A big welcome back to all our members for the second part of the water polo season, as our Juniors and Seniors resume their run to the finals and our Flippaballers continue to hone their skills and have lots of fun. I hope that you and your families had a wonderful Christmas, a relaxing break from water polo and are ready to embrace the New Year in all its forms – may it be an awesome one for everyone!
Some great news to share as we restart is that the renovation works on the Newman pool are now complete and the pool will officially be available for use from this Tuesday, 30th January. As a result we are no longer training at Hale pool and we will be jumping into the Newman pool straight away, with training for our Juniors and Seniors commencing on this day. In addition, we have been able to secure additional sessions at the pool (including early morning sessions on Wednesdays and Fridays), to expand our training options for our Juniors and Seniors. A new training schedule has been developed (see below in Juniors section) to make it easy to identify when all training sessions are being held.
We still have some restrictions down at the pool area, as works continue on the renovation of the club and change rooms (which are expected to be completed by the end of March). In addition, the light tower at the pool will not be functioning until these renovations are complete, which will limit the time we can use the pool in the evenings. As the days grow shorter, we may need to make some adjustments to the training schedule to cater for the diminishing light conditions and we will keep you informed of any changes.
The great thing for us as a club is that once these works are all complete we will have a wonderful facility to use, with new club and change rooms, upgraded lighting and a pool that is now able to be heated, thus extending our use and providing more comfortable swimming conditions when the weather gets cooler.
Here is a quick summary of when training and games commence:
Competition
Training Commences
Games commence
Flippaball
Thurs 1 Feb – 3:30 to 4:30pm
Fri 2 Feb – 5:30 to 7:00pm (Beatty Park)
Juniors
Tues 30 Jan – 6:30 to 7:30pm
Mon 5 Feb (various times)
Seniors
Tues 30 Jan – 6:30 to 7:30pm
Already commenced
Adam Wheeler
President – NWPPA
Competitions
Flippa News
To all our Flippaballers – welcome back. We hope you had a great break and are looking forward to getting back in the pool as much as we are.
Skills sessions will commence at Newman pool on Thursday afternoon. It will be great to see everyone there to get those swimming legs and throwing arms back into action after the break.
Games will commence on Friday 2nd Feb 2018.
Looking forward to a great second half of the season !
PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL NOT BE TRAINING ON
8 FEBRUARY DUE TO THE WHOLE SCHOOL MASS ATNEWMAN AND LIMITED PARKING
Flippaball Games
Fridays @ Beatty Park Pool
with Triton Water polo club
5:30pm start for years 3 & 4 6:15pm start for years 5 & 6
FLIPPA BALL SEASON 2018
Thursday Skills Commence – 1st February 2018
Friday Night Flippaball Games Commence – 2nd February 2018
General Information
New Training Schedule
The Newman pool should be available for us to use from 30th January (this will be confirmed on Monday after final pool sign off) so we are very excited to be back on home ground and looking forward to a great new facility. The clubrooms have not been completed so please be patient as renovations are still underway.A new training schedule has been developed with the coaches to offer all players greater opportunity to attend additional sessions to improve swimming fitness, strength & conditioning & game tactics. The coaches have a high expectation that A Division players attend the additional Tuesday skills session and all players are strongly encouraged to attend at least one morning swim session. All extra sessions are provided FREE OF CHARGE to members so please make the most of this opportunity.A few things to note:
Currently we are restricted by the lack of lighting and as such will need to monitor the light and adjust session times accordingly (unless temporary lighting is provided).
Session times have been based on the availability of coaches to schedule alongside their other commitments & this may also be subject to change.
Temporary toilets facilities will be available but no change rooms so please change beforehand. Flippaballers can use facilities at Lavalla campus.
No training on Thursday 8th February for Flippaballers & Juniors due to Whole School Mass.
Training Camp with Triton Water Polo Club
Triton WPC have kindly invited our members to attend a camp for Flippaballers & Juniors
Date: 28th -30th January
Time: 9am to 1pm
More info here – attached flyer
Aussie Stingers in Perth this weekend
Many of our members are heading to one of the sessions to watch Women’s water polo at the highest level. It’s free entry too !
Flippaball
Thu 1 Feb – Training starts Fri 2 Feb – First game 2018Juniors
Wed 31 Jan – Morning swim sessions start Thu 1 Feb – Training (Skills) starts Sat 3 Feb – Training (Tactics) starts Mon 5 Feb – First game 2018Seniors Sun 4 Feb – Training starts
Coaches Corner
“IF YOU FIRST DON’T SUCCEED TRY DOING WHAT YOUR COACH TOLD YOU TO DO !”
The coaches hope you have had a chance to continue your swimming over the break and Jeremy would love to see as many of you as possible for the Tuesday and Friday morning swim sessions commencing next week.Now we are back into the Newman pool and have more opportunity for additional skills and swim sessions we are looking forward to the growth of the club both as teams and individuals over the remainder of the season.
Go Newman.
Jeremy, Sam, Lorenzo & Oliver – Coaches Monique – Coaching Coordinator
