FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUGUST 5, 2006

AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION OF JAMAICA

PLAY STARTS AT PAN AMERICAN WATER POLO CHAMPS ON SUNDAY

Jamaica's Junior Male and Female Water Polo Teams arrived in Montréal Canada yesterday and will play their first games at the Pan Am Water Polo Championships on Sunday in against Brazil and Mexico respectively. The Jamaica-Mexico Female game will be the first game of the competition with the first throw starting at 8:00 AM (Jamaica time). The Jamaican Males will play Brazil in the afternoon at 2:30 PM. The full schedule will be published by the Organizing Committee later this evening.

The Jamaican’s are not expected to win the Pan American Championships, but the AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION OF JAMAICA is hoping that both teams will do well enough to earn an automatic place in next years FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships. With The United States hosting the Male World Championships, Jamaica will have to finish at least seventh in Montreal while the Female’s will have to finish in the top four. Jamaica’s best hope of achieving their goal will be to beat regional rivals Mexico and Puerto Rico. Jamaica’s National Water Polo Coach Laszlo Borbely is hopeful as the Jamaican Team were very competitive, although loosing against both countries when they last met at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships in 2005.