2010 Under 12 Summer Programme
For Players born 1998 or later
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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
2009 Under 12 Olympic Hopefuls
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.
Under 12 Autumn Programme
Autumn Programme U12 Muster
Olympic Hopefuls Tournament
- 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,
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.
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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.
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| Marist Polo Bears Gold medalists Div 2 | Ben Casey Best and Fairest Palyer Div 2 | Marist Polo Bears |
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
2008 AUTUMN PROGRAMME - DETAILS
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 9th
March 16th – time will change and maybe venue due to NI Secondary Schools Champs
March 23rd – EASTER SUNDAY NO TRAINING
March 30th
April 6th
April 13th
April 20th – Training prior to departure
Accommodation – holding bookings at the
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.
U12 TEAMS CLAIM TWO MEDALS
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.
2007 U12 SPRING PROGRAM TO KICK OFF
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 29th 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
MARIST U12 TAKE BRONZE IN TAURANGA
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
U12 PLAYERS FOR 2007 WANTED
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 18th and every Sunday till April 1st with the exception on Sunday March 18th
- A born 1995 tournament in Tauranga 13-15th 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 18th 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
MARIST TO COME 5TH AT ANNUAL U12 TOURNAMENT
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
U12 Boys
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.