THE WEBSITE IS FIXED!!!
Big thanks to tech wizard Sam Z for fixing this for us. Big thanks to Kyle F for setting up the temporary site to allow critical transactions to continue.
Lake Erie Classic
As you all know, the LEC is April 13th-14th, 2024. Here is the game schedule. We are working on Cleveland rosters now, please stayed tuned (expect to be rostered for 4 games).
April Practice Schedule
Registration is Officially Open for Cincinnati
Next tournament is the Nutty Invitational in Cincinnati the weekend of 2/24-2/25 -- sign up here! (if you've paid your dues)
Pay Your Dues!
Welcome to 2024-- you know what that means! For members who pay their dues annually, please pay via the Membership Page. We will begin enforcing "no pay, no play" at upcoming practices.
Annual Meeting Recap
2024 Board of Directors:
Kasi David, Trish Ford, Wade Weber, Kyle Tepe, Kyle Ford, and Annie Blackman.
2024 Executive Officers:
President - Kasi David
Vice President - Trish Ford
Treasurer - Wade Weber
Secretary - Kyle Tepe
2024 Committees:
Social - Andrew Oswald (Chair)
Swag - Danielle Summers (Chair)
Home Tournament Coordination - Ron Sermak (Chair)
New Player Onboarding - Trish Ford (Interim Chair), Annie Poluse, Annie Blackman
Thanks to all who volunteered to help keep the club running smoothly!
Annual Meeting Scheduled for 11:45am on 1/7/24
Come to practice at LHS on January 7th, after which we will go to the Winking Lizard in Lakewood for the Annual Meeting! Don't miss board elections, state of the club, and open discussion.
Register for Ann Arbor
Go to the Tournaments page to officially sign up to attend the Wolverine Classic on 1/13-1/14
Cincinnati Tournament Poll
Take another poll!
January Practice Schedule
Sign Up for Ann Arbor!
Sign up for Ann Arbor by paying for your entry on the Tournaments page.
Take the Annual Meeting Poll
Take the poll to indicate your availability for our annual meeting where we discuss the state of the club, vote on board membership, and set goals for next year.
Cincinnati Tournament Poll
Take another poll!
Enjoy the Holidays
Go see your family or friends but don't miss practice, we still have a few left in 2023!
CONGRATULATIONS, LUCAS!
Name: Lucas
Hometown: Half Moon Bay, CA
Family members/ Significant Others: Meredith
Did any of them play polo? I wish.. I even bought a water polo ball to try to make it happen
Where do you live now? Temporarily in Cleveland & Canton.. then who knows where we will end up? I'll definitely come to practice when we visit OH and can be talked into flying out for an occasional tournament
Some things about our teammate, Lucas … first although Lucas claims to work in tech – did you know that he was once asked to juggle a chicken, bread, and butter .. on a stage .. at a circus!? Does this mean he actually works in the circus? We’ll leave that to our readers to decide and determine for themselves.
Throughout his 20 YEARS playing water polo, he has only played with CWPC this last year .. well if you are rounding up. We’ll allow it. Within that long time, his favorite memory was playing he Quarry Tourney. As he described it, “it was awesome!”
Like any good Sunday polo goer, Lucas claims brunch and multiple gatorades (yes, plural) are the key the success after polo practice. We could not agree more!
Looking at Lucas, you’d probably guess he’s about 7ft – give or take a couple inches. Did you know he’s actually the same height as Trish? Weird. Given his height, though, he naturally lends himself to enjoying the 2M position. Both ends .. all day…every day.
Favorite tournament: Indianapolis tournament was a great time (3-1 record, funny/unique interpretations of the rules by the refs, Uranus Fudge Factory, my first visit to the state of Indiana)! We love this for you – hoping this won’t be your last with the team!
How many polo suits do you own? 2 drag suits for practice, 1 normal suit for tournaments
Big picture: I love that no matter how tired/unmotivated/injured etc I feel, as soon as I work up the courage to jump in the pool I am going to have fun and get a good workout.
Specifics: I love playing polo in the sun, turning a defender or two and making the goalie dance, and finding someone with a great pass especially when they drive!
Tell us something in Portuguese!
“Eu acho que o super time de Brasileiros da CWPC não perderia um jogo no treino..“
^That definitely probably means something ...
When asked about how Lucas got involved with CWPC … we found out CWPC has been on his radar for quite some time!
I traveled a lot for work early in my career and discovered that it was pretty easy to find polo in major cities. I had actually wanted to come play with CWPC a couple years back when we were in town for holidays, weddings etc, but couldn't make the timing quite work out. Glad I finally did this summer!
We couldn’t be happier that you finally did!
So you found us, but why would you hang out throughout this year?
Everyone on the team has been super welcoming and friendly! Mer's family jokes that I have more friends in Ohio than them now because of polo.
Lucas’s favorite quote is straight to the point …
Not really a quote, but I love KISS - "Keep it simple stupid". Both in life and in polo!
Describe your ideal practice... BUCKLE UP FOLKS!
“Everyone is 5 minutes early to practice and stretching on deck. There are 2 goalies and just enough for 2 teams of field players with 1 sub each. We swim for 10 minutes then do 5 minutes of perfect passing, the balls are bone dry by the end because they never touched the water. We hand out caps and I get a really good number, like 2 or 4, and my cap has at least 3 rings on the clasp. We then get into UCLA and the ball is zipping around the formation (staying dry) and while the goalies are blocking everything they can't seem to block my perfect high bar corners. After about 10 minutes of this, a local community member who happens to be a USA water polo certified referee with 5+ years of experience serendipitously swings by the pool and offers to ply his trade for the remainder of practice. His BFF, who also happens to be a professionally certified referee, comes by and joins in from the other side of the pool. The ensuing scrimmage is picture perfect, with immaculate fronting, motivational high-brow trash talk between friendly but fierce competitors, and crisp 6 on 5s. The scoring is so close and the life guards are so wowed by the skill on display they let us play for an extra 32 minutes and offer to put away the goals and pull the lane lines in if we keep score for the final four quarters.
Pretty standard stuff!”
By far the longest response to this question and we couldn’t have loved it more. As the kids say… we’re here for it!
In his final comments, Lucas shared with us the key to success in water polo..
Everything in polo, especially your shot, starts with your legs.
And with that … let’s hear what Lucas’ Teammate have to say about him …
"Lucas didn't want his last name in this post, which makes you wonder-- For Legal Or Searchability Issues?"
“In addition to being a fun teammate to play with in the water - Lucas has a heart the size of his wingspan. He is incredibly generous and will missed by us all!”
“Definitely tall.“
"Can you believe he's never been to Uranus ... Indiana ... before?"
