Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication September 24, 2014 Team Picture Details. This year, we are trying something new. We plan to take our team picture at Marina Park. The picture will be this Friday, September 26th. We will meet near the pirate ship and the photographer will organize us on the beach. It will be an impressive picture and we look forward to everybody participating. As such, there will be no practice this Friday. Please arrive by 5:00pm at Marina Park and look for the pirate ship and continue further...

Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication April 30, 2014 2014 April Long Course Swim Meet. Thank you to all of the families who helped run our Long Course Opener, April 26-27. The wind presented some challenges at this meet, but our volunteers and our swimmers prevailed. The kids performed well and had some great time drops. It was great to see many new faces achieving June Age Group Champ and Summer Junior Olympic time standards, especially this early in the long course season! BMX National Championship. The Ventura Community Park will...

Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication March 18, 2014 2014 Coastal Champs. Thank you to all of the families who helped run our Coastal Champs swim meet February 28 – March 2nd. We braved the inclement weather and together hosted a quality meet. The kids performed well and we earned a second place team finish. Our progress is inevitable! Congratulations and keep up the good work. Swim Meet Schedule. Senior Group swimmers are attending a “Senior Invitational Meet” in Mission Viejo this weekend, March 21-23, then, will focus solely on their...

Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication October 24, 2013 Fitter Faster Tour Event. The Fitter Faster Clinic Event is on for this Saturday, October 26th. You can still sign up for a discount as late as Friday evening, but sale price increases at the door on Saturday. If you want to sign up, please visit: https://fitterandfaster.com/signup/Ventura-ca/. Click on the following link to learn more about what will take place during this event: http://pitch.pe/1gofLcl. Swim A Thon - 2013. Save the Date of Wednesday, November 13th for the Swim A Thon “post...

Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication October 21, 2013 Upcoming Swim Meets. The David Graham Swim Meet is fast approaching. The deadline to enter is TODAY, October 21st. You will also notice, the Cranberry Classic in Santa Clarita and the JO Max in Camarillo will be posted to the website soon. If you have questions about which meet to enter, please see your primary coach. (The JO Max meet in Camarillo is for newer, younger, novice level swimmers), while the Cranberry Classic is for other swimmers with multiple years of swimming...

Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication October 10, 2013 2013 Winter Age Group Championship. The Annual Winter Age Group Championship is an age group meet that usually takes place each December. It is considered a “Championship Meet”, both because they score and rank the teams who attend, but also because you must qualify with a “Winter Age Group Time Standard” (WAG’s) in each event you swim. Because Southern California Swimming is very large and very competitive, the meet takes place at three different sites over the course of the same three...

Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication October 2, 2013 Swimmers in the Spotlight. Each month, the coaches select a swimmer from their group who they believe has stood out from the crowd, or who has done something really special. We also now include the Pre-Competitive Group, because there are some great kids who we just had to recognize. The month of September was an important one in that it sets the tone as to how one will proceed through the rest of the season. You can check out the Spotlight Swimmers,...

Buenaventura Swim Club Team Communication September 16, 2013 Welcome New Members. We recently added about 15 new members to our Buena Family and we WELCOME each and every one of you. We understand joining a new team can be a confusing time, so please, If you have any questions, contact one of our “New Member Advisors” Amy Allen at [email protected], OR Amy Sponseller at [email protected] Both are very knowledgeable and ready to answer your questions. Busy Times at Buena. September and October are extremely busy times for our club. I...

Hello Buena Parents, Check out the educational article below. Written by the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, Mike Methaney, hits home with me. We are blessed that our team, coaches and parents alike are not like this. Are You Really Helping Them by Yelling? By Mike Matheny Imagine that you are in the most stressful situation that you could possibly be in with all of your family and friends watching. Imagine that you are asked to do something that is so physically difficult that most people fail three times...

Buenaventura Swim Club and Ventura County Masters, We have a giant amongst us. Swimming with VCM everyday down in the deep end, Jim McConica was one of 12 masters athletes in the world to be named to this pristigious list. Of the 12, only 5 were Americans, 3 men, 2 women. Amazingly, this was the 4th year in a row Jim has received this honor. Please click on the link below to read about our teammate! http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?aid=2708 Good Job Jim McConica, we can't wait to follow your next accomplishment/s. The...