Ottawa Titans Water Polo Weekly Newsletter
  April 22, 2009


June Specialized Program
 
The Titans are holding a specialized training program from June 1-28, led by Head Coach, Celso Rojas. These 19 sessions are designed for athletes who will be going to either the Team Ontario Summer program, the National team or graduating Titans who will be going to an OUA or NCAA program in the fall. The maximum number of athletes will be 30, divided into boys and girls (15/15).
 
Each practice will have an outdoor dryland component on the field at the Nepean Sportsplex followed by pool time (8:15-9:45). Each Monday evening prior to the pool session, there will be a video session held for one hour in the water safety classroom. More details about the schedule will be published on the Titans website calendar.
 
The cost of the program is $250 (same rate for Non-Titans) and cheques are payable to Titans Water Polo and may be mailed to the following address:
 
Valerie Walker
Competitive Program Manager
1626 Amberdale Cr.
Ottawa, ON
K1H 7B3
 
Please contact Celso Rojas if you have further questions at celsowaterpolo@hotmail.com



National Capital Water Polo League Completes Their Season
Submitted by Jerry Tesanovic

This year we witnessed a very successful launch of the National Capital Water Polo League (NCWPL), which came to a conclusion last week at Nepean Sportsplex.

Two of the Titans teams came out with medals after hard fought games.

Our first League winner is the University Of Ottawa Gee Gees team, winning the gold medal after a nail biting game which ended in regular time with a 6:6 tie, and went to a shootout for a 10:9 win over the Titans Manta Rays (league leader in regular season).

The Bronze medal game was decided between two Titans teams: Tiger Sharks and Senior Titans team. The winner was our cadet Tiger Sharks, in another close game 6:5. This was a second medal for the Tiger Sharks in less than 5 days, as they returned from a trip to 16U Provincials just a few days before.

All Stars:

-    Most Valuable Player: Boris Misljencevic (Manta Rays)

-    Most Valuable Goalie: Robert Sutherland (Gee Gees)

-    Most Valuable Coach: Luc Rancourt(Gee Gees)

Other members of All Star team:

-    David Lapins (Hull)

-    Max Hebert (Tiger Sharks)

-    Corbin Tremblay (Manta Rays)

-    Ben Somers (Gee Gees)

-    Tristan Tremblay (Gee Gees)

A few statistics to illustrate the size of this new league:

-    5 teams from 3 different clubs

-    84 players

-    Total of 44 league games

-    18 games per team (including play-offs).

I would like to use this opportunity to extend my big thanks to all volunteers who ensured that our first season went so smoothly.

Among the others I would like to mention : Coordinator - Jo Paterson; Treasurer - Deanna Barry; Webmaster – Tristan Tremblay; Chief Referee - Todd Bealor;

Thanks to Club President JP Caron and Competitive Director Paul Massel for presenting medals and all star-awards after the final games, as well as to our league sponsor, Rancourt Roofing.

Special note: on behalf of Titans Water Polo, extra thanks to Titans coach Jerry Tesanovic for taking the initiative to launch this league. Jerry saw a need and took the steps submit a plan to make it happen. We thank him for a successful season!



Bronze Medalists Titans Tiger Sharks



Silver Medalists Titans Manta Rays



Gold Medalists Ottawa Gee Gees






All Stars


Newsletter Submissions

If you would like to contribute an item to the newsletter, please send your submission to Sue Sidebottom at news@titanswaterpolo.ca .  I depend on the readers to submit articles to keep club members up to date with water polo news!   Photos from tournaments or other club events are always welcome.  Any submissions received before noon on Wednesday will go out with that week's news.