Update on Women's Competitive Program Head Coach

From Paul Massel, Titans Competitive Director

As you will recall the club advertised for position of Women's Competitive Program Head Coach in late June. We received three applications for this position. One of the applicants was from out of country and because of work visa and immigration issues we decided not to proceed further with this applicant. A selection committee involving the Competitive Director, the Head Coach and a third member of the executive who was new to the competitive program was set up and has recently concluded interviewing the two remaining applicants. Based on those interviews, the selection committee came to a unanimous decision to offer the position to one of those two candidates. We are now in the process of agreeing to terms and conditions of employment and hope to have reached an agreement with the winning applicant and be in a position to introduce him/her to the club by the end of next week.

Bring a Friend To Try Water Polo Mini Tournament

This Saturday July 26^th – 11am – 12 noon – Genest Pool Outdoor Tournament

We need at least 15 TITAN players to bring a friend to try out water polo on Saturday July 26^th from 11am-12noon at Genest Pool at 43 Ste-Cécile, Ottawa. This is a FREE event as part of this summer's recruitment drive. Ideally, the guests that players bring will be aged 14 years or younger and have no previous water polo experience. So, please ask your cousins, brothers, sisters, neighbours, or friends to come and try our awesome sport in a relaxed friendly atmosphere. We will be playing short scrimmages and swimmers should be competent enough to swim 2 lengths without stopping. Please let Jen Hampton know if you are coming and how many guests will be accompanying you by e-mail at franki006@hotmail.com

Attention Parents of Manta Rays and Tiger Sharks

NEW for the upcoming season! Titans Mens Head Coach Jerry Tesanovic has initiated an Ottawa Water Polo League (AA level) that will involve both the Manta Rays and Tiger Sharks teams, as well as Hull, Ravens/ Gee Gees combined and Titans Adult program teams. The Titans are taking lead role in organizing this league in order to ensure that our AA athletes have some local competition available to them. The OWPL-AA will run from October to April/ May, with breaks for holidays and exams. We already have a sponsor in place to provide medals and trophies. A budget and program plan have been proposed and we are in final organizing stages.

We require a volunteer parent coordinator to assist with game scheduling and communication with the other teams. Can you help? We can only make this league happen as proposed if we have some parent help! Please contact Titans General Manager at INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca.

As reported in the last Titan's e-news, Titan's athletes Rebekka Steenkamer, Evie Marshall and John Conway are competing on the Women's and Men's Junior National Teams in the Junior Pan American Championship in São Paulo, Brazil (the 2009 Junior World Championship qualifying event) from July 25th-31st, 2008.

For those interested in following the teams' progress, a schedule is available here: http://usawaterpolo.org/media/2008JUNIORPANAMS.pdf

Canada's first Men's game will be against Trinidad at 4:30pm Friday July 25th. Canada's first Women's game will be against Mexico at 10:00am Saturday July 26th. Results are expected to be posted on the Water Polo Canada website www.waterpolo.ca .