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Polo Bears Super Stars The club is proud of all their players and boasts some auspicious team representation as listed. Benn Lees now Australian Men’s coach, was appointed Head Coach of the club with Naomi Castle coming on board to coach the senior women the next season. Two of our members competed in the gold medal wimming team at the Sydney Olympics. They were Gail Miller and Naomi Castle. Naomi continued on as the Austraian Captain to compete at the Athens Olympics in 2004 with Nikkita Cuffe a fellow team member. Club member Pietro Figlioli also competed at the Athens Olympics in the mens team.

There is little documentation as to the origins of water polo. In the 1860's, and possibly before that, primitive games of "water football" were played in rivers and lakes in Great Britain. But it wasn\'t until 1870 that the London Swimming Association drew up official rules to govern the game. The term \"polo\" comes from the vulcanized, India rubber ball, which was used, in early games. In Hindi, the word \"pulu\", mispronounced by the English, was the word for ball. The first recorded description of \"aquatic football\" concerned a match played in the open water, outside London on July 13th, 1876. By 1879, keen observers of the game realized that if it were developed under proper conditions, it would prove of immense value as a pastime among swimmers. Early games were generally exhibitions of brute strength and aquatic wrestling. Passing and dribbling were scarcely practiced and only infrequently attempted. Games were fought on individual lines: that is to say, each player considered it his sole duty, without regard to position, to score goals. A favorite trick of these early games was to place the small India-rubber ball (which ranged from five to nine inches in diameter) inside the drawers, dive under the water and then \"appear\" again as near the goal as possible. But this mode of scoring had its disadvantages, as the goalkeeper was permitted to stand on the pool deck and protect his goal as he saw fit. Should the forward come up too near the goal, he was promptly jumped on by the goalie.

This season all senior women will be able to train together-wooptee doosie woosie! This will be so good as we haven't been able to do this in past years. All senior women will train at Chermside Pool on Wednesdays from 6.30pm. The new season kicks off starting the week of October 12. The X grade play Monday nights at the Valley and the other senior grades play Tuesday nights at a central pool yet to be named. The first part of the competition goes to 14 Dec and then starts again Jan 18 to March 15. The semi's will commence March 22 and the finals will be played Sunday March 28. The Qld Water Polo Referees Commission will be responsible for the appointment of referees for all senior games except X grade. BWPI will appoint referees for all X grade games.