Sydney Uni Lions is an Australian club
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
team that competes in the National Water Polo League. They have a men's team and a women's team and are based in
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
.
General information
The club's colours are blue and gold, and their major sponsor is
Sydney University Sports Union.
The team's home pool is the
Peter Montgomery Pool at the
Sydney University Sports Centre.
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Men's team
, the men's team was coached by Damian Fanning and included Australia men's national water polo team member Thomas Whalan.
Women's team
, the team was coached by Ian Trent while Leanne McKee served as the club's manager. Members of the 2011 club who had experience as a members of the Australia women's national water polo team included Elysha O'Neill, Hannah Buckling, Joanne Whitehorn, Keesja Gofers and Alicia Brightwell.[ The women's team joined the National Water Polo League in 2004.][ They were semi-finals in the league championships in 2006 and 2007. They were elimination finalists in 2011.][ In 2011, the team was coached by David Hudson and managed by Bruce Hammond.]Cronulla Sharks
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.
Notable members
* Sienna Green
Sienna Rose Green (born 1 November 2004) is an Australian female water polo Olympian, who plays the centre back position. She competed for Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Water polo at the 2024 ...
(born 2004), water polo Olympian
References
External links
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Water polo clubs in Australia
University and college sports clubs in Australia
Sport at the University of Sydney
Sports clubs and teams in Sydney
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