2015-16 Winter Polo Season Info & Reg.

HIGH SCHOOL SIGNUPS ARE CLOSED AS OF 11-24 (9AM).
If you want to be placed on the waiting list please contact Kyle at kyle@stanfordwaterpolo.com
Age Group and Jr Polo are still open for registration.

Below is the information for the ’15-’16 Winter Season.  High schoolers will train Tue & Thur at Stanford.  Age Group (8th-6th grade) Mon & Wed at Sacred Heart Prep and  Jr Polo (5th grade/under) will be Mon & Wed at Stanford.

Winter Polo Information Sheet

High School Registration Form
Age Group & Jr Polo Registration Form

4 Easy Steps to Register

Step #1 – Order custom water polo caps if you are new to the club.  All High School & Age Groupers must order their custom water polo caps.  Deadline is Thur, Dec 3rd.  No late orders will be accepted.  (Jr Polo athletes will have caps provided and do not need to purchase these)
A. Click Here to submit your order for your caps
B. Be sure you pay under Step 4 below.

Step #2 – EVERYONE must Complete, Scan & Email the Registration Form to susan@stanfordwaterpolo.com
(located at the beginning of this post)

Step #3 – Compete the corresponding Tournament Availability Google Doc below (HS or AG)
A) HIGH SCHOOLERS use this google doc (click here)
B) AGE GROUP use this google doc (click here)

Step#4 – Pay using PayPal.
A)  Custom Caps – pay here  (see B) below to pay Dues)


15-16 Winter Caps
Athlete Name(s)



B) DUES – everyone must pay here for winter dues


15-15 Winter Dues
Daughter’s Name (s)


Once you complete all 4 steps you will be registered for winter polo.  You will not receive an email confirmation.

Renew your USA Water Polo Memberhip TODAY for 2016

With winter water polo beginning soon we need you to renew your USAWP membership now (please don’t wait).  Our winter season goes into 2016 so we need everyone to renew preferably before you sign up for winter polo.  We do not want to hold players out of workout after the holiday break in 2016.

3 last reminders in regards to USAWP:
1) Make sure you affiliated with Stanford WP Club.
2) If you are new or moving up the ranks, be sure you complete the 1 time age verification process.
3) You must be a Gold member to compete at JOs, which is held at Stanford & NorCal this summer.

 

 

Winter Water Polo, 15-16

Winter water polo begins the week of Nov 30th.
We will train 3 weeks, take 2 weeks off for the holidays, then begin Jan 4th through the first week of Feb.

All High Schoolers – Tue & Thur, 6:15-8:30 pm at Stanford.
Age Group (6th-8th) – Mon & Wed, 5:30-7:45 pm at Sacred Heart Prep.
Jr Polo (5th grade/under) – Mon & Wed, 6:15-7:45 pm at Stanford.

Registration & more information will be posted here on Nov 8th. All signups are on a first come first serve basis with payments made online.

Please renew your USA Water Polo membership starting on Nov 1.  Because winter polo is in both 2015 & 2016 be sure to renew now so you can train and compete in Jan.  For new and less experiences players be sure you complete the verification of birth, and everyone must be a member of Stanford water polo.  Don’t wait please, renew Nov 1st.

Oct 11 Age Group League Info

Below are the rosters and game times for Age Group Pacific Fall League, Sunday, Oct 11.
Be sure you arrive on time and have your photo ID in order to participate.

Oct 11 Teams

**  BE SURE TO CHECK BACK THE NIGHT BEFORE IN CASE THERE ARE ROSTER OR GAME TIME CHANGES  **

If you have any questions please contact your coach.

Help Kyle bring Sydney’s Silver Lining to Print Today

It’s time to help women’s water polo come to print. 

Our own Kyle Utsumi is writing a book chronicling the story of the 2000 women’s Olympic team in a book called Sydney’s Silver Lining.  The book will celebrate this historic team which overcame the odds to reach the podium at the FIRST EVER women’s Olympic Water Polo competition.   This story will look back at the pre-Olympic era of women’s water polo and examine how the Sydney team served as the catalyst for explosive growth of the sport, paving the way to the top of the world rankings today.  With the 2016 Olympics in Rio around the corner, now is the perfect time for this book to reach our community.

To self-publish this book, Kyle is conducting a Kickstarter campaign starting TODAY.  You can support the project and the many members of the Sydney Olympic team, many with Stanford club or college ties, who call the Bay Area home – Ellen Estes Lee,  Courtney Johnson,  Brenda Villa, & Bernice O’Connor – by making a pledge on the Kickstarter page today!

bit.ly/wwpSydneyBook

 

Age Group Fall Tournament Form – RSVP needed

Bernice asked that we post the fall tournament availability form that she emailed out online.  If you did NOT already respond, please complete the google doc so we can enter the appropriate number of teams in the tournaments.  If you already completed the form, no need to do it again.

Click Here to complete the form

First weekend is Sept 27 so respond by Wed.  Game times and locations will be announced Thur before the games.

Coach Kyle’s book “Sydney’s Silver Lining”

The Stanford Girls Water Polo Club has a long history of hosting events and matches for the women’s national team and Olympic team. How long a history? Since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the debut of women’s water polo in the Olympics, when we hosted Team USA and Russia for the “Sendoff to Sydney.” These two teams went on to win the silver and bronze medals at the Olympics.

The gold medal game in Sydney between the United States and Australia was played in front of the largest water polo crowd ever – 17,000 spectators – and the teams battled to the last second.

Kyle is dropping everything – teaching and coaching (except for the fall age group team!) – to write the story of women’s water polo’s long-overdue inclusion in the Olympics and Team USA’s journey to Sydney.

Stanford’s role as host of the Sendoff to Sydney will feature in the story!

Check out the book website and like the Facebook page. Please forward these links to your high school teammates and families. There will be a Kickstarter campaign launching on September 23 – the 15th anniversary of the gold medal game!

sydneyssilverlining.kickoffpages.com
www.facebook.com/Sydneys-Silver-Lining-1627547674194769/

Stay tuned for more!

Club players earn Academic All-America honors

USA Water Polo has released the list of Academic All-Americans. This honor is awarded to students in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades, who achieve a GPA of 3.6 or higher.

Sam Acker, Emma Allegrucci, Kate Atherton, Catherine Bick, Berkeley Cannestra, Kristen Denney, Alina Drebin, Claire Drebin, Audrey Flower, Kate Francis, Katie French, Alexa Grau, Maddie Higginson, Janis Iourovitski, Malaika Koshy, Jenna Kotcher, Jennifer MacAulay, Maddie Pendolino, Anna Rajaratnam, Medini Rastogi, Clara Romani, Samantha Stebbins, Carmen Steinmeier

Combined with the boys, Stanford’s 47 Academic All-Americans led the nation!

Congratulations and keep up your great work in the classroom!