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Update #5 The World Champs!
What an awesome event to watch and be apart of! There was great support from spectators in the grand stands and lots of cheering for everyone, country's cheering and supporting other countries, drums, horns, singing, yelling, dancing. A lot of the games were close and action packed, with results surprising many, especially in the Open Men's category. It was a tough battle for the top 10 Men's teams, kept us all on our toes! The end result for the Men's were; 1st France, 2 Germany, 3 Italy, 4 Switzerland, our Aussie Men came in 8th. They didn't place were they were hoping to, but played some really close and great games and we are all very proud of them.
The U21 Men played really well, improving their ranking in the world to 6th place, the winners of the U21 Men's were; 1 Germany, 2 France, 3 Great Britain, 4 Italy.
The Open Women had quite an epic journey, a few errors in 1 game in particular resulting in a few tears and being knocked out of the top 4 playoffs by one goal. But we kept our heads up and clear for the other games to come. The end results for the Open Women were; 1 Great Britain, 2 Germany, 3 France, 4 New Zealand with us Aussies placing 5th.
A great effort by all!!
The Canoe Polo tour has by far been the best tour I have ever been on with all the up's and down's, it was a strong cohesive group that worked well together on and off the water! It was so much fun and I wish it never had to end. It has 
made us all motivated and pumped to train hard and come back even stronger
for the next world championships!!
A huge congrats to all the teams,
and a massive thanks to all the supporters
Cheers
Lib
View Libby's full tour diary right here
Countdown to the Canoe Polo World Championships
In less than a month, the Canoe Polo World Championships get under way in Milan, Italy. The Australian 
Teams preperation has been going well and are due to depart in under a weeks time. This time Australia will have 3 teams attending the meet, Senior Male, U21 Male and Senior Female (including Mainpeaks own Paddle legend Libby LeCoultre).
This will be the first major competition for Team Australia since the 2009 Oceania Championships held in Penrith, NSW.
The full team line-up is:
Open Men
Chris Heard
Anton Holmes
Luke Holmes
Craig Hutchinson (Captain)
Ian McIntosh
Matthew Moore
Matthew Perrin
Matthew Schar
Robert Sims
Open Women
Sarah Cartwright (Captain)
Ailsa Enting-Hawke (Vice Captain)
Siobhan Goble
Elizabeth LeCoultre
Nicole Lee
Louise McIntosh
Cassandra Sims
Stephanie Sullivan
U21 Men
Andrew Goodison
Matthew Greaves
Sam Holt
Stephen Hubbard
Jeremy Lee
Andrew Merrifield
Nathan Watson
We'll keep you up to date on all the results and games, and let you know how our girl Libby is going. So make sure you keep checking back. Go Australia! For more info on the championships visit the official site here.
For all queries on the event or how to get involved in Canoe Polo, pay our Paddle Sports shop a visit or give them a call:
Mainpeak Paddlesports
2A Railway St, Cottesloe,
Western Australia, 6011
Phone: +61 (08) 6103-4530