Javier’s farewell, UWR Party, Wetsuit Poll, Team Tassie
Upcoming UWR in the DEEP
4th Sept, Homebush, 5pm for a 5.30pm kickoff.
18th Sept, Homebush, 5pm for a 5.30pm kickoff.
Beginners/Spectators: $3.50, Regulars: $10.
Javier’s Farewell
After 4 years of calling Sydney home, Javier’s moving back to Columbia – some of you may know that he will soon be a father!! The junior UWR team is growing!
Javier has been a huge part of UNSW underwater rugby family since the early days at Victoria Park pool. We were unbelievably lucky to find him – he’s played for a long time with his team in Cali, and he even represented Colombia in the world championships (1985 i think!). Javier is a stunning player – his incredible agility and power meant he was always in a league of his own and a nasty opposition to encounter in the pool. He gradually started teaching and coaching us – we had many sessions by the poolside where he opened up the world of structure and strategy, explained how to breathe with your “pulmos”, he even had etienne sitting in a garbage can to explain the goalie position. Behind the scenes he’s poured a lot of energy into our team – highly entertaining Powerpoint presentations, endless supply of ref sticks and advice on building goals. When Javier speaks about rugby, its clear he’s speaking of an art, not a science.
Javier probably wont be reading this, but on behalf of the past and present UWR family I wanted to thank Javier for the tremendous amount of support and energy he’s given the team. We wish him all the best in Colombia with his wife and future kid. We hope we see him again in Sydney or maybe even the next world championships… in Colombia!
Please come down for Javier’s last training session this Wednesday at UNSW pool. There will be a card to sign and hopefully he’ll have time to go to the Rege or Whitehouse afterwards.
Javier trains Etienne and Tim using a garbage can
Javier explains the art of underwater rugby
Underwater Rugby Party!!
It will either be on Saturday 17th September or Friday 23rd September. Let us know which dates you can make and we’ll go with the most popular date. Click the following link and tick the dates your available: http://doodle.com/a7way4vvzuxwam8q
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Wetsuit Poll
There’s been talk of some UWR sesh’s at Gordon’s Bay. To give us an idea of numbers, please let us know your cold tolerance status:
Tasmania tour
Numbers are growing and its still not to late to join! If you’ve booked your flights and your name is not on this list, please let me know. Stay tuned for more info.
- Steph
- Ollie
- Tanya
- Bobby
- Ben
- Celine
- Seb
- Laura
- Tym
- Pamela
- Michel
- Tanyas sister
