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Weekly Mailer
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September 26, 2018 |
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
SHARK PRIDE DAY –
Thursday September 27th 5-7pm
Tomorrow, Thursday, September
27th is Shark Pride Day! On
this day all groups will be swimming together
from 5:00-7:00pm. Everyone will be
warming up together working on skills together and playing games
together. Show off your Shark spirit! Wear
your turquoise team shirt to school, around town and to practice on
this day. We want to encourage team unity by having the entire
swim team practice together. This will be a team
building day with a great opportunity to get to know
swimmers in other groups. See you there! Parents don't forget
during this time you will be attending our Mandatory General
Membership Meeting from 5:30-7pm.
PARENTS - MANDATORY GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Thursday, September
27th
Portable
building
5:30-7pm
The Fall VJO General Membership Meeting (Parent Meeting) will
be held on Thursday, September 27th from
5:30-7:00pm in the Portable Buildings next to the pool.
This will be the same day as Shark Pride Day, so all our swimmers
will be in the water at the same time. Refreshments and snacks will
be provided. This meeting is MANDATORY for ALL PARENTS to
attend. We will be voting on and discussing important
items. A detailed agenda will be sent out before the
meeting.
Important
Topics:
Voting on New Board Positions
VJO Treasury Report & 2017/2018
Budget (How is VJO doing?)
New Team Policies
Fall Events/Meet Schedule
Upcoming October Meet
October Meet Job Sign ups
Swim –A-Thon Recap
Grant/ Sponsorship Updates
Becoming a Team Sponsor
VJO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
FUNDRAISER
October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. To help raise awareness VJO is selling Pink VJO
Team T-Shirts and Pink Team Caps. 50% of the proceeds will be
donated to a Breast Cancer Foundation. Last year we donated
$100 to the Pink Fund. Let's meet or exceed that this
year! The Coaches will be wearing these pink team shirts at
our next October Meet and we invite you to do the
same. Attached is the order form that can be filled out
and left in the Alvarado file folder or you can email [email protected] with your
order. Payment can be charged to your
account or you can pay by cash or check.
Breast Cancer Team T-Shirt - $20
Silicone Breast Cancer Cap - $20
Latex Breast Cancer Cap - $10
Order Forms Due By Friday Oct 5th
QUESTIONS: Contact Lori Alvarado [email protected]
UPDATED VJO POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES
Please read and review the attached Vallejo Aquatic Club
Policies and Procedures. You may turn in the signed
acknowledgement during the General Membership Meeting or into the
"President's" folder prior to September
27th. Extra copies will be available in the Shark
Tank.
VJO Team Suits &
Warm-ups Have Arrived
If your swimmer order a team suit or team warm-up, they have
all arrived! Please see coach Jennifer on the pool deck to get your
team suit. If you missed our last Team Suit Fitting Day don't
worry, you can order team suits, parka's and other gear at any
time. Just take an order form down to Making Waves Swim Shop
in Walnut Creek and you can place an order at any
time. Order forms for team suits, team parka's and team
gear are attached below. Order Forms can also be found on our
team website and at the pool.
*** VJO Team Suits are
required at ALL SWIM MEETS***
UPCOMING
MEETS:
MARIN PIRATES SR OPEN MEET –
Sept 29-30th (SENIOR GROUP
ONLY)
The Marin Pirates Senior Open Meet is
CLOSED for entries. This meet will be held at the
Indian Valley College Pool in Novato on Sept 29-30th. This is our
Senior Group focus meet for the month of September. This meet
is only open to Senior Group swimmers.
Click Here for Meet Sheet
TIME: Arrive at Cunningham Pool at
6:15am each day. We will carpool together. Warm-ups will
start at 7:30am. Meet will begin at 9 AM.
LOCATION: College of Marin Indian Valley
Campus Pool 1800 Ignacio Blvd Novato, CA, 94949
*Attention – There will be
a $4.00 parking fee on Saturday, September
29th. There will be no fee on Sunday, September
30th.
TRAVELING TOGETHER - For Senior level meets
our VJO swimmers travel together. I will need two parents to
drive ALL our swimmers to the meet and back each day. Please email
me if you can be one of our drivers. We will meet at the Cunningham
Pool at 6:15am each morning. Parents, the rest of you are
always welcome to come out and cheer on our Seniors. Our
Senior swimmers just need to travel together as a team.
VJO TEAM SUITS REQUIRED: This is a reminder
that VJO Team Suits are required at ALL team meets. Please make
sure you have your team suit. You can order a team suit through
Making Waves Swim Shop at our team suit fitting on Sept 6th.
VJO C/B/A+ MEET “Tuffy
Williams Classic” – October 19-21
***OPEN***
Our
VJO C/B/A + Meet on October
19-21st is NOW OPEN for
ENTRIES! This is our team meet for the month of
October and our second meet of the season. This meet is recommended
for ALL VJO swimmers. Please sign up
ASAP. We are very excited to announce there will
again be RELAYS offered in our October
Meet! These relays will be very fun for our swimmers. Please note
the VJO coaches will enter swimmers in relays, parents and swimmers
will not be entering these.
ENTER ONLINE: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/vjo20181019
TIME: Friday - arrive
at 3:30pm
Saturday – arrive
at 7:15am
Sunday - arrive at 7:15am
Warm-ups will start at 7:30am on Saturday and
Sunday and the meet
will start at 9:00am each day. Remember parking
is easier the earlier you arrive.
LOCATION: Cunningham Pool
EVENTS: Please speak with your coach if you
have questions about what events to enter.
Hammerhead 1 & 2: Please only enter
events you are ready for. Entering swimmers in events they are not
ready for can be very discouraging and causes un-needed paperwork
for our officials. Talk to your coach first.
Leopard & Mako: Please enter the 200 IM
on Friday night and 3 events on both Sat & Sun (one challenging
event, one favorite event and one to keep you well rounded).
Junior: *The entire Junior Group will
be entering the 500 free on
Saturday*. See coach Sophie if you need a time.
Please enter one event on Friday night and 3 events on both Sat
& Sun (one challenging event, one favorite event and one to
keep you well rounded).
JR2 & SR: *All the Junior 2 and
Senior Swimmers will be entering the 1,000
free on Friday night. Please enter 3 events a day on
Sat & Sun (one challenging event, one favorite event and one to
keep you well rounded).
2018 FALL
SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER
Sept
27 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups 5-7pm)
Sept
27 -
Mandatory General Membership Meeting
5:30-7pm , All Parents, Cunningham Pool, location TBA
Sept 29-30 - Marin Pirates SR Open Meet
(SR Group only, Novato)
OCTOBER
Oct 19-21 - VJO Fall Classic C/B/A+
Meet (All Groups, Cunningham Pool) ***OPEN***
Oct
22 - NO PRACTICE (Meet
Recovery Day)
Oct
25 - Shark Pride Day &
Halloween Party (All Groups, 5-7pm)
Oct
26 - NO PRACTICE (TCAL High
School Water Polo Champs at Cunningham)
Oct
27 - Saturday Practice
All Groups @7:00am
H1/H2 7-8am
LS/MS 7-8:30am
JR/JR2/SR 7-8:45am
Oct
31 - NO PRACTICE (Happy
Halloween!)
NOVEMBER
Nov 3-4 - Crow Canyon
Sharks C/B/BB+ Meet (All Groups, San Ramon) ***UPDATED***
Nov
10 - Pacific Swimming Diversity
Camp (JR/JR2/SR Groups only, Cunningham Pool)
Nov 17-18 - WCAB SR Open Meet (SR Group
only, Walnut Creek)
Nov
22-23 - NO PRACTICE (Happy Thanksgiving)
Nov
29 - Shark Pride Day (All
Groups, 5-6:30pm)
Nov 30-Dec 2 - 14 & Under Winter Junior
Olympic Champs (JO Qualifiers, Moraga)
DECEMBER
Dec 7-9 - Senior II Champs
(Qualifying SR groupers, Concord CA)
Dec 8-9 - Daly City Dolphin
C/B/A+ Meet (All Groups, Indoor Daly City Pool)
Dec 14-16 - Speedo Sectional Champs (Qualified
SR group, Monterey Park)
JANUARY
Jan 19-20 - Winter Zone 3 Champs (Qualifiers,
SRJC)
FEBRUARY
Feb 22-24 - VJO February Frost C/B/A+ Meet (
All Groups, Cunningham Pool)
