Wodonga Water Polo Club working towards goals for the future

But to get there, club treasurer Jenny Farrington believes kids need to be presented with more opportunities to familiarise themselves with water polo.

As the only Ovens and Murray Water Polo club south of the border, the Dolphins have found it challenging to find numbers to field teams in recent years.

With some NSW players exposed to water polo through school sport programs, Farrington, who is also a school sports coordinator in Mt Beauty, said it's very different in Victoria.

"In the last couple of years we've run water polo as an option for interschool sport at the end of term one," she said.

"It's getting out there in some schools, but it's really hard.

"In the last five years Water Polo Victoria has introduced an interschools water polo competition, but it's one day in Melbourne.

"We don't have enough players where you could send a team down to be competitive."

With the new season approaching, the Wodonga club hopes to have three senior teams competing this year.

So far they will have B-grade women's and C-grade men's and women's teams, as well as an under-16s girls team.

They're also hoping to combine with Northside for under-14 girls and boys and under-16 boys.

The club's end goal is to be able to also have two competitive A-grade sides.

"The goal down the track is to be able to field teams in every single grade ourselves," Farrington said.

However, she admits they have had to overcome numerous obstacles in the last two years.

"With the restrictions on different sides of the border, and then last year not having access to WAVES until the start of December, all of our games were in NSW at the Albury Pool," she said.

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"With the border closures as well, all of those things last year made people second guess whether they should play or not."

The Dolphins have already commenced training at Wodonga's WAVES, with the O and M competition to start when the NSW government gives the green light for community sport to return.

Provided border residents are still able to cross for daily life in the coming months, the Wodonga Water Polo Club will be able to join the rest of the competition.

"We play under a NSW association, but we're a Victorian club and most of our players are Victorian," Farrington said.

"But the season and games will be in Victoria and NSW."

The Dolphins look set to retain some of their players from last season.

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