Origin of the Club

In December 2016 current Strategic Director and founding member Angie Winstanley – Smith was approached by a small group of local parents and asked if she would consider starting a new water polo club within the central Auckland region. The feeling was there was a need to establish a club which had a more specific focus on young women in sport and evolving basic water safety skills into water polo specific capabilities.

From a dedicated group of 15 founding members, the Club has grown significantly over the last 8 years and today boasts over 250 registered playing members with coaches and referees across seven different age groups and programmes.

While boys have been part of our Junior age groups since the beginning, in 2021 we proudly appointed our first Head of Men’s Programme coach, with the intention of continuing to grow the boys and men’s programmes to the same levels as the girls.

Atlantis City is an affiliated Club to Diocesan School for Girls and is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who make up the Clubs Committee. They are supported by a part time paid administrator who manages all the Club’s communication with members and runs the club’s various community support programmes/tournaments.