Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Water Polo Junior Olympics

This tabby must be the goalie, because only the goalie is allowed to touch the ball with two paws. Not only that, where the heck is the goal box?
Hey it's still a cute picture.




Hubby and I have traveled to San Jose where the Warrior Princess is competing in this big-ass tournament. She is a novice player, but was invited to join the competitive team (12U) after playing a little rec ball early this summer. So she continued to swim for her swim team, play rec water polo as well as comp ball. She's a little hard body right now.
Unfortunately, her team might be the Bad News Bears of water polo. Now, don't get me wrong this Junior Olympics thing is a big deal. Teams from all over the country are competing. Most of the teams are older girls 14U, 16U and 18U. For the twelve year olds this is an experiential thing. (WP is only 11, not 12 till Nov.) In their last game they got spanked pretty bad by the Davis team. Many of the girls on our team are novices. We'll see how it goes. Anyway, we will be in San Jose through the weekend. C U L8R!

19 comments:

Jane said...

Good luck to WP! I admit I know Nothing about water polo, but it looks like dodge ball in a pool..

Shrink Wrapped Scream said...

Wow, she must have the heart of a Tiger and the fitness of a panther! All dues to you my friend - I know how much parents suffer to support their kids at sport!! She sounds a talented (and lucky) girl.. we're rootin' for her.

Anonymous said...

She must have a hard body to compete in Waterpolo. Good luck and I hope she's not spanked too badly.

Have a great weekend.

Rose

xo

val said...

Don't the horses drown? :)

Seriously, I wish the lass all the best.

JoJo said...

Good one Val! lol

Have a great time in San Jose!! And good luck to WP with her team!

Lone Grey Squirrel said...

Sounds like you have a sport loving family. All the best to WP. Being the underdogs means having the opportunity to pull off an upset. Won't that be memorable.

About the cat. Cat and water. Water and cat. they don't mix.

kris said...

that's awesome! what an experience for an 11 yo! good luck to her!

robkroese said...

Good luck, Warrior Princess!

Axe said...

Oh, good luck to WP...let us know?

The Rev. Dr. Kate said...

Well, now I know why you call her Warrior Princess!!! The girl is fearless - one water polo game was enough for me!

G said...

GooooWarrior Princess!!!

And nice supporting WP Mom (and Dad). She's already a winner for being so motivated.

C said...

Whoa! Best wishes to the Warrior Princess! Have fun in CA! :)

Deadman said...

Marco...

Jocelyn said...

This is hugely exciting for the WP and for y'all!

I still think the kitty in the photo just wants to water ski.

But no one will pull him.

ann said...

hiya Claire

Warrior Princess is a name very
well earned by the looks of it

We're Jewish; sports didn't
rank too high in our household LOL

Hope you're all well and enjoying
your summer

lotsa luv ann xxxxx

Anonymous said...

Hope her team kicks some booty!

Love the cat pic!
-P

Claire said...

WP was quite impressed with all the good wishes and says "Thank you all very much!"

Dan said...

Lulu thinks she could do better than that.

Anonymous said...

i love waterpolo!