Beach 4s

Sydney Stingers are thrilled to once again be hosting our annualBeach Water Polo 4s tournament - on Sunday 16 November at Manly Cove - to start this summer with a splash. Drummoyne’s Up Dogs and Stingers’ Sharknadoes (Greatest Team Ever! Back to Back Beach4 Champs ) won the comp and rec titles back in March. With 10 different clubs represented from across Sydney Metro and beyond, we’d love to have you join us again for this fast-paced, fun and fabulous day, so pull together your team register!

Register here >

A reminder about a few key details:

• Teams are between 4 and 8 people ($400 registration cost);
• Individuals can register and we will place you in a team if you don't have one ($70 individual entry);
• There will be 2 all gender, open age (min 16 yrs) divisions - competitive and recreational;
• Games start right at 10am and go until approximately 3pm (contingent on team numbers);
• Beach 4s is a fast-paced version of the sport, with 6 min running time halves (ruleshere)

Come join us at Manly on Sunday 16 November!

If you have any questions about the event or are keen to help out on the day with reffing, table/clock, setup or pack-down, reach out to Kayla or Ben from the Stingers Events team. UP THE SHARKNADOES!!!

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AGM/Tournament.

No better way to get more club engagement than putting a sneaky AGM in the middle of a tournament. Lollies included. Another cracking Sunday was had at Gunyama as our President Beck gave us an update on the year that was and the year that will be.

Stingers Exec are glad to see the mix that turned out to our tournament, including our newbies, proving that these days give us all an opportunity to meet Stingers we don’t normally meet, play who we don’t normally play and spread that Stingin’ success to the whole swarm. A round of applause goes to India and Issac for reffing the whole day! 

The club wants to send a thank you to the outgoing Vice President Dylan Vitucci who scored for Stingers in and out of the pool during his 6 years with exec. His work, planning and action have allowed the Stingers to spread into events outside our usual scope and helped us jump over just a few hurdles.

Also finishing up his term on exec was Secretary Tom Cooney. Tom’s dedication to the job, to Stingers and moving the club forward have been astronomical. He’s handled what seems like an insurmountable amount of tasks with ease, to keep us on track to be the best club and community we can be. 

To start off the congratulations our Treasurer, and the best back-handed shot in the club, Josh Sprake has been re-elected. We are welcoming the incoming Vice President Alex Blagus. Blagus you’ll know is the one who is always happy to help, with a temperament and smile to envy. Lastly we have incoming Secretary Ben Williamson, who has been a dedicated and reliable volunteer for the club since he joined. 

Our Winter Award Winners.

Our Winter 25 awards go to

MVPs:

• M7 - Noah Thomas
• M6 - JJ Lainez
• W4 -Ellyssa Larsson
• W6 - Kiah Flemming
• Intra Bubble O’Bills - Sarah Newton
• Intra Hot Chips - Will Rippington
• Intra Tuck Shop Ladies - Paul O’Sullivan
• Intra Golden Gaytimes - James Gray
• Intra Dunkaroos - Lincolin Hui

Most Improved: 

• M7 - Andrew Mooney
• M6 - Andrew Minutillo
• W4 - Tiz Start
• W6 - Liz Watson

Intra Best Vibe - Lizzie O’Connor

Intra S10 Winners - Fletchie’s Dunkaroos!

Trivia.

It was a balmy night and fabulous turnout of over 150 at Sydney Brewery for our Disney themed annual trivia night! Our hosts Keira Billie & Jacqui St Hyde entertained us and tested our Disney Trivia knowledge while we raised funds for the club. Huge thanks to our prize donors, and everyone that attended and bought raffle tickets!

Special thanks to our trivia team for organising: 

Beck, Rachel, Josh - Admin

Angus McD - Philanthropy

Jack D - Game Master

Tom, Alex L, Jacob, Tim, Kayla - Markers/Runners

Nick & his Princesses - Performance

Dan K - Photography

Ordinary Exec Nominations

Nominations are now open for Ordinary Executive Members, due 20 November. These are 1 year terms that are for members who want to help the club swimming smoothly. If you got the skills we'd love to hear from you, however you can contribute.

To nominate please email secretary@sydneystingers.org.au with a short note about how you can contribute and any gaps you can fill in our club.

Intra Season 11.

The games have begun! We’ve kicked off our next season of Intra. A massive thank you given to Jarrod, Fletch, Aldo, Tiz, Phoebe, Kiah and Adam. Getting the season scheduled, teams captain’d, and letting every stinger know what's what is a tough job, and we are grateful we’ve got a wonderful pool of people to keep intra running.

Sundays at Gunyama are all club run and need a lot of stellar volunteers to make it work. Next time you can, please come a few minutes early, or stay a few minutes after your game to help set up or pack up our equipment. Lending your tenticles with equipment really does help keep the club swimming smoothly.

Rainbow Grudge Match - Perth Edition

Perth White Pointers are hosting the next Rainbow Grudge Match on Saturday 22nd November. Join the facebook event below as details will be added as they are confirmed, and reach out to Fletch who is heading up a group chat to organise our clubs attendees.

Perth Rainbow Grudge Match

Valencia 2026 EOI 

We are building some plans for the Gay Games in Spain in June next year. For complete information about the event and to let us know if you're interested, please see and complete the Expression of Interest. Also show your interest in this FB event (team chat link in event) for comms.

Stingers Key Dates.

Keep an eye out for your teammates as Stingers set out for world domination! We'll be battling it out in the pool and attending these events:

• Water Polo Beach 4s - 16th November 2025
• Rainbow Grudge Match Perth - 22nd November 2025
• New Boot Camp - TBD March/April 2026
• Valencia Gay Games 2026 - 27th June - 5th July 2026

General Information:

If you have Facebook, please join our Stingers Members Page, where you can keep up to date with announcements.

• See the Member Zone for club information
• Check out the Club Calendar for upcoming events and the training plan, you can also subscribe to the calendar on your phone using the link provided
• Make a tax deductible donation today to benefit the club.  
• If you’re interested in blowing a whistle, we’d love to hear from you! Take a look at Referee Info for next steps.

October Swim Set:

Can you out-swim a Sharknado?

Total Time: 55min

Total Distance: 2.1km

Warm Up: 

100 Free, 100 IM, 100 Free

Main Set:

Repeat both twice:

8 x 50m - on 1:15. Every 4th one Fly. 

4 x 100m - Free @ 75% on 2min.

Cool down: 200m

Notes:

• Adjust the times to suit you, but still aim to push yourself. Suggestions:
  • A bit easier: add 5 to 10s on the suggested times per 50m.
  • A bit harder: minus 5 to 10s on the suggested times per 50m or add 2 more distance intervals (e.g where it says 6x100m do 8 of them.)
• 50m Pool: add 5sec per 50m
• Send your team a selfie with you at the pool after your set! Be the fitspo to my DMs :) 
• Splashproof and reuse the set - write it up with crayon (or pencil) on waxy baking paper, pat dry and keep in your bag for next time.