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2010 Swim Championships

July 31, 2010

Hi Swimmers,’

Wow! What an exciting day. You all swam so well. Here are the results of the 2010 Tri-Valley Swim League Championship. –> 2010 Champs Results

Place Team Points

  • 1 Club Sport Pleasanton Club Sport Pleasanton 2,338 . 50
  • 2 Del Prado Stingrays Del Prado Stingrays 2,264
  • 3 Dbac Swim Team Dbac Swim Team 2,228
  • 4 Dublin Green Gators Dublin Green Gators 1,796
  • 5 Pleasanton Meadows Pleasanton Meadows 1,554
  • 6 Ruby Hill Swim Team Ruby Hill Swim Team 1,483 . 50
  • 7 Briarhill Swim Team Briarhill Swim Team 1,477
  • 8 Fast Dolphins Fast Dolphins 961

See at the awards dinner tomorrow night at the pool.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

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Swim Quotes for Champs

July 30, 2010

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Pleasanton Patch Article

July 30, 2010

Hi Swimmers and Parents,

Nice article about our Del Prado Stingray swim buddy program in the “Pleasanton Patch” by our own Cameron Sullivan.

Here is the link to the article:

Like it or not: “Swim Buddies” are stung by the crafty bee

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

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Sammy at Monterey Bay Aquarium

July 29, 2010

Swimmer Vicki B.  edited a picture of “me” that she took

at the Monterey BayAquarium.

It turned out really cool. Click the pic to enlarge.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

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Awards Banquet – August 1st

July 28, 2010

Hi. Here’s a little information regarding our awards banquet on Sunday.

The banquet is our last swim team activity for the season.

Your swim team will provide burgers and hot dogs and drinks, and we ask that each family bring either a side dish/salad/dessert to share. This is a team potluck.

Please remember that no ceramic or glass is allowed at the pool. We will begin serving dinner at 4:30 p.m.

Starting at 6:00, we will honor all our swimmers with recognition and awards, followed by a slide show.

For those new to our team, you might want to bring chairs to sit in and blankets for your swimmers to lie on.

Thank you to Cindi Sabatini and Hillary Bessiere for organizing this event for us and thank you to “the staff” of regular BBQ-ers who always help us with this fun event.

Go Stingrays!

Joan

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Champs Info 2010

July 28, 2010

1) Ruby Hill-H
2) Pleasanton Meadows-G
3) DBAC-A
4) Briarhill-E
5) Dublin-C
6) CSP-D
7) FAST-B
8) Del Prado-F

Tri-Valley Swim Championships 2010

Mapquest Directions to DBAC

Hi. I finally have all the pieces of information ready to share with you for champs on Saturday. Attached is a map of the DBAC lawn area. This year all teams have been assigned a spot. We will rotate each year to the next letter in the alphabet. Our spot for this season is area “F.” This is the only allowed area for Del Prado. I need to tell you that the city of Pleasanton asks that no plastic tarps of any kind be laid on the grass. Blankets, towels, or any breathable material is fine, just not plastic. Also, there is no alcohol of any kind allowed on these premises.

All swimmers must be checked-in with their coach by 7:00 a.m. Please do not be late. Plan for more time to park and unload and look for your coach ASAP. The scratch meeting will be at 7:15 sharp. We plan to start the meet at 8:00. Our warm-up time is 7:30-7:50 a.m., and we have lanes 11-15.

This is an all-day meet. If I had to guess, I would say the meet should be over sometime around 4 p.m. Bring lots of towels, activities to keep you busy/entertained, drinks, sunscreen–just like a regular meet…but it just goes a lot longer. There will be a league snack bar available. Those of you who missed the pre-order of the championship t-shirts, you will be able to purchase one the day of the meet for $12. Look for a booth selling them. You can park anywhere around the aquatic center that is a legal parking place.

Look tomorrow on our league website, www.trivalleyswim.us, for the meet program. I would suggest each family print out one of these. Those of you working line-ups will receive a print-out on Saturday morning, specific to your age group.

This is our biggest meet of the year. Swimmers, please get lots of rest between now and then. There still seems to be a lot of germs hanging around our pool, and we need a full, healthy squad to do our best.

I think that’s it for now. If you have any questions/suggestions/concerns, please let me know. Thanks again to all of you who are helping with this meet. We couldn’t do it without you. :)

Good luck, Stingrays!

Joan

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Pancake Breakfast – July 30th

July 26, 2010

Hi Swimmers,

Don’t forget after your morning swim practice on Friday, July 30th there will be a pancake breakfast served.

Regards,

Sammy Stingray

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Champs Volunteer List

July 26, 2010

Beth Borchers has kindly gathered all the required volunteers for the Championships this coming weekend.

Here is the list —-> Champs Volunteers 2010

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Meet 7: DP vs PM

July 24, 2010

Del Prado vs Pleasanton Meadows

Complete Meets Results —–> DP vs PM 2010

Final score:
Del Prado – 601.5
Pleasanton Meadows – 392.5

Well, we ended out our dual meet season today. This has been the fastest swim season ever. I think we ended it on a high note. This is always one of my most favorite meets.
Thank you to all of the swimmers who showed up on time and again ready to swim and cheer on our team. We only had one scratch today and that was due to an illness. That makes your coaches’ job and my job so much easier. Thank you. Special congratulations to Hannah Loeffler who bettered her own record in the 6&under butterfly to a 22.24 and Jack Payan who bettered his record in the 15-18 free to a 22.35. Here are the new records
I also want to wish all our senior swimmers the best of luck in their future. Know that you’re always welcome at DP, and we hope you’ll be back to visit in the future.
Thank you, parent volunteers, for running another great swim meet. You’re all pros and veterans now! Can’t say it enough…thank you to Kevin Suto and Rusty Hicks for providing us the best snack bar in the league for all six of our home meets this season. You both have gone way above and beyond, and I think I speak for the entire team when I say, Thank You So Much. We are lucky to have two other helpers–Hiroshi Doi and Randy Vandiver–who do whatever we ask and whatever we haven’t thought to ask yet. Your help is greatly appreciated as well.
Coaches, thank you for teaching our swimmers how to swim and race. Your constant efforts and time spent at the pool are recognized and we thank you for that. You now have one last BIG meet to seed for us. Good luck
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Our next swim meet will be the final meet of the season, Championships, and is schedule for Saturday, July 31 at DBAC. (new location this year) The meet will begin at 8:00 a.m. More championship info to follow within the next day or so. This looks to be a very close and exciting meet. We all need to rest up, sleep well, eat well, and get pumped up! Can’t wait. Your coaches are seeding the meet as this is being typed. If your swimmer isn’t planning to swim at champs and you haven’t let your coach know, call me ASAP. 462-5932.
This is the list of swimmers out: for champs
Jennifer Jo
Joshua Cole
Ethan Bennett
Theo Hrycewicz
Michael Howard
Christina Bahls
Eric Crispell
Geremy Blandino
Christopher Nally
Victoria Naylor
Jessica Hungerford
Jaclyn Vandiver

That’s it for now. Take good care. Enjoy the luau tonight.
Go Stingrays!
Joan
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Adult Luau – July 24th

July 22, 2010

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