Whats Happened:

End of Metro and INTRA Season

After months of gritting the chill, hatted in beanies, scuffing in uggies, the winter season is finally done and dusted! Stingers are giving a huge congratulations to the 5 teams participating in metro competition, with extra commendations to our Open W Team Lap-You Lazulis who won GOLD in their division!

A special shout-out to the following Superstar Stingers performances at end of minor season:

• Ethan equal 7th highest goalscorer from M7
• Tyler 2nd, and Darian equal 8th highest scorer in M6
• With enough to form a nested list, Stingers players from W Open:
  • Kiara Holden - 2nd 
  • Georgia Clarke - 4th
  • Isobel Bishop - 6th
  • Hannah Buckling & Hayley Collins- equal 9th 

Swimming alongside, our Sunday Intra competition the grand final game was taken by Kingsford’s Aquamarine Armada. A game of friendly fire was the running theme through the whole season, and no better demonstrated by the final winning goal, scored on penalty with 0.3sec to spare. Not even the Olympics had this tight of a thrill!

Time to dry off, find those thongs, unpack the singlets and savor the solace of a break before the commencement of the summer season.

Boot Camp

Our new recruits have graduated for the round ready for the next challenge of joining us in the pool. A gold winning  thank you goes to Sophie H and Lilian, officials on the deck making sure the camp swam smoothly, and to the support crew Beck, Tom, Dylan, Sam, Rachel and Kayla. 

Whats On:

Rego renewals

Time to register for another year. Follow this link to start the registration process, also on this page is the Registration Guide. To see which option is best for you have a look through the Membership Pack.

You will need to be registered first before you are able to book in and attend training. If you have any questions please contact Club Secretary, Tom Cooney at secretary@sydneystingers.org.au.

Rainbow Grudge Match - October Long Weekend

Stingers are hosting the next edition of Rainbow Grudge Match inviting our fellow waterpolo tragics from around Australia for the long weekend. You can now purchase your tournament entry here, the ticket includes entry into a team as well as the party on Saturday night. Please contact Dylan directly if you can help out on the day.

Start of Summer Season

Thank you to everyone that submitted their forms for Metro consideration and Intra. Coaches are currently putting together teams, we'll let you know Metro teams very soon, then INTRA will follow in a few weeks.

Summer Metro season will run-

• For Division 1: Sat 12th October to 7th December, then 1st Feb to 5th April
• For Division 2: Tuesday/Wednesday 22nd/23rd October to 10th/11th December, then 28th/29th January to 1st/2nd April for Division 2,
• Intra will run a similar timeable to Div 2, announcements will be made closer to start of season.

IGLA 2025 Washington D.C.

Excited for the start of summer season? Keep the thrill of anticipation running by planning for Washington D.C. The 2025 IGLA competition will be held 2-6th June, as the city World Pride celebrations.

Valencia Gay Games 2026

For the long-term planners amongst us, there appears to be a *very* early-bird discount available from the 1st October for Valencia Gay Games 2026 (27th June - 5th July 2026), see this link for details. 

Stingers On Tour

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:

• Rainbow Grudge Match, 4-7th October 2024, Ryde and Gunyama.
• IGLA Buenos Aires, 5-9th November 2024 (coincides with Gay Pride events in Argentina)
• IGLA Washington DC, 2nd-6th June 2025 (during World Pride).

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
• Grab exclusive merch available on the Stingers Shop at bargain basement prices!

September Swim Set

Total Time: 40min

Total Distance: 1.3km

Warm Up: 100 Free, 100 IM, 100 free

Main Set:

16x50m Free. 

Time split in 4’s:

1st 50m on 1min

2nd 50m on 55sec

3rd 50m on 50 sec.

4th 50m on 45sec. 

Repeat 4 times - continuous, no rest between sets of 4, straight back into the 1st on 1min. 

Adjust your 1st 50m starting time as needed (so by the 4th your puffing with 5c or less rest), knocking off 5 sec for each progressive 50m.

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.