2018 SPA League Championships Entry Form:

https://www.kahunaevents.org/cgi-bin/start.cgi/iwpc/events/spa_champ_entry_form.htm

Hosted by CHAWP, SET, and Irvine Youth Water Polo

Dates: Nov 3, 4, 2018 for 10U, 12UB, 12UG in Orange County

Dates: Nov 10, 11, 2018 for 14/8th Grade U and HS Girls in Inland Empire

ENTRY DEADLINE: Sunday, October 28th

HOT! RESULTS

Live Streaming Woollett RIGHT MEDAL GAMES SUNDAY JUNE 24, 2018:https://livestream.com/accounts/11006595/events/8260152

Live Streaming Woollett LEFT MEDAL GAMES SUNDAY JUNE 24, 2018:https://livestream.com/accounts/13863088/events/8260157

FINAL CLASSIFICATIONS

VERSION 4 6-21-18 at 11pm PDT

http://www.irvinewaterpolo.org/resources/Documents/2018%20SOPAC%20OLDER%20QUALS%20SCHEDULES%20VERSION%204%206-21-18%2011pm.pdf

change from V3 San Juan Hills game time duplicate at 3pm, 3rd/4thD is at 4pm on Friday, not 3pm.

changes from V2 to V3, the 16 boys schedule game order on day 1 altered to allow for rest and travel; 18 girls schedules games on day 2 wholesale game re-ordering to give more equal and proper rest and eliminate travel

changes from V1 to V2: 7pm game on Sat moved to Yorba Linda and games reordered at Yorba Linda to reduce travel and allow for rest and correct game sequence in the 16 boys schedule

FOR THE OLDER SOPAC NJO QUALS, THE SEEDING WEBEX CONFERENCE MEETING WILL BE THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 10 AT 8PM 

Proposed timeline: 

8 PM - 815PM - call in and questions

815PM - 840PM - 16U Boys

845PM - 915PM - 16U Girls

915PM - 940PM - 18U Girls

945PM - 1015PM - 18U Boys 

WebEx info will be emailed out later in a separate email. 

Please take the time to fill out the ranking survey so we can get an approximate starting point.

 16U Boys - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaeqYbXHBxTf2wJ8qd8D7Cs7xJYIzd6xM7bLx7mr2cuWf3Pw/viewform

 16U Girls - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs61gtUiownEnjXdX9WCmbgbvnY4EeFE6VKzMt_J8LSUaG0Q/viewform

 18U Boys - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzeD2eMZbOLhC852VDMDA2svad4sk6xY1CjmOwVThCndQM8Q/viewform

 18U Girls - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg57cg_wS9iADcJQMvEm5jqALnvkHRiwkiVdP6nHRuvVHt-A/viewform

  

Please also look at posted results from major competitions that are posted online, plus use league play to back up any discussion during the call.

 

TEAM LISTING AS SUPPLIED BY USA WATER POLO

16 BOYS

241 WPC

AETOS WPC

ALLIANCE

CDM AQUATICS BLUE (A)

CDM AQUATICS WHITE (B)

CHAWP BLUE (B)

CHAWP C

CHAWP WHITE (A)

COSTA MESA AQUATICS

ELITE WATER POLO

FLO WATER POLO

HUNTINGTON BEACH ORANGE (A)

IMPERIAL WATER POLO CLUB

NEWPORT BEACH WATER POLO, INC.

NORTHWOOD

NORTHWOOD SILVER (B)

OCWPC BLUE (A)

OCWPC RED (B)

OHANA WATER POLO ACADEMY

ORANGE COUNTY RIPTIDE

REDLANDS RENEGADES A

REDLANDS RENEGADES B

SC TRITONS

SC TRITONS BLACK (B)

SET

SOCAL BLACK (A)

SOCAL GOLD (B)

TUSTIN-IRVINE PATRIOT AQUATICS A

TUSTIN-IRVINE PATRIOT AQUATICS B

VANGUARD AQUATICS

VANGUARD SILVER B

16 GIRLS

ALLIANCE A

CHAWP BLUE (B)

CHAWP WHITE (A)

ELITE WATER POLO

FLO WATER POLO

HUNTINGTON BEACH ORANGE (A)

NEWPORT BEACH WATER POLO, INC.

NORTHWOOD

ORANGE COUNTY RIPTIDE

RANCHO TSUNAMI

SET

SET GREY (B)

SET PINK (B)

SOCAL BLACK (A)

SOCAL GOLD (B)

TUSTIN-IRVINE PATRIOT AQUATICS A

18 BOYS

CDM AQUATICS BLUE (A)

CHAWP BLUE (B)

CHAWP WHITE (A)

COSTA MESA AQUATICS A

ELITE WATER POLO

FLO WATER POLO

NEWPORT BEACH WATER POLO, INC.

NORTHWOOD

OCWPC

OHANA WATER POLO ACADEMY

ORANGE COUNTY RIPTIDE

REDLANDS RENEGADES A

REDLANDS RENEGADES B

SET

SOCAL BLACK (A)

TUSTIN-IRVINE PATRIOT AQUATICS A

UNITED COZY BOYS

VANGUARD AQUATICS

VANGUARD SILVER B

VANGUARD WHITE (C)

18 GIRLS

ALLIANCE

CDM AQUATICS BLUE (A)

CDM AQUATICS WHITE (B)

CHAWP BLUE (B)

CHAWP WHITE (A)

HUNTINGTON BEACH BLUE (B)

HUNTINGTON BEACH ORANGE (A)

NORTHWOOD

OHANA WATER POLO ACADEMY

RIVERSIDE WATER POLO

SC TRITONS

SET

SET GREY (B)

SET PINK (C)

SOCAL BLACK (A)

SOCAL GOLD (B)

SOCAL WHITE (C)

VANGUARD AQUATICS

YETI WATER POLO

2018 SOPAC YOUNGER QUALS FINAL SCHEDULES

ALL TEAMS MUST BRING VERIFIED ROSTER TO SHOW AT ROSTER ID CHECK PLUS HAND IN A SCORESSHEET TO THE TABLE PRIOR TO EACH GAME!!!

Information

1) Must pay for parking at Riverside Community College

2) Ramona HS pool for 14 boys will be open at 7:30am for warm-up

3) All scores and advancements can be found here.

SCHEDULES/RESULTS

4) Pool address are on the schedules

Rules

1) All 12 & 14 games are 6 minute quarters.  10s are 5 minute

2) All games have 2 one minute time outs

3) All tied games go to shoot out

4) Advancements will be decided using Junior Olympics rules.

Here is the link to the seeding and schedules.

NOTE! There are different tabs at the bottom of the Google Doc, one for each schedule.

Schedules are subject to change, for typos or for accommodation requests if at all possible.

Unfortunately Friday games for some divisions are a must, per the zone templates, per advisement, and per Conduct of Championships to not have more than 3 games per day.

Please address all host schedule requests to mike@chawp.com (click read more)

Thank you and Good Luck to all teams!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Iwlr59CImaQqTjIw3kZHM8ELdNTOz6f05IddUaQaaVQ/edit#gid=0 

Regarding goal sizes:

1) For 10U Coed, smaller goals will be used. The sizes should be identical for the SOPAC Quals and NJO's at Stanford, although the manufacturer may not be the same.

2) For 12U, same regulation size as for 14U and above. NJO's at Stanford will not have smaller goals for 12U so the SOPAC quals will not. As an aside, USAWP is working to incorporate smaller 12U goals into the 2019 NJO's in Orange County, which means that hosts for SOPAC events will begin to build infrastructure from now until then in order to have the infrastructure in place. Again, USAWP has advised that smaller goals will not be used for 12's for NJO's for 2018.

2018 POST SEEDING CALL SOPAC NJO YOUNGER QUALS SEEDS

Click link above for seeding.

Teams will be dropped into schedule as shown above with no adjustments.

SOPAC Zone will work to refund Vanguard 10U Girls Quals Entry Fee since only one team entered into SOPAC Quals for 10U Girls

Host for younger quals, CHAWP and RIVERSIDE, will post approved zone template schedules for review.

Southern Pacific (SOPAC) Zone of USA Water Polo, Inc. (USAWP)

National Championship Qualification Event and Host Bidding Guidelines

The National Governing Body (NGB), United States Water Polo, Inc. (USAWP) requires that the SOPAC Zone (“the Zone”) host annual Qualification Tournament Events (Qualification Events) for the USAWP National Championship Events (National Championships) including but not limited to

• Regional Junior Olympics;

• Autumn Champions Cup; and

• SPA Championships

The process for bidding, hosting, seeding and scheduling has evolved over the years. The current Zone model provides that qualified independent bidders (Host Bidders) in cooperation with the Zone, host the Qualification Events under these Zone guidelines. The Zone solicits bids for Qualifications Events throughout the competition year. The Host Bidders who win the bidding competition and are awarded to host the competitions are called the Hosts.

The attached SoPac Bidding Specs have been developed to document the procedures and policies for Qualification Events. 

ALL BIDS ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 16, 2018 AT 5PM. 

SoPac Super League

Event Details

Concept
The league will be a SoPac sponsored league run by the newly formed LA Athletic Club Waterpolo program serving as league manager. League play format expected to be 10  games over 5 Sunday play dates.

Location
Capistrano Valley High School

Schedule
February through May (1/21, 2/18, 3/18, 4/15, 5/13)
For Schedule CLICK HERE

Costs
~ $1100 per team via PayPal OR $1050 via Venmo (@northernelitewpc) if signed up before January 1st, 2018. $1300 per team if signed up after January 1st, 2018.

- $135/individual sign up via PayPal OR $125 via Venmo (@northernelitewpc).

# Teams
4-8

Eligibility
Must be silver USAWP member

Rules
Basic USAWP rules; all games played to a win.

Operation
Deadline to sign up is January 13th.

All entries will be online with entry confirmed once payment is made. 

Each team will be limited to a roster of 25 players that is locked down after the first play date. The club can list up to 15 players from this roster for any individual game.  Once a player plays for a team in a league game, they cannot play for any other teams during the season.

A league championship game will be played at the end of the season for the teams with top two records.  In the event of a tie in standings, head to head will be used to break the tie.

TEAM REGISTRATION

INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION

Vanguard Boys & SOCAL Girls Win Gold At 2017 Champions Cup

The 2017 Champions Cup wrapped earlier today at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center at Indiana University. Champions were crowned and it was Vanguard Water Polo taking gold in the boy's division and SOCAL Water Polo Foundation earning gold in the girl's division. In boy's division medal matches Vanguard edged Stanford 5-4 in the final with SOCAL downing CC United 9-2 to take bronze. On the girl's side SOCAL was one goal better than San Diego Shores at 7-6 to win the title with Rose Bowl defeating Santa Barbara 805 4-3 for bronze. For complete tournament results, click here. To watch replays of all medal round matches and all Course 1 matches from Saturday and Sunday, click here.   

Prior to the first and third place games beginning, the Jody Campbell and Maureen O'Toole Sportsmanship Awards were presented to athletes from each team competing at the Champions Cup. Campbell and O'Toole have a storied history within USA Water Polo as Campbell helped the USA Men's Olympic Water Polo Team to consecutive silver medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games while O'Toole was a key member of the USA Women's Olympic Water Polo Team that won silver at the 2000 Olympic Games, the first to ever offer women's water polo. Congratulations to all the athletes selected.

2017 Champions Cup Final Standings
Boys
1. Vanguard
2. Stanford
3. SOCAL
4. CC United
5. Greenwich
6. 680
7. San Diego Shores
8. Rose Bowl
9. LAWP
10. Chelsea Piers
11. Chicago Parks District
12. NIPC

Girls
1. SOCAL
2. San Diego Shores
3. Rose Bowl
4. Santa Barbara 805
5. 680
6. Lamorinda
7. Commerce
8. Stanford
9. Greenwich
10. Diablo
11. Chicago Parks District
12. So-Cal Stars

Jody Campbell Sportsmanship Award Recipients
680 Red (A) - Tim Kerr
CC United Black (A) - Nathaniel Rego
Chelsea Piers Water Polo - Peter Durkovic
Chicago Park District - Kenan Kalabic
Greenwich Aquatics - Luke Apostolides
Los Angeles Water Polo - Gavin Hanover
NIPC - Jack Bradbury
Rose Bowl - Caden Kuritani
San Diego Shores - Mark Stone
SOCAL Black (A) - Avery Stovner
Stanford - Will Swart
Vanguard Aquatics - James Rozolis-Hill

Maureen O'Toole Sportsmanship Award Recipients
680 Water Polo - Sam Marovich
Chicago Park District - Mikaela Hulliberger
Commerce Aquatics - Jade Cuevas
Diablo Alliance - Marilynn Hassett
Greenwich Aquatics - Olivia Peters
Lamorinda Water Polo - Anna Painter
Rose Bowl - Sophia DeMattia
San Diego Shores - Alexandra Scafidi
Santa Barbara 805 - Madison Sparre
SOCAL Black (A) - Annabella "AB" Storar
So-Cal Stars - Lauren Schneider
Stanford - Jackie King

Legendary Hornet Aquatics coach Ernie Polte, and father of SCSB Lifeguard alumni Larry Polte, passed last Thursday night at his home in San Clemente. Coach Polte was 90 years old and had been fighting advanced stage liver cancer for several months. 

A FLC gradute, Polte coched and taught at Fullerton from 1962 to 1990 winning 12 conference titles, 6 SoCal titles, and 3 state championships. Ernie was one of the first watermen to swim, play water polo, scuba dive, compete in lifeguard (LA County) competitions, and open water swims right up to his 90th. 

Fullerton College has posted a tribute to Ernie HERE.