Torrey Pines High School Water Polo

Volunteers

Parent volunteers are critical to the success of Torrey Pines Water Polo. Below is a list of volunteer postitions with a description of the job. Please contact the Athletic Booster Board Liaison to get involved.

Athletic Booster Board Liaison
Doris Bergum- Boy's Team

The TPHS Athletic Booster Board Liaison leads the parent volunteer organization and manages the Boy's water polo budget. It takes about $20,000 per year to run the Boy's TPHS water polo program. This is more money than is collected through the suggested parent donations at the beginning of the season, so every year, fundraising is critical to the success of this program. The board liaison is responsible for:

Managing the water polo budget. This includes establishing a budget for each season/year, reporting the budget to the TPHS Foundation, collecting donations and income as well as submitting disbursements for team expenses to the Foundation where the monies are kept..
Providing leadership to raise money so that the team has enough money to operate. This includes the annual request for donations as well as to arrange for fundraisers which generate monies to support the funding of the current season and/or carryover account for future needs.
Finding parent volunteers to do everything (except coach the team), and verifying that volunteer jobs get done. (Volunteer roles are listed below.)
Attending monthly Athletic Booster Board meeting (Sep-June). This is a meeting of all the athletic booster groups that are part of the TPHS Foundation and the TPHS Athletic Director. Our liaison represents the interests of the Boy's water polo team at these meetings, and gathers information about school policies that affect the water polo team.
Producing a roster of players/parents.
Fielding questions and concerns from other parents.
Communicating with the coaches.
Finding a liaison for the following year and training that person how to do the job.

Falcon Card Drive Coordinator(TBD)

Falcon Cards are discount cards that allow for hundreds of dollars in discounts at local merchants and restaurants. These cards are produced by the TPHS Foundation for use by its booster groups for fundraising. They are sold for $20 each and the team keeps $15 of the sale. The water polo team has discovered that Falcon cards are one of the best (and easiest) ways for Torrey Pines water polo players to raise money for the season and a drive was organized to allow players to work together as well as to make the sales as efficient as possible. This drive is the team's largest fundraiser of the year. The coordinator schedules the drive to be held at local grocery stores (tables are set up just outside the entrances and cards sold by players under the supervision of parent volunteers) as well as planning the staffing of all locations and time slots by players and parent supervisors. If T-shirts are also offered, the stocking of these must be coordinated with the distribution of cards to locations.

Uniform & Equipment Coordinator(TBD)

This person is responsible for collecting all the items for sale for that season, including the team uniform which consists of a TPHS water polo swim suit and a coordinating polo shirt (which is to be worn on game days with black pants or shorts of players choice). Other items for sale include personalized team towels, gear bags, sweatshirts, t-shirts. etc.The coordinator takes all orders (sizes, amounts, money), submits orders to vendors, and distributes gear when delivered. Monies are collected and submitted directly to the Foundation to process payments to vendors.

Water Polo Awards Banquet Coordinator(TBD)
Responsibilities: choose a date (have the Board Liaison ask Coach Rob about possible dates -- do this early), work with the Board Liaison to finalize the budget, select a location, choose the menu, create the banquet program, get center pieces, and find volunteers to man the sign in table at the banquet (to verify people have paid). Senior gifts and coach appreciation gifts are passed out at the banquet and included in the budget for this event. This job requires at least three people.

"Pump Up The Volume" Foundation Auction/Fundraiser Item Coordinator(TBD)
This Foundation event takes place at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach in March or April and is good source of revenue for the water polo team. See the TPHS Foundation website for further details. If you attend, ½ of your ticket price goes directly to the team (when you indicate that you are part of either boy's or girl's water polo on your reservation). Boys and girls team donations are treated separately. This volunteer encourages families from Varsity, Jr Varsity and Novice teams to attend.

Rummage Sale Coordinator(TBD)
This volunteer leads a team of people that run the Boy's water polo rummage sale area. This is a great source of revenue for the team, raising more than $1000 each year. The leader of this effort will be asking for volunteers and reminding you to bring in your donations.

Photography (Team photos for Varsity, JV, & Novice)(TBD)
This volunteer takes pictures or finds photographers to take pictures of each team. Required photos include team photos for the year book and web site, and several individual photos of each senior to give to the seniors to take home at the end of the year as well as action and casual shots to be shared throughtout the year via the website or social media.

Home Game Score Board and Shot Clock Operator

Team Statistics Coordinator
This important job requires a volunteer for each team (Varsity, JV, Novice). These volunteers record player statistics, such as number of goals, steals and assists as well as to report this to various newspapers (Union Tribune, North County Times, Rancho Santa Fe News, etc.), the liason or other volunteer who is responsible for posting information to the website/social media. This also may require drafting of small articles about the team, its games and activities to promote the program in and outside of school.
Usually this volunteer calls in the results of Varsity home games by programming the phone numbers for the papers into their cell phone, and call in the results from the pool deck as soon as the game is over.
The report to the paper includes:

Score by quarter and final score
Top scorers from each team
Overall records of each team (talk to the Coach of the visiting team before the game to get this information)
Notable information (North County Times only). This is a short description of highlights, such as a high number of saves by the goalie, or a high number of assists by a player.

Example: North County Times - Local Scoreboard, Nov. 12, 2003

Torrey Pines 12, Poway 10 (OT)
Poway.............. 0 4 3 3 0 0 - 10
Torrey Pines.....1 2 5 2 2 0 - 12

Top Scorers: Todd Conway (TP) 4, Peter Gresham (TP) 3, Craig Erickson (P) 4.

Notable: A.J. Kessler and Tyler Boetcher each scored an overtime goal as Torrey Pines avenged its lone league loss to tie Poway for the league title in the regular season finale for both teams.

Records: Poway 17-8 (overall), 7-1 (league). Torrey Pines 19-8 (overall), 7-1 (league).

Videotaping of Team(TBD)

This person videotapes the varsity team games. Coach Rob uses these tapes to coach the team.

Web Master
Peter Bergum

The goals of the web site are to enhance communication for the TPHS water polo team and encourage participation. Please us "Contact Us" page to contact webmaster if you have photos or information you want added to the Web site. Digital photos are best. If you see an error or omission anywhere on the site, please let us know.