Water Polo is back at SHAC

Hedland Water Polo/ Flippa Ball is now registered for the Containers for Change scheme.

If you would like your change go towards Water Polo / Flippa Ball please use the scheme number C10325236.

Port Hedland Water Polo is affiliated with the Western Australia & Australian Water Polo Associations. Hedland Water Polo is one of the oldest sporting associations in Hedland. It is a great summer sport to keep cool & we encourage anyone of all ages to come down and have a go. There are always new players so you won’t be alone out on the field & with plenty of experienced players around you will know what you’re doing in no time

Who can play Water Polo?

ANYONE! We have male & female junior players start from 13-17 years within our Women’s competition & then we have women from 18+. The Men’s competition have 18+ with some male juniors starting to play from 16 depending how comfortable they are at playing. Just because we have a couple of young crocs in the comp don’t let that scare you we have many players of all ages including well into their 50’s.

It’s a sport that is easy on the body and perfect for the summer heat.

How do I learn the rules of the game?

After you register you will be assigned a team & your more experienced players will help train with you to teach you how to play the game. To learn the technical rules you can click here to download the International Waterpolo rules which are used by Australian Waterpolo in a downloadable document. You can read through this to help learn more about the rules. Don’t ever be afraid to ask any of our players they are all happy to help you learn as they were once your position also.

Hedland Water Polo Teams 

Women Teams

Vipers, Aztecs, Piranhas Jrs, Orcas

Men Teams

Dragons, Blackstars, Whitepointers 

When is training & games?

Hedland Water Polo competition season generally starts early-mid October and goes until late March.

Pool Entry Fobs will be assigned once registration is complete

Training details are:

Monday 6-7.30pm

Tuesday 6-7.30pm

Wednesday 6-7.30pm

Saturday 8am (Countries teams)

if you can only train an hour that's ok you have the flexibility to come at the time that works best for you. 

Game Night Information:

Game times on Friday nights are every 35 minutes, you are responisbile to be warmed up and ready for your game at the start time. If teams are not ready to start at their scheduled game time will be taken off their first quarter. Further below more information is provided & your team delegate can help inform you what is required from each team on game nights.

Game times on Friday nights are: 

7:00pm

7:35pm

8:10pm

    8.45pm   

    Season Dates  

The season commences on the 24th October 2025  and ends on the 27th March 2026 with breaks for Christmas holidays and Country Championships.

1st half 24th October - 12th December

2nd half  30th January 2026- 27th March 2025  

Country Championships in Hedland 

                         27th Feburay to 1st March 2026                                      

When are fees due & how much are they?

Juniors (13 to 17 yrs)   $250

Junior 8 x Games (1/2 season) $170

Seniors 18 +  $300

Senior 8 x Games (1/2 season) $186

Registeration fees includes Aus Polo and WA Polo fees and insurance and  also pool entry for  all training days and games. 

All Registration fee's are due prior to the start of the first game.

Once registered your Pool entry Fob will be active for returning player.

New Members  if your have a TOPH Fob Water Polo will be activeated 

If no FOB you can attain one at Stadium for a once off fee of $15.  

If you have registering for the first time with our Association you have the option to register for Tempory Membership as a Come n Try player - Non-refundable payment registration fee of $10 per game. As a Come n Try  player, you can play  up to 3  games nights, to continue playing Full or Game membership is required. 

 Once full fees are recieved a training Pool entry Fob will be assigned to you.

If you have any issues paying your fee's  please approach our registrar Abbra Slocombe or email her at: hpwaregister1@gmail.com and we can discuss  ways to assist you.

What is expected of me as a member of the Hedland Water Polo Association?

When you register you will be given terms of expected commitment & behavior as a member of Water Polo Australia, below are the commitments we require & expect of all members of our association. Remember you are apart of a team so the duties of committing time is shared around with your time.

* Games: Please arrive 15 minutes minimum prior so you can ensure you have enough time to warm up, if you aren’t on the score sheet ensure you are added manually & get your cap ready for the game

* BBQ & Bar duty: This is required by every team & every 7 weeks your team will rotate through. Roughly you should have it twice a season. The association provides the BBQ, Cooking utensils, Bar stock, Change & Bar Price lists. You're team is required to purchase food, set price for food, set up & pack up the BBQ & Bar. If you are working at the bar you are required to have your RSA. Please send a copy to the association secretary or upload it upon registration. Bar duty requires you to be at the pool at 5:30pm to assisit with the set up of the pools and to set up the bar.

* Set up: If you have the first game you are required to finish the set up of the pool. The pool should mostly be set up from the Flippaball kids, but may need some finishing on setting up the score board, shot clocks, getting the score sheet ready if required and setting the drinking area gates up.

* Pack up: If you have the last game of the night, you are required to pack the field, goals, balls, Score board, Score Table, Shot clock & drinking area gates up. We try our best to ensure that no team has this multiple weeks in a row & it is fairly rotated around all senior teams.

* Volunteering: To help the association grow & be able to buy new equipment there are times where we may run a BBQ or event to help raise money for our association. This means we will ask for your help if you are available. If the workload is shared around with everyone you shouldn't have to do this very often.

* Team Delegate: One person on your team will be the team delegate who is required to attend committee meetings, occasionally this person may not be able to attend. It is expected that others fill in their position as a proxy for the meeting. You are required to help relay communications & be involved in decision making for the association.

 But most importantly HAVE FUN & SOCIALIZE!!!!

If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact the Committee members, their information can be found on the contact page.

See you poolside & Welcome to the Hedland Water Polo Association/ Hedland Crocs!