Marist Auckland Waterpolo

MARIST QUINELLA IN BOYS UNDER 16 DIV 2 NATIONALS

04.10.2007 The Marist Club provided both finalists in the National Under 16 Boys Division 2 Championships held in Tauranga last weekend.

Whilst Marist Blue was regarded as one of the teams likely to make the top four, the Marist White team was not. However the White team played extremely well winning or drawing all their pool and second round games to find themselves in a finals show down with the Blue team. The Marist Blues got off to a sound start in the final going 2 goals up but found themselves on the other side of some resilience as the Marist White team fought back to draw level at 6 all going into the final quarter. The Marist Blue team edged ahead again in the final quarter to grab the gold medals by 8-6. Marist Blue’s Shaun Jenkins won a Most Promising player award whilst Kurt Stevenson (Marist White) won another of the Promising player awards.

Meanwhile the Marist White Girls team went down 1-4 to Northsport C in the Girls Division 2 Under 16 Championship final. The Marist girls went into the final unbeaten but were unable to keep up the winning formula in the final. Katherine Graaf  (Marist White) won the Girls MVP Award.

Article provided by Chris Hayward



MARIST MISS OUT ON SEMI FINAL AT NATIONALS

27.09.2006 The boys competition proved one of the closest in years with all 8 major clubs fielding very competitive teams. The Red team had a head start beating Waikato comfortably 13 – 4 but found it tough going from there notching close wins over Hutt (4 – 3) and QE II (6 – 4) before facing competition favorites NorthSport for the direct semi final berth. A strong overall performance raised hopes to repeat last year’s final appearance despite the 2 – 4 loss. All hopes were shattered 4 hours later against Tauranga when the team from the Bay knocked out Marist with a goal from a seagull just 2 seconds before the final whistle. While Tauranga moved on to the final Marist had to settle for 5th/6th play off. There they defeated Hutt 7 – 5 to finish the season on a winning note.

 

Despite some close results the Blue boys only managed one win over Southland to avoid last place. However, this result does not reflect the good level of water polo the team had played throughout the tournament.

 

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PANASONIC PAN PACIFICS - ALL RESULTS

Red Team

The final 7th was propably dissappointing considering the close results against both competition finalists NZU15 and Queensland (winners).

 Marist Red  NorthSport Blue P/R  10 - 3 
 Marist Red  Tauranga Breakers P/R  18 - 2 
 Marist Red  QE II P/R  7 - 1 
 Marist Red  Queensland P/R  5 - 6 
 Marist Red  NZU15 Q/R  5 - 7 
 Marist Red  Waitakere A Q/R  9 - 0 
 Marist Red   Maranui 5-8 SF   4 - 5 
 Marist Red   Waitakere A P/O 7/8   5 - 3 

Final Placing: 7th

Blue Team

After a bumpy start the team managed to put it's act together, played structured water polo and produced some good results against teams of comparable abilities.

 Marist Blue  NZU15 P/R  1 - 25 
 Marist Blue  Corona del Mar P/R  4 - 15 
 Marist Blue  Hutt P/R  3 - 8 
 Marist Blue  Waitakere A P/R  3 - 10 
 Marist Blue  Tauranga Breakers Div3 7 - 4 
 Marist Blue  Waitakere B Div3 2 - 2 
 Marist Blue  NorthSport Maroon Div3  7 - 4 
 Marist Blue  Waitakere B Div3Final  4 - 3 

Final Placing: 17th

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TEAM SELECTIONS FOR PAN PACS

The teams for the 2006 PanPacs starting Friday, June 30th are as follows. Selection will be reviewed for Northern League and National Club Championships.

Click here to view the PanPacs draw.

Click here to view 2006 Competition Calender.

 Number / Position  Red Team  Blue Team
 1  Mark Baker   Kurt Stevenson
 2  Nielson Valroy  Aidan Thornhill 
 3

 Gregor Willox

 Eddie Thomas
 4  Freddie Guddex  Harry Harknett
 5  Ed Lyons  Tom Tremewan
 6  Hamish Liggins  Andy Huang
 7  Mike O'Connell  Shaun Jenkins
 8  Toby Smith  Jeremy Kidd
 9  Nic Buist  Matt Plowman
 10  William Parr  Brad Rainger
 11  Arjun Mahadevan  Greg Rea
 12  Scott McElroy  Michael Rountree
 13  Michael Dunn  Simon Wilkinson
     
 Coach  Phill Howart  Olaf Adam 
 Manager  Kathy McElroy  Jim Harknett 

Age group co-ordinator: Graham Liggins

 

2006 U16 BOYS PROGRAM

24 players have registered for 2006 season at Muster Day. First highlight will be the Pan Pacific Youth Festival from June 30th till July 12th. The club intends to enrol two teams for the tournament that will be selected over the following weeks.

 

After that the teams will play in the Northern Regional League (dates yet to be confirmed) leading up to National Club Championships September 23 - 26 in Christchurch.

 

Until after Queens Birthday Weekend (end of Senior Club season) trainings will commence only once per week and will be advised to all players via email or website. For any queries please email Graham.    

 

Coaches:        Phillip Howat / Olaf Adam 

 

Manager:         Graham Liggins

 

Training times: Saturday, May 20th: 3.00 – 4.30 pm  (meet at 2.45 pm)

Unlucky Silver at Nationals

 

A dramatic final of the U16 Boys National Club Championships in Christchurch saw the favorites from NorthSport with the better end, claiming the title over our Marist Red team. It took all extra time and a penalty shoot out to decide the game. 6 - 7 was the score at the end that left Marist disappointed but also proud of an excellent overall result.

Marist's Byron Thornhill got picked as 'Best Defensive Player'.

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Photos U16 Nationals

 

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Teams for Nationals named

NATIONAL UNDER 16s CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005

 BOYS

 

Cap No

 Marist Red

Cap No

 Marist Blue

1

Kieran Hattie

 

Jason Burns

2

James Kidd

 

Edward Lyons

3

Struan Wall

 

Will Lawerence

4

Sean   Weeks

 

Joseph Davis

5

Byron Thornhill

 

Mathew Holder

6

Andrew Illman

 

Nick Buist

7

Scott McElroy

 

Toby Smith

8

William Mahon-Heap

 

Michael O'Connell

9

Sam George

 

Edward Washer

10

Will Parr

 

Freddie Gudux

11

Tim Hunt

 

Hamish Liggins

12

Nielson Varoy

 

Gregor Willox

13

Tim McVicar

 

Michael Dunn

 

 

 

 

Coach

Paul Swindell

 

Shaun Venter

Assist Coach

Shaun Venter

 

Phil Howat

Manager

Janet Clinton

 

Adrienne Burns

Assist Manager

Phil Howat

 

Paul Swindell