2017 NATIONAL AGED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
GIRLS 16U - BORN 2001, 2002 AND 2003
NEWSLETTER NO 1 ISSUED 23 AUGUST 2018
Venue:
Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre, 1 Davies Avenue, Queens Domain, Tasmania
Competition Dates:
8.00am Wednesday 27th September 2017 to 1.30pm Monday 2nd October 2017
Technical Meeting:
Venue TBA, 6.00pm Tuesday 26TH September 2017
Competition start:
8.00am Wednesday 27 September 2017 (warm up from 7.40am)
Competition end:
2.00pm Monday 2nd October 2017 (presentation ceremony starts at 145pm)
IMPORTANT PLAYER AND TEAM ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
All teams and athletes are required to read and understand the WPA Team and Player Eligibility rules – which can be found of the WPA website.
Please note there will be NO exceptions to the approved eligibility rules including the domicile rule. Teams and players found to have breached or attempted to breach the rules will be excluded from the tournament with further sanctioning to be considered.
Tournament Timelines:
Entries Open: Friday 7thJuly 2017 – all forms and information will be available on the WPA web site.
Entries Close:Friday 28thJuly 2017 – forms must be submitted to your local state water polo association by close of business on this date – late entries will not be accepted. SSO’s must submit entry forms to WPA by Tuesday 1stAugust 2017.
Invoices Issued:Wednesday 2ndAugust 2017
Newsletter No 1 including draw and seeding issued:Tuesday 23 August 2017
Final Date for Payment:Thursday 31stAugust 2017 – payment must be received in the WPA account by this date or the team will be excluded from the championships.
Team Lists Due:Thursday 31stAugust 2017 – forms must be submitted to your local state water polo association by close of business on this date.
Closing Date for Draft requests and player submissions for the draft:Friday 1stSeptember 2017
Final Draw Issued:Monday 4thSeptember 2017
Draft Conducted:Monday 4thSeptember 2017 – 6.00pm (EST) for girls and 700pm (EST) for boys – draft will be conducted by teleconference.
Final date for teams to load athlete names and cap numbers into Sports TG– Wednesday 13thSeptember 2017
Newsletter No 2 and Official Program issued:Monday 18thSeptember 2017
Information from Water Polo Tasmania
Water Polo Tasmania will be selling tournament merchandise (shirts and costumes) designed and made by Delfina. Tracey Walls, the local tournament organising committee chairperson will be contacting all team managers over the next week to organise pre-tournament ordering. Tracey can be contacted at .
Teams entered with state seeding
(Note: seeding is based on results of the most recently completed state championships or league)
NEW SOUTH WALES
(Seeding event – 2017 U16 State Championships)
1. UNSW Wests Killer Whales
2. SNB Breakers
3. Drummoyne Devils
4. ACU Cronulla Sharks Blue
5. UTS Balmain Tigers
6. Central Coast/Tamworth (composite)
7. Sydney University Lions Blue
8. Hunter Hurricanes
9. ACU Cronulla Sharks Black
10. Ryde Rhinos
11. Sydney University Gold
12. Ovens and Murray (did not compete at State)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
(Seeding event – 2016/17 16U State League)
1. UWA CB Bears
2. Triton
3. Melville Marlins
4. UWA CB Blues
5. Phantoms/Geraldton (composite)
QUEENSLAND
(Seeding event – 2017 U16 State Championships)
1. Brisbane Barracudas
2. BGGS
3. Carina Leagues Warriors
4. Queensland Country (did not compete at State)
VICTORIA
(Seeding event – 2017 Winter Youth Girls State League)
1. Melbourne Collegians
2. Essendon
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
1. ACT Fins
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
1. Adelaide Jets
TASMANIA
1. Tasmania
National Seeding:
Note: where teams were on equal average points the team with higher ranked finishing position in any of the four tournaments was awarded the higher ranking – highlighted in yellow.
Tournament Structure:
QUALIFYING ROUND
6 groups of 3 teams and 2 groups of 4 teams – all teams will play a round robin within their group.
Group allocation:
At the end of the qualifying round teams will progress to the various groups based on their performance.
GROUP ROUND
Championship/Plate Groups:
Teams will play a round robin in the championship group. The top two teams in each group at the end of the round robin will progress to the Championship Quarter Finals and the 3rd and 4th placed teams in each group will progress to the Plate Quarter Finals.
Bowl/Shield Groups:
Teams will play a round robin in the bowl group. The top two teams in each group at the end of the round robin will progress to the Bowl Semi Finals and the 3rd, 4th and 5th placed teams in each group will progress to the Shield Quarter Finals.
FINALS ROUND
Championship
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals and Classification
Finals and Classification
Plate
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals and Classification
Finals and Classification
Bowl
Semi Finals
Finals and Classification
Shield
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Finals and Classification
PRESENTATION CEREMONY – ALL TROPHIES AND INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Poolside at 145pm on Monday 2nd October 2016 immediately after the Championship Final.
DRAW
DRAW 2017 16U GIRLS NATIONAL AGED CHAMPIONSHIPS, HOBART
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Thursday 28 September 2017
Friday 29 September 2017
Saturday 30 September 2017
Sunday 1st October 2016
Monday 2nd October 2017
TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS
WPA National Competitions Manager:
Matt Turnbull
Tournament Director:
Noel Harrod
Technical Delegates:
John Fox
Michael McNeill
Referees:
Alex Thomas
Charles Dane
Cloe Woodbine
Daniel Flahive
David Salter
Fiona Haig
John Whitehouse
Lara Kym-Lever
Mark Cleland
Meghan Wilcox
Nicola Johnson
Stefani Jelic
Zoe Dowdell
Water Polo Tasmania Tournament Organising Committee Chairperson
Tracey Walls
Water Polo Tasmania President
Colin Thomas
2017 NATIONAL AGED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR GIRLS 16U - BORN 2001, 2002 AND 2003
NEWSLETTER NO 1 ISSUED 22 AUGUST 2018
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