North Harbour Water Polo Club

Best of luck to all of our Intermediate Schools who are down in Tauranga this week competing in the AIMS Games. A great experience for our young players - be sure to have fun and give it your all! 💦

Draws and results here:

Zespri AIMS Games The 2026 Zespri AIMS Games will be held in Tauranga 5 - 11 September, welcoming 460+ schools and 14,500+ athletes.

Term 3 Holiday Camps are OPEN 🚨

Running from Monday 28th September - Thursday 1st October for our U14 and U12 Players. Led by our Head Age Group Coaches the camps will include pool session, whiteboard/film sessions and Land sessions.

Secure your spot now!!

https://www.sporty.co.nz/nhwp/events-clinics/holiday-camps?em=0&ts=0.3978281174790145

(Please note: these do clash with Intermediate North Islands on Mon/Tues - pool session times can be found on the registration form)

U16 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 🌟

Charlotte McCarthy – Maroon Girls
Charlotte was a workhorse in the game on Saturday, scoring four of the team’s seven goals! She was constantly moving on attack, creating opportunities for herself and her teammates. Great work, Charlotte! 🫶🏽

Evie Wood – White Girls
Evie had a great weekend, particularly on attack. She played a strong game and scored some key goals for her team when they needed them. Well done, Evie! 👏🏽

Nina Harris – Black Girls
Nina had a great game, making some crucial steals on defence and creating some great opportunities on attack. Keep it up Nina! 🙌🏽

Nathan Zhang – Black Boys
Nathan has shown great commitment to training, always bringing a positive attitude and strong work ethic. He also had a great game against Marist last weekend, making some really key contributions for the teams attack at entre forward. Well deserved, Nathan! 💪🏽

Also pictured Daniel Johnston from the Black Boys last week!

U16 Players of the Week 🌟

Maroon Girls – Ella Martin
Ella had a great game at centre forward on Saturday. She earned two penalties with some strong turns towards goal and also got some great shots away in front of the goal. She also made a fantastic block on defence. Well done, Ella 🫶

Black Boys – Daniel Johnston
Daniel had a great game controlling the offence and putting the skills he has been working on in training into practice during the game. Great work, Daniel 🙌🏽

White Boys – Rapha Morton
Rapha kept his intensity up for the entire game and stayed focused from start to finish. He persevered throughout, making some big saves and helping his team keep a clean sheet. Awesome effort, Rapha🎉

White Girls – Charlotte Patterson
Charlotte had a great first game for our team, making some key passes and saves that helped set up our offence throughout the game. A fantastic first outing — well done, Charlotte 👏🏼

Maroon Boys – Isaac Epplett
Isaac had an epic game in goal, distributing the ball well up the pool even without the use of his strong hand. He was also very vocal and did a great job taking charge of his defence. Great game, Isaac 💪

Yellow Boys – Paulo Bisteni
Paulo had an outstanding performance in goal, making several impressive saves throughout the game and showing great composure under pressure. One of the highlights was a penalty save, demonstrating his excellent reactions and the hard work he has been putting into practising them at training. Well done, Paulo 👐🏽

Featuring Rose Tindall's Player of the week photo from last week!

Congratulations to our Hammies and Turts who have been selected in the NZ U23 Teams to compete in the Asia-Pacific Invitational Tournament taking place in Brisbane in September 👏🏽

Well done everyone, we wish you the best of luck!

Gemma O’Brien
Olivia Shine
Sasha Tindall
Caiden Brown
Jamie Durant
Kaitlin Howarth (Coach)

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U16 Players of the Week 🌟

Sarah Scott: Black Girls
Sarah worked relentlessly in the pool over the weekend, standing her ground and holding her own when the game became physical. She played with amazing poise and confidence throughout. Well done, Sarah 🙌🏽

Charlotte Monks: White Girls
Charlotte stepped into goal this week, saving a penalty while also managing to score a goal from the cage! When she was back out in the field, she made some great steals for her team. Great work, Charlotte 👏🏼

Carter McKolskey: Maroon Boys
Carter locked down the defence at the end of the game to help secure the win for his team. Throughout the game, he showed high effort, great hustle and never gave up. Keep it up, Carter 💪🏽

Maroon Girls: Rose Tindall
Rose stepped up for her team over the weekend, constantly working hard to help move the ball, driving to create opportunities and leading her teammates in the water. Great effort, Rose 👐🏽

GOLD for our U14 Boys in Rotorua 🥇

In another tight battle in the final for our team going goal for goal throughout most of the game. The team showed real strength coming away with an 8-6 win. Congratulations boys, coaches Ella and Jack and manager Gloria 🙌🏽

A special mention to Zac Ainsworth who was named most valuable player, John Paterson who was named Most Valuable Goalkeeper and to Llewellyn Van Emmenis and Chase Lovett who were both named in the tournament team. Amazing work boys! 🏆

SILVER for our U14 Girls down in Rotorua 🥈

The girls put up a great fight this afternoon in a tight fought battle going down 5-3 in the final. Well done girls, coaches Lucia and Lucy and manager Jade 👏🏽

A special mention to Maja Rutkiewicz who was named Most Valuable Goalkeeper and to Charlotte Watson who as named in the tournament team - amazing work girls 🌟

Yesterday we had 2 x U14 teams set their alarms early as they headed down to Rotorua for the Rotorua Development Tournament!

The competition is taking place over three days and is a great chance for some of our young players to come together and build on what they have been learning in their squad trainings.

Day 1 was a great start for our teams, both teams coming away with 2 from 2 wins and already learning a lot from their coaching teams!

Best of luck everyone over the next two days, give it your all and have lots of fun 🙌🏽

World Champs Incoming... ⏳

Our NZ U18 Girls team look to kick off their World Champs Tournament in Tenerife, Spain this Sunday! The team is playing the tournament opener against Turkey so be sure to tune in and show your support for our team 📣

Game Details
Sunday 16th - 8:00pm v Turkey 🇹🇷
Tuesday 18th - 11:00pm v Colombia 🇨🇴

You can catch all of the games live via the World Aquatics YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJbgoDxs4E1o

Best of luck Gemma, Grainne, Sasha and Rachael - we are very proud of you all and can't wait to see you represent your country on the World Stage!

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