Moran to play 200th NWPL Match vs UWA
(Feb 18,2012) This Sunday morning at Musgrave the Barracudas National League teams face off against the UWA Torpedoes in their second-up clash. The match will be a major milestone and highlight for Barracudas stalwart, Jane Moran, set to play her 200th NWPL game. In her 9th consecutive season with the team, Moran will become Brisbane’s first ever female to reach the milestone and only the second club member male or female to reach the mark. Jane will be only 2 games shy of overtaking her coach Fabio Pavanello as the most capped Barracudas National League player of all time. Jane said the occasion was a wonderful achievement and admitted that it was great to be able to bring it up for such a great club.
“I definitely do see this as an important game,” Moran said. “I had a look at the statistics and I will become only the second ever player to reach 200 games in the women’s NWPL competition. Obviously, the game itself is important as we look to build on our good start to the year, but I think it’s going to be a pretty big deal for the Barracudas.”
The 26-year-old current Australian National Team star is already the second most capped female behind Fremantle’s Sharon Wheelock, and is second only to Stingers’ teammate Gemma Beadsworth in the all-time women's goal scoring list. Jane has been with the Barracudas since the tender age of 15 after starting her career playing for her high school, Stuartholme. Moran will lead her Barras team to the water at 10am this Sunday followed by the men's game at 11:30am. Come cheer our teams and Jane on!
U12 Program Make up Session Announcement
(Feb 18,2012) Due to the cancellation of the Barracudas U12 Program last weekend as a result of the storm, the program will go for 2.5 hours on the final week instead of the normal 1.5 hour session. All U12 players (regardless of which group they are in) are invited to attend a mini tournament on the final week - Sunday March 11 2012 between 4:00 - 6:30pm at Musgrave Pool. Teams will be mixed up and all players will have the opportunity to play all the other U12 program participants. Prizes will be given out and there is the possibility of photos/autographs with our Olympic hopefuls. If you have any questions/queries please contact Emma Jackson at barracudas.u12s@hotmail.com.
King’s girl is a star - Jamie Lee Lewis named Australian Deaf Sports Female Athlete of the Year
(Source Sunday Telegraph - Feb 12, 2012) JAMIE-LEE Lewis, the water polo playing daughter of rugby league legend Wally, has been named the 2011 Australian Deaf Sports Female Athlete of the Year. Jamie-Lee, a three-time national water polo league premiership winner for the Brisbane Barracudas and the first deaf person to be selected to represent Australia in water polo, said she was very humbled by the honour. "While I was very surprised, I was also very happy," Lewis said. "It is a huge honour and when I told some of my teammates they were so happy for me. "As for my parents, well, I know they are proud of me. I have always had a saying, 'we know we are deaf, but we can try to achieve anything'." Lewis bounced back from shoulder surgery last year to help the Barracudas to their third straight title and is slowly returning to her best form. "My motto is to never, never, never give up," she said. Read more about Jamie Lee on Water Polo Australia's website.
Way to go Jamie Lee - you are an inspiration to all involved in our sport, your teammates and our club!
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Feb 5, 2012 |
Barras Rippon, Gynther, Moran, Wakefield and Southern all in reduced London 2012 Squad
Aussie Stingers coach Greg McFadden announced the first of the casualties in the hunt for 2012 London Olympic selection. McFadden cut his 19 member squad to 17. All of our Barracudas female hopefuls are still in contention and avoided this first difficult selection. Well done to Mel Rippon, Kate Gynther, Jane Moran, Kelsey Wakefield and Ash Southern - all our Barras ladies who we hope to see represent Australia in August at the Games. |
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Jan 30, 2012 |
Barracudas National League teams off to perfect start
Our Brisbane Barracudas National Water Polo League club has made a fantastic start to the 2012 season, with both their men and women’s teams recording two victories from as many matches during the opening week. <Read More> |
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Jan 14, 2012 |
PanPacific Champs Aussie Women Gold and Men Silver
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! Barras Rhys Howden Billy Miller and Anthony Martin 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. |
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Dec 4, 2011 |
Bronze, Silver and GOLD for Barracudas at U18 State Champs
Our Barracudas teams brought home a medal of each colour following the U18 State Championships held at the Valley Pool. Our girls team faced off against Sunshine Coast ultimately going down 3- 2.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. 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! |
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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. |
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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.
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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 |
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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>
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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!
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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. |
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