Ottawa Titans Water Polo Weekly Newsletter
April 2, 2008

Submitted by Kasia Hart

The Titans Piranhas team was triumphant at the Women's U18 Provincials winning the Gold medal, with a very strong showing from our U16 women's team "playing up" and demonstrating their strength and character. The Stingrays were the only cadet team to enter this Youth Provincials – and from this invaluable experience will be a force to be reckoned with at their upcoming Cadet Provincial weekend.

The Piranhas and Stingrays built on their performances each game. A well known recipe of their success lies outside the pool. Only those who have witnessed their unique pre-game warm up will agree, it is a combination of dancing, party-frenzy, dramatization, charades, and a little twist of ring-around-the-rosie! Although the Piranhas faced a sudden death overtime situation in the round robin competition against KW –veteran player Lisa Sharp scored the critical goal to win the game. That evening with their fast counter and solid goaltending, a shut-out win over Hamilton thrust the Piranhas into ranking 1st over all. KW fought the Piranhas hard in the gold medal game, but the girls played as a unit, moved as one and with some key saves proved their strong hole set was not a factor. Named to the tournament All-Star Team were: Stephanie Le Saux Farmer, Evie Marshall, Rebekka Steenkamer and Maria Lapins.

The Stingrays loaned several players to the Piranhas for this event, and with the help of some Marlins, still managed a respectable fifth place finish. Their games were rough but fought with pride and determination – Congratulations to our coaches and athletes!

Be sure to check out the end of this newsletter for some more great shots of the girls!

2008 Titans Summer Camp, August 17-22, 2008 at Nepean Sportsplex

Water Polo Camp at Camp Olympia, June 29-July 5, 2008

Sign up now for Camp Olympia! Time is running out to secure your spot for this year's water polo program at Camp Olympia in the heart of

Water Polo Nets Available for Order

A water polo net for your backyard pool or cottage! Orders are being accepted for Quickshot water polo nets. For $300 you can practice and play water polo this summer using the same Quickshot water polo nets the club used this year. The nets are portable, easy to set up and take down. For more information and/or to order your net please contact David at dhart55@yahoo.com

Kasia Hart Honoured as Outstanding Female Graduating Athlete of the Year at Carleton University

OTTAWA - Jennifer Brenning, Director of Recreation & Athletics is pleased to announce the 2007-2008 major award recipients. Aaron Doornekamp, Men's Basketball, is the Male Athlete of the Year and Anna Laurence, Women's Fencing, is the Female Athlete of the Year (Ruth Coe Memorial Award). Ryan Bell, Men's Basketball, receives the Graduating Male Athlete of the Year (Jack Vogan Memorial Medal) and Kasia Hart, Women's Water Polo, is the Outstanding Graduating Female Athlete of the Year.

Hart, an Ottawa, Ontario native, graduates with a degree in Humanities. The veteran captained the Ravens Women's Water Polo team to back-to-back OUA Provincial Championships. Hart was named an OUA All-Star both years and Carleton University's 5th Women of Influence in January, 2008.

This past year Kasia, was second on the team, in scoring with 14 goals (including 2 key post season goals) and was named the OUA Championship Most Valuable Player, for her great defensive work in shutting down opposing top scorers. In addition to her playing career, she has volunteered as a Coach for the National Development Centre, at Clinics for the "I Love Water Polo Program" and has coached several girls' high school teams in the Ottawa-Carleton School District.

What are our Titans and Titans Alumni up to outside of our Club?

Submitted by John Chinneck:
High school water polo is alive and flourishing in Ottawa! Here's an article about the Glebe water polo team that features a couple of Titans

Submitted by Angela Walker:
Titans Alumni Alex Moggridge, currently attending Mercyhurst College in Pennsylvania, USA, was recognized for his academic success last Monday evening, as he and four other teammates were selected to the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) All-Academic Varsity team. For more details go to:

Freedom's Fury Available on DVD

Freedom's Fury" is a powerful feature documentary about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the "Bloodiest Game in Olympic History." In this hard-hitting film, the story is finally told about the fateful fall in 1956 when Hungary exploded in a people power revolt and climaxes with the infamous waterpolo showdown between Hungary and the Soviet Union at the Melbourne Olympics. Now known as the "Blood in the Water Match," the documentary follows the story of the young star of the Hungarian Olympic waterpolo team, Ervin Zador, who finds himself the unwitting focal point of one of the most politicized sports matches ever played.