07/03/2010 - Afghanistan Water Polo-July 2010 Newsletter

The Afghanistan Water Polo Newsletter is here!...

06/10/2010 - soundslikerstin: Big dream: US-Marine Reserve builds national water polo team in Afghanistan

This month’s people and places...

06/10/2010 - Deutsche Welle: Afghanische Wasserballer für Olympia 2016

Es klingt wie das Drehbuch zu Mission Impossible, Teil vier: ein US-Marine-Reservist...

04/26/2010 - North County Times: CHATFIELD: Afghanistan's Olympic dreams

Usually when articles appear on the front page of the Los Angeles Times about newsmakers in North County San Diego, they are written about child murderers, corrupt congressmen, inarticulate beauty queens or mistresses of famous athletes...

04/25/2010 - Marine Corps Times-Afghan troops train for water polo while at war

Afghanistan may be landlocked, and pools may be scarce, but soldiers with the Afghan National Army aren’t letting these minor obstacles put a damper on their Olympic water polo dreams....

04/17/2010 - Los Angeles Times-Water polo, anyone? In Afghanistan?

Marine reservist Jeremy Piasecki thought building a national team in the landlocked country would be inspirational. But finding enough players turns out to be the easy part......

04/15/2010 - The Village News-Reserve Marine continues to build Olympic dreams for Afghan people

Looking down into a 12 to 14 foot deep pool with a broken pipe and only about a foot of water at the bottom, an envisioned coach watches as members of the Afghanistan national army (ANA) hold swim and water polo practice, April 7, in Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan......

04/15/2010 - The Village News: Reserve Marine continues to build Olympic dreams for Afghan people

Looking down into a 12 to 14 foot deep pool with a broken pipe and only about a foot of water at the bottom, an envisioned coach watches as members of the Afghanistan national army (ANA) hold swim and water polo practice, April 7, in Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan...

04/14/2010 - Afghanistan Water Polo-April 2010 Newsletter

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12/16/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo-December 2009 Newsletter

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11/06/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo-November 2009 Newsletter

Thae Afghanistan National Water Polo November 2009 Newsletter is here!...

10/27/2009 - The Dream of Afghanistan Water Polo

Jeremy Piasecki, is on a mission to develop an Olympic water polo team in Afghanistan. He is a US marine reservist who went to Afghanistan with one mission and left with an entirely different one......

09/13/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo-September 2009 Newsletter

The Afghanistan Water Polo Newsletter is here!...

08/20/2009 - North Coast Church Sports Highlight: Afghanistan Water Polo

How does a guy from Fallbrook end up as the head coach of the Afghanistan National Water Polo Team?...

08/17/2009 - Marine works to get Afghan polo team an Olympic splash

Norfolk, VA: Marine reservist Jeremy Piasecki went to Afghanistan to teach Afghan officers how to handle personnel tasks....

08/12/2009 - PRI's "The World" perspective on Afghanistan

Afghanistan isn’t just choosing a new president this month. It’s also selecting a new Olympic team. The World’s Aaron Schachter spends time with some of Afghanistan’s would-be water polo Olympians....

08/06/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo-August 2009 Newsletter

The Afghanistan Water Polo Newsletter is here!...

08/04/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo is on Blog Talk Radio

Listen to Afghanistan Water Polo speak with Coach Dave and Trevor on Talking Water Polo at the Planet...

07/15/2009 - Afghan Water Polo Team Closer to Dream

The North County man working to bring his newly formed Afghan water polo team to the U.S. to train for the Olympics is tackling obstacles one at a time...

07/13/2009 - FALLBROOK: Afghan water polo team faces roadblocks

Fallbrook resident Jeremy Piasecki faces formidable challenges in bringing his Afghan water polo team to North County to train...

07/06/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo-July 2009 Newsletter

The Afghanistan Water Polo Newsletter is here!...

06/20/2009 - Reader's Digest introduces Afghanistan Water Polo to 20 million people across America

Water Warriors-How do you build pride and confidence in Afghan villagers weary of war?...

05/19/2009 - FALLBROOK: Afghanistan water polo team ready for trip to North County

Coach seeking a place for athletes to stay in August, September...

04/14/2009 - Watch Afghanistan Water Polo on Newport Beach TV

Watch Afghanistan Water Polo speak to the CIty Council at the City of Newport Beach....

03/22/2009 - Coach hopes to take Afghan team to O.C.

A reservist wants to lead his Afghan water polo players to local training grounds, then the Olympics...

03/22/2009 - Sports As A Solution

Today, there's a great story in the OC Register about the excellent value of athletics for a war-torn state such as Afghanistan....

03/17/2009 - Creating Heroes: Local Marine Corps Reservist brings water polo to Afghanistan

The idea of an Olympic water polo team springing from the Afghan countryside sounds implausible...

03/17/2009 - Morning Salute to Marine Reservist Jeremy Piasecki

Marine Reservist Jeremy Piasecki landed in Afghanistan last January, tasked with training the Afghan Army in administration. Piasecki never would have believed he'd end up coaching their first national water polo team...

03/16/2009 - Building a Dream: Afghanistan's National Water Polo Team

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 16. FIFTEEN miles east of Kabul, in a Soviet-era swimming pool guarded by an armed sentry...

02/14/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo Video

Our friends at Crown Coffee made this video about Afghanistan Water Polo...

02/02/2009 - CHATFIELD: Buildiing Olympic dreams

My daughter played water polo in high school. It’s a challenging sport for the best of swimmers...

01/15/2009 - For Piasecki, rebuilding Afghanistan includes building water polo

Jeremy Piasecki coached club water polo in Fallbrook until his...

01/01/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo-January 2009 Newsletter

The Afghanistan Water Polo Newsletter is here!

01/01/2009 - Afghanistan Water Polo was featured in USA Water Polo's Skip Shot magazine

An Impossible Dream? American Jeremy Piasecki's Quest To Build Water Polo in Afghanistan...

12/08/2008 - Afghanistan Water Polo Adds Coaching Staff

After a search that produced applications from high-profile coaches from around the world, Afghanistan Water Polo announced the addition...

10/23/2008 - Calkins: Water polo in Afghanistan?

One day you could be playing Mad Libs and have a puzzle that looks like this. A 30-year-old man living in Afghanistan (country) has been...

10/08/2008 - Water polo offers hope to Afghans

Fallbrook reservist starts team, with hopes for Olympics...

10/01/2008 - FALLBROOK: Coach shoots for 2016 Olympics with first Afghan water polo team

Among hurdles he faces: only 12 pools in the whole country...

10/01/2008 - Afghanistan Water Polo-October 2008 Newsletter

The Afghanistan Water Polo Newsletter is finally here!

09/29/2008 - Coaching positions for new Afghanistan national team

Afghanistan Water Polo, the recently formed governing body for water polo in Afghanistan, is seeking to...

09/24/2008 - A New Sport Comes to Afghanistan

Grab a newspaper or browse through your favorite international news web site and you will find plenty...

09/23/2008 - A New National Sport: Afghanistan National Swimming Federation Sanctions Men's Water Polo

In the wake of Afghanistan's success at the 2008 summer Olympic games, where Rohullah Nikpai earned the...

09/18/2008 - San Diego coach has an Olympic Dream for Afghanistan

The Afghanistan National Olympic Committee has named Jeremy Piasecki of Fallbrook...

08/29/2008 - Water polo, BiG Bullets, & Summiting the Teri Gar

I'm sitting in the MWR (computer room), tired as all hell, next to this English soldier bloke who talks to...

08/21/2008 - National Federations of Afghanistan and the British Virgin Islands are FINA's newest Members

On the occasion of the third 2008 FINA Bureau Meeting, which took place on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in Beijing...

08/15/2008 - National Team Tryouts for Afghanistan Water Polo

The first ever National Team Tryouts for Afghanistan Water Polo will be on August 23-27th, 3:30-4:45, at the Afghan National Army Base Pol-e-Charki, in Pol-e-Charki, Afghanistan.

 

06/01/2008 - Water Polo in Afghanistan

I currently work with the United States Army as an administrative mentor for the 201st Commando Battalion...