Entries Close June 1st for Master's Pan Am Water Polo Games & Referee Clinic

As a FINA international referee, Martínez participated in six Olympic  Games (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992 and 1996) also attending three Olympic  Games as Member of FINA Technical Water Polo Committee (2000, 2004, 2008). He also attended 10  Pan  American  Games, 10 Central  American and Caribbean  Games, 6 World University  Games and 4 South American  Games.

In 1996 during the Olympic  Games in Atlanta, Martinez was awarded the FINA Silver Pin and in Athens 2004, the International Association of Water Polo Referees (AIA) named him an Honorary Member.

More details on the official’s clinic will be released as they become available to register. For info contact [email protected]. 

Help for individuals that want to participate and do not have a team can be found by contacting Nick Gaffey: [email protected].  We will be setting up “Napa style” teams in every age group.

To lock down a spot on the roster of one of these teams, please send a $70 check with info sheet containing your name, birthdate, phone number, email, age group you would like to play with, other players you want be placed on the “Napa” roster with, and position. Your check will be held (not cashed) until the entry deadline, 06/01/13, at which point teams will be finalized and players will be updated with tournament information and rosters. Send info to:

Nick Gaffey

4129 Edgewater Drive

Orlando, FL 32804

Event description:

USA Water Polo is pleased to host the 2013 Pan American Masters Championship June 21-23, 2013 in Orlando, FL. The Championship, awarded by  Union American de Natacion, will be hosted in partnership with the YMCA of Central Florida. This event is open to all USA Water Polo Master clubs and will contain age groups starting at 30+ and feature a social on International Drive in Orlando. 

This will be the first time the USA has hosted the biennial event. The Championship is expected to attract up to 2,000 aquatic athletes from the South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada and the USA. Past events were hosted in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 2011 and Puerto Rico in 2009. 

In addition to water polo, Masters synchronized swimming and swimming competition will be held in Sarasota, FL June 1-12. An open water swim will be hosted June 13 at Siesta Key with Diving taking place June 7-8 in Largo, FL.

For information about this year’s event please contact tournament director Nick Gaffey at [email protected] .

Or to register, please visit: http://www.usawaterpolo.org/calendar/2013-pan-am-masters.html  

2013 UANA Master’s Pan American Games– June 21-23, 2013 in Orlando, FL

Be sure to register by, June 1, 2013 (pushed back from 05/15/13)

 Entry Fee: $700 USD

Roster Limit: 15 players (teams can carry additional players, $15 fee per additional player must be collected on top of the general entry fee at roster deadline)

Competition pool size: Indoor 23.5m x 20m