Registration

2025-26 Summer Registration is now open

All Players, Officials, Supporter and Volunteers MUST be registered before the metro season starts.

If you are new to Ryde please contact the club via rydewaterpoloclub@gmail.com before undertaking a registration.

This page is for players who will be participating in the Sydney Metropolitan Competition only.  Registration for Junior Development, Learn to Play Polo, or Tournaments is located in our Events page.

Registering with the Ryde Water Polo Club (RWPC) enables you to play water polo for the Ryde Water Polo Club, and membership with our peak sporting bodies:  WP Australia and WP NSW for the September to August season and covers players Association Ínsurances.

To complete your player registration choose ONE of the following payment classes and select RETURNING MEMBER (if you have a WP National ID #) or NEW MEMBER (if you are new to Water Polo entirely) at the bottom of this page:

Pool Entry is NOT included in the above -  Please note that the above fees do not include pool entry to the various aquatic centres you will enter for training or game days.  Normal player and spectator entry fees apply for all aquatic centres.  Multi-visit passes are available at Ryde Aquatic Centre please make enquiries with the front desk.  Fitness Passport is accepted at Macquarie Uni Aquatic.

Fee Structure:

The Club Executive Committee has done a thorough review of the Club’s finances to arrive at the current season's fee structure.  Currently the cost of running the Club is borne by membership fees. Each year a lot of work is done from the committee to manage the funds and work the budget to balance each season. We do not budget for a surplus as we aim to keep the members' costs as low as practical.

• WP Aus & WP NSW Capitation Fees** - Visible & paid directly to WP Aus & WP NSW as part of the registration process. These fees provide insurance cover and support by the Water Polo bodies to the sport in general. They are paid annually in advance and are included in the Summer registration fee only.

• WP NSW other fees* - The biggest cost, not seen & paid indirectly to WP NSW that is paid for by the Ryde club fees that includes WP NSW Team Entry fees, WP NSW Game Day Pool Hire, WP NSW Game Day Referee charges, WP NSW Affiliation Fee, & WP NSW Association Liability Insurance.

• Pool Hire - The second biggest cost is pool and lane hire. Whilst the Club is extremely lucky to have access to Ryde Aquatic Centre the increase in fees this season is a direct result of the increase in pool hire expenditure including the use of Macquarie University Aquatic Centre and reserved lap lanes for swimming.

• Equipment - Replacing caps, stringers, balls, medicine balls, ball bins, and timing equipment.

• GST - Ryde Water Polo Club is registered for GST.

• Merchant Fee-instead of the individual member paying the merchant fee, this year the merchant fee is included in the overall  total balance.

Training

• Monday and Thursday training  is ongoing between  the Winter and Summer season. Training will finish before the Holidays on Saturday 20th December. The last game before the holiday is Sunday December 21st
• Saturday training at Macquarie University Aquatic centre commences on Saturday 11th October. The last Saturday training before the holidays  is Saturday 20th December.  Saturday training  will recommence on Saturday 31st January
• The first Junior Metro game is Sunday 12th October
• Training recommences Thursday 29th January , The first  Junior metro game is 1st February .
• The last training for the Summer season is March 7th-  If teams are in finals further training will be arranged.
• please note the State Championships are held from 1st-11th December 2025- there may be adjustments to training for teams involved in this competition. 

Training times-

Monday- at Ryde     6.30-7.45pm.    W14B.   M14A  M14B

                        7.00-8.30PM.     W126B  W18B  M16B   M16A

                         8.30-9.30pm.   W4 W5

Thursday  -at Ryde     Juniors same as Monday 

                           8.30-9.30pm  M3 M4 M5 M6 

Saturday-at Macquarie Uni

                     2-3pm    W14B W6B W18B

                     3-  4pm  M14A M14B 

                      4-5pm  M16A(2) M18  M16B

If you have any further queries please contact our Club Registrar:

Amy or Megan rydewaterpoloclub@gmail.com