The Sutherland Shire Water Polo Association is an association for all ages and levels of experience. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, we have a division for everyone - from U8s to U15s, Youth and Opens! We play on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons at Sutherland Leisure Centre.

No prior experience is necessary for playing.

Our Water Polo competition runs over the Spring / Summer / Autumn months. The upcoming 2026/2027 junior competition is split offering 2 competitions - one finishing before Christmas & the other resuming after Australia Day. 

Spring: September - December '26

Summer:January - March '27

Our Friday night Social Comp will start mid-October to March (with a break over Christmas/January period) 

We also offer an Autumn / Winter season which could start in either May or July (either side of the school holidays), usually for just a short 8 week competition.

Structure

The Association is composed of individual clubs. Each club is independent in terms of training times and locations et cetera, but otherwise almost all other aspects of our clubs are common.

Training for each club is conducted during the spring/summer months at Caringbah, Engadine Leisure Centres & Revesby Pool during the week (varies for each club). For more information, visit our Clubs page.

ALL GAMES ARE PLAYED AT SUTHERLAND LEISURE CENTRE

Management

The Association is managed by a Board, comprising of elected officials (Patron, President, Secretary, Treasurer and Directors). Day to day operations are run by the OperationsStaff, who manage areas such as general operations and logistics, refereeing, asset management, media, and other assorted work areas.

A Typical Season

The Spring Competiton -

• U15 - U13 - U12 is a structured competition leading up til the end of the season Grand Finals
• U11 - U10 will play a mix up of shortened games to give the kids a great experience in competition (not scored) - finishing with a Carnival on the Grand Final Day
• U10 competition will be re-introduced this season 
• All Stars learn to play - is run each week in the same format with kids doing swimming drills, learning to pass & shoot & learning how to play the game. All Stars kids play in the shallow end og the Olympic Pool - can touch the bottom (not encouraged) & wear a floatation belts. 

The Summer competition

• U15 - U13 - U12 Utility Pool
• U11 - U10 - Olympic Pool
• All Stars format continues with stronger kids splitting away to form two groups

If semi finals are conducted (dependant on number of teams in competition), divisions are broken into groups of four teams ordered by their position in the point score. The format for playing is 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3. The winning teams go through to play for Gold in the Grand Finals, and the losing teams play for Bronze on the Grand Finals Day. All teams ranked in a position after 4th still play in this format (that is, 5 vs 8, 6 vs 7) for classification results, no medals are awarded for these teams. All teams play on the Grand Final Day.

The Grand Final celebrations usually include a free sausage sizzle, fruit and drink for all players, as well as a medal presentation after each game.

If you would like to join the fun, you can find out more about how to register on our registration page. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.