NC Vouliagmeni

Activities

The club admits members and their guests and operates a marina, a waterskiing school, junior and Olympic competition sailing boats and facilities, an open-air, heated swimming pool, two rocky beaches, members' indoor and outdoor lounges, reading and conference rooms, a first-aid station, a gym, and an upscale restaurant. The club publishes a quarterly illustrated newsletter, the "Tríaina" (Τρίαινα, "Trident"), distributed free. As part of the celebrations for the club's seventy years, a memorial volume, "In Search of the Sporting Ideal", was published in 2008, in commemoration of the club's history. The volume chronicles the club's foundation and development, and pays particular tribute to the many club athletes who have taken part in Olympic Games and won Olympic medals. The most notable Olympic athlete to have been fostered at the club is windsurfer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (gold medal, Atlanta Olympics, 1996, and silver medal, Athens Olympics, 2004).

The outdoor, heated pool hosts swimming, finswimming, synchronized swimming and water polo teams and the respective training schools for children. The club hosts two annual competition meetings for youngsters, the "Tzeláteia" swimming gala and the "Chatzitheodórou" water polo Cup, as well as annual water skiing and sailing events. In addition to regular training for its young athletes, the club organises training schools for beginners, open to all children interested in swimming, finswimming, water polo, boat sailing, windsurfing, synchronized swimming, and waterskiing. Four periods are offered per year in total, two (winter and spring) during school season and two more during the summer vacations.

Sports activities for members include aquarobics, aerobics, martial arts classes, long-distance sea swimming, water skiing, and Olympic and recreational sailing and windsurfing. The club also provides mooring for recreational boats owned by members. Several social events and functions are also held at the club, including concerts, art exhibitions, lectures, receptions, dinner parties, the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve balls, the all-day "May Day at the Club" barbecue, and the midsummer "Full Moon Ball".

Crest and colours

The club crest depicts a blue anchor set inside a white lifebuoy with eight red stripes; blue, white and red being the club colors.

Water polo

The women's and men's water polo teams are a traditional force in European water polo and have won many Greek and several European Championships and Cups. The club often hosts LEN Euroleague and LEN Cup tournaments, its star players consistently being capped for the Greek men's and women's national teams.

The women's team are the reigning Greek champions (2010) and also the reigning European champions for the second consecutive year (2009, 2010). In 2009 they won the LEN Champions' Cup in Kirishi, Russia, defeating the Italian champions, Orizzonte Catania, in the final. In 2010 they won the LEN Champions' Cup in Corfu, Greece, defeating the Russian champions, Kinef Kirishi, in the final.

In addition to the men's and women's teams, the club maintains water polo teams for girls and boys aged 9 and upwards, and participates in all relevant youth competitions. All teams train under the supervision of head coaches (2010) Ioannis Giannouris and Alexia Kammenou, both former NOV players.

Notable players

Men

• Greece Angelos Vlachopoulos
• Greece Dimitrios Nikolaidis
• Greece Georgios Afroudakis
• Greece Christos Afroudakis
• Greece Zachos Afroudakis
• Greece Nikos Darras
• Greece Ioannis Giannouris
• Greece Theodoros Lorantos
• Greece Dimitrios Mazis
• Greece George Mavrotas
• Greece Georgios Psykhos
• Greece Georgios Reppas
• Greece Vangelis Roupakas
• Greece Stefanos Santa
• Greece Konstantinos Tsalkanis
• AUS Anthony Hrysanthos
• Serbia Petar Trbojević

Women

• Australia Rebecca Rippon
• Greece Alexandra Asimaki
• Greece Alexia Kammenou
• Greece Angeliki Gerolymou
• Greece Kelina Kantzou
• Greece Dina Kouteli
• Greece Georgia Lara
• Greece Kyriaki Liosi
• Greece Antiopi Melidoni
• Greece Evangelia Moraitidou
• Greece Anthoula Mylonaki
• Greece Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou
• Greece Antigoni Roumpesi
• Greece Christina Tsoukala
• Spain Patricia del Soto
• USA Heather Petri
• USA Moriah van Norman
• USA Ashleigh Johnson

Notable coaches

Men

• Greece Ioannis Giannouris
• Greece Theodoros Lorantos
• Greece Dimitris Mavrotas
• Greece Vangelis Roupakas
• Spain Josep Brasco Cata

Women

• Greece Alexia Kammenou
• Greece Giorgos Katsoulis
• Greece Vangelis Roupakas
• Greece Akis Tsatalios

Water polo titles

• Men:
  • Greek water polo championships (4): 1991, 1997, 1998, 2012
  • Greek water polo cups (4): 1996, 1999, 2012, 2017
  • Double (1): 2012
  • Greek Super Cup (1): 1996
  • [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] LEN Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1997
  • [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] LEN Euro Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 2004
• Women:
  • Greek water polo championships (12): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2025
  • **Greek water polo cups (1): **2019
  • [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] Women's LEN Champions' Cup (2): 2009, 2010
    • Runners-up (3): 2008, 2012, 2014
  • [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] Women's LEN Trophy (1): 2003
    • Runners-up (3): 2000, 2005, 2016
  • [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|20px]] LEN Women's Supercup (2): 2009, 2010

European honours

References

References

1. [https://neoskosmos.com/en/2021/08/16/sport/swimming-to-success-qa-with-the-australian-mens-water-polo-goalie-anthony-hrysanthos/ Swimming to success: Q&A with the Australian men’s water polo goalie Anthony Hrysanthos] Marianna Alepidis ([[Neos Kosmos (newspaper). Neos Kosmos]]), 16 August 2021. Accessed 13 September 2021.