The mission of Coastal Virginia (CoVA) Water Polo is to expand the sport of water polo in the Tidewater region of Virginia by providing opportunities for athletes to learn and compete in the game of water polo and to foster lifelong health, fitness, teamwork, leadership, and sportsmanship.
In 2018, Virginia Beach City Public Schools approved co-ed water polo as a club sport in the public school system and the Virginia Beach High School Water Polo League was created. The League has grown from two teams to seven, as of 2023. Because of the level of interest in additional opportunities to play water polo, a year-round practice group was created, and includes athletes from the Virginia Beach High School teams and from other areas of Tidewater. We are now known as Coastal Virginia Water Polo, or CoVA Water Polo. CoVA Water Polo currently offers the following opportunities:
Virginia Beach High School Water Polo League: A fall season sport, VBHS water polo is co-ed open to all Virginia Beach public high school students.
Fall Kraken: Also offered during the fall season, Fall Kraken is open to all middle school and high school players in the Tidewater region.
CoVA Kraken: Currently being re-structured, CoVA Kraken is our year-round practice and travel team.
Continue to grow the travel team
· Establish separate boys’ and girls’ teams
· Send at least one boys’ and one girls’ team to USAWP Junior Olympics each year
· Share information about camps and clinics offered by other organizations
· Encourage nearby localities to establish teams
· Continue to foster relationships with other teams within Virginia and nearby states to increase travel opportunities.
· Create more access to pool time and facilities.
· Have a water polo team at each VBCPS high school.
· Assist other school districts with creating high school teams.