We are celebrating
17 days to go by congratulating North Harbour Water Polo Club who took out
their own Pre-Pan Pacs Under 14 tournament over the weekend. The tournament was hosted
at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre - Auckland city’s newest aquatic facility and
one of the core venues of the 14th Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo Festival.
Thirteen
teams from Auckland, Hamilton, and Tauranga took part in the three-day
tournament, which was all about getting some good games under tow before Pan
Pacs, said North Harbour’s Julie Ellis.
“The
Pan Pacific Festival is a big event on the water polo calendar. Invites were
sent out to all Auckland based clubs and we were fortunate to also have teams
from Tauranga and Waikato attend the Pre-Pan Pacs tournament.”
North
Harbour won both under 14 boys and girls divisions, beating Hibiscus Coast boys 9-5 and
Waikato girls 12-1.
“The
weekend was a great success as it has enabled coaches and players to have an
understanding as to how their preparation is going and what needs to be worked
on leading up to Pan Pacs” said Ellis.
North
Harbour have fourteen teams entered in the festival across the age groups. The
club has four titles to defend – under 20 men’s, under 18 men’s, under 16
girls’, and under 14 girls’: all who won gold in 2014.
“All
our teams are excited about the international flavour this competition offers.
It is a fantastic opportunity for our club and players to profile the sport of
water polo.” said Ellis.
North
Harbour will do it all again this weekend for the Pre-Pan Pacs Under 16Tournament - check out this weekend's draw here.
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