Monday, August 27, 2007

Summer polo comes to an end!!

Most of international water polo ended this weekend.. Here in Los Alamitos, California, I was able to attend the Men's Junior World Championships and watch some pretty good water polo..I was really impressed with Team USA they beat Croatia and played Italy tough in the quarterfinal..They lost that game and I was heart broken..But the saving grace was that there was a packed house every evening supporting team USA..They finished 6th losing to Australia on the final day of competition..I was glad I was able to be apart of this event and experience the excitement for water polo here in the US..I just want to be able to spread that excitement throughout the country and for all levels of water....
On a personal note, the summer vacation has come to an end..training begins this week...and our journey to Beijing for TEAM USA will now begin....Im so excited...
On a water polo note, the European qualification tournament held in Kirishi, Russia ended on sunday with the a surprise to most...The Dutch team clinched that berth going through the tournament unbeaten..They opened up their first game with a tie agaisnt Russia but then and never lost...The Dutch beat the italians in the semifinal and the russians in the final game in overtime..Congrats to the Dutch team...very impressed..So, as of now, their are three teams now qualified for the 2008 Olympic games..Team USA, Holland and China....The next opportunity for countries to qualify will be at the Olympic Qualification tournament held in Trieste, Italy..February, 2008...