Neptunes WPSC
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Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. Founded in 1929, it has won all the major water polo honours in its coveted history. One of its most notable coaches was Italian Gianni Lonzi
Gianni Lonzi
Gianni Lonzi is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Florence....
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The club has won two summer leagues on the trot in 2006 and 2007 under Croatian coach Sergio Afric. In 2007 Maltese clubs were allowed to sign a foreign player and Neptune's choice was the Serbian captain Vladimir Vujasinovic
Vladimir Vujasinovic
Vladimir Vujasinović is a Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and numerous other titles...
. Recently one of the club's young talents Stevie Camilleri
Stevie Camilleri
Stevie Camilleri is a Maltese water polo player who currently plays for Neptunes WPSCCamilleri has been playing regularly with the Neptunes WPSC first team since he was 16 years old. At international level, he also stood out for Malta several times most notably in July 2007, finishing in the 3rd...
joined VK Partizan
VK Partizan
Vaterpolo klub Partizan Raiffeisen is a waterpolo club from Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sport clubs in Serbia that are part of sport society Partizan. Partizan's home terrain is the pool which is part of the Sportski centar Voždovac na Banjici complex...
on a six-month loan deal after being suggested to the club officials by Vladimir Vujasinovic
Vladimir Vujasinovic
Vladimir Vujasinović is a Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and numerous other titles...
. The club has other very promising youngsters like Sean Gravina, Timmy Aguis, Ryan Sciortino and Jordan Cammileri who is Stevie Camilleri
Stevie Camilleri
Stevie Camilleri is a Maltese water polo player who currently plays for Neptunes WPSCCamilleri has been playing regularly with the Neptunes WPSC first team since he was 16 years old. At international level, he also stood out for Malta several times most notably in July 2007, finishing in the 3rd...
's younger brother.
Neptunes WPSC squad - winners of Maltese First Division 2007:
- Nicky Gouder
- Riki Falzon(Captain) Coincidentally the son of the club's secretary Francis Falzon.
- Giorgio Sammut
- Karl Galea, 6.Vladimir VujasinovicVladimir VujasinovicVladimir Vujasinović is a Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and numerous other titles...
, 7.Stevie CamilleriStevie CamilleriStevie Camilleri is a Maltese water polo player who currently plays for Neptunes WPSCCamilleri has been playing regularly with the Neptunes WPSC first team since he was 16 years old. At international level, he also stood out for Malta several times most notably in July 2007, finishing in the 3rd...
, 8.Luke Attard, 9.David Camilleri(WP)(vice Captain), 10.Sean Gravina, 11.Ryan Sciortino, 12.Michele Stellini, 13.Matthew Pisani, 14.Jordan Camilleri, 15.Timmy Aguis- Coach: Sergio Afric
- Assistant Coach: Karl Izzo
- Club President: Matthew Bonello
The club makes its pools available (at a price of course) to a swimming school. The pools are dominated all day by the instructures and students.
It is also true to note, that many people have complained of infections after swimming in these pools. This is probably due to their overpopulation and exessive use. In fact, it is also a pity that this club has now degenerated into a lido. The same problem has been encountered with the childrens' pool, additional problems here were rough playing by 12 to 20 year olds while small children were swimming there. This rough playing includes the throwing of hard waterpolo balls from one end of this childrens' pool to the other. Waterpolo balls also end up in this pool from the adults' (big) pool, despite a temporary preventive net being set up. Thes balls naturally also end up on a sunbather occasionally!