CENTRAL CALIFORNIA'S PREMIER WATER POLO CLUB
ROYAL 559 WATER POLO ACADEMY
Discipline I Accountability I Teamwork
ROYAL 559 WATER POLO ACADEMY Royal 559 Water Polo Academy is a competitive 18 and under club serving the Central Valley of California. Our mission is to develop young men and women of character and offer, through sport, the opportunity for each athlete to develop skills and habitats to succeed in both water polo and in life. Athletes ages 8-18 are exposed to the culture of water polo through programs that teach discipline, accountability and teamwork. Coaches use positive coaching techniques to mentor and motivate our athletes. Through this approach we have become the most successful water polo club in the Central Valley and are rapidly becoming one of the top clubs in the Nation.
As a Clovis Unified School District program we follow all school district COVID-19 protocols designed to protect our athletes, coaches, and their families (www.cusd.com). As CUSD employees our coaches are background-checked and are required to maintain current first aid, CPR, lifesaving, and other safety certifications. The majority of our coaches are also trained educators with many years of experience both coaching and teaching young men and women. These qualifications set us apart from other water polo clubs in our region. More information can be found on our About Us page.
As a Clovis Unified School District program we follow all school district COVID-19 protocols designed to protect our athletes, coaches, and their families (www.cusd.com). As CUSD employees our coaches are background-checked and are required to maintain current first aid, CPR, lifesaving, and other safety certifications. The majority of our coaches are also trained educators with many years of experience both coaching and teaching young men and women. These qualifications set us apart from other water polo clubs in our region. More information can be found on our About Us page.
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Royal 559 Winter Season 2022
Our Winter Session will begin the week following Thanksgiving. 16U/18Us will begin a week later to give them some extra time off after their HS season. Details are below. Age-group placement is based on the athlete's age on 1 August, 2022. Winter Session Practices 29 Nov - 6 Feb (no practice week of 27 Dec) 12U Girls and Boys: M/W 6:00-7:30 PM @ Clovis HS Coaches: Noah Minton, Sanchi Sonkoly, Taylor Anderson, Vince Genco (goalies) practice fee: $150 14U Girls: T/W/Th 6:00-8:00 PM @ Clovis West HS Coaches: Nick Anderson, Lauren Wiksell, Noah Minton & Vince Genco (goalies) practice fee: $270 14U Boys: M/W 6:15-8:15 PM @ Clovis West HS Coaches: Taylor Heckathorn, TBD practice fee: $200 6 Dec - 6 Feb (no practice week of 27 Dec) 16U/18U Girls: T/W/Th 6:00-8:00 PM @ Clovis West HS Coaches: Mary Brooks, Matt Brooks, Garrett Pickford, Maddie Loggins, Noah Minton & Vince Genco (goalies) practice fee: $240 16U/18U Boys: T/Th 6:00-8:00 PM @ Clovis East HS Coaches: Steven Kauffman, TBD practice fee: $200 Winter Session Competitions California Super League 12U Girls & Boys (8/9 and 15/16 Jan, Reedley) ICF $90 Clovis Winter Rumble 12U Girls & Boys (29-30 Jan, Clovis) ICF $90 Cal Cup NorCal Quals 16/18U Girls (16 & 30 Jan, Bay Area) ICF $120 Frozen Cup 12/14U Girls (29-30 Jan, Bay Area) ICF $120 Frozen Cup 16/18U Girls (5-6 Feb, Bay Area) ICF $120 Kap-7 International 12/14U Girls & Boys (5-6 February, Orange County) ICF $180 *note for Spring Session -- 12/14U Girls: Cal Cup NorCal Quals (6, 13, 27 March, Bay Area) ICF $150; Cal Cup State Finals (8-10 April, Bay Area) ICF TBD -- 16/18U Girls: Cal Cup State Finals (22-24 April, Norco/Riverside) ICF TBD Royal 559 2022 Season Begins Soon! After an extremely successful 2021 Season when two of our Royal 559 Girls teams finished 6th place in the entire USA, we are now looking forward to another great season of water polo! During the Fall, our 14U, 16U, and 18U athletes will focus on competing with their high school and intermediate school teams. This is a great time for them to take what they have learned with Royal 559 and apply it as leaders of their school teams. These older athletes will resume Royal water polo with our Winter Session in late November. Our Fall Session will be completely dedicated to our girls and boys 12U athletes. We look forward to welcoming back all of our 12Us and are exited to meet our new athletes. This is an especially great time for anyone who wants to try our our great sport of water polo. We are open to everyone throughout the Central Valley. Our Fall Session for 12U Girls and Boys will begin 8 September and end 17 November. Practices will be Mondays and Wednesdays 6:45-8:15 PM at Clark Intermediate School. The practice fee is $175 and you can signup here. Junior Olympics 2021 Tournament Royal 559 JO Tee Shirts Each day of JOs all of our teams will wear the same tee shirt to show team unity. Families can join in as well. Day 1 -- Royal WP 2021 JO tee shirt (available here, order deadline noon on 7 July) Day 2 -- White Royal WP tee shirt Day 3 -- Red Royal WP tee shirt Day 4 -- Black Royal WP tee shirt All Royal WP tee shirts are available at our team store. Please order by noon 5 July so you have them in time for JOs, especially for boys Session 1. Royal 559 Team Polo Suits Plan on wearing your Royal team suit for each game available at our team store. Suits ship the same day as you order them, but order early to ensure you have them in time. Junior Olympics Schedules (TBD in early July) Session 1 Boys 17-20 July in Orange County, CA Session 2 Girls and Mixed 22-25 July in Orange County, CA Hotel Room Block Ayres Hotel Anaheim, 2550 E Katella Ave, CA 92806 Std. King Room - $119/nt, Std. Queen/Queen = $129/nt To book a room call 714-634-2106 and press 0 to connect to the Reservation Department. Group Name: Royal 559 Water Polo Teams Boys Group Code: RWP716 16-20 July, 2021 Girls Group Code: RWP721 21-25 July, 2021 If you are told rooms are sold out, then ask to speak with a supervisor or be transferred to the Sales Department for help with a room. Junior Olympics Qualification 2021 Tournament Congratulations to all of our Royal 559 Water Polo Academy teams on another fantastic showing at the Central California Zone Junior Olympics Qualification tournament! This is the annual championship for Central California, spanning the San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast. All 11 of our teams and almost 200 athletes qualified for Junior Olympics! Results from Session 1 were: 12U Boys Royal Black - 2nd 14U Boys Royal Black - 1st 14U Boys Royal Red - 5th 16U Boys Royal Black - 9th 18U Boys Royal Black - 1st Full results can be found here. Results from Session 2 were: 10U Mixed Royal Black - 3rd 12U Girls Royal Black - 1st 14U Girls Royal Black - 1st 16U Girls Royal Black - 1st 16U Girls Royal Red - 9th 18U Girls Royal Black - 2nd Full results can be found here. REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER SESSION 2021! Our registration drive for Summer Session 2021 (7 June through JOs) has been highly successful and our competition rosters for JO Quals and Junior Olympics are nearly full. We will continue to accept signups for our practice squads, but at this point we cannot guarantee a spot on a competition roster for those who have not already registered. Email Coach Brooks if you have any questions. The fee for summer practices will be $300, and payments will be processed the latter part of June. Additional fees will be associated with each tournament that we enter. For the Boys this will include JO Quals 18-20 June in the Clovis (we are hosting), and Junior Olympics 17-20 July in Orange County. For the Girls this will include JO Quals 25-27 June in the Sacramento/Modesto region, and Junior Olympics 22-25 July in Orange County. Hotel room blocks will be provided to facilitate lodging. Fees for these events are currently TBD until USA Water Polo releases additional information about the events. Our coaching staff draws from all 5 CUSD high schools and includes 8 Directors of Sport of water polo, plus many of their assistants and other experienced coaches. As CUSD employees, our coaches are background-checked and required to maintain current first aid, CPR, lifesaving, and other safety certifications. Practice schedules are listed below. 10U Mixed M/Th practices, W scrimmages, 6:00-8:00PM @ Clovis High 12U Girls M/Th practices, W scrimmages, 6:00-8:00PM @ Clovis High 14U Girls M/T/W 4:00-6:00PM @ Clovis West 16U Girls M/T/W 5:00-7:00PM @ Clovis West 18U Girls M/T/W 6:00-8:00PM @ Clovis West 12U Boys M/Th practices, W scrimmages, 6:00-8:00PM @ Clovis High 14U Boys M/Th 4:00-6:00PM @ Clovis High; W 4:00-6:00PM @ Buchanan 16U Boys M/T/Th 4:30-6:30PM @ Buchanan 18U Boys M/T/Th 5:00-7:00PM @ Buchanan Junior Olympics Qualification 2019 Tournament Royal 559 continued its dominance during Summer 2019 as the most successful water polo club in the Central California Zone which ranges from Sacramento to Bakersfield to the central coast. Our coaches than our athletes for all of their hard work and dedication. Keep up the great work! The future is very bright for our club! Our 2019 results are below. 12U Boys -- 2nd 14U Boys A -- 2nd 14U Boys B -- 9th 16U Boys -- 3rd 18U Boys -- 1st 12U Mixed -- 2nd 12U Girls -- 1st 14U Girls A -- 1st 14U Girls B -- 4th 16U Girls -- 2nd 18U Girls -- 2nd National Junior Olympics 2019 Tournament Royal 559 teams also performed exceptionally at Junior Olympics. Our 14U Girls A team finished 5th in the top Platinum Division (of 81 total JO girls teams), the best placing of any Central California team ever at JOs! Our 18U Boys team finished 14th in Platinum (of 120 teams), the best for any Boys team in over a decade! All of our results are below. 12U Mixed -- 19th in Platinum Division 12U Girls -- 12th Platinum Division 14U Girls A -- 5th Platinum Division 14U Girls B -- 20th Gold Division 16U Girls -- 22nd Platinum Division 18U Girls -- 6th Gold Division 12U Boys -- 7th Gold Division 14U Boys A -- 7th Gold Division 14U Boys B -- 21st Silver Division 16U Boys -- 3rd Gold Division 18U Boys -- 14th Platinum Division |
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