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Del Prado Swim Team Newsletter and Application 2012

February 1, 2012

Our swim team is a competitive program in the Tri-Valley recreational league. The Stingray’s home pool is at the Del Prado Cabana Club in Pleasanton, California.

The goal of the program is to improve swimming skills and to provide an enjoyable, low-key aquatic experience. It should be fun for competitors, parents, coaches, and friends.

We are a team that relies heavily on the support of the team’s parents. All parents are required to participate in the running of the meets.

If you are interested in joining the Del Prado Stingrays swim team for the 2011 please download a copy of our newsletter.
Please remember that applications are due by regular mail by March 1, 2012.

Download Application and Newsletter for 2012

New Rule Spring Clinics

December 7, 2011

NEW RULE REGARDING SPRING CLINICS
“Swimmers are allowed to participate in swim clinics at any time including those sponsored or offered by USA swim teams. However, any swim clinic program must be desiginated as a clinic and, if associated with a USA team, clinic sessions must be conducted separately and apart from the USA team practices. Swimmers are prohibited from participating in any USA swim meets between January 1 and the TVSL championship meet of that same year.”

Stingrays Featured in the Pleasanton Weekly

July 16, 2011

Del Prado Stingrays Featured in Pleasanton Weekly

Hey Swimmers and Parents,

In case you missed it our Del Prado Stingrays were featured in the Pleasanton Weekly. In fact we even made the front page of the paper!

Here is an electronic pdf copy of the Pleasanton Weekly – July 15, 2011 in case you missed it.

Here is the link to the article in the Weekly.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

PS. I think Donny Dolphin might be an evil twin. ;-)

 

Information and Reminders

July 8, 2011

Final score:

Del Prado – 685

FAST – 273

Well, it was a hot night at the pool. Great weather for another summer swim meet.  Thank you to all the volunteers that helped set-up, run, and take-down tonight’s meet. A meet is a huge event and we could never, ever run a meet without all your help. I so appreciate all that you do.

Thank you, swimmers, for more great races tonight. The coaches and I talked tonight about how much improvement we see in your swims. It’s really very noticeable in our younger age groups. All those things you’re being taught at practice are starting to “click.”

Thank you, coaches, for just being who you are–simply the best coaches (and people) ever . I’ll always want to be on your team.

 Ruby Hill Meet Information

Our next meet is Saturday, July 9 against Ruby Hill at their pool. All swimmers must be checked in with their coach by 8:00 a.m. It will take more time to drive there and settle in so plan accordingly. The scratch meeting will be at 8:10 and the meet is planned to start at 9:00. I will not be at this meet. I think it’s the first meet I’ve ever missed. Lisa McMasters will be the coordinator. If you have any questions, concerns, or information, please contact her Thursday-Sunday. (lisa.mcmasters70@gmail.com) Listed below is general information from Ruby Hill.

Directions to Ruby Hill Pool

Here is some general information about the meet that will be helpful:

  1. Our gates open at 7:15 am, you are welcome to arrive anytime after that.
  2. When you arrive at Ruby Hill, please have your families tell the guard station that you are attending the Ruby Hill Killer Whales swim meet. When you come into the neighborhood through the gate off of Vineyard Avenue, please turn to the left and proceed about a half mile and the pool will be on your left at the intersection of East Ruby Hill Drive and Piemonte Drive.
  3. There is plenty of seating at our pool, the visitor’s designated area is to the rear of the pool on the grassy slope. As your families come into the pool through the gate, your seating area will be under and behind the arbor on the far side of the pool. We will have setup crew members at the pool to help direct your families.
  4. As for parking, your families may park in the parking lot and on the pool side of East Ruby Hill Drive. Please have your families refrain from parking on the homes side of East Ruby Hill Drive – the street gets too narrow if cars park on both sides of the street.
  5. We will start with our warmups at 8:00 am; your warmups start at 8:25 and go til 8:50 am.
  6. We will have our scratch meeting promptly at 8:10 am.
  7. We will start the meet at 9:00 am.
  8. We will have a snack bar.

Reminder: Tuesday July 12th – Pasta Feed

Next Tuesday, July 12, is our team Pasta Feed. Your swim team board provides a delicious pasta dinner for all Stingray swimmers (swimmers only, not families). We will feed each age group directly after each practice. Parents, please plan to pick up your swimmer about 30 minutes or so later than usual. A big thank you to Kim Beatty to organize this for all of us.

 That’s it for now. Good luck at the meet on Saturday. Swim fast and have a great meet.

See you all next week.

Go Del Prado,

Joan

2011 Swim Team

July 4, 2011
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2011 Swim Team, a photo by delpradostingrays on Flickr.

Stingray Picture Day 2011

June 17, 2011

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2011 Swim Team Information

April 10, 2011

Hi Parents and Swimmers,

It’s Sammy Stingray here. Welcome back to another great year with the Del Prado Stingrays .

Here is all the information that you need to download to get you started for another season.

Just click on the links to download each of the four pdf documents.

See yah around the pool.

Cheers,

Sammy Stingray

Del Prado Stingrays 2011 Newsletter

February 1, 2011

Our swim team is a competitive program the Tri-Valley recreational league. The Stingray’s home pool is at the Del Prado Cabana Club in Pleasanton, California.

The goal of the program is to improve swimming skills and to provide an enjoyable, low-key aquatic experience. It should be fun for competitors, parents, coaches, and friends. No swimmer is permitted to compete or practice in U.S. Swimming after January 1, 2011.

We are a team that relies heavily on the support of the team’s parents. All parents are required to participate in the running of the meets.

If you are interested in joining the Del Prado Stingrays swim team for the 2011 please download a copy of our newsletter.
Please remember that applications are due by regular mail by March 1, 2011.

Download Del Prado Stingrays 2011 Newsletter and Application Form

Records for 2010

August 1, 2010

Hi Swimmers,

The records for the 2010 Del Prado Stingray swim season have been posted to our record page —> Here

Cheers,

Sammy

Champs Summary

August 1, 2010

Thanks Joan and Jay for another great year

Wow! What a fantastic finish. The meet went a little longer than expected, but I enjoyed the entire day. This was expected to be a very close meet and it lived up to its billing. It’s been a long time since the competition was so even. The top three spots could have gone a number of ways. Look how close between Ruby Hill and Briarhill. When you think of all the races that were swam, it’s amazing that the score could be so close.

I say it over and over, but I am so proud to be a member of this team. I’ll speak more on this tonight. I just have to say that our entire team showed up ready to swim and you all saved your best for yesterday. I felt like all of you were swimming for yourself, of course, but also were doing it for the team. What great athletes and people you are. (Okay, crying already. Makes it hard to type.) Del Prado had NO scratches for the meet yesterday. For those of you not intimately involved in the running of the meet, that’s huge. I just love going over and giving that report. It’s a very rare thing to have NO scratches. I LOVED walking into the pool area and seeing that some chalk fairies made it all the way into DBAC to cheer us on. Brought a huge smile to my face. In fact, many neighborhoods around Pleasanton, Dublin, and San Ramon spotted the chalk fairies work. They do work magic. Just look at how many swimmers swam their best yesterday. Thank you, chalk fairies. I think everyone enjoyed swim buddy week. I know the coaches loved that attendance spiked way up for the week. And, that pancake breakfast did make you all swim fast. We are so lucky to have so many things going for us as a team.

Former Stingrays stopped by yesterday to cheer us on. How nice it was to see former coaches Erin Cooper and Julianne Strom there along with Colleen Mayes, Cole Payan, Josef Costa, and Andy Halseth. Andy told me he’s turning 30 next month. I watched him swim. How could he be turning 30?? Someone…me….is getting old.

Parents…aka volunteers…thank you for doing all the jobs it takes to run a good meet so well. I was told all of you showed up to work and on time. It’s a long day and a big meet and it takes all of us to make it happen. Thank you so much for doing all you did to make it such a good day and meet.

Coaches…oh, our coaches. You seeded us a great meet and held our team together yesterday. (I don’t think Coach Tom ever sat down. He made it his job to keep everyone pumped-up and ready to swim their fastest.) I loved that cheer, as usual. It started with that and your enthusiasm and energy kept our team ready. Thank you. So nice to see the tu-tus come out for the meet and that “war paint.” Great idea. You are the best, and I love hanging out with you guys all summer. In case any of you were wondering, here are their splits from the coaches’ relay: Jamie-back 32.63, Jill-breast 37.34, John-fly 29.31, and Tom-free 28.13. Very impressive. :)

Swimmers, congratulations to you all. Thank you for giving us excellent races to watch all day long. I am so proud of all of you. I think my most favorite story from yesterday is this: Seeing so many of you during the free relays cheering on your teammates–moving from one lane to another at the end of the pool and cheering. When all the races were over, regardless of the final outcome, you chanted, “wish you were a Stingray.” There is not a lot better than that. Thank you.

See you all tonight for our awards banquet and BBQ potluck dinner. Please bring a salad or side dish or dessert to share. We’ll start serving at 4:30 and will begin the program at 6:00. I did pick up a solid black jammer, size 28, from our lawn area yesterday along with a black camera case (I think) that says Fuji Film on the front. Let me know if it’s yours.

Go Del Prado,

Joan


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