THE MAVERICKS Water Polo Club

With competitive and recreational water polo and learn-to-swim programs for players age 8 and up, the Mavericks Water Polo Club has been churning up the pool since 1992. Our skills/tactics/fitness (and fun!) oriented approach has earned us an enviable track record of medal winning performances at Provincial and National Championships. Do we have the program you're looking for? For competitive water polo programs check us out... or, for younger players (12 & U) check out our learn-to-swim & play BASECamp Program!

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MAVERICKS 2011-2012 :

FIRST BASECAMP SESSION A SUCCESS:

The Mavericks would like to thank all those who participated in the first session of the 2011-2012 season. We are now accepting registration for the second session. All locations will be offered once again this session. Please make your payments online through the BASECamp website. 

2011 RESULTS:

Our teams have been extremely busy the last few weeks, with a number of tournaments taking place in various cities. 

Andrew Watson Memorial Tournament: Our U16 and U18 teams battled at this tournament in Guelph with a great deal of success. Our Mens squad ended the tournament with a perfect record winning gold. Our women fell short in the final losing to Montreal rivals DDO to take the silver medal.

CAMO U16 Invitational: Both our Girls and Boys U16 teams participated in this Montreal event and gained a great deal of game experience. We were glad to bring the athletes out of the province to gauge the competition in the East.

DDO U18 Mark Bernotas Invitational: In the first year of this memorial tournament, the Mavericks sent a full Women's squad and a slightly depleated Men's squad. The Women battled hard throughout the weekend, playing in what was described as 'the game of the tournament', where they faced host team DDO in a nail biting, overtime game where the women just fell short of their rivals. The men finished the tournament with a strong 3rd place finish.

Laval U16 Boys Invitational: The U16 Boys took a huge step forward in terms of their development by going undefeated in 5 straight games at the Laval Invitational. In this round-robin styled tournament the boys finished as the team with the only perfect record and captured the gold.

U18 Mens Turbo Cup: The U18 men posted an impressive 5 wins and 2 losses at the Turbo Cup, which featured 6 of the top clubs in the country. The men never deviated from their long term tactical goals and hope to have taken another step closer to being top in the country. The final standings for the tournament were as follows:

1. Pacific Storm

2. CAMO Water Polo Club

3. Mavericks Water Polo Club

4. Ottawa Titans

5. Gatineau Water Polo Club

6. DDO Water Polo Club

7. Toronto Golden Jets

U14 MAVERICKS WIN PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The U14 Mavericks had another strong performance for the club winning Ontario's U14 Provincial Championships April 9-10th. The Mavericks displayed their phenomenal team work and depth by dressing 16 players. Ali Khasmamedov won first team all star votes as well as being named tournament MVP. Congratulations to all players and Coach Andrassy!

MAVERICKS U16 BOYS TAKES SILVER IN LONDON. FIVE MAVS NAMED to ALL-STAR TEAM. The U16 Mavericks had another strong showing for the club this past weekend in London, ON. The boys entered the final game undefeated against a strong opponent, Ottawa. The game went back and forth with a number of lead changes. At the end of regulation, the score was locked at 6-6. Overtime favoured Ottawa and the Mavericks fell to second place being defeated 6-7. First Team Tournament All-Stars were: Marko Bjelica, Pavle Curcin, Andriy Pashynskyy, Nikola Popovski and Ivan Veljic (MVP). CONGRATS BOYS!

SHADOW/MAVERICKS WOMEN CAPTURE GOLD AT U16 PROVINCIALS The U16 Shadow/Mavericks girls team captured the gold medal at U16 Provincial Championships by defeating Ottawa in a high scoring championship battle. The girls were successful at clinching first place, winning by a score of 15-13 in a back and forth game. This is a tremendous success for the girls and gives them some momentum as they gear up for Nationals at the end of May in Vancouver. CONGRATS GIRLS - keep up the good work!

MAVERICKS MEN CAPTURE FIRST EVER MAJOR LEAGUE WATER POLO BANNER The Mavericks Senior Men captured a historical first ever Major League Water Polo banner by defeating cross-town rivals 5-4 in overtime. The Mavericks men, who are represented by up and coming young talent as well as experienced veterans, showed up ready to win this weekend. The men defeated DDO, the tournament favourites, in dramatic fashion with a last second overtime goal by sniper Igor Sapozhnikov. This set them up to square off against Toronto in the final - a defensive battle that showcased excellent goaltending. Milan Radenovic stood tall in goal and made sure the team had every opportunity to win. Matt Myers and Dusan Radojcic both scored in overtime to secure the win for the Mavericks. Captain Dusan Lazarevic won honours as tournament MVP. Adam Deffett received honours as the league's Most Valuable Defensive Player. This is the first ever MLWP win for the Mavericks and the first ever MLWP banner won by a team in Ontario. Congrats to the men.

BASECAMP FALL SESSION BEGIN MID SEPTEMBER

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U22 MEN BRING HOME SILVER MEDAL AT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Under 22 Mavericks men's team successfully captured a historic silver medal March 13th by stunning the competition. A team that did not have a single player over the age of 19, added no Senior National Team athletes and faced the toughest division in the competition started off the championship by upsetting a heavily favoured Calgary team with a 9-8 win in regulation. With momentum in their favour, the Mavs finished second in their division and crossed over against BC's Fraser Valley in the quarterfinal. This lined them up to play against the hometown team of Gatineau in the semifinals. 

The game lived up to the hype with the Mavs winning 9-8 in overtime, putting them in the final against the tournament favourite CAMO. The boys fought hard and kept the game close, however fell to the older, more experienced squad in the final.

Tournament honours went to a number of Mavericks with Matt Myers, Milan Radenovic (Most Valuable Goalie), and Nish Damani (Most Valuable Coach) all making the All-Star Team.

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18U PROVINCIAL SUCCESS WOMEN'S SILVER, MEN'S GOLD

As everyone knows, the Mavericks hosted the 18U Provincials at the Etobicoke Olympium the weekend of March 4-6th. With two men's teams and a women's team competing, the Mavericks were well represented.

The women's team finished the tournament with a strong showing against an older, more experienced Ottawa team by winning the SILVER medal.

The men finished the tournament beating Provincial rivals Ottawa in overtime 9-5, winning GOLD.

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