
Weekly Mailer
October 1, 2012 |
Dear VJO Swimmers and Parents,
BreakOut! Swim Clinic
Recap
We were very excited to bring Olympian Dana Vollmer
and husband Andy Grant to our pool for the Sept
29th BreakOut Swim Clinic. We had over 100
swimmers participants, including many swimmers from other teams.
Dana and Andy put on a wonderful clinic filled with great
information and fantastic in the water demonstrations.
Both Dana and Andy even got in the water and swam with the
kids. Some of our swimmers even got a chance to race the
Olympian herself! Swimmers were also given lots of time for
individual autographs and pictures with both Dana and Andy.
The best part was the complements Dana Vollmer and Andy Grant
had about our swimmers. They said our kids were the best
group of swimmers they have ever worked with. Dana was very
impressed with our swimmers great listening skills and their
ability to implement technique corrections. She even tweeted
later that day “Great clinic in Vallejo today, what a
fantastic group of swimmers”.
Way to go Sharks! It’s not every day you get
complements form an Olympian.
2012 VJO Awards Banquet
Recap
This was one of our largest Awards Banquets in years! We
had over 200 people attend our 2012 Awards Banquet last
Saturday. Way to go Sharks! We have an amazing group of
talented swimmers here in Vallejo. This was apparent by the
numerous swimmer acknowledged for their new achievements this year.
Congratulations to all of our terrific swimmers, keep up the hard
work.
We thank everyone that was able to be a part of this special
event. If you were unable to attend the banquet, awards can be
found at the pool in your family file folder. Please see
Diane Powell on the pool deck if you have awards that did not fit
into you file folder.
Upcoming
Events:
Sign-up Sheets for Zone
3 Champs
Parents, sign-up sheet are available! Sign-up
today! Sign- up sheets for meet set-up, meet clean-up, and
snack bar have been placed in the Shark Tank area at the
pool. Sign up ASAP to get the volunteer positions and times
best for you. We need as much volunteer help as possible in
order to make this meet run smooth.
Breast Cancer Awareness
Caps
VJO will be selling special caps. The proceeds will be donated
to a Breast Cancer Foundation. The caps will be sold in advance on
a first come first serve basis. We have 12 latex ($10.00) and 45
silicone caps ($15.00) available. Please note the pink on cap may
not be exactly same pink as on flyer. If you are interested please
fill out the form and place the form and a check made out
to VJO in the Henderson file. Breast Cancer cap order
forms have been placed in family file folders, extras can be found
in the front of the file folder box. Thanks so much for helping
this great cause!
Upcoming
Meets:
Marin Pirates Senior II
Meet (Oct 6-7 at Indian Valley College Pool)
This meet is now closed for entries. The Marin Pirates Senior
II Meet will be held October 6-7 at the Indian Valley College Pool
in Novato. For further meet details please see the meet sheet,
which can be found at HTTP://OME.SWIMCONNECTION.COM/PC/MP20121006
.
Zone 3
Championships (Oct 19-21 @ Cunningham Pool)
The deadline to enter is October 11th! Don’t
miss your chance to swim at Zone 3 Winter Championships. Online
entries are open! This is our Fall Championship meet and all
qualified VJO swimmers are expected to attend Zone 3 Championships
on October 19-21. All simmers must meet the minimum time standard
found on the meet sheet (~ around “B” time). Please see
the meet sheet for more details. To Enter
Online:http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/VJO20121019
. Deadline to enter online is Thursday October
11th 2012.
Parents: Sign-up today! Sign- up
sheets for meet set-up, meet clean-up, and snack bar have been
placed in the Shark Tank area at the pool. Sign up ASAP to
get the volunteer positions and times best for you. We need
as much volunteer help as possible in order to make this meet run
smooth.
VJO C/B/A
Meet (Nov 2-4 at Cunningham Pool)
This meet is filling up fast! Don’t miss
your chance to enter!
Online entries are open for our VJO C/B/A home Meet on Nov
2-4. Our VJO home Meet is recommended for all VJO
swimmers. The meet will be held at our Cunningham Pool. To
Enter online go to: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/vjo20121102.
Online Meet Entry
Deadline: Online entries are due by 11:59 p.m. Thursday,
October 25, 2012.
Save the Date:
- Oct 6-7 - Marin Pirates Meet (Senior II Meet at Indian Valley College Pool)
- Oct 19-20 - Zone 3 Championships (Cunningham Pool)
- Oct 25 - Shark Pride Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
- Oct 26 - Halloween Party (at Jesse Bethel HS)
- Oct 31 - Special Halloween Practice
- Nov 2-4 - VJO C/B/A Meet (at Cunningham Pool)
- Nov 5th - No Practice
- Nov 29 - Shark Pride Day (All Groups 5-7pm)
- Nov 30- Dec 2 - Junior Olympic Championships (14 & under at Morgan Hill Aquatics Complex)
- Dec 7-9 - Short Course Championships (Sr II Trials & Finals @ Walnut Creek)
- Dec 7-9 - Neptune Swimming C/B/A Meet
- Dec 20 - Christmas Party (at Jesse Bethel HS)