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Dalhousie Invitational 2009

Dal Black vs. NB A
Dal Black vs. NB B
NB B vs. Reunion
NFLD vs. NB A

Previous Dalhousie Invitationals

Dalhousie Invitational 2008

Saint John Water Polo Collection

The Start of Saint John Water Polo

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Coach

Katinka Postma is the head coach of the Saint John Water Polo Club. She is a native of the Netherlands, who moved to New Brunswick in the summer of 2003.

She started swimming at the age of 5, moving at a later age into competitive swimming until she was 18.

After swimming, she took up water polo and played for 15 years, progressing to the Dutch sub-top level before a back injury forced her to stop at the age of 35.

Although she had already been training 5-8 year old children for mini water polo for some time, she obtained her trainer/coach diploma in 1995. She subsequently trained/coached several youth teams in her home country.

Upon crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 2003 she went looking for water polo in

the Saint John area, but found nothing. The Canada Games Aquatic Centre showed interest in her story about water polo and asked her if she wanted to attempt a start up club in Saint John.

And so she did. Successfully.

In January 2004 she started a recreational club for adults and in September 2007 she started a program for kids aged 8-12. With her assistance, in October 2008 WPNB Inc. was founded, the Provincial water polo association for New Brunswick, Canada.