Water polo: Lapham in good form as Otago wins bronze

Tyler Lapham mastered the water skills and played a key role in the Otago boys under-14 bronze medal win at the national water polo championships at Hamilton last weekend.

Lapham was rewarded at the end of the tournament by being named one of three males to win an outstanding player award.

The Otago team won four of its seven games and took the bronze medal when it beat Marist White 8-5 in the play-off for third and fourth.

Officials said it was Otago's first medal at a national water polo event for nearly 20 years.

The Otago girls under-14 team finished fourth when it lost the play-off for the bronze medal to Waitakere Teal 5-4.

The team
Otago U-14 boys

Jesse Smith, Hamish McCulloch, Jack Turner, Cameron McMahon, Rhys Woods, Ciaran Jansen, Tyler Lapham, Tom Wardhaugh, Arthur Ibbotson, Andrew Urquhart, Chris Groenewegen, Nick White.

Rene Theelen (coach).