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Weekly Newsletter
October
8, 2008
Thanksgiving Weekend Practices
Be sure to check the website calendar to see if your regularly scheduled
practice is on or cancelled. Most practices on Saturday are still on,
while all practices on Sunday and Monday are cancelled except for NDC which is
still on.
Titans Cup (14+U) Tournament, Jan 30-Feb 1, 2009
We will be hosting the annual Titans Cup (14+U) tournament the weekend of
January 30-February 1, 2009, at the Nepean Sportsplex.
All of our
Academy players will participate in this event, as well as a number of our
ILWP players.
We require a volunteer Tournament Chair to handle the
logistics and planning of this event. We have templates and samples from
previous events. This person would work closely with the Titans General
Manager. If you think you could take this on, please contact Deanna at
INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca
or by phone at 613-741-1224.
Titans Invitational (16+U AAA and 18+U AA) Tournament, Feb
6-8/ 09
We will also be hosting the annual Titans Invitational the weekend of
February 6-8, 2009, also at Nepean Sportsplex Pool. We will have men's and
women's categories for 16+U AAA and 18+U AA. All of the Titans athletes in
these categories will participate in this local event, and we will be inviting
specific clubs that can challenge the skills and enhance the development of
our Titans athletes. There are a limited number of entries available for this
event (four per category).
We require a volunteer Tournament Chair to
handle the logistics and planning of this event. We have templates and samples
from previous events. This person would work closely with the Titans General
Manager. If you think you could take this on, please contact Deanna at
INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca
or by phone at 613-741-1224.
Performance Polo Enhanced Training
Program
Space is still available if you would
like to register in the Performance Polo Enhanced Training Program.
Details below:
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.
Please contact Deanna Barry at
INFO@titanswaterpolo.ca
to register. 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).
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.