Water Polo Search Begins

Water Polo is one sport that you seldom hear about in the media or by word of mouth unless you are connected with a club or know of someone in a club.

Canada’s National Water Polo Club has been on the scene for years under the guidance of Head Coach Alex Beslin who has dedicated his life to the sport he loves.

Now as he say’s “It’s time to move on” and he made if official stepping down as his role with the National Sport Federation after a 20 year career, but will stay with the program until November.

Alex Beslin, the Head Coach of Water Polo Canada’s senior men’s team has decided to relinquish his role with the national sport federation.

After twenty year’s to his water polo career, he been feels a change of direction is needed and wants to direct his focus to one of his other interest.

He started his coaching career in 1995 in his hometown of Becej, Serbia and from there he held several high performance coaching positions in Serbia and in locations such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Croatia.

He started in 2009 as an Assistant Coach for the Canadian team and was named Head Coach of the Calgary-based senior team program in April 2012.

He his a keen understanding of the strategic and tactical components of the game and was always fully invested in the development and progression of the athletes under his responsibility.

Water Polo Canada’s High Performance Director Roger Archambault stated “Leaving the team is a difficult thing for Alex but we had in-depth discussions about it and he feels like this is the right decision for himself right now.”

He continued “I have greatly appreciated collaborating with him. Alex is a very sharp guy, with a broad range of skills. I am sure he will do well in whatever he chooses to tackle next.”

His departure is just ahead of the final stretch toward the team’s Olympic qualification in April and signifies that the national federation will roll out a modified strategy.

All this in preparation of the men’s team’s with the support of major performance partners such as Sport Canada, Own the Podium and the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary.

Martin Goulet, Water Polo Canada’s Executive Director stated “Our people have shown a great amount of resilience in the past and we are convinced that this team will pull together and rise up to the challenge in the months ahead.

Our High Performance Director Roger Archambault is continuing to work hand in hand with the athletes, staff and partners in Calgary to ensure that everyone has the support they need to move toward our common objectives.”

Locally in North Delta if you’re looking at interesting info on the sport, the Sunfish Water Polo team is hosting 6 games.

There will be two games, 6:30pm to 8:30pm on Sunday, October 18th, November 22nd and December 6th.