
Weekly Mailer
February 4, 2014 |
Dear Swimmers and Parents,
Our big VJO C/B/A+ Meet is coming up this weekend (Feb 7-9)
and we are still in need of lots of help and food donations.
We need more volunteers to help with meet set-up this Thursday
night from 5-6:30pm. We also still need volunteers during the
meet to work in Hospitality, Snack Bar, and Marshaling. You
can sign-up to help online or at the pool.
Thanks,
Go Sharks!
Jennifer Thiem
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
THURSDAY - ALL HANDS ON
DECK!
Thursday
Feb 6th we
will need all hands on the deck to help
with the final set-up for our meet and
Hot
Chocolate Night.
This means we will need twice the amount of help as usual.
Meet Set
–Up: Need at least 6 more people to help set
up
Hot
Chocolate Night: Need 2 more people from 6-7pm and
7-8pm
Hot Chocolate Food Needed!
We are still in need of many food items for Hot Chocolate
Night. For the last couple Thursdays the food has been
looking very scares. Please bring in something to
share.
Food Items we need
donated:
Oreo’s
Boxes of cookies
Goldfish
Bags of chips
Pretzels
Pastries
Granola bars
Homemade cookies or brownies (or
anything)
Parent Volunteers Still
Needed for VJO Meet
Our meet is quickly approaching,
and we still have quite a few holes in our job signup sheets. The
biggest needs are Hospitality, Snack
Bar, and Marshals. Signing up is
easy online, (www.vallejoaquatics.org )
sign in to your team account, click on events, scroll down to the
Feb. meet hit job signup and sign up for the job and shift of your
choice. We also have paper sign-up sheets at the pool.
Food Donations Still Needed for Meet
We are still in need of many food donations for our meet this
weekend. Food items neeed:
-
Safeway Gift Card (1 more)
-
Cases of Gatorade (4 more)
-
Cases of Cup of Noodles (5 more)
-
#10 Can Nacho Cheese Sauce (2 more)
-
Cases of Sour Straws (1 more)
-
Cases of Red Ring Pops (1 more)
NO PRACTICE – Monday February 10th
(Meet Recovery Day)
UPOMING
MEETS:
VJO C/B/A+ Meet - Feb 7-9
MEET IS CLOSED FOR ENTRIES. Our VJO C/B/A+ Meet on February
7-9 is now closed for entries. We will also need
all our parent volunteer support to help run this meet
smoothly. The volunteer sign-up is online
Piranha Swimming C/B/A+ - March 8/9
This meet is not yet open for entries. The meet will be
held at the Honey Bee pool in Rohnert Park.
2014 Junior Olympic Spring Championships - March
14-16
This meet is not yet open for entries.
FEBRUARY SWIMMERS OF THE
MONTH
The following swimmers did an outstanding job last month and
have been awarded swimmer of the month for February. These
swimmers are also awarded with a Swimmer of the Month cap.
Novice 1: Monica/Will’s
Group: Kaitlin Uy
Novice 1: Sam;s 6:30 Group:
Andres Duenas
Novice 2: Sam’s 5:30 Group:
Ethan Delange
Novice 2: Hillary’s Group:
Justin Eggan
Age Group: Daniel
Chavez
Senior Group: Daniel
Sanderson
2014 FALL MEET
DATES:
February
Feb
1
- Starts Clinic (9-11am)
Feb
7-9 - VJO
C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Cunningham Pool)
Feb
10 - No
Practice (Meet Recovery Day )
Feb 13-17
- Lost Dutchman Meet (Senior /Age Group,
Chandler, Arizona)
Feb
22 -
VJO Goes to the Movies
Feb 27
- Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5:00-6:30pm)
March
Mar
1-2 - Zone 3 All
Star Meet (All Star Qualifiers, Burlingame HS)
Mar
8-9 - Piranha
Swimming C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Rohnert Park)
Mar
14-16 - Junior Olympic
Championships (JO Qualifiers, Location TBA)
March 27
- Shark Pride Day (All Groups
5:00-6:30pm)
April
April
3-6 - Far Western
Championships (Far Western Qualifiers, Morgan Hill,
CA)
April 24
- Shark Pride Day (All Groups 5:00-7:00pm)
April 25-27
- VJO Long Course C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Cunningham
Pool)
May
May 15-17
- Sac-Joaquin Section Championships (Tokay HS, Lodi)
May 16-17 -
North Coast Section HS Championships (Location TBA)
May 18-19 -
Piranha Swimming C/B/A+ Meet (Team Meet, Rohnert
Park)
May 29
- Shark Pride
Day (All Groups 5:00-7:00pm)