Flippa Ball

Flippa Ball is run by the Hibiscus Coast Waterpolo Club on Sunday’s during school Terms 2 & 3 at The Leisure Centre, Brightside Road, Stanmore Bay.

The Sunday League aims to provide a fun and exciting opportunity for children to develop their water and ball skills by playing Flippa Ball in a fun, mildly competitive format. Club members provide refereeing services and encourage parents to help where they can.

The competition starts on Sunday 5th of May 2024.

Grades:

• Year 3-4 Junior Water Polo (Shallow End) called Kahawai
• Year 5-6 Junior Water Polo (Shallow end) called Kingfish
• Schools Year 7-8 & club U12 Water polo (Deep end) – SEE WATERPOLO TAB

Parents are expected to be at each game to supervise their own child and assist on scoring/bench if asked to by the manager.

The games start promptly at the registered start time and consist of two 10-minute halves (20 minutes) and a 2-minute half-time break.

Details are:

• Played Sunday evenings between 4pm-7pm at the Leisure Centre
• 7 Children per team plus 2 subs. So 9 per team in total.
• It is played in the shallow end of the Leisure Centre pool so students that are not strong swimmers yet, can touch the bottom.
• Games are 20 minutes long. (10 minutes each way)
• There are two levels in Flippa Ball – Year 5/6’s and Year 3/4’s.
• Mixed boys and girls teams.

For the rules, please click on this link NZWP Flippa Ball rules1.

For further information, please email [email protected].