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Ottawa Titans Water Polo Weekly Newsletter
November 13, 2008

 

Merchandise Sale

Titans merchandise will be available for sale on Sunday, November 23 at Nepean Sportsplex, 5-7pm. Note that for those athletes who ordered them, the jackets/ pants will be available for pick-up at this time. You will need to bring payment for the balance owing in order to received yours. Great opportunity to stock up on Christmas gifts! Cash or cheque only please.

Attention ACADEMY parents: We Urgently Need Two Key Volunteer Roles Filled for Titans Cup

We will be hosting the annual Titans Cup on January 30-February 1 at Nepean Sportsplex Pool. ALL of our Academy and some of our ILWP players will be participating.  We require a Volunteer Coordinator (to schedule parents into the minor officials roles for each game, using a spreadsheet template that we have) and an Advertising Coordinator (to coordinate sales of ads for the tournament booklet and to receive ads secured by parents). If you are able to take one of these jobs on, could you please contact Tournament Chair Colin Kelly (taking over from Sarah) at colin.kelly@alcatel-lucent.com and copy General Manager Deanna Barry at INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca. Please help out!


Manta Rays Welcome Coach Scott Caswell!

Please welcome Scott Caswell as the newest addition to the Titans community of coaches. Scott will be working with the Manta Rays on a regular basis, effective immediately. Scott, from Montreal, is a former national champion with the DDO club. He currently plays with the Gee Gees and has had some coaching duties with them the last two years. Scott, welcome aboard!


Information on Use of Protein Supplements for Athletes

We are aware of discussions happening amongst our competitive athletes regarding the use of protein supplements. The Club will not be taking a position on this, however the Coaching Association of Canada is working on a position and we will provide details to you once it is in place. For the moment, we would ask the athletes and their families to make INFORMED decisions on the use of supplements. You should get all the information you can, before making a decision. You could discuss with your family physician or with a Registered Dietitian if you have further questions (not that a nutritionist does NOT have the certification and training that a Registered Dietitian does in Canada). It's a very controversial subject these days!

We've done some research on your behalf with some of the more credible organizations (Federal Government, Coaching Association of Canada as well as their link to Dietitians of Canada, Peak Performance here in Ottawa- Beth Mansfield is the dietitian for many of our national sports teams, Canadian health units and universities, etc). We've stayed away from organizations or websites promoting their own product. Links to some articles are now available on our website www.titanswaterpolo.ca under Athlete Resources.

 

Wanted: writers and creative thinkers!
 
As part of the Titans' upcoming 25th anniversary, we are looking for athletes or family members who would be interested in helping us publicize water polo and showcase the Titans' successes.  If  you are interested in helping out, by writing articles, interviewing athletes or coaching staff, or working on other communications material, please send an email to Rennie Marcoux at nicnat3@sympatico.ca

Where the Titans are at this weekend!

We have three Academy teams participating in the Hull Bantam Tournament this weekend.  Also the Piranhas and Swordfish are travelling to Montreal to participate in the DDO Invitational Tournament.  Best of luck to all teams!  We'd love to hear from you after the weekend with writeups and / or photos of your weekend to share with our Titans community!


Newsletter Submissions

If you would like to contribute an item to the newsletter, please send your submission to Sue Sidebottom at news@titanswaterpolo.ca .  I depend on the readers to submit articles to keep club members up to date with water polo news!   Photos from tournaments or other club events are always welcome.  Any submissions received before noon on Wednesday will go out with that week's news.