St John's brings home double canoe polo national titlesSupplied Liam Ward, Jaden Petersen, Brad Brunton and Jack Gardener playing for the St John's canoe polo senior team. Their coach describes canoe polo as a cross between rugby, football and basketball, then played in kayaks. READ MORE:*Manawatu schools should lead the way at national canoe polo champs*Rongotea teen swaps rugby for canoe polo*Canoe polo alive and splashing in TaranakiLiam Ward, 17, is part of the senior and national side. Napier Girls' High School came first in the junior girls section, Karamu High School came second in the junior boys, third in senior girls and first in senior boys class two division. Taradale High School came second in senior girls and third in junior girls, Havelock North High School came third in senior boys.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2017 21:56 UTC