The Main Line League dates for Masters are set – schedule is available here. All competition will take place at either Villanova University or at one of participating teams’ pools and will normally take place between noon and 9:00 p.m.

Competition Dates (Some teams may play weeknight games,not every team will play every date):

January   22, 29
February   4, 11, 19, 26
March       4, 17 (A Championship), 18 (B Championship)
February 5th and 18th will serve as makeup dates in case of snow

Rules:

• Each game consists of two, 18-minute halves with running time until the last minute of each half.

• Teams will follow current NCAA Playing Rules with the following exceptions: Two minute half-time and teams change ends.

• Teams only receive one 30 second timeout per half. A game misconduct will include an additional game suspension.

• A flagrant misconduct (brutality) will include two additional game suspensions.

Please renew your AWP membership prior to your first game!

Princeton University Aquatics will be holding a Lifeguard Training Course from Tuesday, December 27th-Thursday, December 29th .
This 3 day class will run from 8am-6pm each day at Dillon Pool.
The cost is $300.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Lifeguard/First Aid Certification,
valid for 3 years and a CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Certification, valid for 2 years.

To sign up go to: http://www.asaponlinereg.com/Courses.aspx?CourseGroupID=3681

Any questions, please contact Princeton University Aquatics Coordinator Kaitlin Naudts at knaudts@princeton.edu.

Our coaches have always insisted that we run the club on a low budget.
The water polo club has no aspirations to make money from the program,
and we want all our athletes to enjoy affordable access to this wonderful sport.

In to minimize fee increases we would like to solicit interest in a sponsorship program.
If you are a parent that have a business – Tigers Water Polo would greatly appreciate your help.
Please contact me if you want to become a sponsor and advertise your business on the website.

If you do not have your own business but want to make a donation – we will appreciate this very much.
You can do it by using a Donate button on the About Us/Our Programs/Water Polo page
(direct link is http://tigerswaterpolo.aquanite.com/about_us/our-programs/about-us/)

Your donations to the club are tax deductible, please keep receipts for your records.

Thank you very much!

Elena

2011 Fall – We sincerely appreciate the donations made by:

Bunn Family

Essig Family

Gut Family

What could possibly be better than Princeton University Mens Water Polo game?

*** Televised from DeNunzio?

*** Eating pizza?

*** Followed by ice cream?

*** With your team mates?

How about all of the above!

This Friday, September 9, we will be having Tigers Water Polo Night at DeNunzio as we watch Princeton University take on Santa Clara in the Tigers season opener at 6pm and it will be shown on ESPNU.

Come and support the Tigers!

If you wear your Tigers Water Polo shirt, you will be treated to a pizza and ice cream party. In case you do not have a club T-shirt – they will be on sale at the pool deck.

1-2-3 *** GO TIGERS!

Dear Tiger Families,

As we start the new season, we want to reflect on our previous year, and share a few announcements regarding the coming year.

The club continues to grow. We were delighted to enter the largest number of teams for JO qualifiers that we have to date. We had mixed results at the championships, but there is no question that more Tiger athletes participated and learnt at this elite level than ever before. We were especially excited to take Tiger girls to JOs for the first time, after another successful showing at the National State Challenge where our girls narrowly lost in the championship game. We had attendance at training through the season, and particularly in the Spring, that was so strong that we often had more than one coach active on deck at any one time. We established the Splashball program, and added the Cubs training group to our overall efforts, and now have a very strong pipeline of young water polo enthusiasts.

In order to continue this tremendous progress, we need to further evolve our club. There are several big steps that we will make this year.

First, we need to expand our professional coaching staff. We have appointed Momo Ivetic to our coaching staff. He will be fully integrated into the club across all age groups. Momo brings an exceptional knowledge of the game, an infectious enthusiasm, and the dedication and discipline to help us take our skills to the next level. Many of you will already have met Momo. Please welcome him to the club – he will be an integral part of our future success. At the same time, we value our association with the Princeton University athletes that have come out to help with coaching duties. We will continue with this mutually rewarding program.

Second, in order to cope with the additional organizational tasks associated with running a club of this size, we will be turning increasingly to parent volunteers. We have a group of seasoned water polo parents who will be expanding their contributions as team parents, tournament directors, new family welcome committees and more. Please look out for opportunities to learn more about the game and to help out.

Finally, we face a difficult decision as we plan this quantum step. Derek and I have always insisted that we run the club on a low budget. We have no aspirations to make money from the program, and want all our athletes to enjoy affordable access to this wonderful sport. Our 2011/12 plans will expand our infrastructure and cost base. We’re sure that we will continue to expand the program, and as new membership expands our income we will grow into our new cost structure. But, using current income projections we will be a little short this year. We have reluctantly agreed to increase membership fees by a modest 7% this year. Together with an invitation for additional donations, we believe this will enable us to balance the books into the new era.

While the 2010/11 season was characterized by membership growth which will continue, we plan for 2011/12 to be marked by quality and infrastructure enhancements. With your help, we will see this playing out in both the smiles on our childrens’ faces and on the scoreboard.

Please reach out to us with any questions, comments or suggestions.

Warm regards,
Roddy and Derek

Saturday 9/10 will be a fun practice and try-out day for all our new and returning Splashballers and Tiger Cubs. We will have plenty of help from older players so we can have a fun session in the water, coaches will be able to talk to parents on the deck. Please click here to view the flyer and pass it to anyone you think might be interested to come!

High school students are invited to take part in the first annual TAC Boot Camp presented by Tiger Aquatics Club.

First Tigers Beach Clinic at the Jersey Shore.

We  plan to have 2 hours of swim practices on  Sunday at the Brigantine Aquatics Center pool, then Water Polo and dry land practices in the Bay (Brigantine City Dock) and volleyball, surfing and sunbathing at the beach. Cost is $20 per kid for the weekend. Please sign online from the Events page. Schedule and more details will be available soon. Will be fun for kids and parents!

Tickets for the upcoming 2011 SwimOutlet.com Junior Olympics are now on sale. All advance sale tickets will be delivered as e-tickets and are redeemable at all game sites. In addition there are discounts available to USA Water Polo members as well as seniors and free sibling participant tickets. Click here to visit the ticket purchasing page. For more information on the SwimOutlet.com Junior Olympics visit the official website at www.juniorolympics.com.

Dear Tigers,

Are you on a Summer Swim Team? You should be…

If you are on a summer swim team, please come collect your FREE T-Shirt to WEAR at your summer swim club so that you can advertise Tiger Aquatics.

BONUS…If you bring two or more of your swim team friends to any practice to try out…you will WIN a mini water polo ball!

Good Luck!
Roddy and Derek