Canoe Polo Inter-Regionals - Wellington, New Zealand 2006

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This is a canoe polo competition between three regions in New Zealand - Central, Northern and Mainland. The video is of some highlights of the games.

About canoe polo:
Canoe polo is a game played in kayaks with 5 people on each team. The object of the game is to score goals by throwing a ball into a suspended net (which is guarded by a goalkeeper's paddle). The players can dribble and use their paddles on the ball, but can not hold the ball for longer than 5 seconds. Also, players can push the person in possession of the ball (so it helps to be able to roll!).

Canoe polo is a fast game growing rapidly in popularity around the world. The New Zealand women's canoe polo team, The Paddle Ferns, lost narrowly to Germany at the World Cup earlier this year to win a silver medal. Well done girls!!

I hope you enjoy the video, and feel free to ask any questions :)

Song: Eye of the Tiger

Made by Lisa.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• canoe
• polo
• kayak
• New
• Zealand
• Wellington
• Paddle
• Ferns

[lisylooby]

is she in new zealand team this year?

[Kiwilegend2]

My teacher is Freya sonneland!

[lisylooby]

wow thats pretty crazy

i know her, she played for new zealand with emma. ask her if she remembers emminator, im sure she will, im her little sister!

[semersion]

That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

But that is not canoing!

[lisylooby]

Yes, canoe polo is actually played in kayaks and is more appropriately called kayak polo in some countries. :)

[lisylooby]

--> I know there's a typo for "Northern" it keeps uploading like that even when I saved it as "Northern" instead of "Northen". I'll try upload one without it soon. <--

[tomdanvlog]

@M0OZi Vampire brand. 06/01

[M0OZi]

Can any1 tellme please what kind of kajak are they using?

[laurenleb94]

@Richardb43o the teams ARE wearing different colours... I play.. for my regions team and my schools team..

[teez123]

dude u dnt play in slalom kayaks cuz they gt pointed noses and its dangerous idiot zzzzz they have paddin on them

thats y theyre slow through the water

[bamsawa]

lol looks alot less exiting from the vewers position. I play every now and again but our kayaks come in red or purple and there slalom kayaks. (lot beter)

[PoliticianHuang]

canoe polo is really an exciting sports.

The World GAMES 2009 IN Kaohsiung , Taiwan

will have this game. I cannot wait to see it.

[vonbodem10]

hola soy de argentina y juego al kayak polo! y algun dia iremos a un mundial para demostrarles lo que sabemos!!!!

[Richardb43o]

I know the NZ Rugby team, the "All Blacks", are revered as gods in NZ.

But does every team HAVE TO play in black?

This video would be so much better for promotion of the sport if it had some bright colours.

And so much easier to undestand if teh teams wore DIFFERNET colours!

[XmusiicXmiiXoxygenX]

Lol I signed up for the school canoe polo team and I had no idea what it was.

My first game's on Tuesday so thanks for the vid cos now I sorta get how to play. xD