Boys Gold Medal - Final Score: Cronulla Black 4 Melville 16
Girls Gold Medal - Final score: Cronulla White 11 Sydney Northern Beaches Breakers 5
Girls Bronze Medal - Final score: Dolphins White 11 Drummoyne 8
Boys Bronze Medal - Final score: Adelaide Jets 7 UNSW Wests magpies 14

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The Sharks thrashed Sydney’s Cronulla Black boys 16-4 for the gold medal at the national 16 years and under club championships at the Valley Pool in Brisbane.

They denied Cronulla a golden double after the Cronulla girls took home the title.

Melville had the game sewn up at halftime, leading 7-1 after only giving up a penalty goal.

The margin was 13-1 at the third break with Cronulla gaining some consolation goals in the final period. Jayden Smith led the Melville scorers with three goals.

The University of New South Wales Wests Magpies grabbed bronze with a solid 14-7 defeat of Adelaide Jets.

Maddie Schmid proved her future international credentials with another blazing run in the girls’ gold-medal final.

She scored five goals in the semifinal and backed up with six goals for Cronulla White in its 11-5 victory over fellow New South Wales club Sydney Northern Beaches.

Western Australia’s Dolphins White, who lost out to Cronulla in the semifinals, beat Sydney’s Drummoyne 11-8 for bronze with Matil Connor netting five of Dolphins’ goals.

Cronulla gunning for two national water polo crowns
Brisbane (October 3).—
Sydney’s Cronulla club will be gunning for two gold medals at the finals of the national 16 years and under club championships at the Valley Pool in Brisbane tomorrow.

The Cronulla boys’ team needed extra time to beat Adelaide Jets 9-7 in the semifinals and will face Perth’s Melville Sharks, who beat the University of New South Wales Wests Magpies 9-6 in the other semifinal.

Cronulla led 4-1, 5-3 and 6-5 at the breaks and went 7-5 ahead before Lachlan Cameron with his fourth and Dan Hall with the equaliser at 2:35 remaining to force two periods of extra time.

There was no score in the first period but Nic Brbot scored his third and Dylan Turner nailed the winner for Cronulla with nearly two minutes left on the clock.

Melville led 6-3 at halftime but in the final period Reed Cotterill equalised for the Magpies, making the Perth team lift a notch, scoring three goals in five minutes.

Cronulla girls, spearheaded by a steamrolling Maddie Schmid with five goals in the first half, thumped Perth’s Dolphins White 9-5 after leading 9-3 at the final break.

In the other semifinal, Sydney Northern Beaches survived a late revival from Drummoyne Red with Emily Carr throwing the winner for 9-8, 4:31 from time.

The championships are the biggest on record with 19 boys’ teams and 24 girls’ combinations.

Hobart (August 5): - Due to the enormous response to entries to this event, no late entries will be accepted. Entries closed Tuesday 4 August, with 20 boys and 24 girls teams nominated.

An invitation is extended to Clubs to enter teams in the 16 & Under National Club Championships for Boys and Girls (born 1993 or later). These Championships will be held in Brisbane, Queensland, 29 September - 4 October 2009. Entries closed Tuesday 4 August 2009. 

ENTRIES 

VENUES
Valley Pool
432 Wickham Street
Fortitude Valley

All Hallows School
589 Anne Street
Brisbane

DATES
The dates for these Championships are 29 September - 4 October inclusive.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES
Entries to these Championships are invited.
Entries are now open and will close with AWPI on or before Tuesday 4 August 2009.
Your entry must be accompanied by entry fee and is to be submitted on the competition entry form/tax invoice. Payment should be made to AWPI.
The Entry Fee is $275.00 per team (includes GST) payable to AWPI to accompany team entry. A pool entry fee of $20 per player will apply to all team players, which will be payable to the host Association (QWPI) at the Managers’ pre tournament meeting.
Entry fee for teams entering after the closing date of 4 August 2009 is $550.

FORMS
Note that all forms can be used electronically, which is the preferred method of receiving forms and information.

2009 16 & Under Entry Form
2009 16 & Under Team Nomination Form
2009 16 & Under Air Travel Form

TEAMS
Teams will be limited to fifteen (15) players per team of which any thirteen may play in any game.
Please note that the names of players (along with their date of birth) in cap number order are required to be submitted to AWPI by Tuesday 15 September 2009.

PLAYER & TEAM ELIGIBILITY
Please note that all players must be registered with their State Association and comply with the Date of Birth criterion.

Guidelines of ELIGIBILITY for Club Championships (updated 5/12/06)

METROPOLITAN CLUBS
1. Registered members of a club may form one or more club teams. Members must be registered with the club prior to the Call for Entries is issued, 17 June 2009.
2. Registered Members of National League clubs may form one or more club teams.
3. Members outside the above may form teams but not participate in finals.

REGIONAL CLUBS/ASSOCIATIONS
1. Registered members of a club may form one or more club teams. Members must be registered with the club/association prior to the Call for Entries is issued, 17 June 2009.
2. Members of clubs aligned with a regional association may form one or more regional teams.
3. Members outside the above may form teams but not participate in finals.

TWILIGHT CLAUSE STATES (SA, TAS, ACT)
1. Registered members of a club may form one or more club teams. Members must be registered with the club prior to the Call for Entries is issued, 17 June 2009.
2. Registered Members of National League clubs may form one or more club teams.
3. Members of State Association may form one or more Association teams.
4. Members outside the above may form teams but not participate in finals.

REFEREES
The name of the referee accompanying the team must be notified at the time of lodgement of the initial Entry Form.
Entry Forms that do not nominate a referee will not be accepted.
A team coach or manager cannot be a referee.
There will be no centralised accommodation arrangements made for referees, teams must handle this themselves.

REGISTERED MEMBERS
Please note that all players must be registered.
All Coaches, Managers and Referees must be registered members of either a club or their State Association.

PROGRAM
Games will commence at 8.00 am on the morning of Tuesday 29 September 2009.
The program and format of the championship will depend upon the number of teams entering.
Every endeavour will be made to maximise the number of games each team will play.
The format will be advised shortly after entries close.

PRE-EVENT MEETINGS
Meetings for the Coaches and Managers at 7.00pm followed by Referees will be held prior to the start of the event on Monday 28 September 2009 at Sports House (Caxton Street, Milton).
Your cooperation is sought in having a representative at these meetings.

TEAM TRAVEL
Teams may make their own travel arrangements.
AWPI can provide a competitive quote for air travel should teams wish to enquire.
Please contact Julia Annells/Shane Holland on 03 6216 8999 and they will obtain a quote.

Note that the program will be designed to allow teams to catch evening flights back to their home town on Sunday 4 October 2009. As a guide, teams should arrive on Monday 28 September in time to have a representative at the 7.00 pm Coaches/Managers Meeting (games start 8.00 am on 29 September) and plan to depart around 6.00 pm on the 4 October 2009.

PRESENTATIONS
Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be conducted during the Championships and all teams are asked to attend in full uniform.

COMPETITION RULES
Rules under which the Championships are to be conducted will be advised following the close of entries, as the Rules will be dependent upon the number of teams entering and the event format.

CODE OF CONDUCT
The Championships will be conducted under the Constitution and By-Laws of Australian Water Polo Inc.
Your attention is drawn to the Codes of Conduct contained in Section 7 of the By-Laws for Players, Referees, Officials, Spectators and others.

CHILD PROTECTION LEGISLATION
In accordance with the Australian Water Polo Inc Member Protection Policy which is binding on ALL members of AWPI, the following commitments must be met by Managers, Coaches and Referees who have contact with children under the age of eighteen years.
Managers, Coaches and Referees visiting Queensland must comply with State Legislative requirements.

DRUG POLICY
Australian Water Polo Incorporated supports the Australian Government, the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Olympic Committee, and the Australian Sports Drug Agency in their efforts to eradicate the use of drugs in sport. AWPI has published an anti-doping policy, which will be adhered to for this event.

MEDIA STATEMENTS
States, Clubs and teams shall be permitted to promote the event and or their team within their own state (subject to AWPI approval). However, no competitor, team manager, official or spokesperson for a state or team shall make media statements that could bring the 2009 National Club Championships Boys and Girls 16 Years and Under, its sponsor, or officials into controversy. Such statements shall be deemed to be a breach of AWPI discipline and may be dealt with accordingly.

THEFT
Any person/s found stealing signage or any equipment owned by Australian Water Polo Inc or Queensland Water Polo Inc or Valley Pool or All Hallows School or other venues may be immediately reported to police and that person/s will be brought before the AWPI Judiciary. Please note that automatic disqualification of the team from the championship will occur if any member is found guilty of theft.

SPONSORSHIP
Teams may pursue their own sponsorship for the Championships, however, in the event of teams having conflict with event sponsors or AWPI sponsors, the latter will have precedence.

INJURY STATISTICS
Australian Water Polo Inc is vitally interested in collecting injury statistics and, hence, forms will be provided at the briefing meeting to allow feedback of this information to AWPI.
Please be aware that these form require no private information on the player or access to their medical records.

IMPORTANT DATES

03 62168999