
Weekly Mailer
November 5, 2013 |
Dear Swimmers and Parents,
Theo St. Francis from NBA (North Bay
Aquatics) was seriously injured in a beach accident in Boston in
late August while attending M.I.T.'s freshman Oceanographic
Engineering orientation program. Theo currently is
without motor skills from the chest down. Prior to Theo’s
time with NBA he swam on the Napa Valley Swim Team. Many of our VJO
swimmers have swam against him in the past years. He was a Junior
National level swimmer and was to be on the MIT swim team this
fall. Presently, Theo is in rehabilitation from which
no one knows what the outcome will be. VJO will be sending
Theo a “get well soon” poster, which
we greatly encourage all VJO swimmers to sign. The
poster will be on the pool deck for the next couple of days for our
swimmers to sign.
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
Hot Chocolate Night Starts this
Thursday!
Hot choc nights start Thursday
Nov 7. We serve the kids at 5:30, 6:30, & 7:30,
after they get out of
practice, every Thursday night, all winter
long. This is a "parent run/parent donated" activity that we
do for 5 months (Nov - March), and we depend on parent volunteers
to run this.
We need parents to help serve, set
up, clean up, and put away. What a great way to get volunteer hours
in! Diane Powell will be setting up everything starting
at 3:30, but we need parents starting at 5:30, taking
shifts till 7:45.
Items we need
donated:
Hot chocolate packets (individual
packets, not canisters of powder)
Bags of mini marshmallows (any
flavor, any shape)
Apple cider packets
Boxes of cookies
Goldfish
Bags of chips / pretzels
Pastries
Granola bars
Homemade cookies or brownies (or
anything)
3 oz paper cups
5 oz paper cups
Disinfectant wipes
Gallon and sandwich size
baggies
Big garbage bags
Big Costco box of plastic forks and
spoons
(no candy)
Tuffy Signing at Hot Chocolate Night
Coach Tuffy will be stopping by the
pool for Hot Chocolate Night this Thursday night, so make sure to
bring any items you still need signed. Or just come in to say
hi!
College Prep Seminar – Fri Nov
15th
On Friday Nov 15th we
will be having a guest speaker (Reed Philips) come in and give a
College Prep Seminar from 5-7:30pm. All VJO High Schoolers
are encouraged to attend. On this day the Senior Group and Age
Group practice will be combined from 3:30-4:40pm. The Seminar
will be held in the portable buildings next to the pool and there
is no charge. Pizza will be provided!
Extra Order Forms for “ Coach Tuffy”
Shirts
If you didn’t get a chance to
order your “Coach Tuffy” shirt at the party,
here’s your chance! Extra shirt order forms have been
placed in your file folder. Please place all completed forms
and checks into Coach Hillary’s file folder by next Friday
November 15th.
UPOMING
MEETS:
Tri Meet at VJO – Sat Nov
23rd
On Saturday Nov 23rd we
will be having a Tri Meet against SASO and QUIK at our pool.
Entry forms will be released in the next week or two.
Location: Cunningham
Pool
Time: Warm-ups 9:00am, Meet Starts
at 10:00am
WCAB Senior II Trials/ Finals Meet
The WCAB Senior II Trial/Final Meet
on Dec 6-8 is now open online for enteirs. This meet is
reccomended for all Senior Group swimmers. Please keep in
mind you need Senior II time standard to enter this
meet. Enter Online: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/WCAB20131206
2013 FALL MEET
DATES:
November
Nov 7th - Start
of Hot Chocolate Night (Every Thurs Night in the Winter)
Nov 15th - College Prep Seminar
(5:00pm)
Nov 23rd - Tri Meet @ VJO
(SASO & QUIK)
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 14 & Under Championships
(Morgan Hill, CA)
Dec 6-8 - Senior
Champs (Sr II @ Walnut Creek)
Dec 14th - Dual
Meet @ QUIK
Dec 19th - Annual Christmas
Party (6-9pm)
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)
January
Jan 18-19 - Zone 3 Winter
Championships(Location TBA)
February
Feb 7-9
- VJO C/B/A+ Meet
Feb 13-17 - Lost Dutchman
Meet(Chandler, Arizona)
March
Mar 1-2 -
Zone 3 All Star Meet (Burlingame HS)
Mar 14-16 - Junior Olympic
Championships
April
April 3-6 -
Far Western Championships (Morgan Hill, CA)
April 25-27 - VJO Long Course C/B/A
Meet (Cunningham Pool)