Ottawa Titans Water Polo Weekly Newsletter

October 17, 2007



Parent Meeting on Saturday, October 20, 3:30-5:30pm Presented by David Hart
Parents are encouraged to attend a meeting on Saturday, October 20, 3:30-5:30pm at the University of Ottawa in the Lamoureux Bldg, Room 122.   Many parents were interested in hearing Head Coach David Hart talk about the philosophy behind the organization of the club's programs this year.  David will present on Long Term Athlete Development, as it applies to the new Titans programme model. The meeting has been timed so that it is accessible for parents of athletes of all ages. We hope you can join us.  (The Lamoureux building is the building directly south of the pool building and is east of the parking lot.  For a campus map, click on www.uottawa.ca/map  ).


CHANGE in Thursday Training Schedule for Red Groups:
Please note that effective Thursday, October 25, the RED training groups will train at U of O as follows:
     Boys 6:7:45pm
     Girls 7:15-9pm
The website has been updated to reflect these changes.


Message To all Red Athletes Regarding Use of Stretch Cords at Practices:
Please note that ALL Red athletes are expected to bring a stretch cord to each and every practice. Starting this week, athletes will be asked to leave the practice if they do not have one (in this case, if no parent is present to take them home, they are asked to remain in the stands and NOT wander around the pool or change rooms).


Merchandise Sale on Saturday, October 27, 4-6:30pm, U of O
Please make note of a Titans merchandise sale on Saturday October 27, 4-6:30 pm in the lobby of U of O.  Women's black practice suits have arrived, and are available in sizes 26, 28, 30, 32, 38  (note sizes 34 and 36 are on back order). Men's black practices suits available in all sizes. Also available are back packs, Titans t-shirts and  Titans black, white and red caps.


Team Ontario Announcement:
Congratulations to the following Titans players who were named to rosters for the Team Ontario program for Quebec/ Ontario tournaments the weekend of November 9-11 (in Montreal for the women and Ottawa for the men). The Titans male selected players are Ben Bouwer, Charles Bouwer, Evan Bradshaw, Lyle Brooks, John Conway, Sébastien Fiset, Ogi Gutovic and Logan Seaman. The Titans female selected players are   Audrey Caron,  Anne Chinneck, Nathalie Gallant, Danielle Hirsh, Emily Hodgson, Maria Lapins, Michelle Langstaff, Stéphanie Le Saux-Farmer, Stéphanie Lessard, Evie Marshall, Gillian Massel,  Lisa Sharp, Rebekka Steenkamer, Rachel Stein. Further information will be sent to the athletes and Club coaches, or check www.ontariowaterpolo.ca .


Quest For Gold Funding Annoucement:
Ontario Water Polo has posted information on their website for the 2008 version of Quest for Gold funding. OWP has been allotted 14 Ontario "Quest for Gold' cards by the Ministry of Health Promotion, 7 for female and 7 for male athletes. OWP has the ability to split the cards. Applications for Quest for Gold funding will be posted on the Ontario Water Polo website in the coming weeks.  Please click on this link for further information:     http://www.ontariowaterpolo.ca/admin/docs/Athlete%20assistance/FINAL%202007-08%20Quest%20for%20Gold%20Athlete%20Selection%20Criteria.pdf
Inquiries should be directed to Ross Macdonald, at ross.macdonald@ontariowaterpolo.ca.


Junior Men's National Team Announcement  (born in 1991 and after):
Please see the attached Word document with information on the Junior Men's National Team selection process and key dates. The November 9-11 tournament that many of our boys have been selected to will also be a selection camp for the 1991 National Team.


Titans Athletes' Summer 2007 Events
Here is one more story to add to the Athletes' Summer 2007 Events that was sent out last week.  If you'd like to see the whole edition, check the club website www.titanswaterpolo.ca  , click on "News", then click on "Summer 2007 Newsletter".


Trip to Hungary with the Youth National Team, August 2007
Contributor: Rachel Stein

For the first three weeks of August, I was training with the Youth National Team.  Our training camp began with us meeting in Montreal and discovering that our trip to the Youth Pan Am Games in Santo Domingo was cancelled.  Instead, we headed off to Eger, Hungary to play and train with the Eger club team, one of the best in their country.  As a team, we learned from our coaches, Jeff and James, how to play water polo at an international level with new training and tactics.  During our final two games against our Hungarian opponents, we won one game and lost the other, each by one point.  The entire trip was an excellent experience filled with new friends, old castles and water polo.  







Newsletter Submissions:
If you would like to contribute an item to the newsletter, please send your submission to Sue Sidebottom at news@titanswaterpolo.ca .  Any submissions received before noon on Wednesday will go out with that week's news.