Swim Program Announcement for Titans Competitive Athletes (Academy, AA and AAA)

Titans athletes have the opportunity to participate in a swim program offered by ROCS (Ravens of Carleton Swimming) swim club. We partnered with this Club two years ago and the participants were provided with a high quality program by certified swim coaches.

 

-Wednesday mornings, 6-7:30am (note this is MORNING and not evening), at Carleton University Pool, starting October 8 and ending April 15, inclusive (no swim practice on December 24, December 31 or March 18). Note that parking is free at Carleton only until 7am.

- Cost is $328.13 (including GST), payable to ROCS. Cheque should be brought to the first swim practice.

- To register, go to www.rocs.ca and look for a group called Water Polo, which should give you instructions and a registration form. If you do not see this group posted, simply e-mail rocswimming@gmail.com and let them know your full name and birth year.

- Dates have been added to Titans Google Calendar on the website.

Competitive Program Tournament Planning and Protocol

Titans competitive coaches are currently working with Team Managers to put together a list of proposed tournaments for each team. These lists will be presented to parents, either at a team meeting or by e-mail from the Team Manager, and will include estimated costs for each event. Parents will be asked to 'buy in' to the lists either at the meeting, or by e-mail response. Once the list is firm, then unless indicated early on, it is expected that all players on the team will attend, and that team managers can assume they can proceed with planning the events with this in mind. In the Club registration package, it was made quite clear which teams are obligated to go to Provincial and/ or National championships. By signing up with your particular team, you have also agreed to attend the events outlined. Other 'optional' events will be agreed on by the team as a whole.

 

Team Managers have the choice of planning and chaperoning each of their team's tournaments themselves, OR of delegating to another parent on a trip-by-trip basis. Some Managers may choose to do the trip planning only and to find someone else to chaperone. It's their job to ensure that it happens, not necessarily to do it themselves. Please expect your Team Manager to contact you about helping out! If we do not have chaperones step up for a particular event, then the team will not travel. We are a volunteer organization and depend on families to help out. It's as simple as that.

 

In terms of budgeting, Team Managers are required to use a spreadsheet that is posted on the website under Admin. There is actually a Titans Tournament Budgeting Policy in place, that can be found here: http://www.titanswaterpolo.ca/docs/Admin/TournamentBudgetingPolicy200809.pdf. Parents should familiarize themselves with this, as it will answer many questions that come up through the year. ALL tournament budgets are signed off by the General Manager prior to player fees being announced and cheques collected. Once the tournament is complete, the Manager submits a reconciliation to the General Manager, as well as cheques from players. Because there is often personal information on the budget planning spreadsheets for specific events, this information is not made available to parents or posted on the website. If you do have a question/ concern about a budget or fees for a particular event, you should contact General Manager Deanna Barry at INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca.

 

When making a payment for tournaments of programs, we accept cheque or money order ONLY please. Cheques are safer for team managers to carry around. In the (unlikely) event that payment is misplaced or lost, a cheque is obviously much easier to replace. When we are provided with cash, then one of us has to convert that cash to a cheque from our own account, which is not fair. We'll make an effort to get cheques cashed in a timely manner. Please help out and provide only cheques or money orders for payment for events.  All are payable to Titans Water Polo.

 

Team Managers work hard to find the best deals for travel and accommodation, and we share information on the better places to stay and the bus companies we prefer to work with. Sometimes availability is limited, though, and we are not able to get rooms or transportation at our first choice, which may mean the second choice is a more expensive one. Your Team Manager is also a parent, so it is in their best interest to keep player fees low. Also remember that they are volunteers, and are doing this on their own time, so that our kids can enjoy the competitive experience!

Referee Clinic for Athletes Refereeing ILWP/ Academy and Recreational House League

 

As part of competitive registration, ALL AA and AAA athletes are required to volunteer as referees in either the ILWP/ Academy or Recreational House League Games. Many of you have already signed up for this. We promised that we would provide some a referee clinic for you, and we now have these scheduled. You have a choice of two clinics, as follows:

 

- Sunday, October 5, 3;30-5:30pm at Nepean Sportsplex in Hall E or

- Sunday, October 19, 3:30-5:30pm at Nepean Sportsplex in Hall E

 

To register, please e-mail General Manager Deanna Barry at INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca, and indicate which session you will be participating in.

All participants will be provided with a whistle, a copy of FINA rules, and a copy of the ILWP adapted rules.

There is no cost to participants (paid for by our CIAF grant) and the clinics will be faciliated by Titans Coach Celso Rojas.

 

Parents are welcome to participate (including parents of ILWP/ Academy/ Rec House League athletes).

 

 

Performance Polo Enhanced Training Program

 

We are pleased to announce that we have a Performance Polo Enhanced Training Progarm option to offer to Academy, AA and AA athletes (for those NOT participating in girls or boys NDC programs).

 

What? Further development of fundamental water polo skills. Supplementary training opportunity to work on individual skills.

For Whom? Academy, AA and AAA athletes (open to those players NOT registered in girls or boys NDC)

Cost? Cost is $205 per athlete ($110 for goalies), for 17 sessions.

Coach? Head Coach of the program will be Celso Rojas. There will be various assistant coaches.

When? Fridays 8:15-9:45pm, Nepean Sportsplex Pool, starting October 3

 

There will be 10 sessions before Christmas (they do not conflict with scheduled tournaments), and these are now posted on the website.

There will be 7 sessions scheduled after Christmas. These dates will be identified once the team tournament schedules are in place, so that we can ensure that there are not conflicts.

 

We must have 16 players registered (not including goalies) for the program to proceed.

Please contact Deanna Barry at INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca to register. Space is limited, and registration will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Cheques, payable to Titans Water Polo, should be mailed as soon as possible to P.O. Box 210, 1411A Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Z 1A7 (or provided to Deanna at a practice).

 

Upcoming Titans Merchandise Sales 

Merchandise Coordinator Christine Taschereau will have a limited quantity of balls and new bathing suits, as well as jacket order forms ($30 deposit required) available at the following times: 

 

 - Thurs, Oct 2, 7:30-9pm, University of Ottawa  

 - Sun, Oct 5, 10am-noon, University of Ottawa.   

 

 As well, there will be a larger sale of bathing suits, balls, jackets and t-shirts on Saturday, October 4, 2-4pm, University of Ottawa Pool.   

 

Sunday, October 5 is the final opportunity to order jackets. Please get to a sale to order yours by then, OR have someone bring a deposit cheque and size to order on your behalf.   

 

Look for Christine in the stands/ bleachers at these times.