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Women and Girls Join Eastern Saints

01/12/2008

In mid 2008 a group of three SAC year 8 girls who had swimming backgrounds, decided they wanted to play a team sport involving water….so they discovered waterpolo, and started up a school waterpolo team. In mid 2008, wanting more waterpolo fun and experience, they discovered the brand new Eastern Saints club. With great excitement and enthusiasm they joined, becoming the FIRST girls to do so. Even though they were still new to the sport, their hard training was rewarded, by being chosen to represent SA in the East Coast Challenge in July 2008 in Melbourne. It was a steep learning curve, but the girls represented their club and their state with pride and dedication against the strong level of competition and experience of other state teams.

On their return, the girls encouraged their friends and families to join in, and by the late 2008 Eastern Saints had entered a mixed U14 and B Grade women’s team for the first time in its short history.The girls were also chosen for the ECC 2009, in Sydney and continue to be active members and leaders in the club in 2009, often supporting and mentoring younger less experienced and new players to the sport.

Slowly more females are realizing what an exciting and fun sport waterpolo is, and our numbers have been increasing. Our goal as a club is to have a strong membership of females as well as males across all the age ranges, and to continue to grow in skills and abilities as well as in membership numbers.

Letter from Jon Harmer SAWPI CEO (2007)

19/12/2007

Part of the recently created position of SAWPI Chief Executive Officer which I have undertaken, I have, under the direction of the SAWPI Board, endeavoured to provide a more attractive, marketable product within the current club frame work of SA Water Polo. To this end a 4th club was established during the 2007-8 season. It is hoped that with the advent of a 4th club, the local competition will benefit from an increase in the number of people playing, the quality of competition and the integration of players from the current schools competitions to the SAWPI clubs.

The club, known as the ‘Eastern Saints’ is  based in the northern end of the eastern suburbs of Adelaide and has schools and swim clubs in the North Eastern metropolitan corridor as its feeder network. With St. Peters College pool as its home training base, quite obviously the club will have strong links with the Saint Peters College and Saint Peters Old Collegians Water Polo fraternity.

The concept has been embraced enthusiastically by SA Water Polo and the Department of Recreation and Sport, who have generously provided financial support over 3 years to assist the 4th club concept to grow.
As the CEO of SA Water Polo I am committed to the growth and development of the Eastern Saints and wish to acknowledge the support of the following people.

Mr Tom Cundy, George Forrest & Mr Will Middleton c/o St.Peter’s Old Collegians

Mr Paul Hadfield and Mr Daniel Ganama c/o St. Peter’s College.

Mr. Graeme Litster, ES junior coach.( Past SA junior & senior coach)

Mr. Marshall Morley, A Grade playing coach.( Past AUS Senior squad member )

Regards
CEO Jon Harmer

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📣 Save the date! This year’s AGM will be hel 📣 Save the date! 
This year’s AGM will be held on Monday 23rd October at 6:00pm. All parents, players, volunteers and club members welcome!
Final training for term 3 is on tonight! Make sure Final training for term 3 is on tonight! Make sure to head on out and get prepped for next season. 🤽🏻‍♂️🤽

Juniors from 6:30pm 
Seniors from 7:30pm

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Best of luck to our junior spoccos representing So Best of luck to our junior spoccos representing South Australia at the National State Championships! 💪 

🤽🏻‍♂️ 15&U Boys - John, Josh, Emerson, Miles and Beau 
🤽 15&U Girls - Olivia R, Isabella
🤽🏻‍♂️ 17&U Boys - Oliver, Will 
🤽 17&U Girls - Mabel, Emily, Claudia 

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2023 Water Polo SA Annual Awards Night! What a gr 2023 Water Polo SA Annual Awards Night!

What a great way to finish the season and acknowledge some of the great athletes we have in the club! 🏆🤩

Big congratulations to our awards winners on the night: 

🔵 Nic Maddern (AWL MVP, Players Player & Highest Goal Scorer)
⚪ Tahlia Scipioni (AWL Players Player) 
🔵 Will Disney (17&U Boys MVP)
⚪ Beau Walsh (14&U MVP & Highest Goal Scorer)
🔵 SPOC 14& Under (Premiership Team)

What an amazing year for the club, and a big thank you to all of our players, parents, volunteers and supporters! Bring on the 2024 season! 💪

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🔵 Training Tonight Cancelled 🔵 Unfortunatel 🔵 Training Tonight Cancelled 🔵 
Unfortunately, training tonight has been cancelled with the pool unavailable due to maintenance. We look forward to seeing everyone back in action next Thursday night! 🤽🏻‍♂️

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Spoccos! Grab your bathers and head on out to trai Spoccos! Grab your bathers and head on out to training tomorrow night 🤽🤽🏻‍♂️
New players can come and try during term 3, so bring your mates along to have a go 💪

6:30pm - Juniors 
7:30pm - Seniors 

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Reminder there is no training on tonight with scho Reminder there is no training on tonight with school holidays. Looking forward to seeing everyone back in action Thursday 27th July! 🤽 🤽🏻‍♂️
Calling all SPOC Water Polo members and St Peter’s Old Scholars! 

Mark your calendars for Saturday 5th of August, as @stpetersoldcollegians proudly host the White & Blue Ball. Immerse yourself in an evening filled with delectable food, fine wine and live music! 

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Please note, all attendees must be over 18 years of age. 

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Time to jump back into winter training! 🤽🤽🏻‍♂️ 

Thursday nights at St Peters’s College: 
Juniors 6:30-7:30pm 
Seniors 7:30-8:30pm 

All new players can come and try with 3 free sessions! Message us for more info. 

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Massive congratulations to our A Grade player Tahl Massive congratulations to our A Grade player Tahlia on winning the @waterpoloaus Young Achiever of the Year! 🙌🔥

Well done with all of your water polo achievements and hard work this year; representing the club, Adelaide Jets and Australia! 👏👏 

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Congrats to SPOC player Tahlia on being named as a Congrats to SPOC player Tahlia on being named as a finalist for Water Polo Australia’s young achiever of the year!! 🙌👏 

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What a season! 🙌 Thank you to everyone who been What a season! 🙌 Thank you to everyone who been part of the club this year, and came to celebrate at our awards night! And big thanks to our amazing sponsors @themaidhotel for hosting the event 💙

Congratulations to all of our 2022/23 Awards recipients 👏👏

🤽 14 Girls
 Most Valued Player - Isla F 
Coach Choice - Matilda B 

🤽🏻‍♂️14 Boys
Most Valued Player - Miles F 
Coach Choice - Jack H 

🤽 17 Girls 
 Most Valued Player - Claudia P 
 Coach Choice - Ari G 

🤽🏻‍♂️ 17 Boys
Most Valued Player - Oliver M & Will D 
Coach Choice - Jack C & Harry W 

🏆 Junior of the Year - Mabel F
🏆 Junior of the Year - Beau W 

🤽 C Women 
Most Valued Player - Georgia W 
Team Player - Fiona L 

🤽🏻‍♂️ C Men 
Most Valued Player - Andrew D
Most Valued Player - Jason G 

🤽 B Women 
Most Valued Player - Lady M 
Team Player - Jessica F 
Most Impressive Goal - Mabel F 

🤽🏻‍♂️ A/B Men 
Highest Goal Scorer - Jack D 
Most Valued Player - Ned G 

🤽 A Women 
Most Valued Player - Tahlia S 
Team Player - Nikki M 

🏅Volunteer of the Year - Andrew F 
🏅Volunteer of the Year - Ali W

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📸 Check out the awesome action shots from the 1 📸 Check out the awesome action shots from the 14&U grand final! #gospoccos 🥇🙌

Big thank you to Water Polo SA and M.Baker for taking the pictures on the day! 

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🥇🤩 What a way to end the season!! Congratula 🥇🤩 What a way to end the season!! Congratulations to our 14&U mixed team who took home the gold! #gospoccos 

After a 7-7 draw and the end of the game, the teams headed into three rounds of penalty shots to decide the winner. With a great save from our goalkeeper and nerves of steel from our shooters, the team managed to grab the win 👏👏 

Massive congratulations and thank you to Vikings for pushing us all the way! It was a great game worthy of a grand final. 

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🤩 Our 14&U legends are in the grand final tomor 🤩 Our 14&U legends are in the grand final tomorrow afternoon! After finishing top of the ladder during the regular season they are ready to go for gold! 

If you’ve got some time before the awards night tomorrow, head on down to St Peters at 4pm to cheer them on! #gospoccos 🤽🤽🏻‍♂️

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Massive effort from our 17s boys last night! Both Massive effort from our 17s boys last night! Both teams put up a great fight but couldn’t quite get the job done. 

🔵 SPOC Blue was up first facing a team that hasn’t dropped a game all season! Was a tough ask but the boys managed their best score against them all year and rallied to win the last quarter 💪 

⚪️ SPOC White had a nailbiter of a game with goals going back and forth for most of it. The boys got the edge in the last half but fell just short of a comeback. 

Well done boys! Proud of all your efforts 🤩🤽🏻‍♂️

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It’s time for our 17&U boys to head into semi-fi It’s time for our 17&U boys to head into semi-finals! 🤽🏻‍♂️🤽🏻‍♂️

Head on down to Adelaide Aquatic Centre tomorrow night and cheer on the guys as they take on Vikings #gospoccos 💪

🔵 SPOC Blue - 7:00pm 
⚪️ SPOC White - 7:45pm 

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Make sure to get down to the pool tonight for our Make sure to get down to the pool tonight for our final training of the summer season! 🌊🙌

🔵 12s & 14s - 5:30PM 
⚪️ 16s & 18s - 6:30PM 
🔵  Seniors - 7:30PM 

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Let’s get behind our junior spoc Beau who is par Let’s get behind our junior spoc Beau who is participating in the Laps for Life fundraiser throughout March! 🙌🤽🏻‍♂️ 

Having known a few people who have struggled with mental health and suicidal thoughts, Beau saw this as a small way he can help them and others have access to the resources to get them through the tough times, with all proceeds going towards @lapsforlife.aus 
So far this legend has swam a total of 48.85km (1642 laps!!), with just over 1km to go to reach his target! 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️

Awesome stuff Beau, keep it up! 💪

To see how he’s done or to donate to the cause: https://www.lapsforlife.com.au/fundraisers/beauwalsh/laps-for-life 

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🤩🤽 These incredible girls gave it their abso 🤩🤽 These incredible girls gave it their absolute all tonight. With no subs and missing nearly half of their team, they never gave up and pushed Henley right to the end, unfortunately going down 10-12 in the final minutes.

Shout out to Ari for her awesome effort in goals, and her great penalty shot saves! 💪 

On target shots from Mabel, Emily and Issy really helped the team! And Zoe and Sabela stepped up with some great steals in defence 🙌🙌

Well done again girls! 💙🤍💙

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