The Annual General meeting took place March 16th, 2025 where the current Board of Directors updated on the state of the organization since incorporation in June of 2024.
As the organization was led by an interim Board of Directors since incorporation, a new board was voted in by the membership for the duration of two years. The new board of directors are: Patrick Braun, Kendra Worman, Lakai Madsen.
The Saskatoon team, once again, participated in the Cup of the North tournament in Edmonton taking place February 7th to the 9th. Missing a few key-players, the Gophers got relegated to C division after the first day where the team was able to secure second place after a hard-fought but lost gold medal game. On a different note: the team felt amazing showing off their newly ordered and overhauled Gophers PFDs featuring iconic Saskatchewan landmarks.
Congratulations to the athletes – especially those who were able to celebrate their debut at an international canoe polo competition. Special thanks to Brad for playing with us and EWP for hosting an awesome event.
The Saskatoon Gophers hosted an open house at the PAC pool on January 26th, 2025 for people interested in the sport of canoe polo. After learning about fundamental skills and working their way through some drills, participants were able to partake in a scrimmage afterwards.
Stay tuned for our next open house and learn-to clinics in the Fall!
The Saskatoon Gophers sent a team to compete at the Canadian National Canoe Polo Championship in Edmonton. While the event was smaller than originally anticipated and our Gophers had to face tough competition in the only adult open division, the team enjoyed to play some awesome polo and meet with friends. After a tough first day without wins, the Gophers came together and won their final round-robin game against Wapiti. After round-robin, the Gophers barely lost a three-way comparison to play for third place and was facing VIKP to compete for place five instead. During an intense game, the Gophers were able to dominate over VIKP and earned Fifth place. We are happy that Scott joined our squat for the weekend and welcome Alicia as Saskatoon Gopher. After playing polo for less than half a year, she committed to come out for the tournament and embraced the experience, finishing strong with her first competition goal against VIKP.
Congratulations to the Saskatoon Gophers for winning second place in the Cup of the North B-division in 2024. Great to see everybody playing and being able to send a Saskatoon team again. Special thanks to Adam for playing with us.
After a successful first day, the Gophers were facing their toughest opponent on Sunday morning (VIKP) and despite the game being a close call, had to surrender and finished second after the round-robin. The Gophers then beat the Crunch 2.0 in their playoff game and were facing VIKP again in the final. After a hard fought 20 minutes with VIKP shutting down almost all of the Gophers scoring attempts, VIKP beat the Gophers again. Congratulations to our friends from Victoria for a well earned gold medal. We had so much fun!
Congratulations to the Saskatoon gophers for winning second place in the Cup of the North B-division in 2020.
There is nothing better than ending the year with a good game of polo. With some many “sailors”, “pirates”, “gunsmiths”, and “ropemakers” around, it sure was a fun but intense mini-tournament.
Sign-up for our end of year 3-on-3 tournament on December 1st during regular practice hours.
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In order to build teams, please submit a response via the following link no later than Saturday: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLPNm1LwvsjhD8IGsi7xc10yaJ48w30Qvs-IAewm6q6l5GOA/viewform
A group of nine polo players made it out to Calgary to participate in the Redbeard Kayak Polo tournament and had a great time.
Come on out and join the U of S Kayaking Club for this polo season or sign-up for one of our many Learn-to-Kayak Lessons
