
Weekly Mailer
September 4, 2013 |
Dear Swimmers and
Parents,
I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! We have
96 VJO swimmers entered in our September Meet. The meet is
unfortunately now closed for entries. Although we are very excited
to have so many swimmers attending Coach Tuffy’s last meet
before he retires.
Saturday Morning
Practice – Sat Sept 7th
This Saturday Sept 7th Coach Jennifer and Coach Sam
will be holding a Special Freestyle Clinic from 9-11am. We
will start the clinic with a 45 min freestyle video in the portable
buildings and then we will move to the pool to learn new drills and
better our technique. Swimmers in all groups are welcome to
join us for this special morning.
2013 Awards Banquet
– Sat Sept 14th
The 2012 VJO Awards Banquet will be held
on Saturday September
14th from 5:00-9:00pm at the SPSV
Cafeteria. The Awards Banquet is semi-formal, so
please dress up. We ask that you arrive at 5:00pm, we will
start eating around 5:20, and the Awards will start around 5:45pm.
Dinner will be pot-luck style, so please bring a dish to
share. The SPSV (St. Patrick St. Vincent High School)
Cafeteria is located at 1500 Benicia
Rd. Vallejo, CA 94591. Flyers with
potluck info will be placed in family file folders soon.
Date: Saturday September
14th 2013
Time: 5-9pm
Place: St.
Patrick/ St. Vincent High School Cafeteria
Potluck Assignments by last
name:
A - E Dessert
F - O Salad or Side
Dish
P - Z Main Dish
Mandatory General
Membership Meeting – Tuesday Sept
17th
On Tuesday September 17th from 6:00-7:15pm we will
be holding our Fall General Membership Meeting. The meeting will be
held in the portable buildings next to the pool. We will be going
over the 2013 Fall Schedule, discussing expectations, and voting.
We will also be taking time at the end to go over important new
swimmer/parent information.
2013 Fall Meet
Dates:
September
Sept
2nd - No Practice
(Labor Day)
Sept
14th - Awards Banquet (SPSV
Cafeteria 5-9pm)
Sept
24th - Team Suit Fitting
(5:00-7:30pm at Cunningham Pool)
Sept
26 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5-7pm)
Sept 27-29 - VJO
C/B/A+ SCY Meet
Sept
30th - No Practice (Meet
Recovery Day)
October
Oct
4-6th - Sr II Marin Pirates
Meet (Senior Group)
Oct 19-20 -
Vacaville C/B/A+ Meet
Oct 27
- Tuffy’s
Retirement Party (1-5pm)
Oct 31
- Shark Pride
Halloween Practice (All Groups 3:30-5:30pm)
November
Nov
2nd - Dual Meet @
SASO
Nov 23rd
- Dual Meet @ VJO
Nov
21st - Shark Pride Day (All Groups
5-6:30pm)
Nov 28-29 - Happy Thanksgiving (No
Practice)
Nov
29 - VJO Social Event TBA
December
Dec 6-8
- Junior Olympic Championships(14
& Under)
Dec 6-8
- Senior Champs(Sr II @ Walnut
Creek)
Dec 14th
- Dual Meet @ QUIK
Dec
?? - Annual
Christmas Party (TBA)
Dec 24-25 - No Practice (Merry
Christmas!)
Dec
26th - Shark Pride Day
(All Groups 5-6:30pm)
Dec 31-Jan 1st - No
Practice (Happy New Year’s)