NC Vouliagmeni

NO Vouliagmeni or "NOV" (Greek: Ναυτικός Όμιλος Βουλιαγμένης, "NOB" = Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni) is a major aquatic sports club, founded by local sportsmen in 1937 in the seaside resort of Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece. The club is located on the eastern edge of the Mikro Kavouri peninsula, adjacent to the Astir Palace Hotel and overlooking the bay, town and lake of Vouliagmeni.

NC Vouliagmeni

Founded	1937
League	A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based in	Vouliagmeni, Athens
Colours
Titles	European Titles: 6
Website	nov.gr

The club also takes particular pride in being an "extended family" for all its past and present athletes. Almost all its coaches and sports staff are past club athletes, and members are encouraged to involve their children in club sports from the youngest age possible.

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   Georgios Afroudakis   Christos Afroudakis   Zachos Afroudakis   Nikos Darras   Ioannis Giannouris   Theodoros Lorantos   Dimitrios Mazis   George Mavrotas   Georgios Psykhos   Georgios Reppas   Vangelis Roupakas   Stefanos Santa   Konstantinos Tsalkanis   Anthony Hrysanthos^[1]   Petar Trbojević

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

Notable coaches

Men   Ioannis Giannouris   Theodoros Lorantos   Dimitris Mavrotas   Vangelis Roupakas   Josep Brasco Cata

Women   Alexia Kammenou   Giorgos Katsoulis   Vangelis Roupakas   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
  •   LEN Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1997
  •   LEN Euro Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 2004
• Women:
  • Greek water polo championships (11): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012,2013
  • Greek water polo cups (1):2019
  •   Women's LEN Champions' Cup (2): 2009, 2010
    • Runners-up (3): 2008, 2012, 2014
  •   Women's LEN Trophy (1): 2003
    • Runners-up (3): 2000, 2005, 2016
  •   LEN Women's Supercup (2): 2009, 2010

European Honours

season	men's water polo	women's water polo
1993-94		LEN Euro League semi-finals
1996-97	LEN Cup Winners' Cup Winners
1999-00		LEN Trophy Final
2000-01	LEN Euro Cup semi-finals
2001-02		LEN Trophy 4th place
2002-03		LEN Trophy Winners
2003-04	LEN Euro Cup Final	LEN Euro League semi-finals
2004-05		LEN Trophy Final
2005-06		LEN Euro League semi-finals
2007-08		LEN Euro League Final
2008-09		LEN Euro League Champions
2009-10		LEN Super Cup Super Champions
		LEN Euro League Champions
2010-11		LEN Super Cup Super Champions
2011-12		LEN Euro League Final
2013-14		LEN Euro League Final
2014-15		LEN Trophy 3rd place
2015-16		LEN Trophy Final
2018-19		LEN Euro League

References

1. Swimming to success: Q&A with the Australian men’s water polo goalie Anthony Hrysanthos Marianna Alepidis (Neos Kosmos), 16 August 2021. Accessed 13 September 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Greek)
• The photographic archive of NOV, tracking the club's course from the 1940s to the present^{[permanent dead link]} (in English and Greek)
• "La regina Alexia" - news item from the Water Polo Development World website (in Italian and English)