Congratulations to all for a successful fall season - winter season begins!

The high school boys season is over, but there's still great polo to come!

For your polo fix, NCAA Final Four Championships will take place this weekend.

#1 ranked USC, #2 UCLA, #3UCSD, #4 Princeton

As a warm up, check out some plays from past years.

USC v. UCLA from 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOeEb-L4tAc

Watch BEST GOALS - These plays are AMAZING!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrF5HrHuxQ&feature=related

Then, watch LIVE video for the 2011 Championship games
Saturday - http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2011/12/03
Sunday - http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2011/12/04

Games scheduled for Wed, Nov 16

Final home games/scrimmage for fall HS season. Wed, Nov 16. (This will take place for the Sunday scrimmage vs Masters): See Kim's email for roster -

• 7pm game (6:45 warmup): 13U team vs YPRO advanced
• 8:30pm (8pm warmup) HS team vs GYMCA Masters

Boys Northeast Zone ODP practice/tryouts will held at the Greenwich pool on Sunday.

@Navy - Tournament of the Americas

Saturday 11/12/11

3:30pm vs Houston (Lejuene pool A)

5:50pm vs Pittsburgh (Lejuene pool A)

7:35pm vs Princeton 15U (Scott)

Sunday 11/13

12:55pm vs Navy (Lejeune)

Greenwich Aquatics Passes Choate-Rosemary Hall 18-3

With the Turbo Cup boys team in Indianopolis with Coach Ulmis, the 9 high school boys with Coach Smith cruise to a 18-3 win in Wallingford, CT!
Click here for - Game news writeup from Choate's website

Score by Quarter:
Greenwich 4  8 13 18 final
Choate      1  2   2   3

Goals: Baker 7, Ramirez 5, J. Alexander 2, M. Alexander 1, Miocic 1, Altman 1, Quigley 1
Assists: J. Alexander 3, Quigley 3, Baker 2, Miocic 1, M. Alexander 1,  Ramirez 1, Varshisky 1
Saves: Quigley 7, J. Alexander 2, Ramirez 1

Next Game Sat, Nov 5 at Choate. Practice cancelled Thurs and Sun.

Next Game: Sat, Nov 5: 4:45pm Away @Choate/Wallingford, CT (directions)

No practice - Thurs Nov 3rd and Sun Nov 6th.
Game Cancelled - Tues Nov 8th (vs GHS). Regular practice instead.

Tournament at Navy - Nov 11th and 12th.

Staples game and upcoming schedule

Upcoming games:

1. Away game at STAPLES - WEDNESDAY, 10/26, 5:30-7. Please note that they don't have the pool until 5:30pm. There will only be a short warm-up and then begin playing at ~5:45pm. Address is 70 North Avenue, Westport, CT 06880.  http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/staples/campus/directions.html
2. (update) Tue, Nov 1: Regular practice. (Game cancelled vs Hudson Valley)
3. Fri-Sun, Oct 28-30: Cardinal Cup Tournament @GHS - JV/Turbo Cup team only (no HS practice on Sun)
4. Sat, Nov 5: Away game @Choate, 4:45 (Turbo Cup players will be in Indiana)
5. Tue, Nov 8: Away game @GHS, 7pm
6. Sat-Sun, Nov 12-13: We need to make decisions about going back to Navy.  It is going to be great weekend of polo with teams from Toronto and Houston attending.  Coach Ulmis is excited to go down with the team but we need to make sure players are interested.  Please let Kim know if you are in.
7. Scrimmage - Sun, Nov 20: Home vs Y Masters (8:30-10:30am)

2011 Annapolis Classic Water Polo Tournament. Updated w/ results!

Our team of 10 boys came to play! 2 wins, 2 losses.
Saturday, Oct 22

2:30pm v Gonzaga A (Legeune Hall) 12-14 (L)

7:30pm vs Navy AC (Legeune Hall) 12-19 (L)

Sunday, Oct 23

10:15am vs Greenwich B (Legeune Hall) 15-8 (W)

2:00pm vs Navy AC B (Scott Natatorium) 16-12 (W)

Note that Legeune Hall is main pool closest to pedestrian entrance (gate 1).  Scott Natatorium is the smaller pool in Macdonough Hall.  Here is a map to the campus http://www.usna.org/USNAmap.html

Cardinal tournament update

Game A: Navy 22(w) - St. Bs 2
Game B: Greenwich Aquatics 9 (w) - GHS B 8
Game C: GHS A 12(w) - Exeter 7
Game D: Gonzaga 15(w) - Choate 9

Round 2
Game E: Navy 11(w) - Greenwich Aquatics 7
Game F: GHS A 11(w) - Gonzaga 7
Game G: GHS B - Choate
Finals ...
Greenwich Aquatics vs Gonzaga (3rd 4th place) 8-9 (L)
St B vs Choate (7 th 8th)
Exeter vs GHS B (5th 6th)
Navy vs GHS A (1st 2nd)
Greenwich Aq placed 4th. GHS A won the overall tournament.

Sunday -
vs GHS A 11-12 (L)
vs Gonzaga  10-7 (W)

Week of 10/9 - Added Scrimmage vs Masters on Monday

• Sun, Oct 9: 11-1pm Practice
• (new) Mon, Oct 10: Home Scrimmage w Masters Team (8-9:30pm)
• CANCELLED Tues, Oct 11: game vs GHS - back to regular practice. 6:30-8:30, dryland 8:30
• Wed, Oct 12: 6:30-8pm Practice
• Thu, Oct 13: 8-9:30pm Practice
• Fri, Oct 14: Cardinal Tournament at GHS – Game at 5:30pm vs GHS B.  Please be at the pool by 4:45pm.
• Sat-Sun: Cardinal Tournament Continues (full schedule below)

Cardinal Tournament Schedule - 1st game Friday 5:30

CARDINAL TOURNAMENT

Round One
Game One:  Navy AC vs St. B's  Saturday 10:00 a.m.
Game Two:  Greenwich YM vs GHS B Friday 5:30 p.m.
Game Three GHS A vs Phillips Exeter Friday 6:45 p.m
Game Four Gonzaga vs Choate Friday 8:00 p.m.

Round Two
Game Five:   Winner Game One vs Winner Game Two Saturday 12:45 p.m.
Game Six:  Winner Game Three vs Winner Game Four (Saturday 11:30 a.m. if Gonzaga wins G4; Saturday 2:55 p.m. if Choate wins G4)
Game Seven: Loser Game Two vs Loser Game Four (Saturday 2:55 if Choate loses G4; 11:30 a.m. if Gonzaga loses G4)
Game Eight: Loser Game One vs Loser Game Three Saturday 1:50 p.m.

Round Three
Game Nine (Third Place Game):  Loser Game Five vs Loser Game 6 Saturday 4 p.m.
Game Ten:   Loser Game Seven vs Loser Game Eight Saturday 5:05 p.m.
Game Eleven: Winner Game Seven vs Winner Game Eight Saturday 6:10 p.m.
Game Twelve (Championship Game): Winner Game Five vs Winner Game Six Saturday 7:30 p.m.

On Sunday:  Games for teams that are either local or have traveled a long distance and have stated a willingness to play on Sunday
Gonzaga, GHS A, Greenwich YM, Navy AC

8:45 a.m.  GHS A vs a team they did not play on Saturday
9:50 a.m. Navy AC vs a team they did not play on Saturday
11:10 a.m.  Loser 9 a.m. game vs Loser 10:05 game
12:15 p.m.  Winner 9 a.m. game vs Winner 10:05 game

Midseason tally: 6-3

latest game vs Suffield Academy's Varsity team 16-4 (win)
Click here for link to -Suffield news writeup

Next up: home vs Hudson Valley - Wednesday 10/5, 7pm

Week of 9/26 schedule

Tuesday: 6:30pm weights; 7:30-9:30pm practice (we are reversing the order this Tuesday)

Wednesday: 6:30-8pm practice (we understand that it is the night of Rosh Hashanah so we understand if some players can't make it)

Thursday: Our Turbo Cup team is playing Brunswick from 3-5pm.  The rest of the high school team will practice from 8-9:30pm.

Saturday: 5:30pm game at Suffield. Directions - click here (Also, directions to away games can be found on Schedules tab.) Everyone should be at the pool by 4:45pm.  Please take in consideration some traffic.

Sunday: 11am-1pm practice

Greenwich Aquatics Boys Tops Staples HS, Brunswick, and Army!

Posts four wins to date!
vs Horace Mann 17-3 (win)
vs Staples 16-5 (win)
vs Yale University 12-15 (loss)
vs Brunswick 16-4 (win)
vs Army 19-11 (win)
Current standings - 4 wins, 1 loss.

Games this week:  Tuesday, Home vs Greenwich High School. 7pm
Thursday: Scrimmage HS vs Turbo Cup 8pm

Greenwich Aquatics opens fall season with win over Horace Mann/Varsity, 17-3

Pizza after Saturday's game today

We reserved the patio area. Parents should stop by too!

Note: Weight training has been added to the schedule. Tuesdays 8:30-9:15pm

First game vs Horace Mann - Saturday 9/10 3:20. New games added. vs Yale University - Sun 9/11 10:30! vs Army - Sat 9/17 3pm

This is a reminder that we will be playing our first game vs Horace Mann this Saturday at 3:20pm.  This is a home game so please be at the pool by 2:45pm.  

The full schedule on Saturday is:

  1:00pm: Brunswick vs Horace Mann Varsity

  2:10pm: Brunswick JV vs Horace Mann JV

  3:20pm: Greenwich Aquatics HS Boys vs Horace Mann Varsity


On Sunday, 9/11, we will play Yale University! This is a home game. Please come early to watch the masters game and help work the scoring table.
    9:30am: Greenwich Masters vs Yale
  10:30am: Greenwich Aquatics HS Boys vs Yale

Preseason week ends. Regular practice starts Tuesday, 9/6.

Coach Ulmis jumps in for a game of "Goalie Wars" to conclude the preseason workout.

Practice today, 8/29 is ON!

Hope everyone weathered Hurricane Irene and is safe. The Y is open and practice will go on as scheduled. See you soon.

First practice - Monday August 29th!

See Schedules tab for more