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.

15.06.2010 Under 12 Mountfort Park Tournament, Queens Birthday Weekend 2010

Another exhilarating and exhausting long weekend has come and gone.

Saturday June 5th saw two eager Marist Teams arrive at Manurewa Aquatic Centre for the 2nd Under 12 Mountfort Park Tournament.

After 13 and 14 games respectively over 3 days the Marlins were 9th and the Sharks a credible 4th. It was great to see our children having such a fun time and enjoying themselves.

The Marlins were nicknamed the Squirts by all the other teams as they were all so small, ( many were only 9 or 10 ), and not once did they give up and they always had smiles on their faces.

Congratulations to Nick Gibbons who was named a MVP ( most valuable player ).   .... D. Hargraves

Saturday 10th of April dawned another clear beautiful day and by midday 28 children and their families had converged on Tauranga for the annual Under 12 waterpolo tournament. All three Marist teams had 6 games that afternoon to determine what pools they would be playing in for the rest of the weekend. Sunday was another fine day and teams played 5 pool games each. Monday followed with 2 teams having more pool games and then all teams playing a placement game and then a final game to determine their final places. We had 1 team in each pool and finished with a 6th, a 12th and a 17th place from a field of 22 teams. Great fun was had by everyone and we have some budding new waterpolo players coming up.

Sharks
This was the first tournament for the year for the under 12's and the first time the Sharks had played as a team, they had an excellent first day winning 5 out of 6 games, leaving them in the top 8 of the competition of 22. The next day was tough losing all their games, they still however ended up playing Harbour City for 5th-8th playoffs. With a bit of grit and determination the team bet Harbour City 4-3 to win a place in the 5th-6th finals. Mountford was too tough in the final beating the team 5-1. The Sharks did really well considering this was their first time together , many of the parents commented on what they felt were a lovely bunch of children and what a fantastic team approach was seen in the pool. Well done to the Sharks, roll on the next tournament! ... Jane Gibbons Team Manager



Marlins
The Marist Marlins had a great weekend in Tauranga.
Saturday saw them lose two games and win three. An excellent start for them, giving the players time to get to know each other, their strengths and for those who had not previously played any water polo games some much needed experience giving everyone the confidence they needed to move into the B Division for Sunday.
Sunday proved a little more difficult with the Marlins losing 3 games and winning two. This put us in the play off for 1st to 4th in the B Division on the Monday draw. The Marlins came together well as team on Monday, they all showed immense improvement and shouted the spectators to the most riveting game of the weekend when they came up against the leaders of the pool, Maranui. At times it looked like we were going to draw this game, we, the spectators were hoping for an upset, but for every goal we scored Maranui scored another. The Marlins came 4th in the B Division after narrowly losing by 2 goals to North Harbour White. ... Patricia Mau Team Manager



Dolphins
The Dolphins had a wonderful weekend which started slowly and ended brilliantly.
Saturday was tough as many of our players had never played water polo before and we took a while to really get into it, winning only one game this day and therefore ending in the C Division. Sunday dawned with a draw first up and then a loss. Following a team photo and a great team talk we then went on to win all the rest of our games and therefore winning C Division.
A great experience for all involved learning how important it is to play as a team and to get everybody involved. ... Deryn Hargraves Team Manager


Many thanks to all the families who came, for their help and support over the weekend. To our Coaches for giving up their time and for their efforts with our children and to our team managers Jane and Trish for their full support. Special thanks must go to Moira and Wendy for all their efforts ensuring that we were all fed so well. Deryn Hargraves

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.

10.10.2009
Marist Sharks:
Had a tough first game playing North Harbour. They started off well with it being 2 all at one stage, but North Harbour pulled away 10-3. The next game they played Waitako winning 6-5. In the last game of the night they played Tauranga Quicksilver where they got off to a flying start going into the half 7-0 up and in the second half they put the foot off the gas winning 8-4. The second game saw them playing Harbour City, once again they started off well going up 7-1 into the half, but once again they slowed down winning 9-4. With their next game against Waitakere going to decide who will end second in the pool they went into the half only down by 1 goal then started off the second half scoring the first two goals rounding off with a 9-6 win. With only a 30 minute break they played Mountfort Park Pukekos playing one of the better games leading from start to finish winning 10-1. The last day of the tournament they had to played North Harbour in the semi finals losing 10-1 playing one of their off games but they kept their heads up saving their best game for last beating Hutt 8-5 for the bronze medal, leading from start to finish. As the tournament went on, every player was getting stronger and stronger. Jimmy Boyce was named in the Tournament team

Marist Dolphins
The dolphins had a very tough tournament playing in the A grade, playing against all A teams. As the tournament went by they improved and by the final game they were keeping up and scoring amazing goals. It would have been a valuable learning experience for them and lots of fun.

Marist Marlins
Marist Marlins had a fantastic tournament and played to their full potential everyday. Unfortunately Marist Marlins lost, 5-4 to North Harbour Yellow, in the final minutes of their quarterfinal game. They fought hard in the 3rd and 4th play offs, losing in extra time, golden goal to Waitkato B 4-3. Again they would have learnt a lot from the tournament which they will use in the future.

13.02.2009 Reminder Under 12 Muster SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22nd 10am - 11.30 am SACRED HEART AQUATIC CENTRE 250 West Tamaki Road.

      Autumn Programme                                          U12 Muster

14.10.2008  The Mighty Marist Racing Sardines, Power Polo in a can.
                              - Ben Simperingham

As the youngest members of the under 12 squad, it would be fair to describe the Racing Sardines as the babies of the Marist Waterpolo Club. Although many of our team members are veterans of the flipperball circuit none of us had been involved in a waterpolo tournament before this weekend. After a solid term's work at Sunday morning trainings under the watchful eye of assistant coaches Brittany and Josh and with regular training matches against our older stablemates the Polo Bears, our side of prime 9, 10 and 11 year old aquatic talent was uncertain what lay ahead as we approached the Tournament of Olympic Hopefuls but we knew we were looking forward to it.

 

On Saturday morning after controversially failing to win the best banner competition we surprised ourselves by taking an early lead in our first match when Alex hit the back of the net against the North Harbour Pukekos.  Further goals to Anna, Jackson and Ryan as well as some truly awesome defensive work by "Mr Steals" Vinay and a number of blocks by goalie Ollie secured an unexpected 4 - 0 victory.

 

In the afternoon's encounter against the North Harbour Tuis Ryan scored from a counter attack early in the piece to give us a 1 - 0 lead and hopes of a second victory were high. Unfortunately the Tuis then managed eleven consecutive lucky goals, despite some good work in the cage from Claire, and we failed to add to our tally meaning the Sardine's unbeaten record was a thing of the past.

 

The lessons of Saturday afternoon's loss were well learned as we put together a vastly improved match on Sunday morning and came from behind to take out a nailbiter against Waitakere III by 5 goals to 4. Ryan, Jackson, Molly and Annabelle contributed on the scoresheet, Rupert and Robbie were prominent on defence and the whole team rose to the occasion.

 

After an hour's break a tired Sardines team took to the water against the top ranked Polo Bears and started to play some phenomenal polo. We managed a lead twice in the first half, and changed ends with the scores all tied up. We tired in the final minutes and the score ended up at 7 - 4 but this was a tremendous result for the young Sardines.

 

Thirty short minutes later we were back in the water for our third match of the day and our first of two against the Mountford Park Manus. We were having a tough time on attack as the Mountford keeper made block after block and their shooters were regularly finding the top corners so a 9 - 4 loss was the final score.

 

Our victories were enough to see us into the 3rd 4th play off match against Mountford again on Monday morning. Team captain Ryan found his mark twice in the first half and great defense from Bella, Stacey, Vinay and Shara kept the score at two all at half time. Neither side could find the net in the following ten minutes so we were heading to golden-goal-sudden-death-Olympic-style-next-goal-wins-polo time. After a tense couple of minutes play Ryan put a long ball forward to Annabelle who sprinted down the pool and made no mistake finding a big fat bag of bronze in the back of the goal.

 

At this point in time the pool staff called noise control as the Sardine Supporters School lifted the roof recording an illegal 92.7 decibel cheer. Many thanks to Penny, Penny and Ian for their quality management and to Keegan for pulling me out after I "fell in" at the end of the last match.

click on images for enlargements                                  - photos B.Simperingham


03.10.2008 Polo Bear U/12 Team Report from The Tournament of Olympic Hopefuls.
                              - J. O'Donnell, Team Manager
The U/12 Tournament of the Olympic Hopefuls was held at MISH over 3 days, 27 - 29 September.
The Marist Polo Bears played in the B Grade and went through the initial round-robin unbeaten.

Their results were

Saturday
Marist Polo Bears beat North Harbour Tuis 7 - 4
Marist Polo Bears beat Mountford Park Manus 7 - 1

Sunday
Marist Polo Bears beat Waitakere 3 11 - 2
Marist Polo Bears beat North Harbour Pukekos 11 - 0
Marist Polo Bears beat Marist Racing Sardines 7 - 4

This set them up for a finals play off on Monday against the North Habour Tuis.
With great crowd support, the Polo Bears managed to maintain their unbeaten record and win the  tightly contested match and the gold medals 5 - 3

At prize giving the team received their medals and in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the teams success, Ben Casey won the Award for the Best and Fairest Player in the division.

The team consisted of:
Ben Casey
Jamie Carson
Laura Charlton
Anton Elliot
Grace Harkness
Aimee MacDonald
Rupert Stobo
Daniel O'Donnell
Katrin O'Donnell
Alexandra Watson
Oliver Young

The lucky Polo Bears were very ably coached through out the season by Natalie Burbury-King who was ceremoniously thrown in the pool following the win in the final!!!! Thanks Natalie - they couldn't have done it without you.

Marist Polo Bears Gold medalists Div 2	Ben Casey Best and Fairest Palyer Div 2	Marist Polo Bears

click on images for enlargements                                  - photos J. O'Donnell


22.09.2008 BIG UPS !!! to all the 2008 U12 MARIST Olympic Hopefuls. What excellent results
A Grade Results
Marist Mako Sharks Bronze
Marist Bottlenose Dolphins 7th

Most Improved Player - Rebecca Jackson Marist Mako Sharks
Best Goalie - Alex Rivers Marist Mako Sharks

B Grade Results
Marist Polo Bears GOLD
Marist Racing Sardines Bronze

Best and Fairest Player in B Grade - Ben Casey - Marist Polo Bears

22.09.2008 The 2008 U12s Olympic Hopefuls Tournament will take place at the Millennium Institute Sport and Health Pool, Auckland from September 27 - 29th. Marist have four teams entered. Marist Mako Sharks, Marist Bottle Nose Dolphins, Marist Racing Sardines and Marist Polo Bears. Teams are mixed with a minimum of 3 girls playing at the same time.

27.09.2008  Check list for the Marist Racing Sardines - Ana Sullivan ......The Racing Sardines Checklist

          Draw           Team Responsibilities           RESULTS           Other Reports          

Goal:

 

To send 2 mixed gender teams to Tauranga for the BOP U12 Tournament April 26-28th

 

Trainings:

Sundays at Sacred Heart – 10.30-12pm

March 2

March 9^th

March 16^th – time will change and maybe venue due to NI Secondary Schools Champs

March 23^rd – EASTER SUNDAY NO TRAINING

March 30th

April 6th

April 13th

April 20th – Training prior to departure

 

Accommodation – holding bookings at the Golden Grove Holiday Park in Tauranga

Personnel:

 

Managers – tba

Coaches – Kieran Hattie/Matthew Selkirk/Julie Burns

 

Costs:

Registration and Training

Registration including trainings  $105.00

Trainings only for those who were part of the Spring Programme $80.00

 

Trip Costs will include

accommodation and food

entry fee into tournamenT

travel costs – contribution to petrol costs

 

For further information email Chris Hayward or otherwise show up on March 2nd to find out more details.

 

26.09.2007 The club’s Under 12 players had their final games for the year at the Tournament of Olympic Hopefuls held at the Millennium Institute from 22-24 September. In front large and vocal crowds Marist pocketed two medals.

 

The coaches wished that they had as much support for their games as the crowd gave our youngest players. Teams from as far away as Otago and Hutt came to join in the festive atmosphere and take on the northern teams.

 

It was a very successful tournament for us with our Sharks team taking the A division silver medals and Braeden Drennan taking the trophy for most improved player during the tournament. What is great for the club is that many of these players will still be eligible for the under 12 grade next year.

 

One of the most exciting games of the tournament was between our own Marlins and Kingfish, playing of for third and forth in the second division. Following a full-time draw the game went to golden goal, with the Marlins taking out the bronze medal.

 

Many thanks to the coaches, Kieran Hattie, Tim Hunt and Tim McVicar and Barbara for the article.

16.07.2007 Once again Marist will be running a spring programme for new and existing under 12 players (players born 1 January 1995 or later). This will consist of training sessions at the Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre, leading up to an under 12 tournament – The Tournament of Olympic Hopefuls- to be held at the Millennium Institute in Mairangi Bay on 22 to 24 September.

Registration Day;

When; 10.30-12noon on 29 July 2007 – bring your togs;

Trainings – Most Sundays from July 29^th to September 16 – subject to pool availability.

Where; Sacred Heart Aquatic Centre, West Tamaki Road, Glendowie.

Cost; $150 to cover Club registration fees for the year to 30 April 2008, pool hire and training fees for the Spring Programme, as well as the tournament entry fees for the Tournament of Olympic Hopefuls. In addition, each player who does not already have them will need club togs and polo shirt for the tournament. These are available from the club and will cost;

Girls togs $65

Boys togs $35

Polo shirt $45

Registration forms will be available at the pool on the day.

Any queries, or if you cannot make the registration day, please call Barbara Lloyd, Under 12 coordinator, on 6302 632 or 021 102 3469 or by email on lloyd.mcnoe@clear.net.nz

17.04.2007 The youngest members of the club had their first outing of the year over the weekend of 13-15 April, with the annual under 12 tournament. It was hosted by Tauranga Water Polo Club, in chilly weather in the outdoor pool at BOP Polytechnic. 64 people went down - made up of two teams and their supporting families.

 

The Marist Marlins (photo right) had the opportunity to develop their game skills under the tutelage of Nicole Lewis and Lachie McNoe, and gave all the supporters a fantastic spectacle, missing out on a place in the plate semis, having gone to a golden goal thriller play off.

 

The Marist Sharks (photo below), coached by Matt Selkirk, confidently played through a cold Friday evening under lights, to finish top of their pool and went through to finish third place overall in the championship. Two Sharks players, Akira Ioane and Braeden Drenan, were named in the tournament team.

 

The Under 12s will now have a small rest except for some occasional games and regroup with additional people for a Spring programme in late July to prepare for the Tournament of Olympic Hopefuls to be held  September 22-24th in Auckland

 

Article by Adrienne Burns

 

JOIN THE MARIST WATER POLO’S

 BORN 1995 or later TEAM FOR 2007

UNDER 12 PROGRAMME

SPRING-AUTUMN 2007

 

 

Activities include:

 

• skills based training
• weekly training from Sunday February 18^th and every Sunday till April 1^st with the exception on Sunday March 18th
• A born 1995 tournament in Tauranga 13-15^th April 2007
• A good base to spring into the Born 1993-1994 programmes later
• Helpful for your own individual improvement in 2007
• Top quality coaching and training programmes
• Both boys and girls
• Opportunity to be also involved in the U12 SPRING Programme in August/September

 

 

If interested in being involved come to the SACRED HEART AQUATIC CENTRE

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18^th 10.15am to 12 noon BRING THE ATTACHED FORM WITH YOU (CLICK HERE) 

 

 

MARIST WATER POLO – NEW ZEALAND’S MOST SUCCESFULL CLUB in 2006 – 3 out of 8 National Championship titles and 6 medals in 8 events at the Pan Pacific Youth Festival

28.09.2006 Despite losing only 2 games (to NorthSport and Waikato), the Marist Sharks came 5th in the Olympic Hopefuls tournament held last weekend at the Millennium Institute in Mairangi Bay. The tournament, a NZWPA fundraiser, saw 16 teams from as far as Hutt Valley competing.

 

Sharks:

(back) Ben Young, Joe Boyce, Jeremy Hunt, Tim Hunt(Coach)
(Middle) Frances Gibbons, Francesca Dorman, Gabryel Oalapu, Connor Perry,Lucy Stevens, Brittany Chamberlain, Sam Smith, Braeden Drennan
(Front) Matthew Lewis, Theo Woodhead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marist was represented by three teams with the Sharks considered the strongest side missing out on the semi finals narrowly. Francesca Dorman was named MVP for the Sharks who finished 5^th after taking ‘revenge’ on Waikato in the 5^th/6^th play off.  The Marist Merlins (photo below) came 11^th while the Marist Seagulls had to settle for 16^th. All teams had an awesome time and showed incredible skill and teamwork in a tournament that was widely regarded as very competitive and of high standard.  The teams would like to thank Matt Selkirk and Tim Hunt for their wonderful coaching and are looking forward to U14 next year.

 

Marist Swordfish

 

 

 

 

Marist has recently revived its Under 12 program for all boys born 1993 or later to cater for the growing number of young water polo players participating in the Yr 7 and 8 competitions run by the Water Polo Institute.

Matt Selkirk and Kyle Hattie are the coaches in charge.

The enrolment session took place on Sunday, August 14th at Sacred Heart College. Players, who missed that session can still register. Please contact Chris Hayward for more information.

Regular trainings are held on Sundays at Sacred Heart at 6pm.

The Club plans to enter two teams into a tournament commencing  October 6-9th at West Wave Aquatic Centre.