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Somerville Water Polo offers a number of participation opportunities for students at Somerville House. These include the BWPI Summer Competition, Junior Water Polo Program and Representative opportunities. Somerville House also enters teams into the Brisbane All Schools Competition and the Queensland State Title Championships.

Somerville House Water Polo teams play in the Summer BWPI competition, which is open to all school and club players within the Brisbane area. To play in the BWPI competition, students will need to register with Water Polo Queensland as an individual. This involves completing a registration form and paying a fee. Players will also need to comply with the BWPI rules and regulations according to the competition.

Friday Fixtures: 
A Friday night schoolgirls competition is being introduced to the 2023/2024 season. This competition will run only in Term 4 of each year. This competition is limited to six teams per school. The teams that will compete in this competition are as follows: 

Division Player Eligibility Considerations
New Starters  Year 7 students only.   Year 6 students can apply for an exemption to play in this division. 
Junior B  Year 7-9 Students.  No exemption. 
Junior A Year 7-9 Students.  No exemption. 
Senior B  Year 10-11 Students.  Year 9 students can apply for an exemption to play in this division. 
Senior A Year 10-11 Students.  Year 9 students can apply for an exemption to play in this division. 
Open  Year 9-12 Students.  This is consistent with Water Polo Australia – allowing players to play up to 4 years above their true age. 

Notes: 

  • Players can only play for one team in this competition.  
  • Fixtures will take place from 4:30pm-8:30pm at School Venues.  
  • All six teams from Somerville House will play together at the same venue every week.  
  • This will be an 8-week competition with two weeks of Semi’s and Finals. 
  • Students that participate in the Friday night Schoolgirls competition are still eligible to play for a club team in the same age group division in the Saturday competition. 

 Saturday Fixtures: 

Saturday competitions will run as usual, in the BWPI Summer Club competition. The number of teams that Somerville House enters in this competition will be determined once we have confirmation of how many students are competing in club teams and the Friday night schoolgirls competition. 

Key Dates: 

Player Eligibility Considerations
Grading Games   7th October - 14th October 2023
Round 1-5 (Term 4 2023) 21st October - 18th November 2023
Round 6-10 (Term 1 2024) 3rd February - 2nd March 2024
Finals Playoffs 9th March - 23rd March 2024

Notes: 

  • Players competing for Somerville House in this competition will not be able to compete for a club team in the same age group division. 
  • Teams for this competition are selected on year of birth, not school year groups. 
  • Fixtures will take place from 7:30am-3:30pm at various venues.  
  • This will be a 15-week competition with three weeks of Quarter’s, Semi’s, and Finals