Holiday Workouts Schedule

Turkey Day Schedule:
Nov 24th Wed No Workout
Nov 25th Thu No Workout
Nov 26th Fri No Workout
Nov 27th Sat No Workout

Xmas Schedule:
Dec 11th - Sat after Masters Workout at the Magee's.  6 pm to 9 pm More info to follow
Dec 23rd Thur No Workout
Dec 24th Fri No Workout
Dec 25th Sat No Workout

New Year Schedule:
Dec 30th -Thur No Workout
Dec 31st - Fri No Workout
Jan 1st - Sat No Workout

Halloween Party - Winners

Costume Winners:

Finn - Mountain Boo
Lief - Grocery Bag
Gage - Yoda
Aaron - Hannibal Lector
Lake - Baby
Adam = Explorer with a Big spider

They all won Cold Stone Gift Cards - Judge by Steven Kassinger

Halloween Party

This was sooo much fun!!! Costume Judging - Greasy Pumpkins Relay - Fill the Jack-O-Lantern  with sponge water - bobbing for apples - Pumpkin War Ball.  Nick almost lost his tooth eating an apple and candy... then handful of candy was given out.  Have a fun Halloween and be safe!!!

Scottsdale Masters Tournament Nov 1st

Don't forget I need to know if you are going to attend the Scottsdale Tournament by Nov 1st Monday.   See below for more info on the tournament.  This is open to the older club players too.  Planning on taking two teams if #'s call for two teams.

Heritage Pool - Wed/Th/Friday Closed

Heritage will be close till at least Thursday - will let you know about Friday - via blog.  Here is the schedule:
Tuesday Oct 26th Rapids and Surfs from 5:30-8 pm MGP
Wed Oct 27th Conditioning UNLV 7-9 pm
Thursday Oct 28th Rapids and Surfs from 5:30-8 pm MGP
Friday Oct 29th Team Halloween Party 6:00-8 pm. MGP
Sat: 1-2- Waves and younger Rapids 2-3:30 Rapids and Surfs 3:30-4:30 Masters

Halloween

Halloween Party - Waves - Rapids and Surf's  October 29th - Friday!!!!!

Friday 6 pm at MGP - come in your costumes!!
6:00 pm Halloween Costume Contest - 2 awards for each group: waves, Rapids and Surf's
6:20-6:30 pm - explain the Halloween Water Polo Contest Games
6:30-6:40 pm - Warm up
6:40-7 pm - Water Polo Halloween Contest 1 (Tony's Game)
7-7:20 - Water Polo Halloween Contest 2 (Louie's Game)
7:20-7:40 - Water Polo Halloween Contest 3 (Mark's Game)
7:40-8 - Water Polo Halloween Contest 4 (Whitney's Game)

Prizes - Candy and lots of Fun!!!  Begins at 6:00 pm!!!
Conditioning Workout will end at 5:20 pm on Oct

Attention Masters and their families

It is Louie's 1st birthday here in Vegas and Jacint is leaving for Canada before the end of the year.  To celebrate Louie's birthday and to say good bye to Jacint we are going to Party at Louie's house.

Date: Nov 6th - Saturday after workout 5 pm
Location: 1331 Barberry Court - Henderson NV 89002
Who: All masters players and their families
Bring: Single guys/gals - Chips - dip - Sweets
           Married guys/gals - Side dishes: Rice, Veggies, Salad
           Louie (Tony) will provide Tri Tip
Before Jacint leaves we want to make sure we send him off in Vegas fashion: Broke, so we will have a few poker tournaments.

RSVP: Let Louie know if you are able to attend!!!

UCLA and USC

Picture of our guys on UCLA tour.  2nd Picture: Derek what are you dreaming about?  Picture 3: Our guys!

Notes from Tony:

Well guys what a great week end. For a lot of you this was your first experience being on campus and watching a big game. Wasn't it a great atmosphere with the student body  on the deck and all the fans in the stands. Watching the UCLA VS Stanford game, how intense you felt when one of the teams scored and how the fans cheered for both sides. Now imagine how that player from UCLA felt when he scored the winning goal for his team. How the student body cheered and the stands irrupted chanting UCLA UCLA. How proud he must felt bringing home this victory for his team and the fans. Now imagine it was you!!! Everyone of you boys have the opportunity to make this dream come true. It is up to you and your will to make your dreams reality.

Thanks Sandy for helping put this together and giving our kids some thing to dream about and start them thinking about their future's. For me it was a great time to spend with the kids and parents,  watching there minds start opening to the possibility that this can actually be for them. It was an irreplaceable time for me to spend with my son that i will hold close to my heart for along time. 

So Boys dream BIG!!!! Were there is a WILL there is always a WAY!!!!!

Scottsdale Masters Tournament

The Scottsdale Tournament will be held Jan 22-23, 2011.  Please let me know if you are interested in attending - Planning on taking an A and B team... ladies and our older club players are welcome to attend.  Not knowing the how many players will be attending I cannot give you an exact cost ... here is an estimate: 90-110 per player.  Every masters tournament we (team and I) lose money because we have players who have to back out...  once you commit you are in and will be charged the amount to cover the cost of entry fees and coaches cost.

Rob can you take the lead on this and look into hotels?  We will be playing at the same location as we did last year.  Drew will have a Sat BBQ again.  It is going to be hard to defend our title without Jacint and Adrain.... our speed!!!

Need your commitment by Nov 1st.  Thanks

Guys Weekend - Pictures

At UCLA last night - the game was awesome, they are having a great time!!!

Congrats to our 10 & Under Coed Team

Boy these players have only been playing a short time and they came home with 3 wins and 1 lost. Great Job!!!! Took 2nd place!!!

We are very proud of you!!!

Cal Cup

At our meeting at UNLV we went over the upcoming schedule till the end of 2011 summer. We wanted to enter in a league: Cal Cup, which would be held in California for several one day mini tournaments (2-3 games in one day, then back home) this would not involve any hotel, only gas, food money and an up front entry fee.

With the poor attendance for the Pacific tournament, I do not want to commit to the Cal Cup unless we have 100% attendance. If we have one maybe two players who cannot attend we will not have enough players to play on any given weekend (one) day.

Please let me know via email or in person you will commit to having your child, children attend all games. Also understand we can drive the kids and parents do not need to attend money is an issue. We need to compete in smaller tournaments so when the big ones come around we can be right at the top.

Team Gear

Don't forget today is the last day to place your order for team gear. We will not be taking any orders for a while...so order today!!!

Parents

Team Vegas/Henderson Water Polo
Parent Code of Conduct

In order for our club to compete successfully at the highest level, it is
essential to recognize that participation in the Team Vegas/Henderson is a
commitment being made by entire families, not just players. Therefore, it is
important that we outline our expectations for parents as well as players.
Please read the following guidelines that we expect our parents to follow.

1. Parents are allowed to attend practices and encouraged to attend games.
However, parents are expected to stay away from the side of the pool and
away from the coaches during practices and games.

2. Parents should support the players on our teams and refrain from making
disparaging remarks about or directed at any of our players, coaches,
opponents, or officials. Parents must avoid any physical or verbal
confrontations with the parents, coaches, and players of our club or our
opponents or with the officials.

3. Parents are not coaches; the players should receive their directions only
from the coaching staff on the pool deck, not from parents in the stands. The
coaching staff is giving directions which will enhance the entire team (not
just one child). Parents cheer for the team/players and don't yell out any
directions.

4. Parents are expected to have rides available for their children at the time
that practices and games are scheduled. Parents need to understand that
part of the mission of the coaches is to help the players develop into mature,
responsible young men and women. Therefore, it is the responsibility of
players to communicate directly with coaches when issues arise.

5. Decisions about playing time, travel teams, and all other water polo related
matters are made exclusively by the coaching staff and are not open to
debate, discussion, or negotiation with parents. A player should feel free to
discuss his/her status with the coaches at an appropriate time.

6. Parents are expected to get their children to all practices and games on
time. If you cannot be on time, be early!

7. No player will be allowed to participate in any practice or game unless
he/she is registered with the club. All club dues must be paid in full in order
for a player to be allowed to enter the water.

10 & UNDERS

OUR WAVES WHO ARE PLAYING IN SAN DIEGO (PACIFIC TOURNAMENT) WON THEIR TWO GAMES TODAY. THEY KILLED CARLSBAD 17-6, AND WON THEIR SECOND GAME 5-0 AGAINST NORWOOD. TOMORROW THEY PLAY RIVERSIDE AND PACIFIC. GREAT JOB!!!

KEEP IT UP FOR THE FINAL DAY!!!

Oct 9th - Sat Workout

For today only:
Waves and all Rapids 1-2:15 pm
Surf's and a few hold over Rapids 2-3:30 pm
Masters 3:30-4:30 pm

Don't forget tomorrow 10/10/10 is the last day to order team gear.