Water Polo Report

Match Report

Seconds
Last Saturday, Seconds came up against Sydney Boys High School (SBHS) for their last game of the GPS Water Polo season. For eight of those boys, this was the last game they would play for Shore. The seconds came out with aggression and drive to give it all they have. Shore leaded by two at the end of the first quarter with Harry Stiel scoring both. The boys kept putting in for every minute of the game and finished up on top with Stiel leading the charge with five goals to finish with a score of 11-3. A massive thank you to Coach Keesja who has been an amazing and inspirational coach throughout the season. Shout out to Zac Warden for putting everything out in the pool and getting three major fouls resulting in not being let back in the water for the second half of his last Shore Water polo game.

A Beggs
Seconds Player

16Bs
With a very successful season already locked in, the mighty 16Bs were looking to add to their winning tally against SBHS on Saturday morning. Team morale was high, and confidence in our skills had been growing over the past few months. The boys were ready to put in a big final effort and started strong with a 5-1 first quarter. The boys quickly discovered the referee wasn’t giving them any wiggle room by calling penalties all over the place which led to some frustration but did even up the playing field. The lads channeled this feeling of adversity into a strong performance and continued scoring goals each quarter. Our resident bounce shot specialist Fergus Brown, who ended up on a hattrick, made the most of a few five metre penalty shots. Both goalies Ollie Graham and Jack Bunting, displayed incredible skill with a number of impressive saves, which has become a feature of the team this year. At times tensions rose, and it felt like we had our backs against the wall, however, the strength of our defence held strong, and we came home with a 9-4 win! A fitting way to end the year with a strong win and Coach Elster back in the pool where he belongs.

Mr Craig
16Bs Coach

13Bs
On Saturday the 18 of March the mighty 13Bs entered the Shore pool for the final game of the season against SBHS. The boys came out firing with the fast and strategic game plan in mind scoring four early goals in the first quarter to put the score at 4-1 Shore’s way. However, after half time, the team knew what they had to do to escalate this lead. Finn Macintosh with some textbook defence early in the second half stopped three potential goals, and Billy Jones and Lachie Jansen swam into space, creating many opportunities to set the tone for the rest of the game. Cyan Couch and Will Scammell took advantage of the great teamwork, putting a total of seven goals to put the end score at a staggering 15-1. The boys and coaches couldn’t have been happier to finish off the season with a win and enjoyed the attempts to throw us into the pool.

Sam Mulhearn and Hugh Crookes
13Bs Coaches

Miss Z H Dowdell
MIC Water Polo

RESULTS
Saturday 18 March 2023

Team	Opponent	Result	Score	Goals
Firsts	Bye
Seconds	SBHS	Win	11-3	F Baxter 2, H Hattersley, W Feely, H Stiel 5, S Litchfield, Z Warden
Thirds	SBHS	Win	5-6	H Brigden, A Dowling 2, J Gallant, B Banks
Fourths	SBHS	Win	8-3	O Danks 3, C Hawkins 2, B Banks 3
16As	Bye
16Bs	SBHS	Win	9-4	D Lord, M Robson, J Pridmore, F Brown 3, S Hassall 2, A Howard
15As	SBHS	Win	18-4	L Ellis 3, K Ma 2, O Kelly 2, L Hughes, M Hughes 4, W Bestic, H Clough 2, T Larcombe
14As	Bye
14Bs	SBHS	Loss	6-10	G Pritchard 3, K Austin 2, A Jata
13As	Bye
13Bs	SBHS	Win	15-1	H Crookes 3, W Scammell 4, H Pope, B Jones, F McIntosh, C Couch 3, L Wood, R White