Water polo

The 2021 Prep water polo season was again marred by Covid-19 regulations in Term 1. However, even though sport was not compulsory, we had commitment and enthusiasm from our Prep boys. Even though officially inter school fixtures were not allowed, thorough the auspices of Swim South Africa allowing “club” water polo to have fixtures, we managed a game or two as Luck Dragons Water Polo Academy. In Term 3 we were finally able to commence with inter-school fixtures. Ably Captained by David Latilla-Campbell and Darien Salovy our boys from Grade 7 down to Grade 4 played a total of 43 games, winning 34 of those, drawing two and losing only seven. In these games we were able to score 301 goals and conceding only 95. A magnificent effort by all.

Some of our teams also participated in various tournaments and festivals:

The Grade 5 A team played in our annual Willy Castle Tournament. They showed true grit after some very close matches, managing a victory in the final.

Our annual Prep Stayers tournament involving Grade 6 and 5 boys was changed to a festival this year due to number of teams participating. The boys did extremely well, winning all their games.

The 1st Team participated in the annual Boys Prep S.A.C.S. Tournament. The boys played well but our lack of game experience showed. We ended up losing to DPHS in the semi-finals by 1 goal. DPHS then went on to win the tournament comfortably in the final.

Provincially we had another good year with 14 boys making Central Gauteng Schools Water Polo teams: • U14A: Darien Salovy • U13A: David Latilla-Campbell (captain), Danilo

Giuricich (vice-captain), Laird Hamilton-Brown,

Dylan Gander, Alex Jankowitz, Connor Mc Jannet,

Matthew Peacock, Jess Webber and Luke Welton • U13B: Giorgio Ferreira (captain), Pierre Crofton,

Benjamin Vine and Jonathan Fynn

Inter-house results for 2021: 1. Benedict (1st in both Juniors and Seniors) 2. The Bishops (2nd in Juniors and 3rd in Seniors) 3. Osmond (4th in Juniors and 2nd in Seniors) 4. College (3rd in Juniors and 4th in Seniors)

To end off, I would like to thank all staff involved in coaching and supporting the boys through the season: Mr Fabian Howard, Mr Karabo Makola, Mr Robert Longland, Matthew Orr, Alex Spanidis, Jaya Curtis, Aadil Boomgaard and Andrew Mason.

Mr G Ramsey

Director Water polo

Water polo 1st Team

Back row: Giorgio Ferreira, Matthew Peacock, Luke Viljoen, Laird Hamilton-Brown, Alex Jankowitz. 2nd row: Connor Mc Jannet, Jess Webber, Luke Welton, Dylan Gander Front row: Danilo Giuricich, David Latilla-Campbell, Mr G Ramsey, Darien Salovy, Pierre Crofton

Water polo 2nd Team

Back row: Aiden Smits, Christian Friedericksen 2nd row: Milan Stipcevich, Nicholas Gorman, Ryan Fuller-Good, Rupert Schonborn Front row: Matteo Stipcevich, Benjamin Vine, Mr G Ramsey, Cameron White, Jonathan Fynn

Water polo Grade 5A

Back row: Ross Harvey, Christopher Davidson, Christian Ford, James Forbes Front row: Aydin Ismail, Dominic Teixeira, Julian Stuart, Mr G Ramsey, Alden Curtis, Gregory Stainforth, Ben Gorman

Water polo Grade 5B

Back row: Brandon Cross, Jonathan Kahwa, William Biddulph, Adam Houghton, Rafael Mendes Front row: Ashley Becker, Daniel Shalala, Andrew Becker, Mr G Ramsey, Hilton Rains, Julian Ip, Jayden Dube

Water polo Grade 4 Mixed

Back row: Baxter Forssman, Andrew Davies, Ross Bortolan, Michael Turner, Carter Toerien, Luc Pharoah, Matthew Warner, Lliam Mc Jannet Front row: Njabulo Ndwandwe, Liam Maraschin, Jacques Jansen van Rensburg, Mr G Ramsey, Justin Ashkar, Connor Simaan, Leo Mutooni

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