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Program Announcements Newsletter
September 27, 2008
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).
Swim Program
We are currently in discussions with a local swim club
and will soon be able to provide details regarding a swim program, likely to be
offered Wednesday mornings at Carleton University, starting October 8. Further
details will be available in the October 1 edition of e-news.
Newsletter
Submissions
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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.