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Weekly Mailer
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October 10, 2018 |
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
SENIOR GROUP MORNING
PRACTICE CANCELLED THURSDAY
This Thursday Oct 11th the Senior Group morning practice from
5:45-7am will be cancelled. Regular Tues/Thurs morning practice
will resume next week.
SENIOR / JUNIOR 2 /
JUNIOR SATURDAY PRACTICE - OCT
13th
This Saturday Oct 13th from 8-10am Coach Jennifer will be
holding a SR/JR2/JR Saturday Practice. This practice is only open
to swimmers in the Junior, Junior 2 and Senior Groups. See you
there!
PACIFIC SWIMMING ANNUAL OFFICIALS CLINIC
& TRAINING
October 13th,
2018
Concord
Hilton
The Pacific
Swimming Annual Officials Clinic is open to all of those interested
in learning more about swimming or becoming an Official for
VJO. This is a great learning opportunity for all our VJO
parents. Continental breakfast and lunch
included.
Location: Concord Hilton - Concord 1970 Diamond Blvd., Concord, CA
94520
Time: Check-in
will begin at 8:00 AM. The clinic will begin promptly at 9:00 AM
and conclude around 4:00 PM.
Link for
information and list of
classes: http://www.pacswim.org/members/zones/officials/officials-clinic
Link to register for
classes:
http://www.pacswim.org/news/default/detail/slug/2018-officials-clinic-schedule-now-available
QUESTIONS: Contact
our VJO Officials Chair, Candance Van Dewark at
[email protected]
PACIFIC SWIMMING DIVERSITY
CAMP
Sat November 10th
8am-5pm
(JR / JR2 /SR groups
only)
The Diversity Camp is NOW OPEN for
applications. This will be our Junior, Junior 2 & Senior
Groups fourth year attending the camp. Last year all our
swimmers had a great time and learned a ton. This year
the Diversity Camp will be held on Saturday November
10th from 8am-5pm at our very own Cunningham Pool. I
will again be co-heading the camp. Applications are
attached and I will have extras available at the pool. Please
mail in your applications ASAP as they only take
60 swimmers. Remember you need a parent and
coach signature on your application. If
you have any questions please feel free to call or email Jennier
Thiem.
SAFETY AWARNESS MONTH for VJO
SWIMMERS
This month our coaching staff will be focussing on and
addressing safety with all our athletes. We will be reviewing
pool rules, reviewing team rules, reviewing the swimmer code
of conduct, and teaching athletes ways to stay safe in the
pool & other bodies of water. Make sure to ask your swimmer
what they have learned this week about safety on the pool
deck.
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]
VJO HELPS FEED THE
HUNGREY AND HOMELESS - Nov 11th 4-7pm
Come help VJO give back to the community. On Sunday,
November 11th from 4-7pm 15-20 VJO swimmers will be helping
out with the "Sparrow Project" and feeding the hungrey and
homeless. This will take place at the 1st Baptist Church in
Vallejo. Our swimmers will help set up from 4-5pm, help serve food
from 5-6pm and then help clean up from 6-7pm. One of our
local schools, St. Cathrines will be cooking the food for us to
serve. This is a great way for our swimmers to get involved in
their community. Swimmers can also count this tword
their community service requirements for school.
Date: November 11th
Location: 1st Baptist Church, Vallejo ( 2025 Sonoma Blvd, Vallejo, CA)Number of Volunteers: 15-20 people
Time: 4-5pm - set up utensils, napkins, and other items5-6pm - serve food and drinks6-7pm - clean up
How to Order a 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. Make sure you try on a team
suit first. 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:
VJO C/B/A+ MEET “Tuffy
Williams Classic” – October 19-21
Our
VJO C/B/A + Meet on October
19-21st is CLOSED for
ENTRIES! This is our team meet for the month of
October and our second meet of the
season. 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.
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
2018 FALL
SCHEDULE
OCTOBER
Oct 11 - SR GROUP
MORNING PRACTICE CANCELLED
Oct
13 -
Saturday Practice JR2 & SR Groups (8-10am Cunningham
Pool) ***ADDED***
Oct 19-21 - VJO Fall Classic
C/B/A+ Meet (All Groups, Cunningham Pool) ***CLOSED***
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) ***OPEN***
Nov
10 - Pacific Swimming Diversity
Camp (JR/JR2/SR Groups only, Cunningham Pool)
Nov
11 - VJO Feeds the Hungry
and Homeless (4-7pm, 1st Baptist Church) ***JUST
ADDED***
Nov
16 - Chipotle Dine Out Fundraiser
(Vallejo Chipotle, 5-9pm) ***JUST
ADDED***
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)
Dec 21-28 - NO PRACTICE (Winter
Break)
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)
