2008 14 & Under Club Championships

Sydney (March 25).— Cronulla collected both national 14 years and under water polo crowns on offer in Sydney today.

The Cronulla girls retained their title with a 3-2 margin over 2006 winner Drummoyne while Cronulla boys beat Perth’s City Beach All Stars 6-5 for the boys’ gold medal.

Brisbane Barracudas collected the boys’ bronze medal with a 7-3 defeat of Sydney Northern Beaches while the Northern Beaches took home the girls’  bronze medal with a 7-4 victory over 2004 winner Melville, from Perth.

The awards were heavily in favour of the powerful Cronulla club with Maddie Schmid claiming both the highest goal-scorer and player-of-the-series trophies while the leading player in the boys’ section was Cronulla’s Michael May.

Newcastle sharp-shooter Gordon Marshall, with an incredible 34 goals, was easily the boys’ highest goal-scorer.

 RESULTS

DRAW
Draw for Boys and Girls

ENTRIES

Draw for the Championships available online...
An invitation is extended to Clubs to enter teams in the 14 & Under National Club Championships for Boys and Girls (born 1994 or later). These Championships will be held in Sydney, New South Wales, 22-25 March 2008.

DATES
The dates for these Championships are 22-25 March 2008 inclusive. Please note that previous information relating to these championships had the dates 21-25 March 2008, however, on application to pool venues, we have not been able to find a venue open on Good Friday. Hence the main part of the championships will be conducted Saturday through to Tuesday, however, if necessary, we will play some local derbies on Thursday 20 March.

VENUES
Venues will include Ryde Aquatic Centre, Ashfield and Sutherland Leisure Centre. To assist visiting teams with travel/accommodation, we will limit the number of games at Sutherland for interstate teams as much as possible. The finals will be played at Ryde Auatic Centre.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES
Entries to these Championships are invited.
Entries are now open and will close with AWPI on or before Friday 8 February 2008.
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 (NSWWPI) at the Managers’ pre tournament meeting.
Entry fee for teams entering after the closing date of 8 February 2008 is $550.

FORMS
Note that all forms can be used electronically, which is the preferred method of receiving forms and information.
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2008 14 & Under Entry Form
2008 14 & Under Team Nomination Form
2008 14 & Under Air Travel Form

TEAMS
Teams will be limited to fifteen (15) players per team.
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 Friday 7 March 2008.

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, 15 January 2008.
2. Registered Members of clubs aligned with National League teams 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, 15 January 2008.
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, VIC)
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, 15 January 2008.
2. Registered Members of clubs aligned with National League teams 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.
There will be no centralised accommodation arrangements made for referees, teams must handle this themselves.

PROGRAM
Games will commence at 8.00 am on the morning of Saturday 22 March 2008. It may be necassary to play some games between Sydney based clubs prior to the Saturday, depending upon the number of entries.
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, and Referees will be held prior to the start of the event (time and venue to be confirmed).
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 on 03 6216 8999 and Julia will obtain a quote.

Note that the program will be designed to allow teams to catch evening flights back to their home town on Tuesday 25 March 2008. As a guide, teams should  plan to depart around 6.00 pm on the 25 March 2008.

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 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 NSW 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 2008 National Club Championships Boys and Girls 14 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 NSW Water Polo Inc or Valley Pool 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.

QUERIES If you have any queries, please contact Peter Hobday Operations Manager AWPI PO Box 60 Lindisfarne TAS 7015 03 62168999 peter.hobday@australianwaterpolo.com.au