Coach Profiles

Mark Oberman

Mark Oberman is the co-ordinator of Triton’s Flippaball program. Mark began playing Water Polo with the Triton Water Polo club in 1982. He represented Australia for 15 years in the Senior National team at 2 Olympic Games, 3 World Championships and 4 World Cups. He has played the 5th highest amount of games for Australia at 392. He is also a father of 2 of the current day Flippaball participants and is looking to consolidate on Triton’s rich history of providing representative players for the state and country

Paul Oberman

Around the Triton Flippaball pool you will see a number of coaches including Paul Oberman. Paul represented Australia at the Olympic Games and many World Championships in his 11 year career on the National Men’s Team. Paul is also the current Head Coach at Western Australian Institute of Sport and Assistant Coach to the National Men’s Team. In 2009, Paul coached the Australian University Men’s Team to the country’s 1st ever Gold Medal at a recognised International Competition, World University Games. He is also an experienced teacher and has his own children playing Flippaball at Triton.

Glenn Townsend

Glenn joined Triton Water polo club when he was 12 years old and is proud to be a life-member of the club. He was inducted as a Triton legend in 2008. Glenn is a triple Olympian playing in the Los Angeles, Seoul and Barcelona Olympics. As the goal keeper for State, Australian and Olympic teams Glenn has travelled the world playing water polo and often with other Triton team-mates. Currently Glenn is the manager for the mens’ UWA Torpedoes national league water polo team, plays Div.1 for Triton and coaches his daughter Olivia’s Triton flippa ball team.