UWA WATER POLO CLUB INC. Annual Report
2019/2020 Season
Office Bearers and Appointments 2019 / 2020 ...... 5 Life Members ...... 6 Registration Season 2019/20 ...... 6 President’s Report ...... 7 Finance ...... 7 Sponsors ...... 8 Significant Contributions ...... 8 UWA Water Polo Club Development Fund ...... 8 Sports Grants ...... 8 Uniform Shop ...... 9 UWA Sport ...... 9 2019 / 2020 Season ...... 10 Masters ...... 10 A and B Grade Women ...... 10 A Grade Men ...... 12 Senior Women ...... 13 Senior Men ...... 14 Post Season Winter Competition - 2019 ...... 16 Juniors...... 17 U14 Junior – Boys ...... 17 U16 Junior – Boys ...... 19 U18 Junior – Boys ...... 20 U14 Junior – Girls ...... 21 U16 Junior – Girls ...... 22 U18 Junior – Girls ...... 23 Friday Night Flippaball ...... 25 Flippaswim ...... 26 District School Competition (DSC) ...... 26 Treasurer’s Report ...... 28 UWA Representatives in Australian Squads ...... 30 National Championship Results ...... 31 2019/20 UWA WPC Honour Board ...... 32 Major Awards ...... 32 Fairest and Best Senior Awards ...... 32 2019/20 UWA WPC Honour Board (Juniors) ...... 33 Fairest and Best and Most Improved Junior Awards ...... 33 Senior Milestone Games Played (Year achieved) ...... 35 Men...... 35 Women ...... 39 Current Season 19/20 Women Aggregate Club games 40 + ...... 40
Appendix – 2019/20 Season Senior Games Played ...... 41 Men...... 41 Women ...... 46
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Office Bearers and Appointments 2019 / 2020
Committee:
President Peter Hughes
Vice President Travis Smith
Secretary Clare Barber
Treasurer Fia Rigo
Club Captain Mathew Hughes
Senior Women’s Delegate Lisa Lilleyman
A Grade Women Julie Tomas
18&U Girls’ Delegate Julie Tomas
16&U Girls’ Delegate Philippa Johnson
14&U Girls’ Delegate Michelle Sayer
Men’s Delegate Dex De Bruin / Mitchell Barnes
A Grade Men Marie Fournier
18&U Boys’ Delegate Rob Lodge
16&U Boys’ Delegate Maryanne Marshall
14&U Boys’ Delegate Travis Smith
Masters’ Delegate Brian Smith
Appointments: Men’s Head Coach Damian Kelly
Women’s Coach Vaughn Thomson
Registrar Jackie Vittino
Clubhouse Manager Sonya Orso
Uniform Manager Denise Dalton
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Life Members
1989 Peter Hughes
1994 William Ramsay
1998 Leigh Smith
1998 Danny Rechichi
2004 Allan Marsh
2006 Stephen O’Keefe
2007 Alison Morris
2014 Leigh Farnell
2014 Peter Symons
Registration Season 2019/20
Category Male Members Female Members Total Members Flipper Ball 232 198 430 District School Competition 108 111 219 Junior State League 131 88 219 Senior Players/Masters 141 50 191 Life members 6* 0 6 Affiliate Members ( Social, 36 55 91 Coaches, Officials) Total Membership 654 502 1156
*3 Life Members continue as Senior Players
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President’s Report
The major event of this season was of course the abrupt end to the state league competitions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The pandemic created a huge workload for the executive committee to cancel programs, negotiate employment contracts and put in place policies and procedures to provide our members with a safe environment and road map back to training activities.
UWA Water Polo is now a firmly entrenched University of Western Australia sporting club affiliated with UWA Sport Pty Ltd. This partnership is rewarding members with opportunities to use the university’s facilities (pool, gym etc), scholarship opportunities, access to grants and providing some administrative activities.
The UWA Water Polo brand is widely recognised across Australia and we would be considered one of the nation’s most prominent water polo clubs through our strong showing in national junior championships and the Australian Waterpolo League teams the UWA Torpedoes.
Nationally in the boy’s division, the18U Bears competing at the Australian Youth Championships age group tournament won the bronze medal, 16U Blues won the shield and the 14U Cubs won the Plate. The girls’ teams produced strong showings but did not win any medals or division trophies.
The State League competitions produced strong showings by all senior and junior teams but unfortunately as a result of the Covid-19 crisis the competitions were cancelled with positions determined by ladder position. UWA teams secured 5 Premiership flags on this basis.
The club has reached a size whereby the day to day operations cannot be managed by volunteers alone. In season 2020/21 the direct employment by the Club of Jackie Vittino as Administrator will enable the club to continue to function efficiently and allow for continued growth of the membership.
The club has forward plans of constructing change rooms and toilets at HBF Water Polo Pool and the committee is working on an application for a Club Restricted liquor licence. If all approvals are achieved, members will enjoy a wonderful facility, the envy of the Australian water polo community, in the not too distant future.
The above results are reward for the hard work the committee, coaches and managers have put into our programs. Thanks to everyone involved and we hope that the experience has been enjoyable and one that members will remember for a long time to come. Finance
The club has traded profitably this past season posting a net surplus after depreciation of $88,781. A major component of this profit comes from our junior programs particularly the Friday night Flippaball and spring / summer camps. 7
The club has an annual membership revenue of $428,898 which the committee hopes to maintain next season with the continued expansion of our junior programs and retention of Juniors moving into Senior competition. Sponsors Without the support of our sponsor’s business activities we would need to raise annual subscription fees considerably. Therefore, a special acknowledgement of our business community is necessary and, where possible, members should engage these businesses in any associated business activities.
At the front of this report is a “Sponsors Board” scheduling the club’s sponsors. Significant Contributions This season’s Best Club Member was awarded to Clare Barber, Secretary of the club, who in her second year on the committee did an amazing job organising the administration and taking a leading role during the Covid-19 pandemic period. Clare’s tireless efforts are an inspiration to all of us and we are fortunate that she will continue her good work this coming season.
Other outstanding efforts worthy of special mention are Fia Rigo, the club’s Treasurer and Travis Smith as Vice President. Fia and Travis are passionate members of this club and work tirelessly in their fields of expertise.
The entire committee is worthy of mention as each age delegate has an area of our club’s operation in which they are responsible and performed well. The efforts of our Committee lead to the strength of our club.
UWA Water Polo Club Development Fund
In June 2018, the Club launched the UWA Water Polo Development Fund as a tax deductible fund through the Australian Sports Foundation. The Australian Sports Foundation provides an established and reputable basis for launching a project and provides the necessary administrative support. Funds were donated early in the season to support purchase of a new BBQ for club use and following identification by coaches of an equipment need, a distribution from the fund enabled the purchase of rebound training nets.
As at 30 April 2020, donations totalled $16,630. Many thanks to the Donors.
Sports Grants
The Club continues to make applications for grant funding. A Club First Aid course was held funded by a Community Volunteer Grants enabling 20 of our members to attend a course free of charge as well as purchase of referee bibs and whistles.
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Uniform Shop
Denise Dalton continued in the role of Club Uniform coordinator this season. Thank you to Denise for all her efforts in ensuring that members have the correct uniform and present professionally at Junior and Senior State League, Australian Youth Championships and when touring.
A couple of new initiatives were trialed this season. Delfina Bag orders were placed through a central event via Revolutionise to facilitate payment and collection of orders. With the appointment of a Clubroom manager items were able to left in the clubrooms for collection providing greater flexibility to members. With the merging of Kukri, the club purchased all stock on hand at a discounted price. This enabled the Club to hold shop openings prior to the Australian Youth Championships in January to allow teams to get uniform. This facilitated sizing and access. With the Club’s intention to review uniform design, it is acknowledged that some uniform items were in short supply.
The Club appointed a sub-committee of Cassandra Thompson, Denise Dalton and Susi Pedley, all previously involved with the club uniform development to investigate alternative supplier options and uniform design to ensure best options are continued for members in terms of products and pricing. It is proposed that new uniform lines will be transitioned to the Club over the next two seasons.
UWA Sport
As a UWA Affiliated club, our club has a strong relationship with UWA. Mat Hughes and more recently in 2020, Pippa Pedley have represented the club well as Student representatives at Sports Council meetings.
The Club participated in The University of WA “O-Day” on 21 February 2020 and received expressions of interest from 28 new students to join the club. Most of the students have played previously at various levels. Senior Men’s and Women’s Delegates will start communicating with these "newbies" to invite them down to attend Winter Competition and hopefully allocate them to UWA teams in the 2020/21 season.
We acknowledge the continued support of Graham Pratt and Keely Waters from UWA Sport in our dealings with UWA.
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2019 / 2020 Season
Masters For the Masters, the 2019-20 season kicked off with months of training leading into the World Masters in Gwangju South Korea. After finishing a credible 4th, our Manager Keith Robinson praised us and let us go sightseeing. A good time was had by … some. We left Korea on the wise words of the leader of the free world: “Why would Kim Jong-Un insult me by calling me old when I would NEVER call him “short and fat?” DT*
The WAWPI season started with UWA nominating 2 Teams in the Master’s Division, The Grizzly Bears in the 60+ grade and Blacks in the 45+ grade. A lack of growth through too few new players, and attrition because of other life commitments and injuries, saw the number of players for UWA and other clubs diminish this year. Although battling numbers the Blacks managed to win most games and the Bears their fair share as well.
We are sure if it was not for the premature end to the season due to “Kung Flu” (COVID -19), we would have been in the mix for 2 more premierships. More importantly we all enjoyed our sausages.
March: WAWPI end of season games/Finals – cancelled due to Covid-19 April: Spain Masters – Team formed – Intensive training – cancelled due to COVID - 19 May: Awards Lunch - cancelled due to COVID -19 June: Winter comp cancelled due to Covid-19 … but we are back in the water!!!
Thank you to Jackie Vittino who kept us informed and afloat throughout the season. And thank you everyone (which was pretty much everyone) who put in time and effort to make the season a Covid -19 success. As always Masters Polo was an enjoyable and social experience.
May you all survive to see the new season.
*DT: The Donald - Leader of the Free World A and B Grade Women A Grade
This season the competition was broken into a 2019 short season for A Grade and then a Challenge Cup competition during term 1 2020. Whilst the earlier competition helped prepare the ladies in the run up to the National competition it was not without its challenges. The competition only included four teams (UWA, Triton, Melville Marlins and Applecross) and started earlier than the regular season which many in the team were not prepared for. Therefore in the first few weeks we had a number of the regular team away and combined with some absences due to the Australian Junior World Championships in Portugal, school commitments and injury we started the competition with a very enthusiastic, albeit, junior team.
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Our second half of the season was much stronger helped by increased availability of more experienced players and the addition of two American imports. Similar to the previous year, finals were played based on ladder position without a semi-final, but even though we had finished fourth on the ladder, UWA City Beach played a great final game against Applecross to win the Bronze medal. The team was coached by Vaughn Thomson and managed by Francine Gibb. Fairest and best for the season was jointly won by Pippa Pedley and Glenda Morgan which was very impressive considering both girls are born 2001 and it was their first year of playing senior league as “seniors”.
B Grade
The UWA Rangers had a great season very ably coached by Raul Ricci and managed by Martyn Evans. The team comprised senior ladies and juniors from both U18s and U16s. For many of the junior girls it was their first competition against skilled senior players. This was a wonderful opportunity for the girls to experience tougher competition than they were used to.
The team had a tough start to the season, but considerably improved over the course of the season and worked hard to finish with 6 wins and 1 draw from 17 games. It was disappointing that the season finished when it did as it meant that the team did not get the opportunity to play finals having played well to finish fourth (out of 6 teams) for the season. Jamie Cannon played some great games to win Fairest and Best for UWA Rangers. Special mention also to Holly Greville for her excellent goal keeping all season.
Julie Tomas
Challenge Cup
A competition introduced by WPWA this season following A Grade season with the objective of continuing a competition once the Australian Water Polo League commenced and Torpedoes players became unavailable.
It was unfortunately fraught with forfeits for one reason or another and eventually ceased due to Covid 19. The expanded squad however, were fully committed to the team, turning up on time every Saturday prior to the game to warm up and if required would help set up the pool. Thank you to all the parents who also performed their table duties (and the other team’s at times) without fuss. Thank you to Raul who coached and trained this squad so enthusiastically. For many of the girls on this team it was their 4th game of the week with rules being modified to allow this to ensure a team could be fielded.
Philippa Johnson
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A Grade Men The 2019 A Grade Men’s competition rang from mid-September to mid-December with the very successful involvement of three UWA teams in the northern conference which is continuing to evolve in a positive manner over the past 3 years.
The developing depth of the northern conference A Grade competition involving three UWA teams Rangers (Born 2002), City Beach (Born 2001/2000, Flotsam (born 99+), and Triton is an important component to the long term success of the UWA Torpedoes franchise. With the quality of the Born 2001, 2002, 2003 coming through, the UWA Torpedoes is in a great position to continue to develop its players along this pathway. The evolving support and relationship with Triton is also important to the ongoing success of the UWA Torpedoes.
The northern conference had four boys selected to play for Australia at the 2019 FINA U20 Born 1999 World Championship. Congratulations to Lewis Putt and Matthew Oberman from Triton and Matthew Murphy and Lachie Vos from UWA. The UWA Torpedoes and the Northern conference has a bright future with these boys involved.
The Flotsam team made up of the clubs born 1999+ players was managed by Andrew Konowalous led by UWA Torpedoes Captain Nic Hughes and Goalkeeper Harry Konowalous. Nic Hughes was also the leading goal scorer and Fairest and Best winner. Tom Sangster was also a strong contributor with 20 goals for the season. Flotsam finished 3rd in the northern conference.
Rangers comprised of predominately Born 2002 boys in addition to three Born 2003 boys. The team finished the northern conference in fourth position but were greatly improved from the previous season. The Rangers were highly competitive throughout the season winning four games, with the club looking forward to the ongoing maturity of the players. Centre Back Riley Childs was the Best and Fairest winner, while Andrew Barber, Campbell McAullay, Parsa Vadani and Menno Talbot made strong contributions during the season. Congratulations to Rangers players Andrew Barber, Scott Lilleyman, Riley Childs and Julian Kyriakou for making their Torpedoes debut this season. It should be noted that Campbell McAullay, Charlie Emanuel, and Menno Talbot were scheduled to make their Torpedoes debut in the final round against Adelaide Jets and Drummoyne Devils. I am sure that these three players will get their opportunity in the upcoming season. The Rangers were coached by Damian Kelly and managed by Paul Lilleyman.
The Born 2001 City Beach team has continued to improve over the past three seasons, culminating in winning the northern conference, and progressing to the A Grade final which they lost to MWPC South Fremantle. Centre back Riley Maurich was one of the team’s leading goal scorers and the Fairest and Best winner, while Lachie Emanuel, Sam Rowbottam and Matthew Murphy made fine contributions in the field it was Toby White who led the defence with an outstanding season in goals. The City Beach team was coached by Damian Kelly, assisted by Taz Williams and managed by the ever reliable Jane Maurich.
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Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup was planned for 8 weeks in February – March during the Australian Water Polo League (AWPL), with the aim of providing competition for players not in the two WA AWPL squads, or on the fringe of Fremantle and UWA teams. WPWA in conjunction with the A Grade clubs needs to continue to develop the rules around player eligibility, to ensure this vital competition remains viable, as it is an important component of the WA Water Polo landscape.
The COVID19 pandemic severely impacted the 2020 Challenge Cup, with the club’s two teams Rangers and City Beach finishing in the top two positions when the finals were cancelled. Thank you to Damian Kelly, Taz Williams and Charlie Liggins for coaching the club’s 2020 Challenge Cup teams.
Thank you to all the people who assisted the club with the organisation and administration of the A Grade and Challenge Cup Seasons. Volunteers are the lifeblood of sport clubs and the UWA Water Polo Club is no different.
Damian Kelly
Senior Women The Senior Women’s division of the club continues to grow with fantastic support received from Women’s Coach Vaughn Thomson. This season we managed to enter a team in every grade except D grade, a great result. Hopefully in the 20/21 season we will reach our target of representation in every grade.
Although it was an abrupt end to the season, everyone enjoyed themselves.
C Grade One team was entered in C Grade, the T-Rex’s. Captained by Alex Hughes, the T-Rex’s had a successful season and it was great to see so many returning to the club to form what we hope will be a bunch of chicks playing together until they’re old hens. Congratulations to Alex Hughes taking out the Fairest and Best for the team.
E Grade The Sisters had a good season with a mixture of solid wins and close losses. Most of the team have now been together for a number of years and enthusiasm for the game and the clubrooms after the game continues to be strong. Captained this year by Megan Prentice and Deb Bow who did a great job and well done to Margie O’Connor who was awarded Fairest and Best for the team.
F Grade The Emeralds team had a brilliant season, in what was only their second season. After no wins last season, they managed to string multiple wins together and finished the season strongly. We look forward to seeing what they can do next season. Captained by Jaime Smith and coached by Quentin Megson and Raul Ricci, their skills improved out of sight and they 13
still hold the best bather’s title. Their enthusiasm throughout the season always continued to the clubrooms post-game celebrating “win after win!”. Congratulations to Cath Farrell who was awarded Fairest and Best for the team.
Masters - Vintage Sisters For the second year in a row, a women’s team was entered into a Master’s competition. The Bunbury Masters competition held in June 2019 saw the City Beach Vintage Sisters lose most games but have a fantastic time. Thanks to Kelle Mason for organising a great weekend for all the girls, there is still talk of vintage merchandise and future world championship tours!
The emphasis throughout the season for all our women’s teams has been on playing water polo for fun, fitness and friendships with the view to continue to build the number of women players in the club, as well as providing opportunities for the junior players to gain some exposure to the senior competition.
Acknowledgement and thanks must go to Raul Ricci who coached our Sunday training sessions, helping all to improve their knowledge of the game and skills. Also to Jackie Vittino who is always so helpful and organised all the awards for our players.
Lisa Lilleyman
Senior Men The 2019/2020 Senior Men’s Season is one that every player in the club started with great energy … and is also one that we’ll all never forget!
The season commenced with 10 UWA teams entered in the Men’s Senior State League competition (compared to 8 teams in 2018/19 season):
B-Grade: 3 x UWA teams (out of 6 in the competition). C-Grade: 2 x UWA teams (out of 7 in the competition). D-Grade: 1 x UWA team (out of 6 in the competition). E-Grade: 2 x UWA teams (out of 10 in the competition). F-Grade: 2 x UWA teams (out of 11 in the competition).
Over 140 men registered for the season in the 5 divisions (B to F Grade).
As always, the various divisions were very competitive. It is noted that some clubs in the competition only register teams for the lower E and F Grade levels.
Due to the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the season ceased effective 17 March 2020. The results of the 2019/20 season, therefore, were determined by the ladder leaders at the time. The Men’s B-Grade “Rangers” Team topped the minor premiership tables.
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Fraser Smith (B-Grade Hellfish), Ray Mayers (D-Grade Bears) and Pat Williams (F-Grade Yellers) won the Water Polo WA Association Fairest and Best for their respective grades.
New Rules Several new rules relating to “front water” and 5m penalties, flying substitution, corner rules and the goalkeeper able to go beyond half way were brought into play for the 2019/20 season, and most of these were well received by our teams and well utilised.
General Training The UWA Swimming Pool was booked for “open” trainings on Sunday afternoons (from 3.30pm – 5pm) and was generally well attended by the men’s senior group. A social get- together was also enjoyed most Sunday’s after the training.
Club Team of the Year Congratulations to the E-Grade Horse team, captained by Josh Everett, for taking out the O’Keefe Trophy for Greatest Team Contribution. This was the team’s first year with the Club. It’s great to see the younger crew (U20s) remaining involved in the Men’s Senior State League competition after completion of junior water polo years. Josh did a super job herding the ‘Horses’ and we are looking forward to seeing the team develop in future seasons. This is a demographic in the club that the Committee recognised required development and we are delighted to see our “young” Seniors engage with the club. As identified in last year’s Annual report the club must continue to provide a strong retention pathway.
Wednesday Night Referees The Club provides one referee for all State Senior League games. Thank you to our club members who filled this role and to Jackie Vittino for co-ordinating the roster each week. It is no easy task with a moving feast of fixture times and last minute changes. Refereeing is an unenviable task and with the new rule changes open to much discussion poolside.
B-Grade Men UWA Rangers and UWA Hellfish in 1st and 2nd place on table before season ended after Round 17. UWA Dropbears placed 5th on the table. F&B Referee Votes: Hamish White (Dropbears); Fraser Smith (Hellfish – also won in 2018/19) and Mitch Barns (Rangers). WPWAI F&B: Fraser Smith (Hellfish).
C-Grade Men UWA Dugongs were in 2nd place on the table before the season ended after Round 17. UWA Oils were placed bottom of the table. F&B Referee Votes: Lachlan Pethick (Dugongs) and Ross Mecham (Oils).
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D-Grade Men UWA Bears placed 2nd on table before season ended after round 17. F&B Referee Votes: Ray Mayers (Bears) – also won it in 2018/19 season in C/D- Grade. WPWAI F&B: Ray Mayers (Bears).
E-Grade Men UWA Growlers placed 3rd on table before season ended after round 17. UWA Horses placed 6th on table. F&B Referee Votes: Dan Vittino (Growlers) and Henry Cook (Horse).
F-Grade Men UWA Yellers placed 2nd on table before season ended after round 17. UWA Caramello Bears placed 9th. F&B Referee Votes: Pat Williams (Yellers) and Josh Leaman (Caramello Bears). WPWAI F&B: Pat Williams (Yellers).
The Club Bar was well supported at all times during the season by the senior men’s group – especially on Wednesday nights; but also the café on Saturday mornings after the early training sessions. As a Good Sports Club we are conscious of the community support and benefits of the relationships developed in this social environment.
Finally a thank you to all team managers for ensuring team numbers each week. Forfeits are penalised by WPWAI with fines and this cost is usually passed onto teams. This role and and the prompt score entry following games is crucial.
Dex De Bruin and Mitch Barnes
Post Season Winter Competition - 2019
The club’s internal, social winter water polo competition had another successful run in 2019 with both senior men’s and women’s teams represented. Those attending are allocated to mixed teams from various grades and it allows players of different experience and ability to play together. The main aim of this social competition is to encourage existing players to maintain their fitness levels and also to introduce new players to the club in an informal way.
Referees started enforcing the new rules changes during the 2019 winter competition so that players were ready for this at the start of the new season.
The collection of payment from players worked much better this year, with Dan Vittino using the eftpos machine to charge players (either $60 for the whole winter comp or $5 per weekly session). Players all ended up at the club afterwards to enjoy some social interaction.
Dex De Bruin
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Juniors
UWA had 24 teams competing in the Junior State League competition with B Division on Sunday afternoons and A Division and U18 B Division on Monday nights.
Three UWA teams finished top of the ladder and were awarded the WPWA Premiership with the early termination of the season due to Covid 19. U18A Boys Blue coached by Oliver Davis and managed by Liesl Brogan U16A Boys Bears coached by Stephen Cook and managed by Maryanne Marshall U16A Girls Bears coached by Kim Johnson, managed by Philippa Johnson
U14 Junior – Boys The Club entered five teams in the 14&U Boys Junior State League Competition for the 2019/20 season. The Bears, Blues and Golds competed in “A” division and the Greens and Cubs in the “B” Division. The boys were fortunate to have a number of very experienced coaches throughout the season. Damian Kelly, Andrei Kovalenko & Raul Ricci provided the bulk of the coaching at the club training sessions. This year we were very lucky to have a number of junior coaches volunteer their time to coach the JSL teams on game day. The Bears and Blues, consisted of 2006 born players with the Gold team comprising of 2007 born players. They finished second, third & fifth on the ladder respectively. The Bears and Blues would have been destined for a UWA Derby semi-final if the COVID crisis had not brought the season to a premature end.
The Blues were managed by Melinda Braddock & were coached on game day by Byron Kelly with Mark Kelly standing in as his substitute when Byron was not available due to Torps commitments (and an extended Bali trip). The Blues finished the season on 21 points with 7 wins & 5 losses. Mack Williams was the Fairest and Best recipient with Llewyn Thurston taking out the Most Improved award.
The Bears were managed by Holly Lonnqvist & were coached by Andrew Barber who was this year’s UWA Junior Polo Bear of the Year recipient. Charlie Liggins also helped coach when Andrew was not available due to year 12 WACE exams & Torps commitments. The Bears finished the season on 29 points with 9 wins, 1 draw & 2 losses. Tim Lonnqvist was the Fairest and Best recipient, with Mitch Roche taking out the Most Improved award. Tim Lonnqvist also took out the award from Water Polo WA as the Fairest and Best for the entire U14 JSL competition.
The Gold team was managed by Suzette Pritchard and coached by Quentin Megson. It was a tough year for our development team as they were out played by the older teams with bigger bodies. In saying that the improvement throughout the season was evident and they should be commended for training hard and developing well as the season progressed. Luke Megson was the Fairest and Best recipient, with Benji Pritchard taking out the award for Most Improved.
The Greens were coached by Ben & Matt Howie and were managed by Flick & Michael Panegyres. The team consisted of 2006 and 2007 born players and competed in the “B”
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division. The boys had a solid year with 5 wins, 1 draw & 8 losses and finished in equal 6th position. Tom Edibam had a dominant season and took out the Fairest and Best player, with Lachlan Giles taking out Most Improved.
The Cubs, was our youngest team of predominantly 2008 born boys players. They were managed by Penny Regan & coached by Cliff Woods. They finished equal 6th on the ladder with the other UWA team, and the improvement in their game throughout the year was evident. The Cubs actually had a draw against the top placed team in the second last game of the season so it’s clear that the 2008 cohort is going to be a very strong group of boys in the coming years. The group is so strong they had to create an additional award with Jake Taboni as the Fairest and Best, Sam Regan the MVP & Will Massey the Most Improved.
It was great to see the big lefthander Ed Hanley take out the club award for the UWA U14 rising star. This was very close contest with Tim Lonnqvist, Mack Williams, Ethan Kelly & Guy Liggins all in the mix.
Many thanks to the parents who support their boys by volunteering to coach, manage, run the shot clock and score throughout the JSL season – your assistance is invaluable and really appreciated.
Australian Youth Championships
We had two UWA teams travel to Brisbane this year to compete at the Australian Youth Championships (AYC). The focus on this year’s tournament was to ensure that the boys were as prepared as possible, and it was awesome to see how well they all embraced the pre-tournament “Campaign Yogi”. We had two boys (Isaac & Ed) attend all 36 sessions in the lead up to the AYC departure and we had several boys that only missed a few of the sessions. All of the boys showed great commitment to training and they trained the house down over the three week period. During campaign Yogi the boys were very fortunate to have been coached by Damian Kelly, Charlie Liggins, Quentin Megson, Byron Kelly and Andrew Barber. A special thanks to Charlie who volunteered his time and attended all 36 sessions. Charlie really brought the boys together as team and showed a new level of enthusiasm in the lead up to the AYC tournament.
The Bears were our main team of born 2006 boys and the Cubs, our development team that consisted of 2007 & 2008 born boys. Managers were Philippa Johnson & Cliff Woods, and supported coaches Charlie Liggins & Quentin Megson. There were 28 teams competing at the AYC. Despite only losing one game in a penalty shootout the Bears finished 5th. The Cubs had a tough time at the beginning of the draw against the bigger bodies, but they finished strongly and ended up taking out the Shield.
All of the boys had a great tournament and really benefited from the experience. A big thanks to all of the families that provided the boys the opportunity to travel to QLD as well as those that came along to support the boys.
Travis Smith
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U16 Junior – Boys The Club entered three teams in the 16&U Boys Junior State Competition for the 2019/20 season. The Bears and Blues competed in the A Division and the Greens in the B Division. The boys were fortunate to have dedicated coaches, Stephen Cook and Taz Williams.
The Bears, consisting of 2004 born players, were undefeated and looking forward to playing in the finals. The Blues finished 4th on the ladder and were set for a derby semi-final. The results we will never know! With the premature end to the season, no finals were played, the Bears were deemed winners of the 16& U Boys competition A Division. Congratulations to the boys and volunteer coach Stephen Cook.
The Blues, as expected, had a hard season being the younger age group. This year the 2005 boys were combined into one team of 14 players. Taz had his work cut out for him rotating the bench! Towards the end of the season, and after the experience from Nationals, the Blues teamwork paid off and they started to win and climb the ladder securing a spot in the finals. Well done to Taz Williams and a big thank you to Lisa Lilleyman for managing.
This season, 16& U Boys, entered a team into the Sunday WPWAI B Division for the first time. The Greens were coached by Stephen Cook and managed by Anne-Maree Cook. The boys did really well and by all accounts enjoyed the competition. They finished 3rd on the ladder and were set for finals!
Thank you to all parents for helping with the scoring throughout the season. Your support is much appreciated. A special mention of thanks to Coach Cookie for coaching two teams in the 16&U and for coaching the 2004 boys at Nationals.
Australian Youth Championships
Another successful Championships for all involved. The co-ordination of the event was exceptional, for our club, with Clare and Travis working overtime to ensure it ran smoothly for the entire club. The 16& U Boys entered two teams, the Bears and Blues. The Bears came 7th and the Blues won the Shield.
Stephen Cook coached the Bears with Maryanne Marshall as manager. The boys won 5 games, lost 2 and drew one. The highlight being the Adelaide Jets draw with a penalty taken after the final whistle to get into the quarter finals. One to be remembered, especially by Rory Dalton.
Andrei Kovalenko coached the Blues with Lisa Lilleyman as manager. The development team were challenged but had an invaluable experience with Kova. Kova did an amazing job, encouraging them and imparting his invaluable knowledge before during and after the game. Thank you Kova.
Even though the 16&U boys didn’t come back with a medal the boys had some fabulous games, undoubtedly improved and tried their absolute best.
Thank you to the parents for helping out with the videoing, scoring, shopping and cooking.
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U18 Junior – Boys This year the club entered two teams in Boys A division (Bears and Blues) and one team in the B division (Greens) for the Junior State league Competition from the 2002 / 03 cohort.
Division Team Coach Manager Ladder Position A Blue Ollie Davis Liesl Brogan 1 A Bears Tas Williams Nicole Talbot 2 B Green Various Kate Evelegh 2
In A division, the Blues and Bears were very evenly matched. Both teams had a win, loss and draw against each other. The Blues won top spot on the ladder with more wins against the Melville teams. It would have been a cracking grand final except for Covid 19.
The Greens had a cracking competition in B division with the top three teams reasonably evenly matched.
Congratulations to fairest and best for each team
Blue Andrew Barber Bears Campbell McAullay Green Noah Brown
Andrew Barber was also awarded the fairest and best for the U18 State League competition as voted by the WPWA referees.
The Club entered two teams to the AYC national competition in Brisbane in January; one born 2002 Bears team and one born 2003 Blue development team. The Bears were coached by Damian Kelly with Steven Kyriakou as manager. Matt George coached the Blues with Rob Lodge as Manager. Both teams performed well. The Bears took home the Bronze and UWA Blue achieved 12th position. It should be acknowledged that this is a group of players who have won National Championships at U14, U16 level and again medalled in 2020.
A large proportion of the U18 boys also played A grade which is a great experience for development of the player and some made their debut with Torpedoes.
A big thankyou to all coaches and managers for Monday nights and for the AYC. Your help and time are invaluable and sets up the continued involvement of the boys whether it be in seniors or at AYC next year.
Robert Lodge
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U14 Junior – Girls
Australian Youth Championships, Brisbane 11 -16 January 2020 The U14 girls were able to send two teams, B06 Bears and B07 Golds, to the Australian Youth Championships in Brisbane. The teams placed 15th and 24th respectively.
Whilst the Junior State League in WA offers little in the way of adequately preparing the girls for the National competition, our teams certainly held their own. Having to play more experienced teams with varying levels of physicality and ability meant that our girls were able to learn to adapt their play to effectively challenge their opponents, and also how to understand/adapt to the different refereeing styles, which is not an easy thing to do.
These tournaments are great as a team building and development experience for the girls who generally come away a little tougher and a little more determined.
I would like to thank Amber Jones [B06 manager] and Erica Salt [B07 manager] for travelling with the girls to Brisbane and taking such good care of them. To all the families that travelled to Brisbane with the team - a huge thank you for all your help with table duties, massages, first aid, shopping, meals, running commentary, photographs and most importantly support of the girls. Last but not least, a thank you to our two awesome coaches Sam and Raul for your passion and commitment to the game and to the girls – we are lucky to have you.
Under 14 Girls Junior State League 2019/20 The Club fielded four teams in the 2019/20 WPWAI Junior State League A-Grade competition:
Team Born Division Coach Manager Ranking Gold 2006 A Grade Sam Shead Mel Haynes 2nd Claire Durston Blue 2006 A Grade Sam Shead Sarah Skeldon 4th Glenda Morgan White 2007 A Grade Raul Ricci Dex de Bruin 5th Claire Whitaker Green 2007 A Grade Raul Ricci Julia Williams 6th Pippa Pedley
Congratulations to the following girls who achieved club awards:
U14 Girls Rising Star – Sarah Major
Team Best & Fairest Coaches Award – Most Improved Gold Olivia Haynes Kate Colthart Blue Ava Skeldon Nina Musk White Liberty Sheldrick Emily Murdoch & Amaia Roberts Green Angela Williams Evie Salt
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The 2019/20 season continued to be a challenge for our junior girls, with UWA fielding four of the six teams competing in the U14A competition. We were fortunate to have the numbers for two B06 and two B07 teams that were pretty evenly matched, allowing for the overall development of our junior players and competitive play on Monday nights, even though we had at least two UWA teams playing each other every week. The girls had a great time in the water every week and their development as the season progressed was evident.
It’s a pity that the season came to such an abrupt end as our B06 Golds were set to take on Melville in the finals and it would have been a great game to watch; a gold medal may well have been on the cards for our Golds!
It has been a pleasure to represent the u14 girls at committee level, and I look forward to the 2020/21 season.
Michelle Sayer
U16 Junior – Girls The U16 Girls squad had 27 members and 3 teams, into the WPWAI Junior State League. The club policy, of “cohort based” teams as a priority, was adhered to. Congratulations to the U16 girls who won club awards. Most improved U16 player awards: born ’05 winner, Chloe Schortinghuis, and the born ‘04 winner, Holly Murdoch. Most Outstanding U16 female player: Sophie Johnson.
Team Born Division Coach Manager Ranking Fairest and Best winner Bears 2004 A Kim Johnson Philippa 1st Alice Johnson Williams Gold 2005 A Ali Weisler Jen Taboni 7th Amelia Taboni White 2004/5 A Bec and Tash Justin Flavel 8th Emma King Liddle
Vaughn Thompson remained head of the ladies coaching program assisted by Sam Shead. Game night coaching was run by our senior players: Kim Johnson, Ali Weisler, Bec and Tash Liddle, all our girls very much appreciated this initiative. Thank you very much to the whole 2019/20 coaching team. All our teams were coached as a whole squad making connections across this cohort stronger. Due to the early finishing of the season the rankings are based on the season ladder and not from finals played.
At the start of the season, fitness and skills assessments were undertaken to allow coaches to know where each player was at and where best to improve each individual’s play. It also helped decide team placements. Initially, the white team was placed in B division however they proved too good for this competition and after 3 weeks were promoted to A division with the backing of their parents. All families were advised it would be a tough season with several losses expected but more
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would be learnt, in terms of water polo, than by staying in B division. As several of this team were joining the cohort based AYC teams this was vital. We thank this team for their resilience this season.
The Christmas holidays 2019/20 were full of water polo with our girls committed and focused on the Australian Youth Championships in Brisbane. Hours of training were undertaken by the majority of our girls with great improvement in skill, fitness and team work gained. We took 2 teams, 22 girls, the Bears (04), coached by Vaughn and Gold (05) coached by Sam Shead to Brisbane. Rebecca Morse and I managed these teams with Michelle Sayer as food coordinator. The championship was enjoyed by all with some fantastic water polo being played by everyone. Well done Bears, who came 7th, and Golds! As a result of their play during these games, Bella Sayer and Alice Williams were selected for the Australian 2004 squad. Congratulations girls!
This year was meant to be the u16 girls’ inaugural participation in the Panpacs water polo competition. We had a team of 12 girls heading to New Zealand to play in the U16 and U18 tournament. Unfortunately, it has been cancelled due to the pandemic. Going forward, once the dust has settled, we will hopefully get our July tours up and running again with Europe one year, Panpacs the next.
Congratulations to Bella Sayer and Sophie Johnson who played their first games with the Torpedoes this season.
Thank you to all our girls who have helped the club out this season by either coaching Flippaball and DSC teams, refereeing, attending busy bees, community open days, goal judging and supporting at Torpedoes games to name but a few. This group of girls are always willing to help with a smile and are very supportive not only of their team mates but to others around them. The club should be very proud of these girls.
Philippa Johnson
U18 Junior – Girls UWA entered three teams in the U18 girls’ competition, two in A Grade and one in B Grade. The A Grade competition had five teams which meant three byes over the season and the B Grade team had four teams.
The UWA Bears originally comprised four 2002 girls and six 2003 girls. Interestingly, only two 2002 girls had remained with the Club from the many who played U14s. Given the small numbers in both cohorts the group was combined for the UWA Bears team. In the second part of the season, team numbers were strengthened with the addition of a 2005 player.
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UWA Bears had a great season with 9 wins and 1 draw from 12 games to finish second on the ladder. The team was coached by Vaughn Thomson and Tayla Barbas and managed by Julie Tomas. Fairest and best for the season was Rebecca Gibb. Rebecca had an excellent season and also was the recipient for the Waterpolo WA State League U18 Girls Fairest & Best.
The second U18 A team, UWA Blue comprised ten 2004 girls who played their games each week having first played a U16 game. A brilliant effort from all these girls. This team improved over the season and finished with four wins from 12 games to finish fourth on the ladder. UWA White was coached by Vaughn Thomson and Kim Johnson and managed by Philippa Johnson. Fairest and best for the 2019-20 season was Isabella Sayer.
It would have been wonderful to have had the opportunity to play finals as we like to think that both teams could have made it to the Grand Final for an all UWA final.
Our third team, UWA White, played in the U18 Girls B division. This team comprised 11 girls (five 2002 and six 2003), some who had previously played A or B grade and others who were strong swimmers who had played school waterpolo and wanted to try playing at a more competitive level. Many of these girls had school or other sporting commitments and didn’t want to also commit to waterpolo training. They improved considerably over the season which is impressive considering they didn’t train at all. They finished with three wins from 15 games. They were coached by Sana Brotherson and managed by Gretchen Calder. Fairest and best for the season was Iman Kaplanian.
The low numbers of girls in the 2002 and 2003 cohorts combined with the timing of the Australian Youth Championships in Brisbane in January meant that we had to be creative to be able to send an U18 Girls team. We were fortunate that two 2002 girls from Geraldton Waterpolo Association were able to join the UWA team and that a 2004 U16 girl was already in Brisbane and thus was able to play with us as well. We ended up with a wonderful group of 11 girls, four 2002s, six 2003s and one 2004 who competed at AYC in 2020. Whilst the Geraldton girls were able to join us for the summer camps in the lead up to the competition, our first game as a team was not until AYC. Considering that our team was primarily a development team and that they hadn’t played together before, the girls did very well. Every single girl improved over the course of the competition. It was a fabulous week and there were a lot of laughs with the girls making the most of the long commuting time with some very entertaining car journeys. A brilliant group of girls who represented the Club exceptionally well and were wonderful role models to the younger Club teams.
Our best wishes go with all the 2002 girls as they move into the senior competitions.
Julie Tomas
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Friday Night Flippaball Our Flippaball program keeps growing! In season 19/20 a record 44 teams participated and a 5pm timeslot was introduced.
2015/16 205 participants 2016/17 260 participants 2017/18 308 participants 2018/19 389 participants 2019/20 430 participants
Flippaball continues to be a hugely popular night out for young families. For the second year running with thanks to the Berti family from the Re Store in Northbridge, the support has been outstanding. Flippaball also benefited from our new Club Manager Sonya Orso’s initiatives, with many snack items on sale each week, and novelty nights, eg Halloween. Sonya was assisted in the bar by Josh Leaman.
In a break from tradition, BBQ and refereeing duties were shared across the entire Junior community, giving U14, 16 &18 Boys and Girls an opportunity to referee, while their parents assisted with food service. No pick up or BBQ preparation was required by parents as this was taken care of by Sonya. Parent volunteers enjoyed the experience and some of our Juniors discovered they loved refereeing.
The small goals, four field configuration, size 3 ball and 4 x 6 minute quarters continued to work well for the age groups involved. The Club purchased 4 tear drop flags prior to the start of the season to identify the four pools, which eliminated the often asked question - ”which pool is pool x”.
Six 30 minute time slots operated as follows – 5pm Year 2/3 4 teams 5.30pm Year 2/3 8 teams 6.00pm Year 2/3 2 teams Year 4 6 teams 6.30pm Year 4 8 teams , 7.00pm Year 5/6 6 girls teams 2 boys/mixed teams 7.30pm Year 5/6 8 boys/mixed teams Total 44 teams
Fixtures were complex and teams did a fantastic job of arriving at the correct time, and the correct pool each week. If our numbers continue to grow we will look at expanding the 5pm time slot next season.
The FlippaBall season was interrupted by the Australian Water Polo League Torpedoes home game on 14 February 2020. Games on the 20th of March and 3rd of April were cancelled due to the Covid-19 virus. The Presentation and Windup unfortunately could not
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proceed on the 3rd of April. Novelties purchased for players will be retained for season 20/21.
It was a fantastic season in so many ways. Beautiful weather practically every Friday night, so many happy kids soaking up the outdoors, easy Friday night dinners, and a bustling crowd of supporters.
Huge thanks to all the team coaches and managers, in particular the UWA Juniors who took on volunteer coaching positions. Clubs are about community and this is another great example of community service and the never ending support that our Club receives from its members.
Special thanks to Max Clarke for his work supervising the set up and pack down of the flippaball pool all season.
Flippaswim
Flippaswim training sessions were available on Monday and Wednesday afternoons during Term 4 and Term 1 and a dedicated FlippaSwim session for the older DSC children on Friday afternoons. Due to FlippaBall commencing at 5pm on Friday afternoons and low numbers of registrations the DSC girls combined with the U14 Girls training led by Raul Ricci.
Registrations were as follows, up from 111 in 17/18, 141 in 18/19 and this season a total of 171. Mondays 4pm to 5pm 65 Wednesdays 4pm to 5pm 60 Fridays 4pm to 5pm 46 Total 171
Damian Kelly was assisted by Raul Ricci, Taz Williams, Mat Murphy, Allison Wieseler and Kim Johnson (Torpedoes player imports) in Term 4. In Term 1, Damian was unavailable due to Torpedoes commitments and Raul was assisted by Taz Williams, Andrew Barber, Ella Fracaro and Pip Pedley. As per previous seasons numbers dropped off as the season went on, particularly on Fridays.
District School Competition (DSC)
This season there were 27 teams in the DSC as follows –
8.40am Year 5/6 Boys x 6 9.20am Year 5/6 Girls x 7 (bye round) 10.00am Year 7+ Boys x 4
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10.40am Year 7+ Boys x 4 11.20am Year 7+ Girls x 4 12.00 noon Year 7+ Girls x 2
The Year 5/6 games were played in third a pool with size 3 ball and small goals. The Year 7+ played a half pool format with size 4 ball.
A smaller number of JSL U14 Boys and Girls played DSC and JSL this season. Exceptions were DSC Girls and Boys that were identified and upgraded to the Junior State League program as the season went on. By the end of the season 219 pure DSC registrations were recorded.
The Year 5/6 Boys and Girls competitions were very healthy with many teams coming up from FlippaBall the season before. There were also new teams, and some teams experiencing water polo for the first time. The two MLC girls teams were examples of this.
In the Year 7+ Boys Competition we were fortunate to be able to split the Competition in to two grades once all teams had played each other, ensuring a healthier competition.
In the Year 7+ Girls Competition three Year 9 teams participated, a first for the Club. Two of these teams MLC Sea Monkeys and SMAGS 9 dominated the Competition. These girls could be directed to playing in a Junior State League B Division Competition next season.
Key popular points of the DSC are the relaxed atmosphere and the enjoyment participants get from playing social water polo with their friends.
We were again very fortunate to have a large number of Junior State League players take on coaching roles on Saturday mornings. This is essential for the success of the Competition given the lack of water polo playing parents available to coach.
Semi Finals took place on the 14th of March and Grand Finals were scheduled for the 21st of March but were unable to take place due to Covid-19.
While the outcome of the cancelled Grand Finals remains unknown the following teams finished top of their pool.
Girls Year 5/6 Honey Bears coached by Sean Walsh Year 7+ SMAGS9 coached by Daisy Morse
Boys Year 5/6 Scotch Fingers coached by Barnaby Egerton-Warburton Year 7+ A Div Scotch Mongrels coached by Dex de Bruin Year 7+ B Div Growlers coached by Perri and Maisie Edwards
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Thanks to regular referees Charlie Lennon, Pat Williams, Scott Lilleyman and Andrew Barber. Mention should also be made of the Junior Community Referee accreditation program overseen by Club Secretary Clare Barber. The DSC provided the perfect opportunity for our up and coming referees to shadow and be assessed.
Final acknowledgement to Sonya, Gabi Sayer and Will Hart in the Café and Holly Rose and Bec Gibb on BBQ.
Jackie Vittino FlippaBall Admin
Treasurer’s Report I am pleased to present the Club’s Financial Report for the year ended 30th April 2020.
This year’s result shows a Net Operating Surplus of $98,257 before depreciation (2019 $56,178) and a Net Operating Surplus after depreciation of $88,781 (2019 $48,655).
Cash Reserves at the end of 2020 year were $194,733 up from the previous year (2019: $80,922).
Please refer to the Club’s Annual Financial Report for full details. These will be available at the AGM.
A summary of the results is detailed below.
The club recorded the following movements in the major revenue streams.
1. Membership, Camps, DSC and FlippaSwim revenue increased to $428,898 an increase of $50,087 from 2019. 2. Bar revenue increased to $65,113 an increase of $10,247 from 2019. 3. Uniform Shop – turnover increased to $31,642 and increase of $13,716 from 2019. The profitability of the Uniform shop was decreased as a result of having to buy all Kukri stock from Kukri and the end of their contract. 4. Sponsorship revenue decreased this year to $14,089 down from $20,460 in 2019. The Club continues its sponsorship drive through the playing membership. On behalf of all the Committee, I would like to thank all our Sponsors for their vital and continued support of the club. 5. We were eligible to register for the ATO Cash Flow assistance of $10,000 this year as a result of the COVID pandemic.
During the year major expenses incurred include:
1. Coaching – The combined coaching and refereeing costs was $161,605 a small decrease from $164,377 in 2019. 2. Pool Hire and Gate Entry– Total of $83,444, an increase of $30,404 from 2019.
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3. There was no Administration fee this year from the APIL office to cover administration costs incurred by APIL staff doing club duties. A decrease of $38,250 from 2019.
The continued support from our committee members and support volunteers is greatly appreciated.
Special thanks go to the following people:
Jackie Vittino who plans and orchestrates the successful and ever-expanding Flippaball, DSC and Junior programs. She provides our members an excellent service.
Clare Barber continues to be an invaluable resource for our club who continually steps in to assist the committee with many different tasks. Clare continues to foster excellent relationships with all external stakeholders to the benefit of the club and its members.
VP Travis Smith continued to provide the Club with his office staff on a complimentary basis to assist with travel arrangements for all travelling groups. This included booking of flights, accommodation and vehicle hires. A huge thanks to all the Age Delegates who liaised with Travis’s office to assist in completing these travel arrangements.
Café – Sonya Orso commenced with the club as our new Café Manager during this season. Thank you to both Peter Symons for his handover and to Clare Barber for her continued support of Sonya. Sonya has settled in that role and is offering some good quality food and beverage to our members.
Uniform Online Shop – A big thank you to Denise for managing the Kukri Clothing Store and the sale of the bathers through our own shop.
Finally, my sincere thanks goes to Peter Hughes, who maintains the driving force behind the club’s success to enable it to perform at a local and national Level. I look forward to a successful 2020/21.
Fia Rigo
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UWA Representatives in Australian Squads (1 May 2019 to 30 April 2020)
Junior Women FINA U20 World Championships, Portugal Claire Durston Glenda Morgan
Junior Men FINA U20 World Championships, Qatar Matthew Murphy Lachlan Vos
Boys Born 02 Australian Squad European Tour July 2019 Andrew Barber Riley Childs Julian Kyriakou Campbell McAullay Menno Talbot
Boys Born 02 Australian Squad Camp Brisbane January 2020 Andrew Barber Riley Childs Charlie Emanuel Julian Kyriakou Scott Lilleyman Campbell McAullay Menno Talbot
Boys Born 03 Australian Squad Camp Sunshine Coast June 2019 Julian Kyriakou
Boys U16 Australian Squad Owen Lilleyman
Girls U16 Australian Squad Isabella Sayer Alice Williams
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National Championship Results (1 May 2019 to 30 April 2020)
Australian Youth Championships, Brisbane January 2020
U18 Boys UWA Bears – Bronze medallists
U18 Boys UWA Blue – 12th place
U18 Girls UWA Bears – 19th place
U16 Boys UWA Bears – 7th place
U16 Boys UWA Blue- Shield Division Winners
U16 Girls UWA Bears – 7th place
U16 Girls Gold – 20th place
U14 Boys UWA Bears - 5th place
U14 Boys UWA Cubs – Plate Division Winners
U14 Girls UWA Bears - 15th place
U14 Girls UWA Gold - 24th place
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2019/20 UWA WPC Honour Board Major Awards Polo Bear of the Year – Best Contribution by a Club Member Clare Barber O'Keefe Trophy for Greatest Team Contribution E Grade Men Horse Most Outstanding Under 16 Boy Owen Lilleyman Most Outstanding Under 16 Girl Sophie Johnson Rising Star – Under 14 Boy Edward Handley Rising Star – Under 14 Girl Sarah Major Junior Polo Bear of the Year Award Andrew Barber
Fairest and Best Senior Awards
Grade Team F&B Winner by referee votes A Grade Men UWA City Beach Riley Maurich A Grade Men UWA Flotsam Nicholas Hughes A Grade Men UWA Rangers Riley Childs A Grade Women UWA City Beach Pippa Pedley and Glenda Morgan B Grade Men UWA Dropbears Hamish White B Grade Men UWA Hellfish Fraser Smith * B Grade Men UWA Rangers Mitch Barns B Grade Women UWA Rangers Jamie Cannon C Grade Men UWA Dugongs Lachlan Pethick C Grade Men UWA Oils Ross Mecham C Grade Women UWA City Beach T-Rexs Alexandra Hughes D Grade Men UWA Bears Ray Mayers * E Grade Men UWA Growlers Daniel Vittino E Grade Men UWA Horse Henry Cook E Grade Women UWA Sisters Margaret O'Connor F Grade Men UWA Caramello Bears Josh Leaman F Grade Men UWA Yellers Pat Williams * F Grade Women UWA Emeralds Cathy Farrell
*Player also awarded Water Polo WA Fairest and Best Player of the Season
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2019/20 UWA WPC Honour Board (Juniors)
Fairest and Best and Most Improved Junior Awards (*Player also awarded Water Polo WA Fairest and Best Player of the Season) U 14 GIRLS
Blue coached by Sam Shead assisted by Glenda Morgan, managed by Sarah and John Skeldon Most Improved Nina Musk Fairest and Best Ava Skeldon
Gold coached by Sam Shead assisted by Claire Durston, managed by Melissa Haynes Most Improved Kate Colthart Fairest and Best Olivia Haynes
Green coached by Raul Ricci assisted by Pippa Pedley, managed by Julia Feutrill Most Improved Evie Salt Fairest and Best Angela Williams
White coached by Raul Ricci assisted by Claire Whitaker, managed by Dex De Bruin Most Improved Emily Murdoch and Amaia Roberts Fairest and Best Liberty Sheldrick
U14 BOYS
Bears coached by Andrew Barber, managed by Holly Lonnqvist Most Improved Mitchell Roche Fairest and Best Tim Lonnqvist*
Blue coached by Bryon Kelly, managed by Melinda Braddock Most Improved Llewyn Thurston Fairest and Best Mack Williams
Gold coached by Quentin Megson, managed by Suzette Pritchard Most Improved Benji Pritchard Fairest and Best Luke Megson
Green coached by Ben and Matt Howie, managed by Michael Panegyres Most Improved Lachlan Giles Fairest and Best Tom Edibam
Cubs coached by Cliff Woods, managed by Penny Regan Fairest and Best Jake Taboni MVP Sam Regan Most Improved Will Massey
U16 GIRLS
White coached by Bec and Tash Liddle, managed by Justin Flavel Fairest and Best Emma King
Bears coached by Kim Johnson, managed by Philippa Johnson Fairest and Best Alice Williams
Gold coached by Alison Weisler, managed by Jennifer Taboni Fairest and Best Amelia Taboni
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U16 BOYS
Bears coached by Stephen Cook, managed by Maryanne Marshall Fairest and Best Rory Dalton
Blue coached by Tarrin Williams, managed by Paul and Lisa Lilleyman Fairest and Best Owen Lilleyman*
Green coached by Stephen Cook, managed by Anne Maree Cook Fairest and Best Alex Graham
Born 2005 Most Improved Marcus Burr Born 2004 – Most Improved Anton Komninos
U18 GIRLS
Bears - Coached by Tayla Barbas, managed by Julie Tomas Fairest and Best Rebecca Gibb*
Blue- Coached by Kim Johnson and managed by Phillippa Johnson Fairest and Best Isabella Sayer
White - Coached by Sana Brotherson and managed by Gretchen Calder Fairest and Best Iman Kaplanian
U18 BOYS
Bears Coached by Tarrin Williams managed by Nicole Talbot Fairest and Best Campbell McAullay
Blue Coached by Oliver Davis managed by Liesl Brogan Fairest and Best Andrew Barber *
White Coached by Matt Stacker managed by Kate Everleagh Fairest and Best Noah Brown
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Senior Milestone Games Played (Year achieved)
Men 800+ HOPKINS Michael 2020 804
600+ 500+ 400+ 300+ 200+ 100+
RAMSAY Robert 2013 677 CONTESSI John 2020 661 MARSH Alan 2017 623
HUGHES Peter 2008 587 WHITING Richard 2020 599 CULLINGFORD Robert 2020 594 LANG Andrew 2020 580 SMITH Leigh 2020 579 IRELAND Mark 2020 545 KOSKI Glen 2020 529 MASON Mark 2020 512 WOLOZNY Rick 2018 511
BUTTSWORTH Jeremy 2012 487 GARVEY Russell 2010 485 RIGO Mark 2020 484 FARNELL Leigh 2020 458 VITTINO Ric 2020 446 SMITH Brian 2020 444 PATEMAN Brett 2020 416 JACKSON Haydn 2013 409
STACY Matthew 2020 396 JONES Gregory 2020 390 MELLEN Brad 2020 382 SANDOVER Richard 2005 377 DAVIDSON Rodney 2014 370 RECHICHI Danny 2005 365 HUTCHINSON Craig 2009 360 LILLEYMAN Paul 2020 357 FISHER Geoffrey 2006 355 LANG David 2009 354 35
KEARSLEY James 1998 352 HOPKINS Bradley 2015 343 O'KEEFE Stephen 2020 340 LIGGINS Charlie 2020 335 SYMONS Peter 2011 330 EASTON Christopher 2020 329 RAMSAY William 2010 317 BARNS Brett 2020 313 ROWTON Elliott 2015 312 SHAW Jason 2020 304 PATTERSON Grant 2019 301
ROBINSON Stephen 2020 295 HOBBS Kevin 1995 291 IRELAND Rosh 2020 291 McCLEERY Ben 2020 270 HALLIDAY Michael 2010 270 PAINI Anthony 2010 269 HINCHLEY Michael 2020 269 ULLRICH Michael 2020 262 PATERSON Greg 2020 261 ENRIGHT Mark 2020 259 SHAW Matthew 2015 259 MARSH Simon 2015 255 LOVE John 2020 254 RHODES Jamie 2011 251 TREW Grant 2011 246 CONTESSI Todd 2014 243 GREEN Tim 2020 240 TAYLOR Alan 2011 238 KRZUS Michael 2011 237 CULLINGFORD David 2020 235 EASTON Peter 2015 235 MICHAEL Chris 2017 234 PEARCE Daniel 2013 230 TOLEMAN Dan 2020 230 MORRIS Geoff 2020 225 BRIDGLAND Murray 2016 216 DAVIS Michael 2017 215 WATTS Michael 2020 213 PATTERSON Phillip 2015 211 GOW Mark 2018 208 TERRY Matthew 2020 207 MAINSTONE Greg 2015 207 36
WEDD Colin 2015 205 LIDDLE David 2020 204 MICKLE Greg 2017 202 STANTON Michael 2015 202 HARDISTY Ian 2020 202 O'TOOLE James 2020 202
GEORGE Matthew 1997 199 WESTOLL Mervyn 2009 195 MALCOLM Paul 2009 195 PEARSON Todd 2020 194 TATE Gregory 2020 185 CULLINGFORD Daniel 2020 184 HARDIE David 2012 184 PATTIARATCHI Charitha 2004 183 ROBERTS Kevin 2020 183 TAYLOR Peter 2011 181 FARABEGOLI Fabian 1997 177 WISKEN Stephen 2005 175 CULLINGFORD Daniel 2014 174 CAZOLLI Rick 2013 174 TODD Andrew 2020 170 HENDERSON Daniel 2014 166 MEYER Andrew 2020 165 ESZE Tom 2013 162 HENDRIX Pim 2013 159 ANDERSON Charles 2013 158 BALCZER Jozsef 2020 153 KRZUS Alex 2015 149 FLINT Lloyd 2020 148 SAGGERS Richard 2013 148 BURTON Kim 2014 146 PHILLIPS Simon 2020 146 SANGSTER Thomas 2020 146 O'KEEFE Justin 2014 145 SMITH Connor 2020 142 LUDBROOK Ty 2007 140 SMITH Fraser 2020 140 COOK Stephen 2020 139 GREGORY Tom 2014 139 STAMATIS Dimitri 2015 137 CAMERON Brett 2015 135 CHRISTENSEN Lee 2015 135 MALONE David 2007 135 37
McGURK Shane 2015 133 JASPER Thomas 2020 132 VITTINO Ben 2020 130 BROWN Ryan 2020 130 WATSON Anthony 2015 128 HUGHES Nicholas 2020 128 FELGATE Lawrence 2020 127 LARBALESTIER Robert 2007 127 HALLEEN Andrew 2007 124 JONES Dean 2007 124 LIDDLE Peter 2007 124 BROWN Henry 2018 123 SANDOVER Kim 2015 122 BEVIS John 2014 120 ANDERSON Lachlan 2015 119 BLAKE John 2015 118 SMITH Mark 2015 117 QUINLIVAN Luke 2020 115 LANTZKE Nicholas 2020 115 BRAUND Colin 2015 115 SYMES Tony 2018 115 LEWIS Todd 2015 113 COOPER Timothy 2015 111 DOWNES Brendan 2015 111 ERBE James 2017 111 PETHICK Lachlan 2020 110 TROTTER Rory 2015 109 HANCOCK Bradley 2015 108 LEAR Brandon 2020 108 ROWE Michael 2015 106 TIMMERMANS Phillip 2015 106 MARANO Robert 2015 105 RICH Paul 2015 105 STUBBER Raymond 2015 105 FIDGE Andrew 2015 103 DAVIS Nicholas 2015 102 GELDART Graham 2015 102 JONES Anthony 2015 102 McPHEE Michael 2016 102 RIGOLL Thomas 2020 101
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Women MORRIS (Hadley) Alison 2009 461 RECHICHI (Hadley) Claire 2012 421 JACKSON (Gilbert) Linda 2012 406
HADLEY Gemma 2012 323 STENHOUSE (Hadley) Zoe 2012 321
McCANN (Davis) Felicity 2001 293 MODRA Gemma 2007 260 GILBERT Tricia 2012 216 JASPER Kate 2013 207 AVINS Janelle 2013 200
WAGNER Anna 2000 176 WATSON Sarah 1999 163 KING Maureen 1987 162 CARROLL Tracey 2007 154 KEARSLEY (Bray) Lisa 2005 149 ENSLEY Leanne 2006 140 TREND Felicity 2011 137 MAJOR (Lee) Anna 2004 135 MARSH Alex 2010 131 McGUINNESS Hayley 2007 128 WHITE Anna 1988 127 SIMSON Michelle 2019 126 O'CONNOR Margaret 2020 123 JASPER Susie 2012 123 BROCK Arrie 2012 121 GARRICK Alyssa 2004 120 LILLEYMAN Lisa 2020 119 MASON ( FITZPATRICK) Kelle 2020 117 PARNELL-KOSKI Joanne 2020 116 COUGHLAN (Hill) Donna 1993 115 JAMES Bridgett 1993 115 MARSH Peta 2006 107 HUGHES Alexandra 2020 105 SLY Nicole 2004 104 HAWKES Kerry 2005 100
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Current Season 19/20 Women Aggregate Club games 40 + O’Connor Margaret 123 Lilleyman Lisa 119 Mason (Fitzpatrick) Kelle 117 Parnell-Koski Joanne 116 Hughes Alexandra 105 Liddle Rebecca 91 Prentice Megan 87 Broderick Marisa 83 Davidson Jamie 80 Bow Debra 79 Marshall Maryanne 74 Harris Courtenay 66 Barbas Tayla 66 Davidson Riley 65 Regan Penny 65 Liddle Natasha 64 Durston Claire 54 Fracaro Ella 52 Rose Holly 51 Feutrill Julia 50 Morgan Glenda 45 Pedley Phillipa 45 Clarke Lara 44 Williams Georgia 44 Rassmussen Sophie 41
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Appendix – 2019/20 Season Senior Games Played *It should be noted with the Revolutionise system some Team Managers did not accurately record attendance. Masters Games were not recorded. Men
UWA MEN | SEASON 19-20 Surname First Name Anderson Rainer 14 Bajada Paul 15 Balczer Jozsef 1 Barber Andrew 15 Barber David 13 Barna Bruno 18 Barns Brett 12 Barns Mitchell 23 Bowles Luke 13 Brinkworth Cooper 5 Brogan Conor 5 Broome Angus 15 Brown Ryan 15 Browne William 4 Buckland Alexander (Xandy) 15 Burgess Ashley 10 Cher Chek Meng Peter Benedict 10 Childs Riley 16 Contessi John 15 Cook Henry 12 Cook Stephen 15 Cranley Michael 13 Cullingford Daniel 10 Cullingford David 10 Cullingford Robert 16 Cuthbertson James 4 Dalton Rory 11 Davis Fraser 15 Davis Oliver 18 de Bruin Declan 16 Douglas Bill 14 Dowling Harry 6 Durward Jack 10 Dye Jackson 11 Easton Chris 16 41
Emanuel Charlie 17 Emanuel Lachlan 12 Enright Mark 13 Evelegh Oliver 9 Everett Joshua 14 Fabling Blake 4 Farnell Leigh 9 Fazio Tyler 15 Felgate Lawrence 10 Flint Lloyd 17 George Charlie 5 Gibb Matthew 8 Goldfinch Joseph 9 Gray Robert 11 Green Timothy 16 Hardisty Ian 9 Hinchley Michael 9 Hopkins Michael 17 Houghton Zac 9 Howie Benjamin 11 Howie Matthew 1 Howie Thomas 12 Hughes Mathew 12 Hughes Nicholas 8 Ireland Mark 9 Ireland Rosh 14 Jasper Tom 17 Johnson Ben 4 Jones Gregory 11 Kain Giancarlo 11 Kelly Byron 3 Kelly Patrick 13 Kennedy Chad 10 Kennedy-Lennie Cameron 1 Konowalous Harry 13 Konowalous Lucas 1 Koski Glen 1 Kovacs Aron 10 Kovacs David 1 Kyriakou Julian 9 Lang Andrew 12 Lantzke James 3 Lantzke Nicholas 9 Lantzke William 7 42
Leaman Joshua 13 Lear Brendon 17 Lennon Charles 18 Liddle David 5 Liggins Charlie 20 Lilleyman Owen 1 Lilleyman Paul 13 Lilleyman Scott 16 Linabury Paul 14 Lodge Harry 7 Lodge Sam 1 Lodge William 9 Logan Cade 5 Love John 11 MacDonald Calum 16 Marshall Ben 15 Marshall William 19 Mason Mark 13 Maurich Riley 15 Mayers Ray 14 McAullay Campbell 17 McCleery Ben 18 McEwan Tyson 9 McFarlane Blake 15 McFarlane Stan 16 McKeever Ciaron 11 Mckinnon Thomas 30 Mecham Ross 20 Mellen Bradley 14 Meyer Andrew 14 Morris Geoff 15 Mulder William 15 Murphy Matthew 9 Murphy Nicholas 25 O'Keefe stephen 4 Osman Matt 9 O'Toole James 14 Pateman Brett 13 Paterson Gregory 3 Pearson Todd 9 Pethick Lachlan 10 phillips nathan 4 phillips simon 8 Powell Tom 10 43
Quinlivan Luke 17 Rachetti Fabio 17 Rigo Mark 10 Rigoll Tom 9 Roberts Kev 17 Robinson Stephen 13 Rowbottam Samuel 11 Ryan Hamish 7 Salter Philip 24 Sangster Tom 18 Shaw Jason 11 Sheldrick Angus 2 Sheldrick Oliver 6 Smith Brian 8 Smith Connor 14 Smith Fraser 16 Smith Leigh 9 Stacy Jack 15 Stacy Matthew 16 Stewart Angus 4 Stewart Jack 12 Stewart Mark 14 Stewart Thomas 11 Swanson Ben 9 Talbot Menno 15 Tate Greg 11 Terry Matt 15 Terry Owen 20 Tierney Hunter 10 Todd Andrew 11 Toleman Daniel 15 Ullrich Michael 16 Vahdani Parsa 17 Vittino Ben 11 Vittino Daniel 15 Vittino Ric 17 Vos Lachlan 1 Watson Byron 7 Watts Michael 9 White Hamish 20 White Rory 6 White Toby 24 Whiting Richard 15 Williams Patrick 12 44
Williams Simon 13 Williams Tarrin 15 Zekulich Josh 4
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Women UWA WOMEN | SEASON 19-20 Surname First name Alexander Fiona 12 Barbas Tayla 22 Bow Deb 12 Broderick Marisa 9 Brotherson Sana 19 Cannon Jamie 10 Clarke Lara 14 Cockcroft Sinead 9 Cullingford Nikki 11 Davidson Jamie 7 Davidson Riley 8 Durston Claire 7 Dye Charli 7 Dye Juliette 13 Edwards Perri 17 Evans Cerys 17 Farrell Cathy 14 Feutrill Julia 10 Fiori Erika 10 Flynn Belinda 12 Fracaro Ella 12 Gibb Rebecca 14 Greville Holly 29 Harris Courtenay 8 Hollier Alison 10 Hopkins Alexa-May 8 Howie Claire 12 Hughes Alexandra 8 Hughes Stephanie 8 Ireland Ruth 11 Johnson Kimberley 7 Johnson Sophie 24 Liddle Natasha 10 Liddle Rebecca 10 Lilleyman Lisa 13 Marshall Maryanne 13 Mason Kelle 10 Morgan Glenda 9 Morse Daisy 12 Moustaka Sophie 8 Murdoch Holly 11 46
O'Connor Margaret 13 Parker Lucy 2 Parnell-Koski Joanne 11 Patterson Philippa 13 Pearce Olivia 1 Pedley Pippa 10 Petterson Milly 26 Phillips Harper 24 Povey Susann 12 Prentice Megan 14 Quinlivan Lily 2 Rasmussen Samantha 21 Rasmussen Sophie 3 Regan Penny 12 Riordan Kate 13 Rose Holly 24 Sayer Gabrielle 1 Sayer Isabella 21 Smith Ascher 12 Smith Jaime 11 Taboni Amelia 2 Terry Jasmine 7 Unsworth Jillian 12 Whitaker Claire 7 Wieseler Allison 6 Williams Alice 9 Williams Georgia 7
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