Below are the Pan Pacific training times for those that have registered for the Pan Pacific squads. Players that have registered for the Boys Under 14, Girls Under 14, Boys Under 16 and Girls Under 16 squads are advised that although Marist has entered two teams into each of these grades, word is that all NZ Clubs will only be able to have ONE team play in each grade due to the large number of teams entered into these age groups. This may mean that many of you may not get to play in this year's tournament. This is not something that Marist club has any control over. A friendly reminder to all those players that have not yet paid their Pan Pacific registration fee. These are now due. Players that do not pay, will be replaced in final team selections by paid up players. To those players that do make the final teams please remember that you will be required to wear the current Marist togs and uniform to all Pan Pacific games. The committee wish you all the best, we hope that you all have a most enjoyable tournament and we look forward to some great results.
U14 Girls
Tuesdays	6-7.30pm at SHC	(commencing May 11)
Sundays	1.30-3 at EGGS	(commencing May 23)
Coach :	P. Howat & M. Casey
Manager :	J. O'Donnell
U14 Boys
Thursdays	6.00 -7.30pm at SHC	(commencing May 13)
Sundays	3.30-5pm at SHC	(commencing May 16)
Coach :	B. Pye & B. Escott & Kieran Hattie
Manager :	N. Smith
U16 Girls
Sundays	3-4.30pm at EGGS	(commencing May 9)
Thursdays	7.30-9pm at EGGS	(commencing May 13)
Coach :	R. David & N. Lewis & B. Bowie
Manager :	J. Oloapu
U16 Boys
Thursdays	6-7.30pm at Dio	(commencing May 13)
Sundays	2-3.30pm at SHC	(commencing May 16)
Coach :	J. Campbell & J. Kidd & Kieran Hattie
Manager :	C. Lewis
U18 Women
Wednesday	May 12th 6-7.30pm at SHC	(one off)
Tuesdays	5.45am-7.15am at SHC	(commencing May 18)
Wednesdays	8-9.30pm at Dio	(commencing May 19)
Coach :	S. Pattison
Manager :	TBC
U18 / U20 Men
Mondays	6am-7.30am at SHC	(Commencing May 17)
Sundays	5-6.30pm at SHC	(commencing May 16)
Coach :	J. Ware
Manager :	D. Ferigo
U20 / Senior Women
Mondays	8-9.30pm at SHC	(commencing May 10)
Tuesdays	7.30-9pm at SHC	(commencing May 11)
Coach :	P. Swindells
Manager :	TBC

03.05.2010

Congratulations to the following Marist players who have been selected in the New Zealand Under 15 teams to compete at this years Pan Pacific Festival and Trans Tasman Under 15 Shield.

2010 NZ Under 15 Boys.
Braeden Drennan
Cameron Flavell
Peter Burrell

2010 NZ Under 15 Girls.
Jordan Milch-Miskini
Ricci Ferigo
Tomo Greer

30.04.2010
The committee advise that we are still trying to sort out what pool space is available and how to allocate this space to the different teams for training. We hope to have this sorted over the next couple of days so please keep checking back and we will post more information as soon as it comes available.

In the meantime to all those wanting to watch some high quality water polo, the Marist Magic take on the Hutt Heat this Sunday 2nd May.

The Women who are still unbeaten and holders of the National League trophy will play the Hutt Heat, game starting 12.45pm at Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre. Leading the charge will be the Marist power team of Lisa Van Raalte, Samantha Schubert and Nicole Lewis.

The Marist Magic Men will take on the Hutt Heat men 2.15pm also at Sacred Heart. This will be the mens last home game before semi’s and will feature the ageless John Ware, the ever gritty Paul Swindells, along with club models Josh Campbell and Phil Howat.

Age grade muster for ONLY those player that wish to be considered for the Marist Club Pan Pacific Festival teams will be held at

1.45pm – 2.15pm	Under 18	Meet outside between pool and Gym	After the Marist Magic Womens game vs Maranui
	Under 20
3.15pm – 4.15pm	Under 14	Meet inside SHC Gym	After the Marist Magic Mens gave vs Maranui
	Under 16

Players unavailable for the Pan Pacific Festival will have the opportunity to play again in the Auckland League and National age grade teams later this year. An additional muster will be held after the Pan Pacific Festival.
Pan Pacific Fees.
Players wishing to play in the Pan Pacific Festival will need to pay a $120.00 registration fee. This Pan Pacific Registration fee is extra to the normal club registration fee which will be $390.00 this year. If a player wishes to play in two age grade over the Pan Pacific festival, then they will be require to pay $120.00 plus $40.00 per additional grade played. (this may apply to under 18s / under 20s and possibly a few under 16s). Fees are payable on registration day.
If a player does not make the team they have registered for then the registration fees will be refunded in full.
If a player withdraws from a team after being selected, no refund will be given.

These fees are to help recover some of the extra Pan Pacific Festival costs i.e. team registration fees, pool hireage and coaching that the club will incur leading up to the Pan Pacific Tournament.

Guidelines for team selection.
The committee has decided
• Under 12 players will not be allowed to play up into the under 14 Pan Pacific teams.
• Under 14 players will not be allowed to play up into the under 16 Pan Pacific teams.
• That under 16 players will ONLY be allowed to play up into the under 18 Pan Pacific teams, if there are insufficient under 18 players to fill the teams.
• Final team selections will be made by the head coach of each age group

Uniform.
All players representing Marist Auckland Water Polo Club will be required to wear the current Marist uniform and togs throughout the Pan Pacific Tournament.

Training.
Some teams will start training the week starting 3rd May. The rest will begin training the week starting 10th May. Please check the web site for updated training times.

14.03.2010. 6 MARIST Boys Selected in Under 15 Boys Squad.

Congratulations to the follwoing Marist Under 15 Boys who have been selected in the New Zealand Under 15 Boys Squad. The final team will be selescted from this squad to compete in the Trans Tasman Shield series and to play in the Pan Pacs Under 16 Section competition.

Braeden Drennan
Cameron Flavell
Joshua Walden
Peter Burrell
Philip Hargraves
Tristan Sangster

14.03.2010 Coaches Training Course

‘Coaches on Tour’ is a series of coaching courses throughout New Zealand, delivered by internationally renowned coaching expert/facilitator Paul Metz and two times Olympian Eelco Uri. CVs for both Paul and Eelco can be found  in the link below.

Auckland Itinerary:
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Sacred Heart College
Classroom 6-8pm followed by pool session 8-9.30pm
(course coordinator Chris Hayward: men@waterpolo.org.nz )
Cost: $10.00

Wednesday 31 March 2010
The Millennium Institute of Health and Sport
Classroom 6-8pm followed by pool session 8.15-9.30pm
(course coordinator Sharon Geary: women@waterpolo.org.nz )
Cost $10.00

                ....... >>>> more info

Marist Magic Premier Men and Women play their first home games of the 2010 National Championship Sunday 14th March 2010 at Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre.

Both the Mens and Womens teams are unbeaten to date with wins to the Men over Waitakere Blue Devils 18 – 9 and the QEII Crushers 13 – 6, while the Marist Magic Women recorded wins over Waitakere Blue Devils 10 – 6 and QEII Crushers 16 – 4.

Marist Magic Women take on Harbour City Hawks in what will be the first ever defence of the Womens National League Trophy at 12.45pm while the Marist Magic Men take on Harbour City Hawks at 2.15pm.

So grab your team mates, family and friends, get your red and blues on, turn up and support your club mates. Help keep both teams undefeated and the Womens National League Trophy at Marist.

23.02.2010. MUSTER DAY
For Players born 1998 or later

     download registration form            view registration form

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28th 11-12.30pm
SACRED HEART AQUATIC CENTRE - 250 West Tamaki Road

This 6-7 WEEK PROGRAMME will culminating in the BOP U12 Tournament in Tauranga April 10-12th. Players need to Registration on Sunday 28th February. If you are unable to attend and want more information then either ring 021 656286 or email men@waterpolo.org.nz

TRAINING PROGRAMME

Sunday 28th February	11-12.30pm	Sacred Heart
Sunday 7th March	11-12.30pm	Sacred Heart
Sunday 14th March	11-12.15pm	Sacred Heart	Followed by the National Womens and Mens League Matchs MARIST MAGIC versus HARBOUR CITY WGTN at 12.45pm and 2.15pm
Sunday 21st March	Time to be advised		but will be later in the day due to North Island SS Champs in the pool
Sunday 28th March	11-12.15pm	Sacred Heart
Sunday 4th April	No training		Easter Sunday
Trainings to be advised during the first week of the School Holidays
Saturday 10th April to Monday 12th April			BOP U12 Tournament in Tauranga

Costs: $110.00 per player
This fee covers registration for the Summer Programme ONLY  (late February / Early April), summer programme training, coaching costs and pool entry, cheques payable to Marist Auckland Water Polo Club

Extra Costs
Please bring registration form along to the Muster on Sunday February 28th.

08.02.2010 Center Back needs Help!

Many of our Marist family will know Grant McAneaney, either because he coached us, coached our daughter, refereed one of our games or just because he is a part of the water polo family. Grant was last year diagnosed with cancer and is currently playing a great game at center back.  But he needs a little help to keep out the opposing center forward. (he's a big sucker). Grant has started a blog koolcoach for himself, others in the same boat and for those who would just like to know how he is doing and maybe be on his team. If you want, please stop by and leave him a message. I know it will help !...... >>> more 

08.02.2010 Following email from Chief Operations Office Eelco Uri.

Date: 5 February 2010
To: Clubs & Centres
Re: National League Trophy
 _____________________________________________________________

Dear Clubs, As you are probably aware, NZ Water Polo will be introducing a new trophy for our National League competition – preliminary round only. There is a Shield for both the women’s and men’s competitions. Clubs/Teams will be playing for the ‘National League Shield’, which will be up for grabs in each home game of the holders. There is no limit to the number of times the Shield can change hands during the preliminary round of the League. The Club/Team that holds the Shield after their last home game of the season will be the winners of the Shield for that particular season/year. Inaugural defenders are last year’s preliminary round winners: - Marist for the women (1st home game v Harbour City on March 14th at SHC) - North Harbour for the men (1st home game tomorrow v Waitakere at MISH) When a Club/Team takes (or successfully defends) the Shield they become not only responsible for the Shield itself, they are also responsible (asked to) for ‘putting up a show/market’ the Shield. This can be through publications in media, at the venue etc. etc., but also on pool side where they either celebrate defending the Shield or hand it over in case of a defeat. Let’s make the Shield become a main trophy of which Clubs are proud off and want it!

Kind regards, Eelco

08.02.2010 Under 15 Boys born 1995 trialists.
Congratulations to the follow Marist boys who have been selected to trail for the NZ National under 15 Boys born 1995 Team. Those selected will play in the 2010 Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo Festival under 16 division and the Trans Tasman Under 15 Shield Series.

Reuban Puketapu
Braeden Drennan
Phillip Hargreaves
Peter Burrell
Cameron Flavell
Tristan Sangster

17.01.2009 Under 14 Boys - Marist Black.


Match reports for the Under 14 Boys Marist Black Team who won Bronze at the Division 2 Nationals in Hamilton December 2009. Also a link to some great action photo's. Thanks to Wendy Deadman for the report and photo's ... click here     ... photo's









28.12.2009 7 Girls selected in Under 15 Girls Trailists Team 2010

Congratulations to:
 
Tomo Greer
Charolette Bosomworth
Hannah Anderson
Chloe Scott
Jordan Milich-Misikini
Kara Harris
Ricki Ferigo

who have been selected to attend the NZ U15 Trials.


20.12.2009 Double Silver at the Under 14 Nationals Christchurch.
And Double Bronze from Under 14 Div 2 Nationals

Congratulations to both our Marist Red Boys and Marist Red Girls teams who won silver at the Under 14 Div 1 Nationals in Christchurch this past week. Silver may not have been the colour that we were chasing but Silver is still very very GOOD !!!! The club has had a bit of a lean year, but with a Pan Pacs year coming lets all enjoy the Christmas break, regroup and bring it home in the New Year.

Congratulations also to the Marist White Girls and Marist Black Boys teams who both brought home bronze from the under 14 Div 2 Nationals in Hamilton.

Link to the final days reports from our roving reporter who was poolside at the girls Div 1 tournament. RR did post these to me late Saturday night, as you'd expect of a quality journo, unfortunately I let the team down and have only just posted them. Thanks to Julian Harris alias RR, for the time and effort taken to put these together for those of us that stayed behind. The reports helped keep us in the loop and were 100 times better than the normal final score, and “we played ok” reports our darlings give us when we ring them. Best of luck to you and the family as you prepare for you move back to Australia.... click here ...photo B.lloyd

18.12.2009 latest report from our roving reporter in Christchurch. Many thanks to the roving reporter for keeping us in touch and good luck to the girls and boys as they enter finals weekend ... click here

17.12.2009 latest news from our roving reporter ... click here

16.12.2009 It's been a bit of a lean year for the club. Lets all wish our under 14 boys and girls the best to bring home some gold ware !

Following report posted from our roving reporter at the girls pool. .... click here

11.10.2009 Double bronze fell the way of the Marist Red teams at the Under 16 Division 1 Nationals in Wellington. The girls grabbed the bronze medal against Tauranga taking command of the game in the first quarter to lead 4-1 at half time. Despite Tauranga making a comeback the girls held on to win 6-4 - a great effort after losing to Tauranga twice during the season. Rachel Burns won an outstanding player award and coach Rosemary David's butterflies went by the end of full time!! And the boys so devastated by the previous nights loss in the dying seconds of the semi finals didnt allow a repeat of that as they went charging out against Hutt to open up a comfortable lead early in the game and eased away to win 11-4 and take the bronze medal. Matt lewis took an outstanding player award for the boys competition. The Marist Blue girls played against Rotorua in the plate section final losing to Rotorua for the second time in the competition whilst the Marist Blue boys tied for 7th overall with Waikato drawing todays play off game 9 all - which meant that Marist had two boys teams in the top 8 of the Championship. So its up to the Under 14s to get that elusive goal medal in 2009 when their Championships are held in December....C Hayward   ... click on image for a larger view photo S Atoni

04.10.2009 Congratulations to the Marist Sharks who won Bronze medals at the U12 Olympic Hopefuls tournament. Marist Marlins also played well going very close in their quarter final and 3rd / 4th play offs. Marist Dolphins played well in the A grade and improved throughout the tournament. … more

Congratulations to Jimmy Boyce of the Marist Sharks who was named in the tournament team.

04.10.2009 Congratulations to the Marist Under 16 Girls White team who have added the National Division 2 silver medal to the NRL gold medal they won last month. Marist White lost in the final 1 – 9 to Otago. Congratulations also to Ashley Flavell, who picked up a Most Promising Player award. ... more

Marist White Boys finished 5th equal also at the Under 16 National Division 2 tournament after a 3 – 3 draw, against Palmerston North Boys’ High School.

01.10.2009 Marist Red Under 18 Women clung on for the bronze medal against a resilient Waitakere team winning the match 3-2. The U18 womens team had been beaten by North Harbour the previous night in the semi final - their first loss to North Harbour all year. What a pity it happened at Nationals. QE11 went on to retain the title and #1 ranking. The Marist Blue team got pipped in the elimination match for 9-11th play off 4-3 by the Northern Districts team The Under 18 Mens Red team - many of whom will be returning next year and the following year finished on a high note beating Harbour City to take 5th placing for the second year in a row after being knocked out of the medal round by Tauranga - who have had two close one goal games with Marist this season. The Under 18 Blue team showed grit to win the battle of the B teams beating Hutt B for 7th placing in the tournament having earlier beaten Waitakere B and Maranui.

21.09.2009 Marist this weekend took out 4 of the 6 Northern Regional Water Polo titles on offer winning the Under 16 boys and girls Division 2 finals and also capturing the Under 18 Womens title and the Under 16 Boys Division 1 title. The Under 16 Division 2 girls took gold and silver in an all Marist final that saw Marist White beat Marist Black. And the Under 16 Girls Red team took out the bronze medal in the Under 16 Girls Division 1 play offs. The Under 18 Womens final was a nerve-racking affair against North Harbour with the scores locked at 3all before Marist Red took the winning goal in extra time to take the title 4-3 . Marist Blue came in 4th losing to Waitakere in the bronze medal match. The Under 16 Boys Red team took the Division 1 title beating North Harbour A 8-4 in the final after getting off to a flying start at 4-0 up. And Marist Blue pushed Waitakere Gold hard for the bronze medal before going down 4-6 to the West Aucklanders. The depth with the Under 16 section of the club was evident with both Under 16 Division 2 titles going Marist's way. The U16 Boys White team beat North Harbour C in overtime whilst the U16 Girls White team came from behind to beat the Marist Black team in the U16 Girls Division 2 final. A great day for these girls!!. ...C.Hayward

Insert photo Girls Div 2 Winners Marist White ... photo G. Janssen

01.10.2009 Please Note that this High performance programme is for current (2009) National Players or any Marist Senior Mens or Womens players. That is those "NZ Men and Women who played at the 2009 World League, Junior Men or Womens team that played at the 2009 World Champs or NZ schoolboys and schoolgirls players selected for the Test Series in December 2009. Some National U16 age grade players maybe considered-but space for these athletes is not guaranteed."

21.09.2009 With the U16 National Championships from 7th – 10th October the season for most competitive club teams will be over. Only the U14 club programme will still be actively preparing for their Nationals in December.

However, numerous players will represent New Zealand at various occasions towards the end of the year. To keep (or get) them in shape the Water Polo Institute are looking at introducing a 9 week training program that commences from October 12th until December 18th providing 6.5 hours per week of quality training under the supervision of Head Coach Kurt Goldsworthy and various Senior players to the participants. The programme is also open to Marist players that wish to prepare for the 2010 and National League. .... more info

19.09.2009. Best of luck to our under 18, under 16 men and women who will be competing this Saturday and Sunday in the Northern Regional Finals.

Saturday sees Marist Red compete with North Harbour A, Tauranga and Waitakere Gold, in the under 16 Girls Div 1 finals at Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre starting at 2.00pm while Marist White will compete with North Harbour C, Tauranga B, and Mountford Park in the Div 2 Boys play offs starting at 11.20am

On Sunday Marist White and Marist Black play off against Mountford Park B and Waitakere Aqua for the under 16 Girls Div 2 finals while Marist Red and Marist Blue will play off against North Harbour A and Waitakere for the Under 16 Boys North Regional League Title. All games at Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre beginning at 10.50am.

Also on Sunday Marist Red and Marist Blue will compete with North Harbour A and Waitakere for the under 18 Girls Northern Regional Title at the Millenium, games starting at 11.40am. Please get out and support our teams. Follow the links below for full draws.

U18 Women     U16 Boys Div1     U16 Girls Div1     U16 Girls Div2     U16 Boys Div2

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