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Weekly Mailer
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October 29, 2018 |
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
NO PRACTICE - OCTOBER 31st (Happy
Halloween!)
There
will be NO PRACTICE on October 31st (Halloween). We wish everyone a
fun and safe Halloween. We will see everyone back on the pool deck
the next day.
HOT CHOCOLATE NIGHT STARTS THIS
THURSDAY - NOV 1st
Hot Chocolate Night Officially starts this
Thursday November 1st! Our swimmers are very excited.
Families please bring in a snack/treat to share. Parents we need
your help serving our swimmers. The sign-up sheet to
help serve is hanging next to the Shark Tank. Please sign-up
to help out. Our swimmers look forward to this night of the week
all winter long. Help us keep this tradition going.
VJO HELPS FEED THE
HUNGRY 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 hungry 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 toward
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
TIME TO RENEW YOUR
PACIFIC SWIMMING REGISTRATION
It's time for all VJO swimmers to renew their
Pacific Swimming Registration for the 2019 season. Families please
write a check ($73 per swimmer) made out to "PACIFIC
SWIMMING" and place in the Membership File
Folder at the pool. All checks are due by
November 1st 2018.
Due:
November 1st, 2018
Amount:
$73.00 (for each swimmer)
Payable to:
PACIFIC SWIMMING
Place checks in the Membership File
Folder
What is the Pacific Swimming
Registration Fee?
The Pacific Swimming Registration fee
provides the swimmer with a National Registration Number (USA
number), which is used when entering all swim meets, and USA
insurance coverage during workouts and meets. This
Registration is required each calendar year to renew membership to
Pacific Swimming.
USA Swimming no longer mails
out Registration/Membership cards. Once the member is in the
database, registration can be verified online and you can
print your own registration card through www.usaswimming.org/deckpass.
- Pacific Swimming also
participates in the USA Swimming Outreach Program and offers
registration at the USA Swimming registration fee of $5.00 with no
additional fees to Pacific Swimming. Valid September 1, 2018 -
December 31, 2019.
- Any change of address
or information, please fill up a new Pacific swimming registration
form attached.
QUESTIONS:
If you have any questions please call or text Miriam
Rivera (Membership Chair) at 707-315-2672
PERSONALIZED VJO CAP
ORDERS
***Orders
Due November 28th 2018***
You
have the opportunity to order personalized swim caps for your child or children and yourself. They
will be standard black team caps with white VJO logo and your name under
the logo. If you would like to order please select what you
want to on your cap. Place in
the “Team Attire” file folder with
your check (no cash please) made payable to “Vallejo
Aquatic Club”.
Cost: Latex - $15.00/2 caps
Silicone - $30.00/2 caps
Orders must be turned in by November 28th,
2018
SAFETY AWARENESS 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]
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:
CROW CANYONS SHARKS C/B/BB+ MEET
***CLOSED***
November
3-4th 2018
Dougherty Valley High School
Pool
The Crow Canyon Sharks C/B/BB+ Meet on November
3-4th is CLOSED for ENTRIES! This is our team meet for the month of
November.
TIME: 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. A special warm-up time for 8 and under athletes only will be
held from 8:45 to 8:55 AM
LOCATION: Dougherty Valley High School 10550 Albion
Rd, San Ramon, CA 94582.
DIRECTIONS: From the north of San Ramon follow I-680 S
to Bollinger Canyon Rd in San Ramon. Take exit 34 from I-680
S. Take San Ramon Valley Blvd and St Denis Dr. to Broadmoor Dr. Do
not park where no parking signs or permit parking only signs are
posted. You will be ticketed or towed. No overnight/RV parking
allowed.
WCAB SENIOR OPEN MEET ***CLOSED***
NOVEMBER
17 – 18, 2018
The Walnut Creek Aquabears
Senior Open Meet on
November 17-18th is CLOSED for
entries.
LOCATION:
Diablo Valley College Aquatic Center (321 Golf Club
Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523).
TIME:
Meet at Cunningham Pool
at 6:15am. We will get in to warm
up are a group at 7:30am and the meet will start at 9am.
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, you are always welcome to come out and
cheer on our swimmers. Our Senior swimmers just need to travel together
as a team.
WINTER 14 & UNDER JUNIOR
OLYMPIC CHAMPS ***NOW OPEN***
The
2018 Winter 14 & Under Junior Olympic Championships is
NOW OPEN for entries. The meet will be held on Nov
30th-Dec 2nd at the Soda Aquatics Center at Campolindo High
School. Entries will closed as soon as the time line has been
reached. Sign-up ASAP as the meet couple fill prior to the
entry deadline. This is a qualifying meet. The meet is
only open to swimmers who have achieved the Winter JO qualifying
time standards.
DALY CITY DOLPHINS
C/B/A+ Meet
December 6-7th
2018
Daly City
Pool
The
Daily City Dolphins will be our team meet for the month of
December. This is also the last chance meet for Zone 3 Winter
Champs. This meet will be opening any day.
Please keep your eyes out for the team email when the meet opens.
Please get signed up ASAP. We don't want our swimmers to miss out
on the last meet of the season.
2018 FALL
SCHEDULE
OCTOBER
Oct
31 - NO PRACTICE (Happy
Halloween!)
NOVEMBER
Nov 3-4 - Crow Canyon
Sharks C/B/BB+ Meet (All Groups, San Ramon) ***CLOSED***
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)
Nov
16 - Chipotle Dine Out Fundraiser
(Vallejo Chipotle, 5-9pm)
Nov 17-18 - WCAB SR Open Meet (SR Group
only, Walnut Creek) ***CLOSED***
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) ***OPEN***
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 12 - VJO Holiday
Brunch (TBA)
Jan 19-20 - Winter Zone 3 Champs (Qualifiers,
SRJC)
Jan 21 - NO PRACTICE (MLK
Holiday)
FEBRUARY
Feb 22-24 - VJO February Frost C/B/A+ Meet (
All Groups, Cunningham Pool)
Feb 25 - NO PRACTICE
(Meet Recovery Day)
