Barracudas Water Polo Club

Home
About Barras
Join Barras
Barras Teams
- Junior Girls Teams
  - U13 Girls
  - U14 Girls
  - U15 Girls
  - U16 Girls
  - U18 Girls
- Junior Boys Teams
  - U13 Boys
  - U14 Boys
  - U16 Boys
  - U18 Boys
- Senior Teams
  - Premier League
  - Div 1
  - Div 2
  - X Grade
- U12s Program
National League
Sponsors
Links

2012 National League Action kicks off Jan 27th - HOME OPENER vs Sydney Uni

(Jan 17, 2012) Get excited folks - its another season of National League about to begin and our Barracudas Men and Women take aim at the national titles. Our women, three-time defending champs, will be tested as clubs around Australia aim to remove us from the top spot. However once again our 2012 Women's Roster is looking fantastic with a well balanced mix of youth and experience. The 2012 Barracudas Men are equally vying for top spot this year, building on their impressive break through into the top 4 last season. With newest recruit Billy Miller in the line up, American imports Kyle Kruip and Matt Johnson, and the return of the core group all led by captain Rhys Howden, the Barras Bad Lads (as they like to call themselves), are looking ominous and keen to make a statement. Dont miss the 2012 home opener Friday January 27th at Musgrave - as our Barras teams face off against top ranked Sydney University Lions. Women's game starts to 6:30pm and Men at 8:00pm. All Barracudas Juniors get free entry at the door if you are wearing your club shirt! Come down and watch some the finest players in the nation and the world on display!

Congrats to the follow Barras players selected to represent at the U14 National Champs

(Jan 26, 2012) Following the trials the following players have earned spots on the Barracudas U14 National Champs team. Well done and good luck.

Stephanie Pace	Bethany Clark	Aimee O'Hara
Manon Jones	Ellie Bruce	Lulu Pullar
Mercedes Forde	Emily Powell	Michaela Geoge
Bronte Eadie	Annabelle Campbell	Julia Shirley
Loren Morsinkhof

PanPacific Champs Aussie Women Gold and Men Silver

(Jan 14, 2012) After a week long tournament featuring the top teams from the Pan American nations, it was an Australia versus America affair in both the men and women's finals at the Pan Pacific Champs in Melbourne. In the women, the Aussie Stingers found fantastic form and notched their first major international defeat of the USA since the 2000 Sydney Olympic with a 7-4 win in the Grand Final. Barracudas Mel Rippon, Kate Gynther, Kelsey Wakefield and Ash Southern now all return home with a well earned Gold medal. On the men's side, Australia was defeated by the USA in extra time 11-10! After drawing with the Americans in the rounds the Aussie Sharks were keen to show 2008 Olympic Silver medallists their fighting spirit. The USA led at half time and three quarter time but the fourth quarter demonstrated the Aussie fight with the men pulling level to take it to over time. The result is exciting with the Olympics fast approach and Australia sets its sights on medals. Barras Rhys Howden and Billy Miller were part of the Aussie force. Congrats to all our Barras players who participated in the tournament including the Barbarians representatives Dan Young, BJ Howden, Jane Moran and Bronte Colenso.

U12s Term 1 Registration is now Open - Program kicks off Jan 22nd.

(Jan 4, 2012) Term1 of the highly successful and hugely popular U12s kicks off on January 22nd. The program runs 6 weeks with byes on February 5 and March 4 due to coaches and coordinators involvement in National League Road trip games out of town on these days. The final session is on Sunday March 11th. If you would like to register please click on the U12s R egistration Tab or to find out more about the program click on the U12s Program Information under Barras Teams.

Bronze, Silver and GOLD for Barracudas at U18 State Champs!!!
Club sweeps MVP awards!

(Dec 4, 2011) Our Barracudas teams brought home a medal of each colour this weekend following the conclusion of the U18 State Championships held at the Valley Pool. Our girls team faced off in a remarkable Grand Final that took three quarters of water polo for a team to break the deadlock (scores were locked at 1-1 at 3 quarter time) with the Sunshine Coast hanging on by the narrowest of margins for the 3 - 2 win. Emma Williams was sensational in goals for her side and the younger Barracudas players really stepped up to keep the pressure on a fine tuned Sunny Coast team. On the boys side, the Cudas definitively ousted River City 16 - 2 for Bronze and the Barras continued their undefeated run and defended their State title by downing Alstonville 9-3. A plucky Alstonville held the Barras boys 2 - 2 early with the 30m pool and harsh chlorine playing a bit on an impact on the boys - but the team rallied and pulled into a commanding lead to take the Gold. A whole of team effort with goals spread evenly over the roster is a key factor in the win and the sensational run through the tournament. The icing on the cake - Barracudas players swept all the major individual award with Megan DuToit and Callum Smith earning top honours as MVPs for the girls and boys respectively while Barracudas goalkeepers Emma Williams and Reed Douyere-Pate took out the MVG awards! Well done to all our Barracudas players on great results across the board.

MORE BARRACUDAS HEADLINES

	Dec 11, 2011	Barracudas finish with Silver, 4th and 5th at U14 State Champs Our Barracudas U14 teams did us very proud following the U14 State Champs. Our Barras boys finished with a hard earned Silver going down to Sunshine Coast in a thrilling grand final that came down the final minute where a Barras goal was disallowed giving Sunny Coast the chance they needed. The Cudas boys put in a heartfelt performance all tournament and finished with a very good 5th place. Our Barracudas girls were very impressive and earned themselves a spot in the Bronze medal playoff against Stuartholme who proved a stronger team on the day.
	Nov 30, 2011	Barracudas Men take out 2011 BWPI Premier League Barracudas convincingly won the Men’s Premier League Final against River City this past Saturday by 21 to 5. In a very one sided game, Australian National Team members Rhys Howden, Billy Miller along with Dan Young, BJ Howden and Matt Giles were instrumental in the team’s performance. They played a leadership role both in the final and throughout the series. The result reflects the commitment to this level of competition by the Barracudas Club as well as their players.
	Nov 30, 2011	Barracudas Junior Boys dominate through first half of the season At the halfway point of the season, our Barracudas Junior boys are leading the charge sitting atop of the table in all categories - U13s, U14s, U16s and U18s. This outstanding start of the season is the best start the club has had in recent seasons. To view all of the Junior Standings visit the BWPI Points table: Junior Boys Points Table to Week 8 Junior Girls Points Table to Week 8
	Nov 17, 2011	Barracudas ousted by Roar and Reds in QSport Awards In a star studded gala evening of the whos-who in Queensland sport, the Barracudas Women's National League Women and their coach Fabio Pavanello were pipped to the line by power house Queensland Roar coach Angelo Postecoglou and the Queensland Reds Rugby Team. Anna Sieprath and Hannah Robinson represented the women's team at the event while Fabio Pavanello sparkled in an interview on radio 4BC
	Nov 8, 2011	Barracudas Women nominated among Queensland's very best This week the nominees for the 17th Annual Queensland Sports awards were announced and the Barracudas have shown just how phenomenal their achievements were last season with Fabio Pavanello and his Barracudas Women's National League team nominated in perhaps the two of the most hotly contested and tight categories - Coach of the Year and Team of the Year respectively.<Read More>
	Oct 17,2011	Barras named in AUS Talent Squads Following U16 National Club Champs in Melbourne a number of Barracudas young rising stars have been named in the Australian Talent Squads and ID Squads for the 2014 Junior World Championships. Congrats to Callum Smith, Zac Hudson, Christobel Hill Smith and Octavia Bellekens for their inclusion in these squads. Well done!
	Oct 10, 2011	Olympic Glory drives Moran's Water Polo Dreams (Source AWPI) Water Polo is the life of Ashgrove’s Aussie Stingers and Barracudas Senior star Jane Moran. As she confesses “I work to fund it, and I socialise around it.” Come next year though this highly driven and ultra-talented water polo player could find herself miles away from her sporting upbringings as she begins a quest for one overriding dream: Olympic glory. Read more about Jane and her Olympic dreams.
	Oct 10, 2011	Barracudas U16s Club Nationals Wrap Up Callum Smith named to boys team of the the tournament Our Barracudas U16 teams have returned from Melbourne where they took on 24 male and 24 female teams at the 2011 U16 Australian Club Nationals. The huge event featured some fantastic competition with Barras Boys unlucky to lose some very tight matches and managed the tournament with a win to secure 13th. Callum Smith was recognised for a great week being named to the Team of the Tournament. The Barracudas girls improved rapidly over the course of the tournament led by Christobel Hill-Smith on attack and Ocky Belkens in goals managing to finish 14th overall. All of the tournament actions are posted on the club twitter page (thanks to Donna McKenzie) and the full results can be found on AWPI Website.