News (K-W Water Polo)

By Calin Dragoiescu: A weekend for the history books!! The 17U girls made the big trek to Alberta to participate in the National tournament.  Our first game was Thursday against the Calgary Renegades.  Calgary taught us a few things about this game: they stuck to their player like glue and had a super fast passing ...

By Calin Dragoiescu: This weekend KW’s Kraken 13U team competed in their Provincial Championship with 10 other teams at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.  Our Kraken athletes started off the tournament with gusto!  Game 1 saw the squad defeating the Scarborough Shadow Tigers 12-6. Game 2 had the Kraken Krew face ...

By Calin Dragoiescu: Since KW Kraken didn’t have enough eligible girls to enter a U15 team in the Eastern Nationals, a number of players were “loaned out” to CAMO from Montreal. This hearkens back to the tradition where parents would send their children out to work, so that they might contribute to the overall family ...

By Calin Dragoiescu: Day 1 of the tournament began with Glen looking more excited than the girls.  If our “Kracktans” girls were too nervous to look excited, they soon changed that with a 25 to 6 victory over Hamilton.  They followed that up with an 18 to 3 victory over Shadow during the late night game. The victories ...

By Calin Dragoiescu: Another weekend saw another few days spent at the good old Etobicoke Olympium Recreation Centre, a place most likely familiar to any member of the Kraken Waterpolo club. Good memories were once again made, this time with the help of 2 players from the CAMO Waterpolo Club of Montreal. They were ...

By Calin Dragoiescu: The games begin on Friday afternoon against  the Shadow.  The Titans-Kraken show off their quick passing techniques and made for a speedy game.  Despite some interesting reffing  calls that made for some serious head scratching from the players and fans alike T-K was able to secure victory 24 to ...

By Calin Dragoiescu: The weekend started out with a BANG and the excitement didn’t let up! We were sure there was going to be some excitement, and the 13U group didn’t fail to deliver! They played three Titan teams on Saturday and cleaned house! In the first game against Titans Red, our defense was on fire the whole ...

By Calin Dragoiescu: The 2022 March Madness tournament saw a return to competition for many of our Kraken athletes after 2 years of increased screen time and listening to our coaches at practice. As emphasized by Allen Iverson in one of his more infamous speeches, practice is just not the same. The 15U Girls team ...

By Sarah Crant: It was a full weekend of games for the 13U Kraken at the 2022 March Madness in Etobicoke, with a great start on Friday night.  The Kraken got underway with an 11 – 6 win against Hamilton! Three goals were scored by Claire, four by Pavle, a great assist by Claire and a goal each by Liam, Gabe, ...

By Scott Mueller: In response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Eastern Europe as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting war, KW Water Polo Club has donated $500, to the Canadian Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal. Through a Board member's Employer Matching Gift Program, this ...