2008 CV WATER POLO END OF SEASON BANQUET
November
14, 2008 @ 6:00pm
Buffet
Dinner: Adults $30.00
Children: $15.00
Make checks payable to CV Water Polo and mail with Info. below to:
CV Water
Polo
P.O.
New
____________________________________
Name_____________________________
Polo
Player(s)______________ (No Charge)
Adults ______________
Children ______________
WELCOME TO
WATER POLO
2008
A message
from the Booster Club President:
Dear Players and Parents,
Welcome to our first edition of the Screaming Eagle water polo guide. I would like to express my thanks to Virginia Daley, Lu Shuey and Sherry Deckman for putting this important orientation tool together.
CV Water Polo has a very distinguished past and we are very proud of our athletes’ accomplishments in and out of the pool. We are very grateful to have Corey Pelow and Sheri Johnson, our dedicated coaches.
This guide will help educate and inform members of our booster club with pertinent information to keep you “in the know” for the upcoming season. Keep this booklet in a handy location throughout the season for referral.
New for 2008 is the additional functionality of our website, www.cvwaterpolo.org. Now you will receive an e-mail notice directing you to the website for the details. We suggest you regularly refer to the website for coaches’ notices and other news.
CVWP Booster Club is a successful volunteer organization that relies on member involvement. I would like to thank everyone for your tireless efforts that help to make our programs successful.
Best of luck to our athletes and coaching staff, we look forward to an action packed season.
GO CV EAGLES!!!
Donna Partin, President
Action and Candid
Polo Pictures
Attention photographers! As you take pictures this season at games, practices, parties, on the bus and in the locker room, save your good ones and send them to Steve Brady for use in the end of season video.
You may e-mail your pictures to Steve at: spb7@psu.edu or hand your pictures to Steve at any game.
Don’t wait for the end of the season – send your pictures to Steve
as you take them!
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Senior Pictures for
the Banquet Video
The Senior’s “life in pictures” audio visual presentation tradition continues this year thanks to Steve Brady. Mr. Brady will produce the year in pictures and the senior’s picture chronology video this year.
Senior parents - please assemble a handful of your favorite pictures of your player from birth to graduation. Pictures may be silly or serious and may include siblings and/or pets. Players in their formative years of athletic endeavors are always entertaining. Please be sure to include a senior picture.
Pictures may be given to Steve Brady (spb7@psu.edu) anytime during the season, but no later than November
1, 2008.
Senior Night Player
Information
Senior night is Thursday, October
23, 2008.
Senior players please fill this form out so that we may recognize your achievements and share your future plans with the CV Water Polo Community.
Name:_____________________________________________
Position:___________________________________________
Years Playing Water
Polo:____________________________
Why or How Did You
Start Playing Polo:________________
___________________________________________________
Water Polo
Achievements:_____________________________
___________________________________________________
Other School Sports
and Activities:_____________________
___________________________________________________
Hobbies or
Interests:_________________________________
Future Plans:_______________________________________
___________________________________________________
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Return this form to Coach Corey no later than October 16, 2008.
Coaches
Message
Welcome to the Cumberland
Valley Water Polo family. As a coach, it is my mission to make CV
the best program it can be. This can only be done with the dedication
from all our coaches, athletes and family members. When a team achieves
success, every member of the program achieves success. There are many
facets of success as a program, student, athlete and as an individual.
This is always our goal and we hope this success carries with our athletes
through their lives. We thank you deeply for all the dedication, time and
effort you will be putting in to make our program successful.
For those of you who are new players to the program,
you will find water polo to be a challenging and rewarding experience. Parents, although the game of water polo is
confusing at first, it is fast-paced and exciting. You will have the support of veteran parents
and make new friends.
Again we welcome you into our family and thank you
for all your support.
Best of luck, Coach Corey and Coach Sheri
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Water Polo Booster Club Scholarship
The
CV Water Polo Booster Club will award two $500 scholarships, one to a male and
one to a female member of the 2009 CV water polo team.
Applicants
must be graduating seniors who meet the criteria set forth by the Booster Club. The successful recipients will be chosen
based upon athletic and scholastic achievement, extracurricular activity, team
leadership and sportsmanship.
The
Cumberland Valley Water Polo Booster Club plays no part in the selection
process. Completed applications are
placed with the CVHS Scholarship Committee who makes the selection based on the
criteria set forth by the Booster Club and listed on the scholarship
application.
Seniors may pick up a scholarship
application in the CVHS Guidance Office.
Completed
applications must be returned to the CVHS Guidance office no later than April
1, 2009
Water Polo
Pre-Season Picnic
The annual Water Polo pre-season
picnic will be:
Sunday, August 24th
5:30 pm
Creekview North Pavillion
Please join us for a fun and informative evening. All
parents are strongly encouraged to come and siblings are most welcome. We will review and explain the season’s
coming events and collect Booster Club Dues (bring your checkbook).
The Booster Club will provide hamburgers, hot dogs and paper
goods. We ask that each family bring
something to share.
Seniors: Salads – tossed, fruit, potato,
pasta, etc.
Juniors: Desserts – your choice!
Sophomores: Munchies, hors duerves or a salad
Freshman: 2 cases of Bottled Water or a case of
Gatorade
Managers: 2 eight packs of Gatorade or a case
of bottled water
See you at
Creekview on August 24th!
Touch of the Valley
Once again this year, the
Water Polo Booster Club will participate in Touch of the Valley, an auction and food tasting event held at the
Cumberland Valley High School (CVHS) on Saturday, November 15, 2008. This has
been a tasty, fun, and profitable fund raiser. The event is held in the CVHS
cafeteria and the Eagle Lobby. Area restaurants showcase their best dishes from
appetizers, to entrees, and of course deserts.
Touch of the Valley is
sponsored by the Eagle Foundation. Funds raised benefit both the Eagle
Foundation and participating CVHS clubs and organizations. The proceeds
from ticket sales go to the Eagle Foundation. The Booster Club is required to
sell 25 tickets, so please purchase your tickets from the Booster Club (not the
Eagle Foundation). Make your check payable to “CV Water Polo Boosters Club” and
enjoy the event.
All auction proceeds go
directly to the clubs that offer items for auction. Therefore, we need the parents’ help with donations of items or
collection of donations to be auctioned. Items can be donated by friends,
neighbors, relatives, and businesses. It also can be a good way for a business
to advertise by auctioning services or items. Ideas may include meals at a
restaurant, haircuts, vacation rentals, or home repair services.
Another option is to donate
items for a basket. The Booster Club is assembling at least two baskets this
year. We had great success with our wine basket the last two years, so we're going to do it
again. You can donate any wine related items such as corkscrews, wine
glasses, bottle(s) of wine and we'll assemble the items in a big basket to be
auctioned. We're also planning a Christmas basket. You can donate anything Christmas - ornaments,
lights, cards, coffee mugs, etc. Please provide an estimated value to help us
set the minimum bids.
We'll follow up with more
information and reminders as the date gets closer, but mark your calendars now
for November
15, 2008 and start thinking
about auction items.
Ling Schmidt and Patty Hillery
Please feel free to contact us at tlcschmidt@comcast.net
or phillery@cvschools.org with any
questions!
CV Water Polo Boosters Budget
Your support is vital to the
continued success and growth of our program.
Booster Club income is derived from:
·
Booster Dues
·
Concession Stand Income
·
Hosted Tournament Income
·
Touch of the Valley
Your support provides the following:
·
Away game meals
·
Banquet Expenses for players
·
Team Suit
·
½ cost team warm up
·
Training Equipment Purchases
·
Senior Recognition
·
Polo yearbook
·
Tournament fees
·
Senior Water Polo Scholarship – 2 each year
Our 2008 budget is approximately $12,000.00.
Booster membership is $50.00 per family.
Please return your membership form and payment to:
Tara Kiley-Rothwell – Treasurer 1803 Signal Hill Dr. Mechanicsburg 17050
Understanding the Game of Water Polo
Water Polo can be a confusing game for spectators. The whistle is constantly blowing and the play never stops, even when someone is ejected for a penalty. In addition, there are many misconceptions about the game, including how the players keep their horses swimming. Well hang in there, because the following information should help to make the picture much clearer.
1. Each team has six field players and a goalie.
2. Field players can only use one hand to touch the ball, goalies two.
3. Games consist of 7-minute quarters for Varsity and 12 minute (clock running) halves for JV.
4. The object of the game is to score by placing the ball completely in the goal. Players may move the ball by swimming or passing.
5. Teams may substitute after a goal is scored, during a time-out or during the play from the ejection area.
6. Each team receives three time-outs and one 20-second time-out per game.
7. Shots blocked out of bounds by defensive players result in the defensive team receiving possession. If a defender uses two hands to block a shot, the offensive team received a penalty shot.
FOULS: When an infraction of the rules occurs, the referee will point in the direction of the team taking possession, while blowing his whistle. The ball is put back into play (free throw) giving the player 3-seconds of free time to throw the ball to another teammate or swim it up the pool. A player cannot shoot his free throw unless he outside the 5-meter line. Example of Ordinary Foul: A defender may reach over an opponent’s back to get at the ball while facing away from the goal. The penalty for an ordinary foul is a free throw for the opposing team. Major Fouls: When a defender fouls an opponent too aggressively, or from behind when the opponent is facing the goal, the defender is ejected for 20 seconds (players may reenter the game if their team recovers the ball before the ejection time is up, or if the opposing team scores). Players may only receive 3-major fouls before elimination. If all of this has you totally confused, just sit back and enjoy the game. The easiest way to follow the play is by watching the scoreboard. If your team is ahead at the end, great! If not, well consider that you have expanded your horizons. When the game is over, you can at least explain to your friends that the horses never get wet.
The following are some Water Polo Leagues that your
child may be involved with:
PA Water Polo
This is a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA)
recognized sport. Our rules and
regulations are governed by the PA Water Polo Coaches Association, the PIAA,
NCAA and the Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA). The majority of our timeline is governed by
the PIAA. We begin our scholastic season
in August and end in November.
There are numerous water polo opportunities all year long. The following opportunities are some that are
offered local, statewide and nationally.
Age Group Levels are offered for all the following.
CV High School Water Polo
High School Season- August 11- November 11, 2008. All practices and events are mandatory.
CV Elementary and Middle School Water Polo
12 and Under Team- January to March or April. There will be approximately two practices a week. A small fee is involved.
Middle School and Elementary Season- Every March to May. Practices are two to four times a week
depending on player involvement.
Practices are usually held on Mondays and Wednesdays. During this time the high school team
practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays and lifts weights on Mondays and
Wednesdays. A small fee is involved and
is paid to the school.
American Water Polo (and Upper Main Line League),
USA Water Polo and American Water Polo are the two main governing water
polo bodies in the
….National opportunities are available every year through USA Water Polo
as well as regional opportunities through the North East Zone teams. The NE Zone team members are picked every
spring through a series of tryouts. The
best members of the North East Zone then make the Zone Team and go on to
compete in national competitions against other Zone Teams at various locations
across the United States.
Premier League
The Premier
league is designed to bring PA’s best talent together to play other teams in
the East Coast regions. This opportunity
offers potential for national play as well.
2008 CV Water Polo Booster Club Leadership
Donna Partin …………President
Pat Cline……………...Vice President
Virginia Daley………..Secretary
Tara Rothwell………...Treasurer
Diane Ferry and Ling
Schmidt…………………………….Concession coordinators
Ling Schmidt and Patty
Hillery…………………..Touch of the Valley fundraiser
Mike Rothwell…………………………………………..……………………..……Webmaster
Linda Sunday……………………………………………….…………..….Email
Coordinator
Dave Dinger………………………………………………….…...Travel
Meal Coordinator
Diana Linn……………………………………………………….…………...Gatorade
Friday’s
Steve Brady…………………………………………………….…Yearbook
and Slide Show
Senior
Representatives……………………………………..Girls…..…………Carol Graf
Boys………Leslie
Milburn
Junior
Representatives……………………………….…...Girls……..…….Diane Ferry
Boys…….…Sherri
Kessler
Sophomore
Representatives…………………………….Girls………..……Diana Linn
Boys……..…Ling
Schmidt
Freshman
Representatives……………………………….Girls…………Linda Sunday
Boys…..…Laura Treaster
Committee Positions Available:
Banquet
Committee (2)
Tournament
Volunteer Coordinator (1)
Girls
States Tournament (2)
Fundraising
Coordinator (1)
If you are interest in getting involved, email Donna at: d4mom@epix.net
Water Polo Booster Website
Check out the redesigned CV Water Polo
website.
Make it your homepage or a favorite to
have all the most up to date team and booster information at your fingertips!
Look for:
·
Latest news and
announcements
·
Calendar
·
Roster, game stats
·
Away game directions
·
Links to useful sites
and information
·
Photo sharing through
flickr.com
·
Board List and Contact
information
·
Much, much more
Any questions, contact the
webmaster- Mike Rothwell at rothwellmw@yahoo.com
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The
team is planning to attend Pepperdine University Water Polo Camp in June of
2009. There will be various fundraising
activities throughout the year to offset the cost of this camp.
CONCESSION STAND RESPONSIBILITIES
A concession stand will be provided at all home polo
games and home tournaments throughout the 2008 season. CV parents are responsible for food donations
and operation of the concession stand.
Since profits from these concessions are a major part of our team’s
fund-raising efforts, we need every family’s help to make this a successful
endeavor.
How Can Parents Help?
Each class will be assigned a date of a home game at
which they will be responsible for hosting the concession stand. Parents of
team members in that class will be expected to provide a food donation and to
volunteer to work a shift at the concession stand. Class representatives will contact parents
with a list of needed food donations and a schedule of volunteer time slots for
the game.
Parents will also be expected to provide a food donation and volunteer to work at least
one shift at the concession stand during all
home tournaments. CV will be hosting
the following tournaments during the 2008 season:
Screaming
Eagle Tournament - September 5-6
Beast of the East Tournament - September 26-27
East/West
Crossover Tournament – October 10-11
Women’s
State Tournament - October 31 - November1
Please mark these important dates on your
calendar. If you are unable to help at
any of these tournaments, you are expected to find a substitute to fulfill your
commitment and/or trade duties for another date.
Thank you in advance for your support!
August 2008
23 (Sat) – Pre-season
Tournament –
24 (Sun) – Pre-season Picnic 6 p.m. @
Creekview Park
September
2008
5 (Fri) – Screaming
Eagle @ CV
6 (Sat) – Screaming Eagle @ CV
9 – at Gov. Mifflin +
13 (Sat) – Tiger Classic @ North
Allegheny
18 – at
20 (Sat) – WVW at
23 – Muhlenberg @ CV +
26 (Fri) – Beast of the East @ CV
(Winners go to
27 (Sat) – Beast of the East @ CV
(Winners go to
All games and tournaments are mandatory for both Varsity and JV players.
All games and events are at CV unless otherwise noted.
+ symbol
indicates JV games. Note: We may be able to schedule some JV games
during weekend tournaments.
Some interdivision games will be played at the Coal Cracker Invitational and East-West Cross Over. Some “home” games will be played at away locations. We play all division teams twice. The top two teams in each of the three divisions earn a trip to the State tournament.
October 2008
10 (Fri) – East-West Cross Over @ CV
11 (Sat) – East-West Cross Over @ CV
14 – Gov. Mifflin @ CV +
16 – at
18 (Sat) – Big Red at Souderton (PSAT
Weekend)
21 – at
23 –
28 – at Muhlenberg +
31 (Fri) – Women’s States at CV
November 2008
1 (Sat) – Women’s States at CV
7 (Fri) – Men’s States at North Penn
8 (Sat) – Men’s States at North Penn
Central Division
Hazelton
Governor Mifflin
Muhlenberg