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| Canoe Polo in action |
The schedule for pool activities is jam-packed and set to entertain you all with the world's best competing against each other in the purpose built 70m indoor pool.
Canoe polo is a fast and thrilling team and ball sport for kayaking. A combination of water polo, basketball and kayaking, canoe polo is like the water based version of Aussie rules football, you can catch, throw and push the ball as well as using the paddle to hit and propel the ball towards the opponents goal. It is played in indoor and outdoor swimming pools, lakes, estuary's, anywhere with enough water for the 'pitch'.
While some of you may not have heard of canoe polo, it is played in many countries all over the world and is recognised globally with a biannual world championships.
The canoe polo national finals is to take place in the watersports action pool from Friday 7th January to Sunday 9th January. All Show visitors can watch the finals live in the pool from 2:45 to 4:15 over the three days.
The men's and women's teams so far to be battling it out in the indoor pool are-
Men's Teams
Viking- Derby
Meridian- Bexleyheath
St.Albans
Women's Teams
Meridian
St.AlbansTeams will be joined poolside by Gold and Bronze world master games medalists, Curly and Lynn Barker. Curly and Lynn were successful at the 7th World Master Games held in Sydney 2009.
For all information and details on Canoe Polo go to http://www.canoepolo.org.uk/
