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Canoe Polo happens at Birrong during the Uni semester. In case you are wondering where Birrong is, its somewhere out past Strathfield. But usually someone drives out, and is also fairly easily accessible by train.
But what is canoe polo? and why? well the answer to the second question is because its good. the answer to the first question is courtesy of the Irish Canoe Polo page.
Canoe polo is a fast, aggressive five-a-side game based on Water Polo but played in short canoes, with the goals (measuring 1 by 1.5 meters) suspended 2 metres above the water. Canoe polo (or kayak polo as it is called in some countries) is played in indoor swimming pools or outdoors on a 40 meter by 25 meter area.
Although a team can be up to 10 players, each team can only have five players on the pitch at any one time with no more than three substitutes who can come on and off the pitch at will.
The games are usually of 15 to 20 minutes in duration with 2 halves. The tactics and playing of the game are not unlike basketball or water polo. A player can be tackled by being pushed over and can only hold the ball for a maximum of five seconds. The ball can be passed or shot at goal by either throwing the ball by hand or flicking it with the paddle.
So as mentioned, canoe polo occurs during uni semester (what better way to get out of study?) Usually, C grade and A grade play on tuesday night, and B grade is Wednesday night. It starts around 7pm, and after a couple of games, you're usually finished by about 9pm. We have all the gear (and what gear it is!) so all you need are cossies. If you regularly come, the cost for the whole season is ~ $30, kindly subsidised by our sweet sports union...
C grade is on Tuesday nights, generally meeting behind HK Ward at 6:30pm, for info, contact Mel Bishop: dlee9394@mail.usyd.edu.au