Bundeena’s Horderns beach will host a special water polo tournament on the 16th & 17th of Decemeber. The tournament will use a beach water polo fours format which is played on a smaller field and with only four players per team. All the games will be played on the waters off of Horderns beach using inflatable water polo fields Scott Nicholson a former member of the Australian Junior Water Polo and University squads, and the organiser of the Beach Water Polo Fours tournament expects the informal two-day event to attract up to 300 players a day for a truly unique water polo experience.
“If we had to set up lane ropes and metal goals, the cost would have been prohibitive. Now we’ve got a system where it’s going to take us about 10-15 minutes on the day. It’s going to make things so much easier, and we see this as an idea we will be able to take anywhere.”
Mr Nicholson said there will be a festival atmosphere at the tournament, with good food and great music. While wind and waves could “make things interesting”, shorter field sizes would make games accessible for players at any level of fitness, he said.