The Melbourne Surge Water Polo Club are an inclusive, competitive and active team of people who play water polo and have heaps of fun. We are predominantly a gay club but everyone is welcome.

Our coach is the fabulous Leanne Kelly who has had many years of playing and coaching water polo at a top level. She is AWESOME.... and sometimes very loud.

The club competes in the winter and summer competitions held by the Victorian Water Polo Association at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. For our current games schedule please visit our calendar. Team trips are also made between Melbourne and Sydney for clashes with our sister club, the Sydney Stingers.

Out of the pool, a lot of the team gets together regularly for parties, fundraisers and more.

Our History

Melbourne's first gay water polo team was formed in October 2001 by Owen Wyte and was originally known as The Crabs. This team was supported by the Xchange Hotel, and the "Xchange Crabs" bathers were very popular at the Gay Games VI in Sydney 2002.

After the Sydney Gay Games the water polo team merged with the Glamourhead Sharks Aquatics club where the team took on the name, G-Sharks. In 2006 the team decided to egg-beat again with our own two feet and Melbourne Surge was born. We are once again proudly independent.

Over the years we have received a great deal of publicity including coverage in all of Melbourne’s Gay and Lesbian newspapers, a 4 page spread in DNA magazine and two segments on Bent TV’s sporting program “The Dressing Room”.

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