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Best in the Nation - Barracudas Women win 4th National League Title and Men bring home 4th

(May 5, 2013) It was a big day for elite water polo in the nation as the very best senior players coming together on the final day of the 2013 Finals Series at the Ryde Aquatic Centre. With medals on the line, our Barras teams were ready with both teams facing the Fremantle sides. The men started proceedings and after four hard fought quarters came away 4 goals shy of the Mariners 9-13 and narrowly missing the bronze.

Our Barras women started the Grand Final hard from the first whistle and sailed out the 5-1 lead at quarter time. They extended the lead to 8-3 and 10-4 at each of the next quarter breaks. Freo did their utmost in the final term to claw back but at the final hooter the Barras women had managed their most sizable win (11-7) in their Grand Finals experience. With the win today, our women have confirmend themselves as the dominant senior womens team in the nation winning 4 out of their last 5 Grand Final appearances. The win today sending them once again into the history books, tying Fremantle for the most Women NWPL Premiership wins ever. The team took out the Minor Premiership as well, a rare feat in the sport.

For both our teams, the 2013 Finals Series has been marked with some exceptional performances and mark a real high point for our club. Congrats to all involved. To read more on the medal matches and full game reports <CLICK HERE>

Boys Finish 7th at U18 Club Nationals

U18Boys The Barracudas U18 Boys have competed at the 2013 U18 Club Nationals. Winning all of their matches in the round games, the Barracudas look set to upset some of the favourites but a shock loss to Hunter in the cross overs religated the boys to the 7th-10th playoffs where they finished 7th overall. The result was disappointing after such a promising start to the tournament but there were some real positives to come from the competition with great performances from the team as well as individual players. Coaches Neil Gynther and Chris Broome were proud of the side and optemistic about the talent within the team and potential. Congrats to all the boys who competed.

Girls U18 Club Nationals Report

Our Barracudas U18 Girls have completed competition at the U18 Club Nationals held in Perth April 19th through 22nd. The Barracudas girls were in a tough pool and narrowly went down to some of the top teams in the tournament unfortunately relegating them to the bottom playoffs. Happily the team pulled together and saw some great wins posted and earned themselves 13th overall - a rank that does not justify the performance of the team.

Barras Crowned Double Champs at U16 State Titles

(April 14, 2013) Our Barracudas U16 Teams have done us very proud at the State Titles winning double Gold and dominating the individual player awards. The Girls went undefeated all tournament and in an extremely low scoring Grand Final held All Hallows to just one goal to win 3-1. Following the girls lead, the Boys also went undefeated all tournament and beat Warriors 7-5 in the Final to cement the Gold. Our development teams also impressed finishing eigth (girls) and fourth (boys).Icing on the cake was the sweeping of the individual player awards where Barras goalkeepers Okkie Bellekens and Ben Dilda took out Most Valuable Goalkeepers of the tournament and Mackenzie Grice and Lachlan Lyndon took the Most Valuable Player awards. Well done to all our teams, coaches, managers and supporters! Great result.

Brisbane Premiers Crowded - Barras bring home six Premierships

(March 27, 2013) The Brisbane Grand Finals were played this past weekend at the Valley Pool and our Barracudas teams did us very proud earning 6 Premierships. On the Junior side it was the Barracudas U16A team that put in a fantastic come from behind performance to take the title over All Hallows. The U16 Boys and U18 Boys followed suit taking out their Grand Finals. The U16 Boys just edged out Sunny Coast while the Cudas dominated with an 11-3 win over Warriors. The Senior Grand Finals were more excitement. The Avalon Icebergs, a Barracudas affiliate team defeated the Barracudas Old Boys in the X Grade men in penalty shoot out while Div 1 Women and Men were taken by the Cudas and Barracudas Black respectively. The Div 1 Men's match was interrupted and eventually called with 0:43 remaining as the super storm descended on the Valley Pool. Barracudas were up 10-6 and it was deemed impossible for RiverCity to mount a come back. Fantastic result for our teams. Many happy coaches and players. Congrats to all our teams who did us proud this 2012/13 Season!

Tugun/Barracudas marks 50 Phenomenal Years - Black Tie Gala

(March 11, 2013) 300 people came together this past Saturday to celebrate 50 years of history and tradtion as our club marked its Golden Anniversary with a Black Tie Gala at the Royal on the Park Hotel in Brisbane's CBD. The evening was a wonderful opportunity for old friends, teammates, sponsors and supporters to come together to mark the special occaison. Each generation of the club was represented with the highlight of the evening including the unveiling of an inaugural Hall of Fame and Life Members Board. One individual and three teams were inducted as the first to the Hall of Fame Board and included Tony West who was the first Queenslander to represent Australlia, the 1990 Tugun Old Boys who won the club's first ever World Title at the World Masters in Rio, the 2004 Men's National League team who were the first Queensland team to ever win a Senior National title and the 2011 Women's National League team who created history becoming the first female team to win three consecutive National League titles. A huge thank you to all who attended in particular the many who travelled from interstate for the event. An equally huge thank you to the sponsors who generously donated some amazing raffle prizes and the organising committee who put in a mountain of effort to ensure the night was a success. TO VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS TAKEN ON THE NIGHT - CLICK HERE

MORE BARRACUDAS HEADLINES

	April 4, 2013	Annual Award Presentation Night - Winners Announced The Club held its annual awards presentation. Players,teams, coaches and volunteers were honoured for their efforts over the 2012/13 local season with awards being given to the Best and Fairest and Coaches Award for each team. Other awards were handed out on the night which was attended by over 150 of the club's members, friends and supporters. To find out all of the details and some photos click here: See 2012/13 Award Winners
	April 2013	Barracudas Girls Come 10th at U14 Club Nationals Congratulations to our U14 girls team who finished 10th (out of 25 teams!) at the U14 Club Nationals over the Easter weekend here in Brisbane. This is the best result by a Barras girls team in recent times. The girls were coached by Caelyn Jones, who was excited to see the big improvement in the girls both individually and as a team over the 5 day tournament. Thanks also to Monica Clark for being a great manager and to Manon Jones for assisting Caelyn in coaching.
	Jan 13, 2013	Barracudas represent Australia at BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series in Perth Congrats to Bronte Colenso, Nanda Stoltz, Emily Benson, Maddy Coburn, Kelsey Wakefield, Rhys Howden, Billy Miller, BJ Howden and Dan Young who will all be playing for Australia next week at the BHP Billilton Aquatic Super Series in Perth. Good luck to our players and GO AUSSIES!
	Dec 2, 2012	Barras take double silver from 18 & Under State Titles Our Barracudas girls and boys both came away with silvers at the 18 & Under State titles. The Girls put in a gutsy performance against hot favorites, Sunny Coast improving on their round score (11-1) to come to within 2 goals of the reigning champs (5-3). On the boys side, the Barras could not hold onto their crown falling to an in form River City team 7 - 5.
	Nov 4, 2012	Barras named in Aussie Squads Congrats to our Barracudas - Lachlan Lyndon, Kieran Mulcahy, Jack Bell and Hughie Morris, who have all been named in the Aussie born 1996 Squad following U16 Nationals. On the girls side, Okky Bellenkens, Brooke Ploughman, Christobel Hill Smith, Amy Burrell, Eilish Masek and Pheobe Summer were part of the squad moving forward.
	Oct 29, 2012	Barracudas Club welcomes new major sponsors SciFleet SciFleet are now supporting both our Junior and Senior Local teams and all club shirts and national championships caps for the club include their company name. Barracudas are excited about the association and look forward to the partnership.
	Oct 5, 2012	Best Ever Results at 16 & Under National Club Chamos - Boys take silver Our Barracudas U16 teams did the club extremely proud at the National Championships held in Brisbane - the Club's performance overall is the best ever at these championships. Our Barracudas U16 Boys paved the way earning a hard fought silver medal going down to power house Melville in the Grand Final after a heroic run through the rounds and semi finals. Not to be outdone, the Barras girls team gained its best ranking at the national champs taking out 6th spot. Our Cudas development teams also faired strongly in the tournament which speaks volumes for the club in the future.
	Aug 10, 2012	Olympic Bronze for Stingers - Sharks finish 7th Australia's Stingers are Bronze medallists! After their third straight match in extra time the Stingers held their nerve and fought off Hungary to take the Bronze 13-11. It was heart attack material as Hungary clawed their way back after trailing by 3 goals. A final error with 0:06 seconds that saw the Hungarians attack the Aussie keeper, Alicia McCormack sent the game into extra time where a gutsy Australia hung on to earn its second consecutive Olympic Bronze. The Barracudas now have four new Olympic medallists - congrats to the whole side but especially Jane Moran, Kate Gynther (captain), Mel Rippon and Ash Southern.
	Apr 29, 2012	Barracudas Women bring home National League Silver The Cronulla Sharks women have ended the Barracudas women's hopes of extending their history making streak of National League title wins while the Barracudas men narrowly missed out in the important qualification matches <Read More>
	Apr 15, 2012	U18 National Champs - Barracudas Boys take out Bronze - Callum Smith named MVP <Read More>
	Apr 2, 2012	Silver and Gold for Barras at U16 State Champs - Lyndon and Bellekens named among the best <Read More>
	March 26, 2012	Huge Water Polo Weekend - Premierships, Annual Awards and Table Topping Action Barracudas teams took to the water and came away with three Junior Premierships as well as a bundle of Senior Titles. Congrats to our U16 and U18 Boys and U18A Girls who won BWPI Premierships.Valiant efforts by our U14 Boys and U16A Girls earned them narrow runner up medals. In Senior our X Grade Old Boys and Div 1 teams were unstoppable. To top off the action - the club proudly awarded their season annual awards. To see the full list of all of our 2011-12 Player award winners and other trophies <CLICK HERE>

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