Age Group Shooting Groups, Sat the 18th.

Saturday, Sept 18th, is one of the special workouts dedicated to shooting.  The other one is scheduled for Sun, Sept 26th. 

The group assignments for Saturday are posted below.  This is held at Roble Gym Pool on the Stanford Campus (Santa Teresa St.), NOT at the Avery Aquatic Center. 

Athletes should arrive with their suit already on.  The first 10 min will be warmup on land so they are ready to miximize their short time in the water.  If the first group can arrive a little early to help with setup that would be appreciated. 

If you have any questions contact Kelsey.  Her email is her first name  @stanfordwaterpolo.com

Shooting Groups

Jr Polo for Girls 8-11 years old

Play Water Polo!

Girls as young as 8 years old with solid swim skills can play.  Some experience or no experience, everyone is welcome.  We will teach you the game, rules, skills, have fun shooting, scrimmage and have weekend intrasquad games. 

Kelly Eaton will be on staff.  Kelly is a 3-time All American at Stanford University, grew up playing for the Stanford club team and has helped our club win numerous National Championships. 

Click below for more information and the registration form.

Jr Polo Info and Reg Forms

Jr Polo

Fall Polo for Age Groupers

Fall Water Polo for girls in 7th & 8th grade, and experienced 6th graders begin Sept 8th.
Workouts are Mon and Wed, 6:15-8:15 pm at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center.

Age Group Fall Information and Registration Form

Jr. Polo for new players in 6th grade/under (ages 8-11) begin on Monday, Sept 13th.
Workouts are Monday & Wednesday from 5:30-6:45 at Roble pool on the Stanford campus (near the golf course) 
Registration and more information will be posted shortly.

JO Recap

Congratulations to the 81 athletes on 7 teams and the 9 coaches who represented our club this past week at the Junior Olympics.

We had a lot of succes with the 12s and 14A winning Silver in the Gold Division.  14B team played well ending up 14th. The 18A and B both qualified for the Platinum Division, being just 1 of 3 clubs to achieve such a feat placing 15th & 24th.  Our 16s split divisions with the B team winning their last 2 game, and the A’s placing 10th.

12 Unders  14A team

Feel free to post pictures on our club Facebook page: Stanford Girls Club Water Polo

Silver Medal for Senior Team

Stanford finished second in the 2010 Open Nationals held in Orange County, one goal shy of repeating as National Champs.

Both the 20/u and Open teams finished 5-1.

The 20’s finished 5th, losing to SoCal in the quarter, but beating Diablo, SoCal B, Long Beach, San Diego Shores and Diablo again in the 5th place game.
At Opens we had wins over Great Lakes, SET, LAWP, Socal & Diablo in the semi’s. In the championship game we lost to LAWP 9-10.

Congrats to all the players on a great week of competition.

Brenda Villa named Castilleja coach

Three-time Olympic medalist Brenda Villa has been announced as the new water polo coach at Castilleja.

Brenda won silver in both Sydney in 2000 and Beijing in 2008. She won a bronze medal with Team USA in Athens in 2004. She was the captain of the 2008 Olympic Team.

Brenda also led Stanford to the NCAA title in 2002.

We will all miss Ted and have become instant fans of Harvard Water Polo as we wish him all the best. It is exciting to welcome Brenda back to Palo Alto!

Story from the Palo Alto Weekly.