Recently in Newington Water Polo, four players were chosen to play in the AAGPS team which took part in the CIS Trials at Knox Grammar last Tuesday 10 November.  Harry Dickens (10/LE), Harry Gilkes (10/KL), Ned Churchyard (10/ME) and Nico Maclean (9/KL) represented the GPS, and in true Newington style put in some great performances in the trials. The GPS finished the trials day top of ladder with wins over CAS, ISA and a draw with AICES. Ned Churchyard was selected in the CIS Water Polo Team for 2015-2016 and will compete in the NSW All Schools Championships in March 2016.

More recently, our 1sts Water Polo team, under the guidance of Captain Rory Williams (11/KL), have begun a leadership and mentoring program which will help bring the most out of our current Year 7 Water Polo players. Each first grader is buddied up with two or three Year 7 boys and provides them with advice on tactics, techniques, training methods and positional play. The Year 7 players are bound to make even greater improvements with the extra tips and attention coming from their fellow Senior peers.

After a successful start to the season, the main areas of focus for the end of the year in Water Polo are the Thomas Whalan Cup (Saturday 28 November), which is a one day round robin between GPS schools, and the Trans Tasman Cup (10 – 14 December), which is a 16 team invitational tournament being hosted by Newington. 

Mr Ryan Moar
Director of Aquatics