welcome to waterpolo!

Waterpolo is fast paced, exciting, and extremely fun to play! It takes good team skills as well as individual strength and endurance. If you are familiar with European handball, water polo is like handball in the water!  If not, it is sort of like a cross between basketball and soccer.  In BCSSA, water polo is played as in co-ed teams. Each team has a minimum of seven players: one goalkeeper plus 3 girls and 3 boys. The objective is to swim and pass the ball to get into the opponents end, and to score points by throwing into a net defended by a goalie.

WaterPolo Groups

Cruisers waterpolo programs are open to swimmers of all levels and abilities. Swimmers are placed on teams and train with others in age groups, which are:

  • P1 – 11 and under

  • P2 – 12 & 13

  • P3 – 14 & 15

  • P4 – 16 to 18

  • P5 – 19 and over

In addition to these categories, Cruisers runs a novice program for swimmers who are 8 and under (Intro to Waterpolo) and want to try out the sport. The novice program is run in shallow water, and has the objective of developing fundamental game skills in younger swimmers.

Summer 2023 tournaments & Results

As the summer competitive season starts, we will be posting the details and results here.

PRACTICES

P1-P5 have 3 practices a week, the novice program has 2.  We understand that many kids are involved in a number of different activities outside of Cruisers and cannot always make it to every practice.  Waterpolo is a game of endurance, so for water polo swimmers we recommend that you also attend some speed practices to work on endurance.

POOLS

Cruisers Aquatics has pool time across the North Shore. When you look at the calendar, in addition to times, it will also list the pool location for each practice.

Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre: 931 Lytton St, North Vancouver

Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre: 123 East 23rd Street, North Vancouver

Events

Important dates for waterpolo and tournament information will be found in the calendar.

director.waterpolo@cruisersaquatics.com