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Weekly Mailer
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November 5, 2018 |
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
ITEMS NEEDED FOR HOT CHOCOLATE
NIGHT
Hot
Chocolate Night Officially started last Thursday! Our
swimmers were very excited. Families please keep bringing
in snacks/treats to share. There is a list of items that we
REALLY NEED down below. Parents we still need more help in the
upcoming weeks 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 Thursday
nights all winter long. Help us keep this tradition going.
NEEDED HCN ITEMS:
Cup of Noodles (beef and shrimp flavors)
Hot Chocolate Packets (on sale at Costco- $2 off)
Hot Cider Packets
Insulated cups (8 oz cups is best size)
Lids (8 oz
lids is best size)
Boats (of all sizes to serve food in)
Small bowls
Ziploc bags
Napkins
Wipes
Any and All Food
NUTRITIONIST
Thursday, November 8th
4:30-6:30pm
(Senior, Junior 2 and Junior Groups)
This Thursday, November 8th from 4:30-6:30pm we will be
bringing in a Nutritionist to talk to our Senior, Junior
2 and Junior Grouper swimmers. Jaime Betters, a registered
dietitian, will be talking to our swimmers about eating healthy and
the effects your nutrition has on your swimming performance at
practice and at meets. Swimmers, make sure you bring
your food journals you have been keeping for the past week. Your
food journals should include the time you are eating/drinking, what
you are eating/drinking and how much you are eating/drinking.
VJO HELPS FEED THE
HUNGRY AND HOMELESS - Nov 11th 4-7pm
ONLY 3 MORE SPOTS AVAILIBLE
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 (only 3 more spots availible)
Time: 4-5pm - set up utensils, napkins, and other items5-6pm - serve food and drinks6-7pm - clean up
CHIPOTLE DINE OUT
FUNDRAISER
NOVEMBER 16th 2018
5-9pm
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PACIFIC SWIMMING
REGISTRATION - DUE NOV 1st
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
HOW TO ORDER A TEAM SUIT OR TEAM
PARKA?
If you missed our last Team Suit Fitting Day don't worry, you
can order team suits, parka's and other VJO team 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:
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 ***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.
SENIOR II CHAMPIONSHIPS ***NOW
OPEN***
The
2018 Senior II Champsionships Meet on Dec 8/9th is NOW OPEN for
entries online. This meet will be held at the DVC pool is Pleasant
Hill, CA. This meet is only open to qualified Senior Group
swimmers. Senior swimmers must have achieved a SR II time standard
to attent this meet. Sign up ASAP as this meet will FILL VERY VERY
QUICKLY.
ENTER ONLINE: http://ome.swimconnection.com/pc/wcab20181208
LOCATION: Diablo Valley College Pool, Pleasant
Hill, CA
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
NOVEMBER
Nov
8 - Nutritionist Talk for
SR/JR2/JR Groups (4:30-6:30pm, portables)
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) ***NOW OPEN***
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)
