Dynamo Water Polo Club - Atlanta, GA - Operating proudly since 1990

Dynamo Water Polo is a USA Water Polo club

Tournament Summary:

Dynamo Water Polo Club returned home from the 11th FINA Masters Water Polo World Championships at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA last week with plenty of positive results. Unfortunately, their 0-5 record was not in the “plus” column.

“It’d be great if we went undefeated and won the tournament.” explains driver Manny Torres. “However, we knew that was unrealistic before we boarded the airplane two weeks ago. We played five games against five better teams, so the 0-5 record isn’t a surprise,” continued Torres, who swam and played water polo at N.C. State University.

“Our goals for the FINA trip were to play hard, represent our club well and meet players from around the world,” added Stuart Sheldon, a utility player who swam and played polo at Washington & Lee University and served as club manager for the trip. “Based on the number of t-shirts we traded, PowerBars we shared during the games and beers consumed at the Gordon Biersch tent we definitely accomplished at least two of our goals. We never gave up in the pool so I rate the trip a complete success.”

“At the end of the first quarter of our first game we trailed Swim Club Neustadt (Germany) team by four,” reflected team veteran and Villanova water polo alum Ed Opalach. “It was definitely a rude awakening. The troops rallied a bit when I reminded them that those guys put their lederhosen on one leg at a time, just like us.”

The only real competitive disappointment for Dynamo came against the Sharks, from southern California. Scouting earlier games, DWPC felt they matched up best against this opponent. Consistently poor execution and mistakes by Dynamo throughout the game kept the Sharks on the feeding end of the meal. DWPC took some consolation from the fact that three of their five opponents finished in the top 5 of the entire tournament.

Over 7,200 athletes from 75 countries competed in five aquatic disciplines - Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving and Swimming at the bi-annual event.

( Full tournament results)

Game Results:

S.C. Neustadt (GER) 11 - Dynamo 4
Bay Area (USA) 10 - Dynamo 6
W.P. Romania 16 - Dynamo 2
Sharks (USA) 11 - Dynamo 1
Newport WPF (USA) 13 - Dynamo 3

Tournament Photos:

Strong defense from teammate Tony Beamon meant Dynamo Water Polo Club goalie Jeff Doyle saw no shot on this play from Water Polo Romania in water polo action at the 11th FINA Masters World Championships, held at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) in August.

Dynamo Water Polo Club players enjoyed their experience at the 11th water FINA Masters World Championships, held at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) in August. (l-r) Chris Gaw, Tony Beamon, Ken Beamon, Manny Torres, Jeff Doyle, Jamie Danishment, Whitney Foster (kneeling), Ed Opalach, Mark Lefkow, Stuart Sheldon, Angel Parjus. Not pictured: Greg Mullersman.

Latest Headlines:

11/17/11 - Initial information for the 2012 Turbo Masters Eastern Championships has been posted. Register your team today!

2012 Masters Easterns
10/30/11 - Dynamo finishes 7th @ Orlando Halloween Invitational.

FL Tricks & Treats PDF

8/28/11 - The results of the 13th Annual PowerBar Cup are now available. Congratulations to Clayton Water Polo, who won the Open Division with a 10 - 3 win over Charlotte, and Collins Hill, who won the High School Division with a 4 - 3 OT win over St. Pius.

2011 PowerBar Results
8/26/11 - Dynamo hosted a Water Polo Clinic with Olympic Gold Medalist, Brad Schumacher on August 26th. Athletes, coaches and referees all attended. Overall, it was a highly successful event.

Aug 26th Clinic Info PDF

8/7/11 - Dynamo went 1 - 3 at the Midwest Open, earning a win over Windy City.

Midwest Open Results

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