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Canada Canoe PoloJayCee Polo production, Pointe-Claire, Qc Issue #1 July 2010


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InIn thisthis issue, July 2010issue, July 2010

Happy first issue!Happy first issue!

Hello everyone, and welcome to this first edition of

CAN Canoe Polo, the first Canadian magazine about

what is going on in your favourite sport across

Canada. Since this is our debut edition it may not

be perfect and so we hope to receive constructive comments from you, our

readers. Hopefully we will be able to distribute this magazine to all

registered CCP clubs with a new issue a couple of times a year.

We look forward to hearing from all of

you and hope youll enjoy this first

edition of Canoe Polo news!

JC Pothier

To contact the Chief Editor:[email protected]

2010 Nationals

In the News

National Team

Results

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Canadian Nationals, July 24Canadian Nationals, July 24--2525thth

Hi everyone,

de Beauharnois in Valleyfield. Fourteen teams from USA and Canada will battle

for the title in various club and open categories, summing up to 48 games over

the weekend. We have over $1000 in sponsors equipment and apparel to giveaway for participants and a banquet on Saturday night.

Pointe-Claire Canoe ClubClub de Canoe Deux-Rives

Thanks in advance to all our volunteers and teams taking part in the event.

Hope everyone will have a great time and well send out the official results as

soon as we have them!

Results from these Nationalsand announcement for 2011

in the next issue!

Club B teams:

1) PC Chiefs

2) Missi B

3) Sudbury Canoe Club4) Waterloo

5) USA Women

6) Boston B

Club A teams:

1) PC Sharks

2) PC U21

3) Missi A4) Boston Black

5) NYKP

Women teams:

1) PC Chicks

2) Missi Women

3) USA Women4) North East Lobsters

www.pccanoekayak.ca/canoepolo/Nationals.html

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Pointe-Claire Canoe Polo is proud to be hosting the

first Canadian Nationals to be held in the eastern part

of Canada. The event is taking place in the Vieux Canal


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Canoe Polo OntarioCanoe Polo Ontario

Much has evolved in the world of Canoe Polo in Ontario. We have a growing

group of paddlers. At times we have had 16 paddlers training in the pool

and outside on a weekly basis in Mississauga alone.

By John Gregory, Ontario Prov. Rep.

Through the winter we provided coaching at a local pool for a learn to kayak

course. At the end of the program we provided a recommendation to the councilpool to purchase five polo kayaks. Several of the evening sessions ended with

informal polo games. The pool hired out the pool to us for a Saturday to run a polo

tournament. Several paddlers came from a variety of clubs.

At the end of May we had an indoor one day tournament at

the Waterloo University pool. They have now registered

with the University as a club and we are working to

encourage them to apply for funding so that they can have

a fleet of their own boats. It has been amazing to see

several of these paddlers really develop some great core

skills and in the last tournament Waterloo made it through

to the finals ahead of some better known teams.

Dan Fuller ran a two day training camp in Mississauga on a freezing coldweekend

at the beginning of May making it very worthwhile but not that pleasant! Thanks

Dan for sharing your experience and tips with our group. Everyone has shown

consistent improvement over the last couple of years and we have become more

structured in our training.

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More formal coaching has begun to take shape atthe Mississauga club. As preparation for the

Canadian National Champs we held a team try out

selection event. Six tests were devised and paddlers

assessed against them. It created some healthy

competition. The Mississauga July tournament

provided a first opportunity to play as set teams in

preparation for the Canadian Champs.


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Up here in the NWT, polo activity slows down during the summer due to our

limited warm weather. Our quality outdoor time is spent on the lakes and rivers,

and it is not until the fall and beginning of our pool time that the polo activity

picks up again. This year we are hoping to use our new goals and helmets at theNWT provincial championships which will be held in October or November in Hay

River against Fort Smith. Unfortunately, due to travel costs we will be unable to

travel to the Canadian Nationals this year but look forward to attending some of

the larger competitions closer to home.

Just as a side note our club is on the lookout for used canoe polo boats that our

club could borrow, rent of purchase from other clubs around Canada. So if any

clubs have boats that they no longer use, could they please contact us [email protected]

Thats all from Yellowknife for now!

www.sombakepaddling.com

Hello from the Northwest Territories !Hello from the Northwest Territories !By Steve Hatch, NWT Rep.

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. Canoe Polo Ontario. Canoe Polo Ontario (continued)(continued)

There is much more to do to establish a formal organization in Ontario which willallow us apply for funding support. The fleet of 14 OBECO kayaks are now ten

years old and they have been used extensively with a variety of teams. We are

actively trying to acquire new boats and encourage paddlers to buy their own

carbon paddles.

The primary communication vehicle is our Canoe Polo Ontario Facebook group.

Our next challenge is to build a higher local community awareness through

regular placement of sports news stories with a variety of local media.

By John Gregory, Ontario Prov. Rep.


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Waterloo Polo SummaryWaterloo Polo SummaryBy Dermot Smiley, Ont.

To register your club or for anyquestions about CPC, contact

[email protected]

The graduating students also take their

knowledge of canoe polo with them

wherever they go throughout Canada or

further afield.

We believe that one key method to increase the visibility and participation of

canoe polo throughout Canada is to develop it as an intervarsity sport. Whilst

the continual turnover of participants can make it difficult to provide continuous

coaching, leadership and club coordination, this also has benefits. Players can be

introduced to the sport in their early university years and develop theirpersonal, leadership and coaching skills. As students graduate and move away

from the area, succession planning within the club generally occurs.

The aim in the coming year is to support the university club by hosting anotherbeginners course. We are also aiming to pursue funding opportunities for a fleet

of boats and other necessary equipment to support the further development of

clubs in the local area.

A group of returning players officially formed the Waterloo University Canoe

Polo Club and returning and new polo players participated in the 3rd course

(Spring 2010) followed by a club paddling session. This course finished with a

tournament in March 2010.

A 2nd beginners course was held the following winter with various teams from

across Ontario & Quebec at the final tournament in December 2009. These

teams included Sudbury Canoe Club, Laurentian University (Sudbury, ON),

McMaster University Whitewater Club (Hamilton, ON), Pointe Clare Canoe Club

(Montreal, QC), & Mississauga Canoe Club (Mississauga, ON). Some of the teamsin this competition had paddled but never played polo until that morning!!! The

pizza and prize draw afterwards had a Christmas theme - Canoe Polo Christmas

lights were one of several prizes.

Members of Mississauga Canoe Club first introduced canoepolo to the Waterloo students over the winter of 08-09 as an

8 week beginners course followed by a tournament with

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Milan 2010, Canada going towards WorldsMilan 2010, Canada going towards Worlds

As many of you already know this year the World Canoe Polo Championships will be

held in Milan Italy on September, 1st -5th. Canada will have teams in all four categories,

Men, Women, U21 Women and U21 Men. All teams have been training hard and by the

time you read this our national teams will be in their final preparations before leaving

for Europe.

The U21 Women Team, coached by Keegan Smith, will depart from Calgary on August4th, traveling to the Bologna international on August 7-8th, London international on 13-

14th, Du Paddle Belgium on 19-20th, and then resting until Worlds on September 1st.

The Womens Team coached by Dale OBrien, will be the next to depart flying intoAmsterdam and joining the U21 Women at the London international. Then traveling on

to Du paddle Belgium, then to Italy to meet the remaining team members and the

Bologna pre-worlds competition on August 28-29th, before moving onto Worlds.

The Mens Team depart Calgary on the August 9th, traveling to the Austrian Nationalsin Vienna on August 13-14th. They then travel across Europe to meet up with the other

Canadian teams at Du Paddle Belgium and follow to the Bologna Pre-World competition

before heading up to Milan.

The U21 Mens Team coached by JC Pothier will be the last to arrive in Europe flyingstraight into Milan for the World Championships. As the head national coach I know all

our teams are working hard and training harder than any other previous national

teams!

By Stephen Gale, Head Coach CCP

With that in mind I would like to wish all our

national teams all the best and the greatest

success at the 2010 World Canoe Polo

Championships.

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Stay tuned for moreNational Teams news and

results!


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New York Winter Cup 2010, January 30New York Winter Cup 2010, January 30thth

This years NY annual tournament was an intense, but fun, one day event

from 9am to past 10pm! A total of seven teams participated with three

teams from Pointe-Claire, two from New York, one from both Boston and

Mississauga. In the first round Boston took the lead with only one loss

followed closely by two PC teams

In the play-offs, it took two Golden Goal periods and one shoot out for PC

U21 to win their first game against Missi and then they went on to win 5th

place in a Golden Goal game against NY1. PC Two won the 3rd place final

against NY2 and the final saw PC One against Boston with the first PC win in

US territory! More info about NYKP can be found on their website:

WaterlooWaterloo UniUni Tournament, March 27Tournament, March 27thth

By Dermot Smiley

By JC Pothier

This March 2010 tournament, 3rd tournament hosted by

the University, consisted of 6 teams from Waterloo

University, Mississauga Canoe Club, and Pointe Claire

Canoe Club. We packed 20 games onto 1 pitch in the 1 day

tournament with a full league followed by crossover

games, semi finals, consolation game and the final.

The competition was great, with PCCC Sharks coming out on top for a 2nd

straight year, beating MCC Young guns in a closely fought final. MCC

Wrinklies came in 3rd with the 2 ladies teams (MCC Ladies and PCCC Chicks)

and Waterloo University closely on our heels. The University team

continues to get stronger as it becomes more established.

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Cup of the North 2010, February 12Cup of the North 2010, February 12--1414ththBy Daniel Fuller

The 2010 edition of the Cup of the North tournamentwas a great success. The largest canoe polo

tournament in North America continues to get

bigger and better each year. This year the

tournament included A and B divisions. Sixteen

teams competed from Canada, the United States, and

the United Kingdom. The 2010 edition of the

Northwest Territories has attended. This is great for development of the sport inCanada. We would also like to underline the continued presence of the Welsh

Dragons who have been supporting the Cup of the North since its early days.

The competition was particularly fierce this year because 2010 marks the year of

the World Canoe Polo Championships to be held in Milan, Italy. As a result

members from both the Canadian and American national teams were competing

for their respective countries.

In the A division Canada Men A faced off against the Welsh Dragons. It was a hardfought defensive game with no goals scored in the first half. In the second half, a

defensive error on the part of Canada Men A resulted in a goal by Dragon. Dragon

were able to hold on for the victory and the final score for the game was 2-1.

In the B division the Bat Girls (a team made up primarily of players from the

Canadian women's team) used speed and skill to defeat the Edmonton

Whitewater Paddlers.

Cup of the North also marks the first time a team from the

B division results:

1) Bat Girls

2) Edmonton Whitewater Paddlers

3) Mad Mix

A division results:

1) Welsh Dragons

2) Canada Men A

3) USA West

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Congratulations to all of the participating teams. We look forward to

seeing you at the 2011 Cup of the North, in Edmonton, Alberta.

www.paddleewp.com


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PC Eastern Polo Cup, Montreal, May 22PC Eastern Polo Cup, Montreal, May 22--2323rdrd

Two round robins and one play-off round were played with a total of 30 games.

The whole tournament exhibited really tightly fought games where most were

won by only one goal. After the first two rounds, Team White and PC U21 were

leaders in their respective groups with no losses.

By JC Pothier

Last May, Pointe-Claire Canoe Club hosted its 4th

PC Eastern Polo Cup. Despite the late scheduling

of the event, its strong reputation attracted six

teams from Canada and USA. The teams were:

Both semi-finals where won in Golden Goal periods where Team White won 2:1

against PC S-One and PC S-Two beat PC U21 4:3. In the final for 5th place, Team

Black won in a high score 7:6 Golden Goal game against Mississauga. PC U21 tookthe 3rd place win and PC S-Two won the tournament against Team White from

Boston.

PC S-One (QC)PC S-Two (QC)

PC U21 (QC)

Mississauga (ON)Team White (Boston)Team Black (Boston)

Congratulations to all teams and

a big thanks to everyone who

participated and helped organize

this event. Please visit our

webpage for more information :

www.pccanoekayak.ca/canoepolo.

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Mississauga Tournament, June 3Mississauga Tournament, June 3--44ththBy John Gregory

Mississauga had a pre-Canadian National Champs weekend tournament at the

club last June. This saw paddlers from Sudbury and Andy Rowland from Ottawa

come down to join us, plus a team from Montreal. The Montreal team which is led

by JC has shown stunning progress in their play over the last few years and won

3:1 in the final against Mississauga A. Mississauga had 18 paddlers and put out a

full ladies team of seven who later played in a ladies full game after the final. Lisa

Cotie hand rolled in a game for the first time and Cindy Mott took advantage of a

fast break to score in an open net. Sasan Moghaddas an ICF ref, coach and paddler

from Iran joined us for the first time.

Toronto / Montreal MECToronto / Montreal MEC PaddlefestPaddlefest, July 11, July 11--1212thth/19/19thth

Send your results text andrelevant images to

[email protected]

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Mississauga Canoe Polo took part for the

first time in the MEC Toronto Paddlefest

at Sunnyside Park on the Lake Ontario

waterfront this June 11-12. Many demo

games and free participant sign up took

place on both days. The Paddlefest

A week later Pointe-Claire Canoe Polo participated at the same event in

Montreal. This was the second year that the club demonstrated canoe-polo at theevent and again the canoe-kayak community showed great interests in the sport!

strongly encourage every polo club to look

into making polo part of these events. This is a

superb and easy way to demonstrated how

cool polo is to the rest of the paddling

community!!

Every year Mountain Equipment Co-op organizes 10 Paddlefest festivals acrossthe country in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax,

Quebec and Victoria. The event is a celebration of Paddlesports in just about all of

its forms and features learning opportunities on water and on land. We

Organizers reported 800 people participated, there were 1000 on the water

through the weekend and 4000 people came by to watch. The event gave good

local exposure to Mississauga Canoe Polo. Matt Robinson, another British polo

player joined us as a result and brings further talent to the Mississauga team.

Qc, Ont.


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Picture taken by Kristy FranksPicture taken by Kristy Franks

New York, Jan 30New York, Jan 30

Relaxing in the hot tub

between games at the

NY Winter Cup 2010.

Picture taken by Robert BrownPicture taken by Robert Brown

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Edmonton, Feb 22Edmonton, Feb 22

Richard Allan fighting

for the ball at the Cup

of the North 2009.

Picture taken by Robert BrownPicture taken by Robert Brown


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Montreal, June 19Montreal, June 19

Young canoe-polo

aspirant at the

Montreal MEC

Paddlefest 2010!

These are a few examples of pictures we wish to see. Do not

hesitate to send any nice or funny shots related to canoe polo!

Vancouver, August 18Vancouver, August 18

Pat Newman pushing

hard against EWP

Crunch at Nationals

2007 in BC .


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Steve is the mens nationalteam coach and has been

a member of the Canadianas well as the Australian

national polo team for years.

If you have any questions forSteve you can contact him at

[email protected]

ShootingShooting

The power of your shot comes from your technique;

a good throwing action should see your starting

motion coming from your waist, you want to put

your whole body into the shot. You want do draw

your arm far enough back that anyone looking

straight at you will see the ball on the other side of

your head.

Shooting is a major part of the

modern game. A simple shot is

now not enough to beat most

top level goalies. Beating a good

goalie requires a powerful shot

and deception.

As your body and arm move forward you want youelbow to come through higher than your shoulde

and use your wrist to flick the ball where you want i

to go. Ideally the ball should be spinning backward

on itself there should be no side spin as any side spin

on the ball is a loss of power.

Before moving on to any type of trick shot, you

should master this technique and be able to hit anycorner consistently from outside 6m. The final part

of a strong shot is simple: your boat speed.

The faster your boat is moving, the more

power will go into your shot.

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Prestige Award, World 2008, EdmontonPrestige Award, World 2008, Edmonton

CanoeKayak Canada extends congratulations to

the Host Organizing Committee of the 2008

World Canoe Polo Championships hosted in

Edmonton, Alberta. Darryl OBrien, Chair of the

Host Organizing Committee, accepted the 2009

Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance New SportEvent of the Year Award at the 3rd Annual

PRESTIGE Gala Luncheon in Ottawa on April 16,

2009.

The 2008 World Canoe Polo Championships were hosted in Edmonton,

Alberta on July 24-27, 2008. The event attracted a record number of

countries and was a resounding success. Congratulations to all of the hard

working volunteers for this well deserved award

Ottawa, April 2009Ottawa, April 2009

Darryl OBrian

accepting the award.

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PointePointe--Claire Canoe Polo, Montreal Island, QCClaire Canoe Polo, Montreal Island, QC

Situated on Montreal Island, Pointe-Claire Canoe Club offers a wide variety of

activities: sprint paddling, dragon boating and for sure canoe-polo. The club has

even grown some Olympic athletes like Tom Hall (Bronze medalist in Beijing).

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Within the club, Pointe-Claire Canoe Polo first started in the 90s when the current

sprint coach, Jan Crook, bought 10 boats and involved a group of sprint paddlers as

a winter activity only.

Following those years the group thinned a lot and the activity was kept as a training

for sprint kids not going to Florida Camps. It was only in 2006 that an ex-sprinter,

JC, took the activity in his hands and built a new group. Again, most new players

were ex-sprint athletes, inexperienced with team work and ball play but they were

fast paddlers and wanted to get better. With practice and lots of losses at

tournaments in Boston and NY, the group got a lot better and began to get wins at

various tournaments, wining the PC Eastern Polo Cup from 2008 to 2010 and the

bronze medal at the 2007 National Championships inVancouver.

Later on, in 1996 Jason Moffat and Patrick Newman

decided to try out for the national team, and realized

their goal by participating at the 2nd World Canoe

Championships in Australia.

It took until 2002 for an inexperienced team of

sprint athletes to compete in the Nationals

Championships (Edm) The team finished 9th in Open

Club and 6th in Open men.

www.pccanoekayak.ca/canoepolo

Now the club has about 20 members from many

different backgrounds training all year around

with at least 2 polo practices a week. 7 players are

on the 2010 National Teams (mostly U21) and

the group is taking part in many events all across

the East coast.


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Every issue will feature somepolo related profiles. Stay

tuned for more!

OBECOOBECO WhitewaterWhitewater ProductsProducts

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The story of how the need for FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) kayaks forwhitewater racing and recreational whitewater paddling was tied to the growth of

the sport in Canada, and for OBECO began in a garage, like many other groups of

the time (70s). It soon became obvious that our needs and interests could not be

satisfied only by providing a source of old boat designs although it was certainly

true that older slalom designs became popular for recreation almost as soon as a

new design evolved. And in Canada, this was always about 2 years or more behind

the Europeans. However, we began to create our own designs for various classes of

By Darryl OBrien

slalom boats in the middle to late 80s. We became

interested in polo in the latter years of a 20-year slalom

racing history as a winter conditioning sport (in the

pool).

The Edmonton Whitewater Paddlers (EWP), our local

club, became the recipient of a grant to acquire 10 polo

kayaks and this was followed by an explosion of theDarryl (front) and Dale (back)

World Cup Slalom in New Zealan

sport in Alberta and neighboring provinces with several clubs acquiring fleets of

polo kayaks and hosting tournaments. It soon became clear that polo was not justfor training, but was an exciting new sport that added specialized boat and ball

skills, along with team tactics to the kayak paddling skillsand to top it off, was a

game that was great fun to play and a wonderful way to develop kayak skills in

beginners.

Fabrication of polo kayaks occupies most of OBECOs present business. We now

have in excess of 16 different polo designs available for all sizes of players. Boats

can be constructed using conventional FRP materials or using epoxy resin

combined with space-age materials like Kevlar, and carbon fiber or combinations

to create very strong boats that are necessary for polo, while remaining very light.

For more information, please visit our website

www.paddleobeco.ca


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Inset Bumpers and StrikerInset Bumpers and Striker

Recent changes in the International Canoe Federation rules for canoe polo hav

allowed for the development of (integral) or inset bumpers that, instead o

protruding beyond the back and front of the kayak, now conform to the lines of the

boat. At least in the stern, this makes for improved turning capability without the

drag due to conventional bumpers. To continue in our desire to provide the bes

polo boats available in North America, we now have the capability to produce insebumpers in several of our most popular designs including Dynamic, Dynamite

Igniter, Maxel, Fighter and Vendetta.

By OBECO Whitewater Products

OBECO has also partnered with an industry

leader in thermal molded sea kayaks, Delta

Kayaks to produce an ABS thermal molded

polo kayak that, in keeping with recent

innovations, will have inset bumpers. We

look to this boat to promote further growth

in the sport of kayak polo in North America

by providing an economical durable plastic

boat with similar performance characteristics to composite boats for clubs and

organizations that want to incorporate kayak polo in the activities that they do.

The boat will come in two sizes: the first, Striker, will fit players 145 to 175 lbs

(65-80 kgs), while the second, Striker Plus, will fit 165-205+ lbs (75-95 kgs)

providing a wide range of sizing potential to meet the needs of blossoming kayakpolo clubs.

You can visit their website for more details

www.paddleobeco.caLet us know if you have any

exciting news on equipmentyou want to share

The Striker in action

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Calendar of EventsCalendar of Events

Links / EquipmentLinks / Equipment

2010

July 23-25th, Canadian Nats, MtlSept. 1-5th, Worlds, Milan (IT)

Sept. 2010, NY Tourney, USA

Oct. 2010, Sudbury Tourney, Ont.

Oct. 2010, US Nationals, NC, USA

2011Feb. 19-20th, Cup of the North, Edm

2013World Masters Games, Torino, IT

www.canoepolo.com

www.canoepolo.ca

www.canoeicf.com

www.restlessboards.com

www.paddleobeco.cawww.shredready.com

www.basecampmtl.com

www.skyventuremontreal.com

www.creapierre.ca

www.maracing.info

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Canoe Polo Canada CommitteeCanoe Polo Canada CommitteeChairman Keegan Smith

High Perf. Director Dale OBrianNational Team Coach Stephen Gale

Athlete Rep - Dan Fuller

Alberta Rep Darryl OBrianBritish-Columbia Rep. Mike GoodmanOntario Rep. John Gregory

Qubec Rep. JC PothierSaskatchewan Rep. Jason Allen

North West Terr. Rep. Steve Hatch

CAN Canoe-Polo TeamChief Editor JC Pothier

jaycee.pothier @gmail.com_

Editor - John [email protected]

We want your stories!Do not hesitate to send us any

news, pictures or stories related

to the polo community.

The deadline for the next issue

is December , 2010.

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