ISSUE 2
W P SA
N E W S L E T T E R
MAY 2016
2 0 1 6 I S F LY I N G B Y ! !
O
MG!! The first few months of this year have been busy.
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The Fyfe Adelaide Jets completed another
National Water Polo League season, with the
inaugural ‘Adelaide Cup’ being held at the SA Aquatic
& Leisure Centre, #TheHangar, on the 6th February
2016. Our Men’s team being victorious against KFC
Queensland Breakers. (see Page 2)
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We sent away 2, 14 & U boys teams (Adelaide Jets &
Adelaide Stealth) to the Gold Coast and 1 14 & U girls
team (Adelaide Jets) to Albury the 14 & U Nationals
Club Championships over Easter. With our Adelaide
Jets Boys taking out Plate Final (9th).
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The WPSA Summer Competition Season came to
an end with Adelaide Tritons taking out 6 of the 9
Grades. (see Page 3/4)
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Our 18 & U Adelaide Jets girls and guys went off to
compete in the 18 & U National Club
Championships in Perth
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Eight of our athletes have attended Water Polo
Australia National AUS Camps (Joseph Parnis,
Sophie Hall, Joshua Dawkins, Sophie Munchenberg,
Alyssa West, Mikayla Flynn, Jess Taylor and Charlie
Bates). Congratulations!. (see Page 5)
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Thanks to Gayle Rogers, Executive Officer and
Charmaine Jackson, Competition & Events Officer for
their efforts during this busy time. Although sorry to
see them depart at the end of April, we wish them all
the best for their future endeavours.
ADELAIDE JETS 14 & U BOYS—PLATE WINNERS
ADELAIDE JETS 14 & U GIRLS—ALBURY
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WPSA NEWSLETTER—ISSUE 2 MAY 2016
FYFE ADELAIDE JETS
W
PSA hosted the
inaugural
‘Adelaide Cup’ on 6th
Feb, against KFC
Queensland Breakers.
Our
men
were
victorious, our women
fought
hard
but
unfortunately
could
not pull off a win this
time.
Celebrations
during
and after the games were held in the
SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre Function
Centre upstairs, allowing a great view
over the games from above. It was
great to have a few past players and
life members attend.
The end to our 2015/16 National
Water Polo League season was celebrated at a very successful
presentation evening at the Highway Hotel (partner of the Warradale
Hotel, one of our major sponsors). A Fantastic evening had by all,
Players Milestones & Awards are below:
Fyfe Adelaide Jets Milestones reached in 2015/16
200+ career games
Jess Martin
200+ goals
Tom Dayman
100+ career games
Emy van Duijn
100+ career games
William Dayman
100+ career games
Dan Hall
Fyfe Adelaide Jets 2015/16 Award Winners
Highest Goal Scorer
Men
Best and Fairest ‐ Men
Tom Dayman
Joseph Parnis
Best Young Player
Men
Joshua Dawkins
Player’s Player
Men
Joseph Parnis
Highest Goal scorer
Women
Jess Martin
Best and Fairest ‐ Women.
Jess Martin
Best Young Player
Women
Sophie Hall
Player’s Player
Women
Kathleen McHugh
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WPSA NEWSLETTER—ISSUE 2 MAY 2016
2015/16 SUMMER SEASON
GRAND FINAL RESULT S
T
he Adelaide Tritons cleaned up this Summer season, taking out 6 of the 9
Grand Finals. Congratulations! With William Dayman of the Adelaide
Vikings and Jessica Martin, Henley Sharks awarded the 2015/16 Best &
Fairest Trophies.
1.
A-Grade Men – Adelaide Tritons vs Henley Sharks (8-5)
2.
A-Grade Women – Henley Sharks vs Adelaide Tritons (8-5)
3.
B-Grade Men – Eastern Saints vs Vikings BOSA (5-4)
4.
B-Grade Women – Adelaide Tritons vs Eastern Saints (4-2)
5.
18&U Boys – Adelaide Vikings vs Adelaide Tritons (10-6)
6.
16&U Boys – Adelaide Tritons vs Adelaide Vikings (8-6)
7.
17&U Girls – Adelaide Tritons vs Henley Sharks (6-2)
8.
14s Mixed - Adelaide Tritons vs Henley Tiger Sharks (13-7)
9.
12s Mixed - Adelaide Tritons vs Adelaide Vikings (13-7)
Jess Martin
Players, Coaches and Officials should be commended on all the games.
Thank you and well done to all our Clubs.
Plans are underway for a Winter Competition commencing in Term 3, so
stay tuned!!
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Will Dayman
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GRAND FINAL WINNERS
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WPSA NEWSLETTER—ISSUE 2 MAY 2016
H I G H P E R FO R M A N C E PAT H WAYS
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s mentioned on Page 1, eight of our athletes have
Water Polo Australia National AUS Camps in the last few months.
MIKAYLA FLYNN, ALYSSA WEST,
SOPHIE MUNCHENBERG & DUSAN DAMJANOVIC
attended
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Joseph Parnis
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Sophie Hall
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Joshua Dawkins
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Sophie Munchenberg
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Alyssa West
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Mikayla Flynn
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Jesse Taylor
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Charlie Bates
This is a fabulous achievement and WPSA would like to
congratulate them all. From those training camps we have
had a number of athletes selected for teams:
AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM BORN
2001—EUROPEAN TOUR JULY-AUGUST 2016
Congratulations to Jesse Taylor
AUSTRALIAN
BORN
2000
SQUAD—PAN
PACIFICS NEW ZEALAND JULY 2016
Congratulations to Sophie Munchenberg and Charles Bates
TOWARD
TOKYO
COMPETITION
TRAINING
CAMP
AND
Water Polo Australia are running this at the Australian Institute of Sport in
Canberra on May 1 – 8, 2016. It replace the U20’s National aged
competition and provides an alternative to the NTC Challenge.
This WPA initiative is designed to incorporate high-level training and
competition with athlete
education. The idea is for
the athletes to experience what it would be like to be involved with an
Australian senior training camp and competition environment.
CHARLIE BATES & JESSE TAYLOR
The camp gives WPA the opportunity to share knowledge and improve the
consistency of the message that is delivered to athletes across Australia. It
will be utilised as a professional development exercise, which has senior
level coaches mentoring our up and coming talent. The performance
support staff will be getting valuable hands on experience with elite athletes
in preparation for major tournaments around the world and providing their
expertise to fast track their development.
South Australia has a number of our Athletes and Coaches invited to attend.
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Joseph Parnis

Joshua Dawkins

Chelsea Allen

Dusan Damjanovic (Coach)

Alex Murphy (Coach)
JOSEPH PARNIS
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WPSA NEWSLETTER—ISSUE 2 MAY 2016
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS
C
ongratulations once again to all the athletes selected in our teams for the recently held 14 & Under
and 18 & Under National Club Championships. Water Polo SA would also like to sincerely thank
the Coaches, Team Managers and other volunteers who help out with our State Teams. Couldn’t do it
without you!
14 & Under ADELAIDE JETS – Girls - ALBURY/WODONGA 23rd – 28th March 2016
Coached by Catherine O’Sullivan / Team Manager – Andrea Randell
Placed 23rd out of 28 Teams
Audrey Robinson
Molly Staples
Sarah Fleming
Nicola Lieff
Emma Eade
Fiona Lethbridge
Tahlia Scipioni
Holly Randell
Kate Baker
Sophie Lambert
Makayla Roberts
Vikings
Eastern Saints
Vikings
Henley
Eastern Saints
Henley
Eastern Saints
Tritons
Vikings
Henley
Henley
14 & Under ADELAIDE JETS – Boys - GOLD COAST 23rd – 28th March 2016
Coached by Tom Dayman / Team Manager – Scott Parker
Plate Winners—placing 9th out of 27 Teams
Sam Potter
Nathanael Swan
Nicholas Maddern
Jett Stevenson
Finlay Suttie
Owen Gladdy
Angus Parker
Noah Gladdy
Hamish Shute
Ky Bishop
Jacob Gohl
Eastern Saints
Tritons
Eastern Saints
Henley
Henley
Henley
Vikings
Henley
Tritons
Vikings
Henley
14 & Under ADELAIDE STEALTH – Boys GOLD COAST 23rd – 28th March 2016
Coached by Alex Murphy / Team Manager – Paul Barnett
Our young ones! Placed 21st out of 21 Teams
Declan Hillman
Hugo Shute
James Wiebrecht
Christian Scamoni
Oliver Varney
Cameron Varney
Rory Lethbridge
Angus Barnett
Sam McKenzie
Marcello Guider
Alex Candy
Vikings
Tritons
Vikings
Vikings
Henley
Henley
Henley
Henley
Tritons
Eastern Saints
Tritons
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WPSA NEWSLETTER—ISSUE 2 MAY 2016
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS
18 & Under ADELAIDE JETS – Girls — Perth, Western Australia 11th – 16th April 2016
Coached by Jason Wedding / Team Manager – Amanda Munchenberg
Placed 15th out of 15 Teams
Ellen Traeger - Henley
Phoebe Hill - Vikings
Lauren McGrechan - Tritons
Elise Sexton - Tritons
Sophie Hall - Tritons
Sophie Munchenberg - Tritons
Kristyn Jurrius - Tritons
Sophie Hill - Vikings
Autumn Grooby—Vikings
Emily Lewis - Tritons
Alyssa West - Tritons
www.tritonswaterpolo.com.au
www.adelaidevikingswaterpolo.asn.au
18 & Under ADELAIDE JETS – Guys—Perth, Western Australia 11th – 16th April 2016
Coached by Alex Murphy / Team Manager – Scott Peters
Placed 8th out of 13 teams
Jack Cleary - Eastern Saints
Liam Cameron - Vikings
Joshua Dawkins - Henley
Caelan Grooby - Vikings
Llewellyn Smith - Eastern Saints
Charlie Bates - Tritons
Tim Jolly - Tritons
Max Pickering - Tritons
Brayden Addison - Vikings
Peter Burgess - Vikings
Koa Peters - Tritons
www.easternsaintswaterpolo.com
www.henleyshark..net.au
Well Done All!!
South Australian Aquatic & Leisure Centre
443 Morphett Road
Oaklands Park, SA, 5046
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.waterpolosa.com.au
@Water_Polo_SA
@AdelaideJets
Water Polo SA is currently seeking a new Executive Officer. For full
details and Position Descriptions please visit:
http://waterpolosa.com.au/content/employment-volunteer-opportunities
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