Cleveland Water Polo Club

Order Your Suits/Towels/Ponchos, March Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:05:00 +0000

Suits, Towels, and Ponchos for Sale

Go to our Merch Page for all the details!

Practice Schedule

March on over to the pool for practices every Sunday and Tuesday this month!

Player Spotlight

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:28:00 +0000

Introducing.... Tyler Palma!

Tyler grew up in Pennsylvania and has had an impressive Water Polo resume before joining us here in Cleveland in 2024. Not only did he help get his little sister into the game (and keeps trying to get her to play); he was one of the founding members of his high school team and then created a team in college - just so he could keep playing! "When I moved to Cleveland in 2024 I had hope that a bigger city would have some polo going on. Little did I know I'd find the best possible club I could hope for!"

"Tyler is a friendly assassin. He will greet you with a smile of a hundred suns when you see him but can also rip a sneaky quick shot when he wants. Shoutout to an amazing teammate and person"

Even though we've added another engineer to the team - we've also added an artist. "I've been making art since I was really young. Now I do digital illustration and paint occasionally. Recently I got to do some commissioned art for some indie tabletop RPGs, which was really cool." Many of the best suggestions for both the Instagram page and the team swag has come from the mind of Tyler Palma. His art can also be seen on display at a Halloween party near you.

"There is a Tyler-made acorn necklace hanging in my bathroom....If you ever need a Sharpie tattoo on your chest - Tyler is your guy"

Speaking of tattoos - Tyler has quite the collection himself. But the real masterpiece is the first one he ever got. "My first tattoo is the one on my bicep of the Pioneer/Voyager disk pulsar map. I got it in college from a friend-of-a-friend who was doing an apprenticeship. I had no money for tattoos but they were only allowed to charge like $20, so I said sure why not?? It's admittedly not the best looking tattoo but it's special to me and the carefree context of getting it like that says something about how I aspire to live my life."

Tyler loves the competitive nature of Water Polo and being in the pool "feels like coming home". But what is most notable - is how much he loves being a friend both in and out of the pool. Some of his favorite memories are when he can enjoy the social side of Water Polo. Like drinking Ron Wine at Cinnamon Lake, meeting new friends at Quarry, and joining the socials at away tournaments. Always thinking ahead; Tyler brings proper club PPE, and his friends at the club some much needed water (even when it looks like beer).

"We liked Tyler so much we got another one"

The always fashionable and worldly Tyler never ceases to impress. He has seen several musicals - his favorites being Bridges of Madison County, Hello Dolly, Heathers, and Into the Woods. You can often find him listening to K-Pop on his way to practice and then walking on to the pool deck with the best trench coat on the team. He's going to continue to put us all to shame by learning a new language. "I've been taking Chinese classes for the past couple of months - because I think it's a cool language and because I really want to go back to China and spend some time traveling around in the future. I'm not very good...yet!! But as they say: 加油!"

Congrats Tyler! We are lucky to have you on the team.

Annual Meeting, Cincy, February Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 01:37:00 +0000

Annual Meeting/Board Elections

The 2026 CWPC Board will include the following members:

Charlie Oliva, Danielle Summers, Elisabeth (Bradley) Cannizzaro, Kasi David, Kyle Tepe, Ron Sermak, and Wade Weber

We look forward to serving the club!

Nutty Invite Registration Still Open

We still have open spots for Cincy 2/28-3/1 and could use a couple more people -- sign up now!

February Practice Schedule

NO POLO TONIGHT

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:27:00 +0000

Practice is cancelled for tonight due to a rescheduled LHS swim meet. See you Sunday at practice and the Annual Meeting at One Star Bar (side room, 12pm)

Save the Date for LEC, Pay Your Dues, Sign Up for Cincy

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:48:00 +0000

Lake Erie Classic Dates Announced

Save the weekend of April 10th-12th for the LEC! We need help before, during, and after so please keep your schedule cleared if possible.

Pay Your Dues

Pay your dues here for 2026 if you haven't already-- you must be current on dues to vote in the 2/1 board election (and to attend practices and tournaments...)

Sign Up for Cincy

We still need more people for the Squirrels Nutty Invite on 2/28-3/1-- sign up here!

NO POLO TUESDAY 1/20

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 02:46:00 +0000

Practice is cancelled due to closure of Lakewood Schools for the day.

[Updated] Happy New Year! It's Dues Season, Sign up for Cincy

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:19:00 +0000

Updated Dues for 2026

In order to cover rising costs (particularly higher costs for pool time and additional practices at Garfield Heights), the board has determined that dues for 2026 should be increased. Below are the updated rates which will take effect in 2026:

Full Year (non-student) - $225
Full Year (student) - $150
Summer Only - $125
Monthly (non-student) - $30 per month
Monthly (student) - $20 per month

For those of you who have monthly Paypal subscriptions, no action needs to be taken (we will adjust the monthly fee in Paypal) - however, you will need to cancel your subscription if you wish to move to the Full Year options.

Please visit the membership page at your earliest convenience to pay. You will not be eligible to vote in the board elections if you have not paid by 2/1/26.

Please let Wade know if you need any Paypal assistance or if you have any questions (wade@clevelandwaterpolo.com).

Signups Open for Cincinnati Tournament Feb. 28 - Mar. 1

We have a confirmed spot in the Cincinnati tournament, please sign up here.

Wolverine, Board Elections, January Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:52:00 +0000

Wolverine Tournament

Registration is still open for 1/17-1/18 in Detroit! Sign up here.

Take the Annual Meeting Poll

If you want to run for the board and/or register to vote online for board elections, fill out this form before 1/18. Your only other option for voting is in person at the Annual Meeting at 12pm on Sunday 2/1.

January Practice Schedule

Happy New Year!

Wolverine Registration Open, Annual Meeting Poll

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:49:00 +0000

Sign Up for the Wolverine Tournament

We are officially entered in the Wolverine Tournament January 17-18 in Birmingham, MI. Click here to pay your entry fee and secure your spot on the roster!

Annual Meeting 2/1/26

Our annual meeting of the members will be held on 2/1/26 to review the state of the club, vote on next year's board members, and have open questions/discussion.

Please submit this form to declare your board candidacy and/or register for online voting. The form will close two weeks before the annual meeting (1/18/26).

Subscribe to our Google Group for Email Updates

PRACTICE CANCELLED TODAY 12/2

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:27:00 +0000

Due to Lakewood Schools being closed today, practice tonight is cancelled.

Wolverine Poll, December Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:18:00 +0000

Wolverine Tournament Poll

Take the poll here to let us know your availability to attend the Wolverine tournament near Detroit on January 17th-18th.

December Practice Schedule

Subscribe to our Announcements Google Group

Important Dates to Save, November Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:09:00 +0000

DC Was Fun

Good job team for going 2-2 at the Monumental Tournament hosted by the DSeahorses. Every non-goalie who attended scored at least one goal!

Save the Date for Wolverine Tournament

Wolverine will be hosting their tournament on Jan. 17-18th. Poll and signups to come later this year.

Annual Meeting Update

Instead of polling everyone's availability for the Annual Meeting, we are giving you an early heads up that starting next year, we plan to hold the Annual Meeting on the Sunday prior to Super Bowl Sunday. So mark your calendars now for Sunday Feb. 1st after practice.

November Practice Schedule

Subscribe to our Announcements Google Group

DC Tournament, Fundraiser, October Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:47:00 +0000

DC Tournament

There are still some spots left to join the group traveling to the DC tournament October 12-13th. Sign up here.

Fundraiser on Saturday, October 4th

Join us for a bar crawl/scavenger hunt/fundraiser! Charge your phone, bring your friends, bring your cousin. Arrive to The BottleHouse in Lakewood between 2:30 and 3:00pm on 10/4 to check in. $20 entry fee to play, and it just might go towards some new practice caps.

October Practice Schedule

Sign Up for DC Tournament, September Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 16:20:00 +0000

We're going to DC! Visit the Tournaments page to officially register for your spot on the roster.

(No Toronto this year, FYI for those awaiting confirmation from the poll).

September Practice Schedule

A couple changes from August:

-No more Garfield Thursdays
-Avon Sundays are shifted 30 minutes later
-Tuesdays have moved to indoors at Lakewood High School and start 30 minutes later

UPDATED August Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:46:00 +0000

Player Spotlight

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:03:00 +0000

Introducing.... Alex Cook!

Alex is one of our newest members who quickly became part of the CWPC family. His enthusiasm for the sport and for the team has not gone unnoticed. We feel blessed that his old friend Josh Cardin clued him in to our team and brought him in through the recruitment pyramid scheme started by Grant Kelly.

"Most improved player is an understatement... he went from newbie to family in an instant"

Some of Alex's favorite moments happen weekly after practice "I've always really enjoyed our post-polo Merry-Arts hangouts. We always have such great conversations and I knew from the first time I sat down at the table and everyone started eating everyone's fries that this was a great group"

He has gotten a ton of experience at practice and tournaments - becoming more knowledgeable about game play and strategy. But he has also gotten some experience with the more fun side of CWPC and tournaments. If the opportunity arises to join a dance floor - Alex will be on it. No matter the music - he'll be "bussin' down" - earplugs in tow. While he may not know most of the music from the 90's and 00's - he will still have a great time dancing - and really turn it on for Dua Lipa.

Outside of the dance floor - you can find Alex getting into all sorts of things. He is an engineer (no wonder he fits right in) but spends his free time reading, cooking, biking, Legos, and crafts with dry clay. While water polo is his first team sport - he quickly picked up pickleball with the team - and you can find him with his brother out at the Cleveland Tri on August 10th!

"That kid does everything - running, triathalons, pickleball, polo; all with a positive attitude"

We are blessed to have a new family member in Alex and know his positive attitude will continue to bring joy (and hopefully new players) to our team. Way to go Alex!

[UPDATED] Sign Up for the Quarry, August Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:22:00 +0000

Quarry Registration Is Open

Sign up on their website. See you in the woods!

Take the Tournament Poll

We have invitations, soft invitations, and juicy rumors regarding a few good fall tournament options. Please provide your input here to decide where we should focus our efforts.

August Practice Schedule

Quarry Save the Date, July Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:27:00 +0000

Quarry Date Set

The people over at the Quarry Scramble have officially announced this year's dates as August 15th-17th. Mark your calendars and stay tuned over at their website or Facebook page for registration to open.

Thanks for a Great Time at Cinnamon Lake

July Practice Schedule

[UPDATED] Cinnamon Lake, Email List, Lifeguards, June Practice Calendar

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 29 May 2025 14:48:00 +0000

Four Weeks Until Cinnamon Lake Friendly

Email List

Click here to join the Google Group and automatically receive these website posts via email.

Lifeguards

Garfield Heights is still looking for lifeguards for this summer. Please contact Kyle T if you:

-Know someone who is Red Cross certified and looking for lifeguard work

-Know someone who can offer Red Cross lifeguard certification in the next couple weeks.

June Practice Calendar [Updated]

Player Spotlight

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 12 May 2025 17:41:00 +0000

Introducing.... Tom Quist!

Tom hails to us from the town of Grandville, MI. He has been playing for 16 years - always in goal. "They put me in goal because of my ridiculously long arms and willingness to get hit in the face" Having played in high school, club for GVSU and 616 - we feel fortunate to have gained his experience and willingness to get hit in the face to our great city of Cleveland for the past year.

"Tom is a stellar goalie. His energy for the game is awesome. Anytime I've watched him I've noticed he is consistently a strong goalie who is always quick to the ball. I watch how he tackles the position - his tactics, how he watches the field, and his speed. The man flies out of the water!"

A man of many talents - Tom also has strong musical abilities. Although not currently with a band - he used to play with a band "Feeding Grizzlies". He is available now for any of your saxophone, bass guitar, or guitar playing needs!

Speaking of music - Tom loves listening to hard rock music before games "the chunkier the guitar - the better". It especially helps get him ready when the LEC Saturday party keeps him from making it to warm ups before Sunday's game.

"Tom was relatively new to the club at the 2024 Lake Erie Classic, but on Sunday morning when we needed to send a 'Hey are you gonna make it' text before his game - and he rolled onto the pool deck with his sunglasses still on - we knew he was a Cleveland Water Polo player"

We feel lucky that Tom chose Cleveland as his home and CWPC as his team! Way to go Tom!

Join the Club Email List, Cinnamon Lake Friendly Signups, May Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Fri, 02 May 2025 21:50:00 +0000

Email List!

After far too many technical difficulties, we finally have an email list again. Click here to join the Google Group and automatically receive these website posts via email.

Cinnamon Lake Friendly is June 28th

Look at those happy people... to become one, see the Cinnamon Lake Friendly Page for details, signups, and pre-sale shirt orders.

May Practice Calendar

Outdoor practices will start the second week of June 😎

LEC Signups, April Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:56:00 +0000

Lake Erie Classic Signups

Sunday (3/30) is the last day to sign up for the Lake Erie Classic! Don't make me have to text you individually to get you to sign up...

April Practice Schedule

Lake Erie Classic Signups

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:06:00 +0000

Lake Erie Classic Signups Are Live!

Fill out the Google Form to officially sign up for the LEC on April 12th-13th at CSU. You must be current with your dues to play. Last day to sign up is 3/30!

Stay tuned for info on rosters, schedules, volunteer needs, social events, etc.

TUESDAY 2/18 CANCELLED, 2025 Annual Meeting Recap, March Practice Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (Kyle Tepe) — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:11:00 +0000

***No Practice Tuesday 2/18 Due to Weather***

Annual Meeting Recap

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the annual meeting, voted online, or just sat at home in quiet reflection about the state of the club. Here are a few takeaways:

2025 Board of Directors:

Kasi David - President

Charlie Oliva - VP at large, VP of Athlete Development and Recruitment

Wade Weber - Treasurer

Kyle Tepe - Secretary

Danielle Summers - VP of Aesthetics and Logistics

Elisabeth Bradley - VP of Community and Online Presence

Other Notes:

Communications-- reestablish email list, increase social media posting, look into text alerts for practice cancellations.

Practices-- Continuing efforts to try and return to CSU for Thursday practices.

Home Tournaments-- Lake Erie Classic April 12th-13th, Cinnamon Lake June 28th.

Swag-- No new suit design this year, current design still available. Pom hats in early Q2?

March Practice Schedule

CONGRATULATIONS, February Baller of the Month

noreply@blogger.com (Trish Armstrong) — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:43:00 +0000

Wolverine Water Polo Club

In an effort to celebrate our sport even further, we have nominated our friends in Ann Arbor as this month's Baller of the Month! Congratulations, team!

When was your club founded? Our club was founded in 2016 but really got off the ground in spring of 2017.
Tell us about how your team was started? During the summer of 2016 the Michigan Men's club program held open practices and several of us began attending those. When the Men's club team went back to school in the fall of 2016, those of us who were not on the club team decided to continue having the pool time and it grew from there! We initially practiced at Huron HS, Saline HS but found our home at Skyline HS in spring of 2017.

Ohh look at how you've grown!

What a good looking bunch!

Do you have a team mascot or slogan? Our game caps have a wolverine slash mark on them, but no formal mascot or slogan.
Approximately how many active players do you have today? Our active numbers fluctuate significantly based on the season, but we currently have about 25 active players. Summers tend to be our busiest time when we have college students home for summer break.
Do you host a home tourney? Yes! We just hosted our home tourney - this year at Groves HS in Birmingham.

Tell us a bit about your tourney …. This was our 5th year hosting a tourney (1 year cancelled due to COVID and one year due to weather). We had 11 teams total - from Michigan, Ohio, Chicago and Nashville.

... And not to mention a killer after party showing from CWPC - some call it a boogie fever takeover ...

How many tournaments do you attend a year? On an average year we probably attend about 10 tourneys.
Any favorites? Well the LEC of course :) The past couple years we have really enjoyed attending Desert Duel in AZ.

What’s a fun fact about your club? Fun fact is that Ringo has never smiled in a team picture.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, RINGO!

Do you have any memorable or fun tournaments or outings your club has? Our team has attended lots of fun tourneys - of course always having fun and crazy times at the Quarry. We've attended a few international tourneys - Iceland twice and Croatia once. A few other memorable ones (besides the LEC) are Toronto (best food!), Seattle (best hiking), Cinnamon Lake (best wine), and Chicago (best bowling alley).

How many Lake Erie Classics (Cleveland’s tourney) has your club attended? Seeing photo evidence of 3 - 2018, 2019, 2024, but feel there likely is another one in there somewhere!

Who knows .. but we've loved you being there!

How many days a week do you practice? Two days - Monday and Thursday evenings.
Tell us a little bit about your practices … do you run drills? Scrimmage all day long? Stand on deck for about 30 minutes debating whether we should get in, and then scrimmage all day long.

Sounds a little like our practices sometimes? .... ;)

Want to learn more about Wolverine?

IG: @annarborwaterpolo; Facebook: Wolverine Water Polo Masters Team
Practices: Monday and Thursday evenings at Skyline HS.
Who would anyone contact if they are ever in town and want to drop in? Contact our secretary (Dan) at wolverinemasterswp@gmail.com. We'd love to have you drop in!

A message from their team members ....

This clubs means a lot to it's players, here are some stories from their team ..

O boy so what water polo means to me! Man o man. Water polo has given me confidence in my life! This sport has developed me more as a human than I think anything in this world could have. Which is probably why I haven’t stayed away (I need more development) hahaha. But really water polo itself my god it’s the best sport in the world. It is such a community and such a kick ass sport! It is not for the weak and that’s what I have always loved about it!

Wolverine and this club. Very very special to me!! I left California and my entire water polo circuit in 2014. It was until 2020 that I finally moved to Michigan and was contacted from Paige to join the club and found my home! This club has given me back “a home”. I couldn’t imagine ever leaving this state now because I could not imagine leaving the family that wolverine has given me! I’m obsessed with these people!

From Cleveland ...

Wolverine has been a tremendous friend of CWPC for many, many years and we've loved every minute of it! We've traded players, shared tournaments, traveled together and best of all played some great polo together. Thanks for all you do for the water polo community, we couldn't think of a more deserving team.

CONGRATULATIONS, WOLVERINE!

Cleveland Water Polo Club

Order Your Suits/Towels/Ponchos, March Practice Schedule

Player Spotlight

Introducing.... Tyler Palma!

Annual Meeting, Cincy, February Practice Schedule

NO POLO TONIGHT

Save the Date for LEC, Pay Your Dues, Sign Up for Cincy

**NO POLO TUESDAY 1/20**

[Updated] Happy New Year! It's Dues Season, Sign up for Cincy

Wolverine, Board Elections, January Practice Schedule

Wolverine Registration Open, Annual Meeting Poll

PRACTICE CANCELLED TODAY 12/2

Wolverine Poll, December Practice Schedule

Important Dates to Save, November Practice Schedule

DC Tournament, Fundraiser, October Practice Schedule

Sign Up for DC Tournament, September Practice Schedule

UPDATED August Practice Schedule

Player Spotlight

[UPDATED] Sign Up for the Quarry, August Practice Schedule

Quarry Save the Date, July Practice Schedule

[UPDATED] Cinnamon Lake, Email List, *Lifeguards*, June Practice Calendar

Player Spotlight

Join the Club Email List, Cinnamon Lake Friendly Signups, May Practice Schedule

LEC Signups, April Practice Schedule

Lake Erie Classic Signups

TUESDAY 2/18 CANCELLED, 2025 Annual Meeting Recap, March Practice Schedule

CONGRATULATIONS, February Baller of the Month

Wolverine Water Polo Club

NO POLO TUESDAY 1/20

[UPDATED] Cinnamon Lake, Email List, Lifeguards, June Practice Calendar