Wagga Wagga Water Polo Competition Records (Women's)
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Women’s A Grade (NB year is year of grand final)
Premiers
2025 - Sporties Dolphins 🐬 (v Palm and Pawn Raiders 👹 7-5)
2024 - Shumack Dental Raiders 👹 (v Sporties Dolphins 🐬 8-4)
2023 - Farmer's Home Raiders 👹 (v The Brew Octopuses 🐙 5-3)
2022 - Palm and Pawn Raiders 👹 (v Harvey's Mowers and Chainsaws Octopuses 🐙 8-6:pen)
2021 - TMAG Octopuses 🐙 (v Sporties Dolphins 🐬 6-3)
2020 - Avis Car Rental Octopuses 🐙 (Grand Final not played due to COVID-19 Pandemic - Premiership awarded to higher ranking grand finalist per competition rules)
2019 - Farmers Home Hotel Raiders 👹 (v Alan Harris McDonald Octopuses 9-3)
2018 - Raiders 👹 (v GIO Octopuses 🐙 8-2)
2017 - Kooringal Hotel Raiders 👹 (v Murrumbidgee Mudcrabs 🦀 11-4)
2016 - Kooringal Hotel Raiders 👹 (v Mudcrabs 🦀 7-6)
2015 - Sperling Australia Mudcrabs 🦀 (v Romano’s Dolphins 🐬 13-5)
2014 - Mudcrabs 🦀 (v Raiders 👹 12-5)
2013 - Chamberlains SBR Mudcrabs 🦀 (v Octopuses 🐙 12-6)
2012 - Mudcrabs (v Octopuses 🐙 14-3)
2011 - GIO Octopuses 🐙
2010 - GIO Octopuses 🐙
2009 - Farmers Home Barracudas 🐟
2008 - GHD Dolphins 🐬
2007 - Octopuses 🐙
2006 - Kooringal Dolphins 🐬
2005 - ?
2004 - Kooringal Dolphins 🐬
2003 - NO COMPETITION (OASIS CONSTRUCTION)
2002 - Boral Dolphins 🐬
2001 - Dolphins 🐬
2000 - Kapooka
1999* - Kapooka
1998* - Premier Plumbing and Hardware
1997* - Premier Plumbing and Hardware
*1997-1999 was "C Grade" which was a combined womens and juniors competition. Records remain on women's trophy. 1996/97 was the inaugural season.
Best & Fairest
2025 - Kate Gallaher 👹 (R/Up Beatrice Wilson 🐬)
2024 - Kate Gallaher 👹 (R/Up Beatrice Wilson 🐬)
2023 - Margot Leeson-Smith 🐙 (R/Up Emily Gralton 🐬)
2022 - Sharni Salau 👹 (R/UP Georgie Yates 🐙)
2021 - Sharni Salau 👹 (R/Up Emily Gralton 🐬)
2020 - Georgie Yates 🐙
2019 - Not awarded as per women’s match committee decision.
2018 - Sophie McLeod 👹
2017 - Eddy Wintle 🐬
2016 - Sophie McLeod 👹
2015 - Jeneé West 🐙
2014 - ?
2013 - Kate Gallaher 🦀 / Ari Coromandel (3rd Lauren Regan 🦀)
2012 - Terri Ferguson 🐟 (R/UP Kellie Lamotte 🐙, 3rd Jeneé West 🐙)
2011 - Leigh Maloney (R/up Lauren O’Hara, =3rd Leah Verteouris, Kellie Lamotte, Lauren O’Hara
2010 - Lauren O’Hara (=R/ups Ash Neil, Nat Bourke and Shannon Byrne)
2009 - Brooke Dean & Millie Butt (=3rd Sam Hamilton, Trudi Beck & Kate Farley)
Top Goal Scorer
2025 - Lara Knox 🐬 (R/Up Beatrice Wilson 🐬)
2024 - Kate Gallaher 👹 (R/Up Lucy Hall 🐙 and Bridget Skyes 👹)
2023 - Emily Gralton 🐬
2022 - Ella Creighton 🐙, Lucy Hall 🐙 and Sharni Salau 👹
2021 - Claudia Nugent 🐙 (R/Up Georgie Yates 🐙)
2020 - Sophie McLeod 👹
2019 - Not awarded as per women’s match committee decision.
2018 - Sophie McLeod 👹
2017 - Leah Dodd 👹
2016 - Claudia Nugent 🦀
2015 - Tegan Baines 🐬
2014 - ?
2013 - Ari Coromandel 🦀 (R/UP Kate Gallaher 🦀, 3rd Michelle Laauw)
2012 - Chloe Gardiner 🐙 (R/UP Alex Simpson 🐟, 3rd Kellie Lamotte 🐙)
2011 - Leah Verteouris (R/up Lauren O’Hara, 3rd Leigh Maloney
2010 - Lauren O’Hara (R/up Nat Bourke, 3rd Claire Gorham)
2009 - Claire Gorham (R/Up Paula Shumack, 3rd Kate Farley)
Best Goal Keeper
2025 - Ashley Pattison 👹 (R/Up Rachel Harmer 🐬)
2024 - Ashley Pattison 👹 (R/Up Laura Graham 🐬)
2023 - Ashley Pattison 👹
2022 - Ashley Pattison 👹
2021 - Sophie Bruckner 🐙 & Ashley Pattison 👹 (3rd Zelda Nugent 🐬)
2020 - Ashley Pattison 👹
2019 - Not awarded as per women’s match committee decision.
2018 - Not awarded
2017 - Lauren Macleod 👹
2016 - Kate Trevaskis 🐬
2015 - Lauren Macleod 🦀 / Gemma Powell
2014 - ?
2013 - Katrina Fulton 🐬 (R/UP Rhiannon Dolahenty 🐙)
2012 - Courtney Sayer 🦀 (R/UP Kaylene Price 🐬, Theresa O’Hara 🐙)
2011 - Courtney Sayer (R/UP Kaylene Price, 3rd Gemma Powell)
2010 - Rhiannon Dolahenty 🐙 (R/UP Meredith Furner 🐬)
2009 - Nicole Gleeson & Gemma Powell
Best in Final
2025 - Emily Gralton 🐬
2024 - Kate Gallaher 👹
2023 - Brooke Dickie 👹
2022 - Lauren Nugent 🐙
2021 - Lauren Nugent 🐙
2020 - No Grand Final due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2019 - Lauren Macleod 👹
2018 - Leah Dodd 👹
2017 - Leah Dodd 👹
2016 - Lauren O’Hara 👹
2015 - Claudia Nugent 🦀
2014 - ?
2013 - Kate Gallaher 🦀
2012 - Leah Vertouris 🦀
Women's A Grade Records - Premierships (Total)
- Raiders* (7) 👹
- Dolphins* (6) 🐬
- Octopuses* (5) 🐙
- Mudcrabs (3) 🦀
- Premier Plumbing (2)
- Kapooka (2)
- Barracudas (1) 🐟
*Modern Formal Clubs
Women's A Grade Records - Most Consecutive Premierships
Most Goals in a Season (Recorded)
**Chloe Gardiner 🐙 (42) - 2012
**Alex Simpson 🐟 (35) - 2012
**Kellie Lamotte 🐙 (33) - 2012
Sophie McLeod 👹 (32) - 2019
**Single Grade Competition
Most Best and Fairest Awards (Recorded)
Kate Gallaher 🦀/👹 (3) - 2013, 2024, 2025
Sophie McLeod 👹 (2) - 2016, 2018
Sharni Salau 👹 (2) - 2021, 2022
Most Best Goalkeeper Awards (Recorded)
Ashley Pattison 👹 (6) - 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Most Best in Final Awards (Recorded)
Kate Gallaher 🦀/👹 (2) - 2013, 2024
Lauren Nugent 🐙 (2) - 2021, 2022
Leah Dodd 👹 (2) - 2017, 2018
Women’s B Grade
Premiers
2024 - Romanos Hotel Octopuses 🐙 (v Rehabco Dolphins 🐬 6-5)
2023 - Harvey's Mowers and Chainsaws Octopuses 🐙 (v Golden Gas Dolphins🐬 4-3)
2022 - Inland Power Solutions Dolphins 🐬 (v The Brew Octopuses 🐙 6-5)
2021 - Golden Gas Dolphins🐬 (v The Brew Octopuses 🐙 7-6:pen)
2020* - TMAG Projects Octopuses 🐙 (Grand Final not played due to COVID-19 Pandemic - Premiership awarded to higher ranking grand finalist per competition rules)
2019 - Sporties Hotel Dolphins 🐬 (v Tom Maguire Welding Octopuses Black 🐙 4-?)
2018 - Raiders 👹 (v IPS Dolphins 🐬 4-3)
2017 - GIO Leagues Octopuses Black 🐙 (v GIO Leagues Octopuses Pink 🐙 3-2)
2016 - IPS Water Hogs Dolphins 🐬 (v GIO Octopuses 6-3)
2015 - Water Hogs Dolphins 🐬 (v Kooringal Hotel Barracudas Raiders 👹 7-4)
2014 - Romano’s Dolphins 🐬 (v Romano’s Dolphins Mermaids 🐬 6-1)
2013 - Mini Mudcrabs 🦀 (v Sureway Raiders 👹 8-3)
2012 - Barracudas 🐟 (v Mudcrabs 3-2)
2011 - Farmers Home Barracudas 🐟
2010 - Farmers Home Barracudas 🐟
2009 - Mudcrabs 🦀
2008 - Mudcrabs 🦀
2007 - McMahons
2006** - Wagga Plumbing Dolphins 🐬
*2020 onwards split the Women's competition into A and B Grade for the full season.
**2006 was the inaugural Women's B Grade Grand Final (as a single competition splitting for finals).
Best & Fairest
2024 - Olivia Cecchini 🐙 (R/Up Jessica Johnson 🐙)
2023 - Beatrice Wilson 🐙 (R/Up Kaitlin Maguire 🐙)
2022 - Ella Creighton 🐙 (R/Up Toby Stone 🐙)
2021 - Toby Stone 🐙 & Ella Creighton 🐙 (=3rd Kelly Lawson 👹, Skylah Oliver 🐬 & Jess Swaysland 🐙
2020 - Toby Stone 🐙 & Merryn Buckmaster 🐙
2019 - N/A (combined comp)
2018 - Merryn Buckmaster 🐙
2017 and earlier - N/A (combined comp)
Top Goal Scorer
2024 - Olivia Cecchini 🐙 (R/Up Lexi Cabot 👹)
2023 - Kaitlin Maguire 🐙
2022 - Lara Knox 🐬 and Skylah Oliver 🐬
2021 - Kaitlin Maguire 🐙 (R/Up Toby Stone 🐙)
2020 - Merryn Buckmaster 🐙
2019 - N/A (combined comp)
2018 - Merryn Buckmaster 🐙
2017 and earlier - N/A (combined comp)
Best Goal Keeper
2024 - Rachel Harmer 🐬 (R/Up Mary-Clare Smith 🐙 and Layla Wilson 👹)
2023 - Josie Galvin 🐬 and Paige Evans 🐙
2022 - Mary-Clare Smith 🐙
2021 - Sophie Bruckner 🐙 (R/UP Josie Galvin 🐬 & Mary-Clare Smith 🐙)
2020 - Sophie Bruckner 🐙
Best in Final
2024 - Olivia Cecchini 🐙
2023 - Laila Cook 🐙
2022 - Lara Knox 🐬
2021 - Lara Knox 🐬
2020 - No Grand Final due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2019 - Laura Graham 🐬
2018 - Terri Inglis 👹
2017 - Luci Ross 🐙
2016 - Kaitlin Maguire 🐬
2015 - Tegan Baines 🐬
2014 - ?
2013 - Claudia Nugent 🦀
2012 - Kayla Macleod 🦀
Women’s C Grade
Premiers
2024 - Golden Gas Dolphins 🐬 (v Harvey's Mowers Octopuses 🐙 7-5)
2023 - Rehabco Dolphins 🐬 (v Golden Gas Dolphins 🐬 5-2)
*2022/23 was the inaugural Women's C Grade Grand Final (as a single competition splitting for finals).
Best & Fairest
N/A (combined comp)
Top Goal Scorer
N/A (combined comp)
Best in Final
2024 - Jessica McIntosh 🐙
2023 - Emily Whiting 🐬
