Dolls Point water polo player Keesja Gofers scored in the Aussie Stingers first game at the Tokyo Olympics with the green and gold women taking the 8-5 win over Canada.
With no International competition for a year the Stingers came out firing with Olympic debutante Bronte Halligan scoring a hat trick.
Additional goals came from dual Olympians Gofers, Captain Rowie Webster, Zoë Arancini and four time Olympian Bron Knox.
The Aussie Sharks men's team wasn't as successful going down fighting to an inform Montenegro 15-10.
The opening minutes saw the Aussies score three unanswered goals but the tide soon turned with their next game against Rio 2016 silver medalists Croatia.
Fresh off the win over Canada, Keesja Gofers Aussie Stingers next play world ranked number three the Netherlands who won gold in Bejing.
All nations will go head to head in the pool stages with the top four in each group progressing to the finals.
John Veage
Thirty five year photographer for Fairfax -former NSW Chief Photographer for FCN and now Photo Journalist for the St George and Sutherland Shire Leader in southern Sydney.Official photographer for Cycling Australia (20 years) Official photographer for Surf Life Saving Australia (30 years) Founding Life Member of Cronulla Boardriders Club and Life Member of Surfing Sutherland Shire among other things.
Thirty five year photographer for Fairfax -former NSW Chief Photographer for FCN and now Photo Journalist for the St George and Sutherland Shire Leader in southern Sydney.Official photographer for Cycling Australia (20 years) Official photographer for Surf Life Saving Australia (30 years) Founding Life Member of Cronulla Boardriders Club and Life Member of Surfing Sutherland Shire among other things.
