The Mullumbimby men’s water polo team sit on top of the Far North Coast competition table after beating their major rivals, the Alstonville Rattle Snakes 8–4, earlier this week.
After 17 rounds the team is on top of the table and well set for the competition finals scheduled for March.
Mullumbimby, the defending champions have only lost two games this season.
‘We have a pretty solid squad with some experienced players, and in this league that experience goes a long way,’ according to Pim Hendrix, who has been playing with the team for the last seven years.
‘We have players that have competed at a higher level, both in the big cities, nationally and internationally. This then trickles down to lift the less experienced players,’ he said.
A lot of the other teams have players who have been around locally for a long time, but don’t necessarily have the depth that Mullumbimby does, ‘across the team,’ he said.
Despite the high physically demands and competitive nature of the game, it is still a sport you can play well as you get older.
Pim was recently at the World Master Games and water polo players there who were well into their 70s.
